UnitStandards,GoalsandObjectives

GoalsandObjectives

ThegoalandobjectiveofthePoetryUnitwastoteachandaddressthe3 rdgradeliteracy

standards.IntheReading,WritingandCommunicatingCommonCoreStateStandards,Standard

2.1aivandStandard2.1biiareaddressed.

Whenitcomestoliteracy,afewoftheReading:LiteratureCommonCoreStandardsare

addressed.Forexample,StandardRL.3.1,RL.3.2,RL.3.4andRL.3.5areapplicabletothisUnit.

RL.3.1Askandanswerquestionstodemonstrateunderstandingofatext,referringexplicitlyto

thetextasthebasisfortheanswers.

RL.3.2Recountstories,includingfables,folktales,andmythsfromdiversecultures;determine

thecentralmessage,lesson,ormoralandexplainhowitisconveyedthroughkeydetailsinthe

text.

RL.3.4Determinethemeaningofwordsandphrasesastheyareusedinatext,distinguishing

literalfromnonliterallanguage.
RL.3.5Refertopartsofstories,dramas,andpoemswhenwritingorspeakingaboutatext,

usingtermssuchaschapter,scene,andstanza:describehoweachsuccessivepartbuildson

earliersections.

RL.3.10Bytheendoftheyear,readandcomprehendliterature,includingstories,dramas,and

poetry,attheendofthegrades23textcomplexitybandindependentlyandproficiently.

Afewofthespeakingandlisteningstandardsfor3 rdgradearealsoaddressed,assome

studentssharedouttheirpoems.SL.3.1,SL.3.2,SL.3.3,SL.3.4,SL.3.5andSL.3.6areapartof

thisUnit,aswell.

SL.3.1Engageeffectivelyinarangeofcollaborativediscussionswithdiversepartnerson

grade3topicsandtexts,buildingonothersideasandexpressingtheirownclearly.

SL.3.2Determinethemainideasandsupportingdetailsofatextreadaloudorinformation

presentedinadiversemediaandformats,includingvisually,quantitately,andorally.

SL.3.3 Ask and answer questions about information from a speaker, offering appropriate

elaborationanddetail.

SL.3.4Reportonatopicortext,tellastory,orrecountandexperiencewithappropriatefacts

andrelevant,descriptivedetails,speakingclearlyatanunderstandablepace.
SL.3.5Createengagingaudiorecordingsofstoriesorpoemsthatdemonstratefluidreadingat

anunderstandablepace;addvisualdisplayswhenappropriatetoemphasizeorenhancecertain

factsordetails.

SL.3.6Speakincompletesentenceswhenappropriatetotaskandsituationinordertoprovide

requesteddetailorclarification.

Intermsofwriting,studentsalsometavarietyofthewritingstandardsfor3 rd grade.

SomeofthesestandardsincludedWritingStandard3.3,3.4,3.5and3.10.

W.3.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective

technique,descriptivedetails,andcleareventsequences.

W.3.4Withguidanceandsupportfromadults,producewritinginwhichthedevelopmentand

organizationareappropriatetotaskandpurpose.

W.3.5Withguidanceandsupportfrompeersandadults,developandstrengthenwritingas

neededbyplanning,revising,andediting.

W.3.10Writeroutinelyoverextendedtimeframesforarangeofdisciplinespecifictasks,

purposes,andaudiences.
 Literacy,numeracyandtechnologyaddressedintheUnit

Asstatedpreviously,theliteracystandardswereaddressedinthisUnit.Inregardsto

numeracy,studentsalsohadtobeabletocount.Theyneededtocountlinesofpoetry,aswellas

syllablesineachline.TechnologywasalsousedthroughouttheUnit.Thedocumentcamera,as

wellastheprometheanboardwereusedtomodel,analyzeanddisplaypoems.

