Uintah County School District
2011
Unit: ______4___Week: _____4___
Constitution
Bill of Rights, Amendments, and Citizenship / Focus Standards:
· RF.5.4: Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
· RF.5.4 (a): Read on-level text with purpose and understanding.
· L.5.4 (b): Use common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., photograph, photosynthesis).
· L.5.4: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 5 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
Student Objectives:
· Study and memorize 10 grade-appropriate words with a common Greek or Latin affix or root.
· Read on-level text with purpose and understanding.
· Students will write an alphabet book on the symbols, ideas, or vocabulary of the government.
Terminology:
Symbolism (symbols of government) / Comprehension Strategy:
· Use text features (titles, headings, captions, graphic features)
· Ask questions throughout the reading process.
· Summarize text; include sequence of main events (journal or Stop and Write)
Genre Focus: Expository Text
Read Aloud / Shared Reading / Guided Reading/Book Clubs/Reciprocal Teaching / Independent Reading / Word Work
Burgan, Michael (2002) We the People – The Bill of Rights
Scillian, Devin (2001) A is for America
Cheney, Lynne (2002) America – A Patriotic Primer
Scillian, Devin (2002) America by the Numbers – One Nation / Poem – “The Bill of Rights”, p.148-149, Literacy by Design, Rigby Sourcebook Volume 1.
Leavitt, Amie Jane. (2009) The Bill of Rights in Translation – What It Really Means / National Geographic Reading Expeditions
Documents of Freedom – The Bill of Rights / Center for Civic Education (free classroom sets) We the People – The Citizen and the Constitution– Unit 4 / Callella, Trisha (2004) Greek and Latin Roots – Teaching Vocabulary to Improve Reading Comprehension
Word Study, “These Rights are for Us”, p.150-151, Literacy by Design, Rigby Sourcebook Volume 1.
Interactive Writing/Edit / Independent Writing / Vocabulary / Assessment/Rubrics / Technology
Compare and Contrast Alphabet book and number book (read alouds) / Alphabet book of government (symbols, ideas, vocabulary) as a powerpoint / amendment, speech, press, assembly, petition, expression, tolerant, discriminate, segregate, boycott, due process, diplomacy, United Nations, naturalized citizens / Alphabet book rubric –
http://www.sites4teachers.com/links/redirect.php?url=http://www.nclark.net/PowerPointRubric.pdf / http://www.uen.org/utahlink/tours/tourFames.cgi?tour_id=14884
http://www.icivics.org/games
http://www.icivics.org/
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=a2ec6811264a3210VgnVCM100000b92ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=a2ec6811264a3210VgnVCM100000b92ca60aRCRD
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/suffrage/
http://www.congressforkids.net/games/billofrights/2_billofrights.htm
http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/usgovernmentandlaw/voting/preview.weml
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/bill_of_rights/index.htm
http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/usgovernmentandlaw/citizenship/