2010CooperationCompetition

=Fifth Grade Unit 1: Cooperation and Competition=

Students will create a motivational poster about cooperation **and** competition using words and images to persuade Narrative Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text 3.3 Contrast the actions, motives (e.g., loyalty, selfishness, conscientiousness), and appearances of characters in a work of fiction and discuss the importance of the contrasts to the plot or theme. Persuasive Writing 2.4 || //Students will understand that. . .// • What are the big ideas? • What specific understandings about them are desired? • What misunderstandings are predictable? • What background knowledge and skills will students need to have or be brought up to speed on and how will this be done? • What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit? • What should they eventually be able to so as a result of such knowledge and skills? || ====//Students will be able to know. . .//==== • Through what authentic performance tasks will students demonstrate the desired understandings? • By what criteria will performances of understanding be judged? || ===Other Evidence:=== • Through what other evidence (e.g. quizzes, tests, academic prompts, observations, homework, journals) will students demonstrate achievement of the desired results? • How will students reflect upon and self-assess their learning? Objective develop skills to help make our goals successful Goal learning about denial of gratification Intro watch videos on the Marshmallow experiment Activity do the experiment and see how successful we are Goal reflecting on our goals and what skills we will need to get them done Intro watch videos on frustration Activity give feedback to each other on our goals Objective think about what cooperation and competition mean Goal sharing what we already know about them Into Scenes from "Akeelah and the Bee" Activity write what cooperation means
 * ==Stage 1 - Desired Results== ||
 * ===Establish Goals:===
 * California Fifth Grade Literary Analysis Standard**
 * ===Understandings:===
 * Concepts around cooperation and competition**
 * How they can work together**
 * These two ideas are in conflict with each other** || ===Essential Questions:===
 * •** What provocative questions will foster inquiry, understanding, and transfer of learning?
 * On Akeelah clips, why does she almost throw the competition? Would you do that?** ||
 * ^  || ===Essential Background:===
 * A basic understanding of what cooperation and competition are** ||
 * ====//Students will know . . .//====
 * How important these are to goal setting and meeting goals
 * ==Stage 2 – Assessment Evidence== ||
 * ===Performance Tasks:===
 * ===Performance Tasks:===
 * Students will create a "motivation" poster using a picture and words to "motivate" others to either cooperate, or compete.**
 * There will be an online survey at the end of the unit. Students will also do informal writing on our grade level blog exploring concepts and ideas about the unit themes**
 * In their blog writing** ||
 * ==Stage 3 - Learning Plan== ||
 * ===Learning Activities:===
 * Week One**
 * Week Two**

Into Scenes from "Akeelah and the Bee" Activity write what competition means Objective describe cooperation and competition Goal developing sentences about them Intro introduction of simple declarative sentences; review of writing and pictures from last time Activity students will write a first draft of their sentences Goal editing and improving sentences about cooperation and competition Intro mini-lesson on word choice; review motivational posters Activity give feedback to each other on your sentences Objective describe cooperation and competition Goal developing sentences about them Intro introduction of simple declarative sentences; review of writing and pictures from last time Activity students will write a first draft of their sentences Goal editing and improving sentences about cooperation and competition Intro mini-lesson on word choice; review motivational posters Activity give feedback to each other on your sentences Objective describe cooperation and competition in words and pictures Goal creating our own motivational posters Intro directions on how to do the assignment Activity start making posters Objective review the unit Goal think about what we've learned Intro look at posters; and review lessons Activity answer poll that is in the blog.
 * Week Three**
 * Week Four**
 * Week Five**
 * Week Six**

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