Objectivesaddresshigherorderthinkingskills

Again,thegoalandobjectiveofthePoetryUnitwastoaddressthe3 rd gradeliteracy

standards.Allofthestandardspreviouslylistedhelpedstudentsunderstandpoetry.Theyhadto

tap into their higher order thinking skills by asking questions, collaborating with peers,

rememberingtherulesofeachpoemandthenapplytheknowledgetheylearnedbycreatingtheir

own poem. Benjamin Bloom created Blooms Taxonomy which was a visual triangle that

manifestedhigherorderthinkingskills.InBloomsTaxonomy,hestatesthatstudentscreate,

evaluate,analyze,apply,understandandremember.InthisPoetryUnit,allofthese6stepsare

hit.Studentscreatednewandoriginalpoems,theyevaluatedtheirpoemsandgavereasonsfor

whytheymadethepoemtheydid,theythenanalyzedthepoembycomparingthepoemtothe

poemIpresentedtothem,theyappliedtheirknowledgeabouteachpoembycreatingtheirown

poem,theythenunderstoodthattheirpoemhadtofollowasetofrules.Lastly,studentswere
askedatthebeginningofeachlessontorecallthepreviouspoemtheystudied,sotheyapplied

Bloomsrememberstage,aswell.

Objectivesallowstudentsvariousmeanstodemonstrateproficiency

The goal and objective was demonstrated when students created their own poems. I

understoodiftheywereproficientornotbycirculatingtheclassroomandmakingsureeach

studentfollowedtherulesofeachpoem.Studentsshowcasedtheirproficiencybymeetingsome

of/allofthe3rdgradeliteracystandards.

AlignmentChart

Goals:EachchildwilldevelopanunderstandingofPoetrybyreadingandwritingavarietyof
poems

Objectives:

Studentswilllearntoaskandanswerquestions
Studentswilldeterminethemainideainapoem
Studentswilldeterminethemeaningofnewwords
Studentswillrefertopartsofthepoemtogainunderstanding
Studentswillcollaboratewiththeirpeersandadultstocreatetheirpoems
Studentswillengageincollaborativediscussions
Studentswilldrawfromtheirownexperiencestocreatetheirpoems
Studentswillspeakclearlywhenpresentingtheirpoem
Studentswillproducepoemsbywritingthemandreceivingsupport
Fromtheirpeersandadults
Studentswillplan,reviseandedittheirpoems

Standards:

ContentArea:Reading,WritingandCommunicating/ReadingLiterature
RL.3.1Askandanswerquestionstodemonstrateunderstandingofatext,referringexplicitlyto
thetextasthebasisfortheanswers.

RL.3.2Recountstories,includingfables,folktales,andmythsfromdiversecultures;determine
thecentralmessage,lesson,ormoralandexplainhowitisconveyedthroughkeydetailsinthe
text.

RL.3.4Determinethemeaningofwordsandphrasesastheyareusedinatext,distinguishing
literalfromnonliterallanguage.

RL.3.5Refertopartsofstories,dramas,andpoemswhenwritingorspeakingaboutatext,
usingtermssuchaschapter,scene,andstanza:describehoweachsuccessivepartbuildson
earliersections.

RL.3.10Bytheendoftheyear,readandcomprehendliterature,includingstories,dramas,and
poetry,attheendofthegrades23textcomplexitybandindependentlyandproficiently.

ContentArea:SpeakingandListening

SL.3.1Engageeffectivelyinarangeofcollaborativediscussionswithdiversepartnerson
grade3topicsandtexts,buildingonothersideasandexpressingtheirownclearly.

SL.3.2Determinethemainideasandsupportingdetailsofatextreadaloudorinformation
presentedinadiversemediaandformats,includingvisually,quantitately,andorally.

SL.3.3 Ask and answer questions about information from a speaker, offering appropriate
elaborationanddetail.

SL.3.4Reportonatopicortext,tellastory,orrecountandexperiencewithappropriatefacts
andrelevant,descriptivedetails,speakingclearlyatanunderstandablepace.

SL.3.5Createengagingaudiorecordingsofstoriesorpoemsthatdemonstratefluidreadingat
anunderstandablepace;addvisualdisplayswhenappropriatetoemphasizeorenhancecertain
factsordetails.

SL.3.6Speakincompletesentenceswhenappropriatetotaskandsituationinordertoprovide
requesteddetailorclarification.

ContentArea:Writing
W.3.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective
technique,descriptivedetails,andcleareventsequences.

W.3.4Withguidanceandsupportfromadults,producewritinginwhichthedevelopmentand
organizationareappropriatetotaskandpurpose.

W.3.5Withguidanceandsupportfrompeersandadults,developandstrengthenwritingas
neededbyplanning,revising,andediting.

W.3.10Writeroutinelyoverextendedtimeframesforarangeofdisciplinespecifictasks,
purposes,andaudiences.