3rd Grade “All About Fables” - Kathryn Peterson's E-Portfolio

[Pages:18]Kathryn Peterson ED 337-03 Professor Stephen Worst August 5, 2012

English/Language Arts 3rd Grade

"All About Fables"

Table of Contents:

Purpose Statement Content Standards Learning Targets Assessment Items

20 SRA 10 EWRA

5 PTA Answer Key for SRA

Rubric for EWRA Sample Lesson Plan Student Self-Evaluation

Statement of Purpose

Unit For Third Grade Language Arts - "All About Fables"

This summative assessment is designed to be used in cooperation with a unit on narrative texts ? specifically fables ? at the third grade level. The main purpose of this assessment is to see if students have mastered comprehension skills associated with understanding fables ? knowing character motivations, isolating morals and understanding format. Additionally, this assessment aims to test vocabulary associated with fables and general reading comprehension skills such as understanding of sequence and character. Because fables are relatively simple in format, this unit would be used at the beginning of the school year and subsequent narrative text-related units would be used to reinforce concepts considered here. For that reason, it is essential that students demonstrate a basic understanding of the structures of narrative text ? particularly character development and sequence. Additionally, they should understand elements specifically related to fables, such as morals. The results of this assessment should be used to guide curriculum in later narrative-text units.

Common Core Standards

RL.3.1. Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

RL.3.2. Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.

RL.3.3. Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.

Learning Targets ? "I Can" Statements

At the conclusion of this unit, students should be able to say the following:

1. I can show that I understand a story by answering and asking questions about it. (RL.3.1)

2. I can retell stories that I have read. (RL.3.2)

3. I can describe and identify a fable, a folktale, and a myth. (RL.3.2)

4. I can decide what the main lesson, message, or moral of a story is and explain how the story teaches it to me. (RL.3.2)

5. I can give a description of the characters in the story ? who they are and what they feel. (RL.3.3)

6. I can explain how the characters are involved in the story ? when and why they do something. (RL.3.3)

Frequency Distribution of Learning Goals

"I Can" Statements

I can show that I understand a story by answering and asking questions about it. I can retell stories that I have read. I can describe and identify a fable, a folktale, and a myth. I can decide what the main lesson, message, or moral of a story is and explain how the story teaches it to me. I can give a description of the characters in the story ? who they are and what they feel. I can explain how the characters are involved in the story ? when and why they do something.

Knowledge

3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 24, 25, 30, 31

30, 31 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 21 3, 4, 8, 9

7, 24, 25

10

Reasoning

1, 2, 5, 6, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 33

28 23, 32 22, 24, 29, 31, 32, 33

1, 2, 5, 6, 31, 33

26, 27, 31, 33

Summative Assessment

(All directions are to be read aloud to students, as well as provided in written form. Copies of the fables "The Ant and the Grasshopper," "The Fox and the Crow," and "The Hare and the Tortoise" should be provided to students, as well.)

Name: __________________________________ Date:_____________________

Directions: For the following questions, please use "The Ant and the Grasshopper" and "The Hare and the Tortoise." We read these as a class, but you have copies on your test. Re-read them, and then answer the questions by circling the correct answer. (2 pts. each)

1. One word that describes Grasshopper is: a. Old b. Lazy c. Ugly

2. One word that describes Ant is: a. Old b. Pretty c. Hardworking

3. Grasshopper learns the lesson that: a. Ant is smarter than him. b. It is important to work hard. c. Being lazy is fun.

4. Grasshopper learns his lesson because: a. He read it in a book. b. He doesn't work hard enough to gather food. c. Ant tells him a story about someone else who didn't work hard and died in the winter.

5. One word to describe the Tortoise in "The Hare and the Tortoise" is: a. Slow b. Young c. Evil

6. One word to describe the Hare in "The Hare and the Tortoise" is: a. Humble b. Smart c. Lazy

7. Tortoise wins the race against Hare because: a. He never gives up even though he is slow. b. He knows a shortcut. c. He has more friends than Hare and they help him.

8. Hare learns the lesson: a. It is important to work hard and never give up. b. It is important to have friends to help you. c. You don't have to work hard if you are good at something.

9. Hare learns his lesson when: a. He loses the race to Tortoise and just knows. b. He loses the race to Tortoise and Tortoise tells him. c. He reads it in a book.

10.Tortoise and Hare race because: a. Hare wants to show off and challenges Tortoise. b. Tortoise knows he can beat Hare, so he challenges him. c. One of their friends dares them to do it.

Directions: Please read the sentence. If it is true, circle true. If it is false, circle false, then write the word that would make it true in the next box. (2 pts. each)

11. A short story involving animals TRUE FALSE that teaches a lesson is called a myth.

12. "The Ant and the Grasshopper" TRUE FALSE is an example of a fable.

13. The moral is the lesson in a fable.

TRUE FALSE

14. The moral comes at the beginning of the story.

TRUE FALSE

15. Aesop's folktales are famous TRUE FALSE short stories that end with a moral.

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