Content Area:Social StudiesRubric for Narrative WritingRubric for DraftingRubric for Revising LetterRubric for EditingREAD 7140, Root, Su 2008 1Interdisciplinary Writing Unit: Persuasive, 1st Grade & Narrative, 1st GradeCrissy MegowREAD 7140Valdosta State UniversityMay 2008READ 7140, Root, Su 2008 2 Mentor Teacher’s Signature___________________________ Date ApprovedContextual Factors for Block IIIThe teacher uses information about the learning-teaching context andstudent individual difference to set learning goals and plan instructionand assessment.Community, School System, School Factorso Geographic Location Urban  List unique features of communityo Valdosta State University is right across the street.o Moody Air Force base also has an impact on S.L. Mason. List contributions of community to schoolo Papa Johnso School System Name of school system ____Valdosta City Schools__________ _7149_ Number of students in school system __68.38%_ Number of students in school system on free orreduced luncho School Name of school ____S.L. Mason Elementary___________ __Pre-K to 3rd __ Grades served in school __633__ Number of students in school __75.19%_ Number of students in school on free or reduced lunch Classroom Characteristicso Number of students __8__ Number of boys __11_ Number of girls _7-9__ Age rangeo Ethnicity (number of students)READ 7140, Root, Su 2008 3 __16__ African American __0__ Asian American __0__ Native American __1__ Hispanic __0__ Caucasian __2__ Othero Reading Achievement Based on: ___Rigby Reading________________ __10__ % Above-average or advanced skill level __53__ % Average or intermediate skill __37__ % Below average skill levelo Mathematics Achievement Based on: ____System Wide Tests____________ _16__ % Above-average or advanced skill level _63__ % Average or intermediate skill _21__ % Below average skill levelo Classroom Organization (check as many as apply) ____ Homogeneous __X__ Heterogeneous __X__ Self-Contained ____ Team Teaching ____ Departmentalized ____ Parallel Block List other programs: o Resources (check as many as apply) __X__ Television __X__ Classroom library __2__ Number of computers in classroom __200__ Estimate number of books List other resources (such as math and science manipulative materials): - Math boxes for each student; closet of assortedmath manipulatives; interactive math boardIndividual Differenceso Students Attending Pull-Out or Supplementary Programs (number of students) _19__ Title I __0__ Reading __1__ GiftedREAD 7140, Root, Su 2008 4 __4__ Early Intervention Program __0__ Safety Net List other programs: noneo Language Proficiency (number of students) __0__ English language __1__ Bilingual __0__ Other languages List other languages: noneo Students with Individual Education Plans (IEP) (number ofstudents) __0__ Blind or visually impaired __0_ Deaf or hearing impaired __0__ Developmentally delayed __0__ Emotionally or behaviorally disordered __0__ Learning disabled __0__ MiMH __0__ OHI __0__ Physically disabled __0__ Speech __0__ OtherREAD 7140, Root, Su 2008 5Student Interest SurveyMy name is ________________.My birthday is ______________.I have __________brothers and sisters.My favorite things to do are:1. _______________________________________________2. _______________________________________________3. _______________________________________________Things that I do not like to do are:1. _____________________________________________2. _____________________________________________3. _____________________________________________My best friends are:The thing that I like to do most in school is:The thing that I like least about school is:__________________________________________________If I could do one thing in the world it would be:___________________________________________________When I grow up I want to be a/an:If I could write about one thing I would want to write on:READ 7140, Root, Su 2008 6What I like most about writing is: What I like least about writing is:___________________________________________________Adapted from Student Writing Attitude Survey. Unpublished manuscript. Retrieved May20, 2008 from Region 15 Web site: www.region15.org/curriculum/ATTITUDE%20 SURVEY -Portrait.docGrade 3 Writing AssessmentDescription:Georgia law (O.C.G.A., Section 20-2-281) requires that writing assessments be administered to students in grades three, five, eight, and eleven. The State Writing Assessment Core Development and Advisory Committees assisted the Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE)in developing the writing component of the student assessment program. The committees comprised of educators with expertise in the instruction of writing skills and writing assessments,READ 7140, Root, Su 2008 7consist of eight committees—a Core Development and Advisory Committee for each grade level (3, 5, 8, and 11). The goal of the Writing Assessment Core Development and Advisory Committees and the GaDOE is to create developmentally appropriate assessment procedures to enhance statewide instruction in the language arts. Statewide writing assessments serve the purpose of improving writing and writing instruction.Types of writing covered by the grade 3 writing assessment:1. Narrative o Relating Personal Experience-Writing assignments should direct students to recount an event grounded in their own experiences. The assignment should elicit a story with a plot and characters rather than a list.o Creating an Imaginative Story-Writing Assignments should direct students to produce stories that are grounded in imagination or fantasy. 2. Informational o Writing Assignments may be related to all content areas specified in the Grade 3 GPS and may be produced during content area instruction.o Writing assignments may be related to any type of non-fiction writing whose purpose is to inform or explain a topic to a reader.o Students should incorporate information from resources (books, on-line sources, etc.) without copying the information verbatim.o Paraphrasing information and using technical vocabulary from source material is appropriate for the informational assessment sample.  For example, the informational