Winston-Salem / Forsyth County Schools Revised Unit Maps Grades 3-5

Winston-Salem / Forsyth County Schools

Revised Unit Maps Grades 3-5

Goals

By 2020, 90 percent of third-grade students will read on or above grade level.

By 2018, our graduation rate will be 90 percent.

By 2018, we will close the achievement gap between subgroups by 10 percentage points while increasing the performance of all subgroups.

What is Vital?

What we teach How we teach

How We Teach

Effective lessons share a core structure:

1.State clear objectives

2.Explore, model, and demonstrate

3.Provide guided practice

4.Check for understanding throughout lesson / formative assessment

Clear Learning Objectives

Developed from the standards Designed to create interest in topic, develop

background knowledge, and teach vocabulary

State in student-friendly language (e.g., essential question or “I can” statement)

Explore, Model, and Demonstrate

Provide opportunities for students to explore, investigate, and navigate using a variety of media

Model concepts in small chunks Demonstrate using higher-order think-alouds

Guided Practice

Distributed throughout lesson Facilitated in whole group, small groups,

pairs, and individually Monitored carefully

Checks for Understanding / Formative Assessment Uses a variety of methods to see if students

understand concepts Provides constructive feedback Adjusts instruction to address student needs Provides opportunities for students to read

and write in all content areas to summarize learning

Critical Components of Effective Lesson Plans1. State clear objectives

2. Explore, model, and demonstrate

3. Provide guided practice

4. Check for understanding throughout lesson / formative assessment

Comprehensive Literacy Framework

Provide a structure to explicitly teach these skills and strategies. The structure includes:

■Teacher Directed Reading■Small Flexible Groups■Working With Words / Word Study■Writing■Teacher Read Aloud■Self Selected Reading

Balanced Literacy Guidelines- Grades 3-5

■Teacher Directed Reading 40 minutes■Small Flexible Groups 40 minutes (15-20 minutes per group)

■Word Study 15 minutes■Self-Selected Reading Incorporate FG■Teacher Read-Aloud 10-15 minutes■Writing Instruction 40 minutes


Standards are taught through

the Comprehensive

Literacy Framework


Teacher Directed Reading

•On-Grade Level Text•Teacher Models•Students Apply

• Independently• With Partner• Small Group


Small Flexible Groups

•Instructional level•Students apply grade level standards through instructional level materials


Working with Words/Word Study

•On-grade level•Word Structure & Morphology•Language and Foundational Skills•Word Study Handbook


Writing

•Learn and develop the skills of writing•Writing Process•Three forms of writing•Narrative•Informative/ Explanatory•Opinion/Argument

Benchmarking Writing Progress


Differentiation■Lessons designed

to meet student needs with grade level material

■Should include■Scaffolding■Accelerating■Enriching


Teacher Read Aloud

•Must be planned and purposeful•Above grade level text•Wide variety of genres


Self Selected Reading

•Management System•Accountability•Apply skills they have learned

What’s Different?

Reading Standards are organized by clusters

What’s Different?

What’s Different?

What’s Different?

Unpacked standards are in a separate document

Resources

A lesson for every standard in the Common Core Standard of Focus

Standards listed under the lessons

Some lessons are story specific others can be applied to the any story

Third Grade Unit 1

Fourth Grade Unit 1

Fifth Grade Unit 1

Documents

Winston-Salem / Forsyth County Schools Revised Unit Maps Grades 3-5