Unit+Five+Planning+2012

=Unit #5: Going West= //What relevant goals (e.g. content standards, course or program objectives, learning outcomes) will this design address?// //**Social Science 5.8**// Students trace the colonization, immigration, and settlement patterns of the American people from 1789 to the mid-1800s, with emphasis on the role of economic incentives, effects of the physical and political geography, and transportation systems. The fifty states and their capitals, and information about a specific state. //**ELA:**// Main Idea, Cause and Effect || //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 do as a result of such knowledge and skills? • Through what authentic performance tasks will students demonstrate the desired understandings? • By what criteria will performances of understanding be judged? • 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? rss url="http://www.diigo.com/rss/user/Mizmercer/5unit5" link="true" number="20" ||
 * ==Stage 1 - Desired Results== ||
 * ===Establish Goals:===
 * ===Understandings:===
 * Americans acquired territory and moved West**
 * They were displacing the Native Americans that were already there**
 * There were extreme population/food/economic pressures that led people to the Americas**
 * It was terra incognita or empty** || ===Essential Questions:===
 * •** What provocative questions will foster inquiry, understanding, and transfer of learning?
 * How would you feel if someone took your home** ||
 * ^  || ===Essential Background:===
 * The United States: What it was then, and who was there; Native Americans: Who and where they were.** ||
 * ====//Students will know . . .//====
 * Skills and knowledge**
 * Create/do** || ====//Students will be able to know . . .//====
 * Think of these as secondary skills / content ||
 * ==Stage 2 – Assessment Evidence== ||
 * ===Performance Tasks:===
 * Authentic task**
 * Rubric** || ===Other Evidence:===
 * Weekly selection assessments**
 * Question and concept board, unit journal, survey at unit end.** ||
 * ==Stage 3 - Learning Plan== ||
 * ===**Links:**===

Learning Activities:
What learning experiences and instruction will enable students to achieve the desired results? What did it mean to the Native people?; **//Vocabulary//** - Concepts words, Latin roots and suffixes; **//Grammar//** - Fragments; //**Spelling**// - Homophones;
 * || **Open Court** || **Writing** || **Social Science** ||
 * **Week One**
 * April 16 - 20** || ** Read: //Sacagawea's Journey// **
 * Think/Ideas: ** What did the Louisiana Purchase mean to the U.S.?
 * Create/Do: ** || **M -**
 * T -**
 * W** -
 * Th -**
 * F** - || ** Read: //Unit 5 - Chapter 14 - Lesson 1 -// **
 * //Crossing the Appalachians// **
 * Think/Ideas: ** The pressures leading to westward migration (land and poverty);
 * Create/Do: **

Main Idea and Details; //**Vocabulary**// - Synonyms; //**Grammar**// - Commas w/Introductions; //**Spelling**// - //dis-// and //mis-// prefix; //**Vocabulary**// - Foreign words; //**Grammar**// - Punctuation in letters; //**Spelling**// - //-tion,// //-sion// and //-sure// suffixes; What does family mean?; //**Vocabulary**// - Multiple-meaning words, latin roots and suffixes; //**Grammar**// - Punctuation in letters; //**Spelling**// - //-ent// and //-ant// suffixes; //**Vocabulary**// - Similes; //**Grammar**// - Commas with Independent and Subordinate Clauses; //**Spelling**// - //-ed// and //-ing// suffixes; Fact vs. Opinion; //**Vocabulary**// - Compound words; //**Grammar**// - Commas with w/ Quotation Marks, Appositives, Interrupters, and Introductions; //**Spelling**// - //-er// and //-est// suffixes; Cause and Effect; //**Vocabulary**// - Review; //**Grammar**// - Review; //**Spelling**// - Reviews;
 * Read: //Unit 5 - Chapter 14 - Lesson 2 -// **
 * //The Louisiana Purchase// **
 * Think/Ideas: ** Enlarging America: Whose land is it?;
 * Create/Do: ** ||
 * **Week Two**
 * April 23 - 27** || ** Read: //Buffalo Hunt// **
 * Think/Ideas: ** What did the buffalo mean to the Native people of the plains?
 * Create/Do: ** ||  || ** Read: //Unit 5 - Chapter 14 - Lesson 3 -// **
 * //The War of 1812// **
 * Think/Ideas: ** Don't start a war you can't fight; ||
 * **Week Three**
 * April 30 - May 4**
 * CST Testing**
 * ELA** || ** Read: //The Coming of the Long Knives// **
 * Think/Ideas: ** What would you do if your home was taken?;
 * Create/Do: ** Business letter ||  || //**Skip due to CST**// ||
 * **Week Four**
 * May 7 - 11**
 * CST Testing**
 * Mathematics** || //**Continue from last week**// ||  || //**Skip due to CST**// ||
 * **Week Five**
 * May 14 - 18**
 * CST Testing**
 * Science** || ** Read: //The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung// **
 * Think/Ideas: ** What is it like being a Chinese immigrant?
 * Create/Do: ** Personal letter ||  || ** Read: //Unit 5 - Chapter 16 - Lesson 1 -// **
 * //Trials to Oregon and Utah// **
 * Think/Ideas: ** Immigration for different reasons;
 * Create/Do: ** ||
 * **Week Six**
 * May 21 - 25** || ** Read: //Old Yeller and the Bear// **
 * Think/Ideas: ** What happens when a parent is gone?;
 * Create/Do: ** || State Reports || ** Read: //Unit 5 - Chapter 16 - Lesson 2 -// **
 * //Trials to Oregon and Utah// **
 * Think/Ideas: ** Immigration for different reasons;
 * Create/Do: ** ||
 * **Week Seven**
 * May 29 - June 1**
 * Memorial Day Holiday** || ** Read: //Bill Pickett: Rodeo Ridin' Cowboy// **
 * Think/Ideas: ** What part did African Americans play in the west?
 * Create/Do: ** || State Reports || ** Read: //Unit 5 - Chapter 16 - Lesson 3-// **
 * //The California Gold Rush// **
 * Think/Ideas: ** Boom economies in the west;
 * Create/Do: ** ||
 * **Week Eight**
 * June 4 - 8** || ** Read: //McBroom the Rainmaker// **
 * Think/Ideas: ** What are tall tales?
 * Create/Do: ** || State Reports ||  ||

 ** Read: //Sacagawea's Journey// **  ** Think/Ideas: ** What did the Louisiana Purchase mean to the U.S.?  What did it mean to the Native people?;  **//Vocabulary//** - Concepts words, Latin roots and suffixes;  **//Grammar//** - Fragments;  //**Spelling**// - Homophones;  ** Create/Do: **