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Common Core Exemplar for Elementary School ELA: Feynman’s “The Making of a Scientist”
July 31, 2011 | 6 Comments
By reading and re-reading the passage closely combined with classroom discussion about it, students will identify why and how Feynman started to look at the world through the eyes of a scientist. When combined with writing about the passage and teacher feedback, students will both learn how memoirs can be as deeply revealing as fiction and how to unpack the meaning of a first person narrative.
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Common Core Exemplar for Elementary School ELA: Feynman’s “The Making of a Scientist”
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Excellent resource! Thank you!
I would also like to see exemplars from early elementary grade levels (PreK-2).
Linda, based on the CCSS listed in the lesson it looks like it is recommended for grade 5. For example, day 1 activities focus on CCSS Standards RI.5.1-4; W.5.2, 7-9; SL.5.1; L.5.4-6. The “5″ indicates the grade.
Several thoughts…The level of rigor in the activities is commendable. Students need to learn to read and comprehend more deeply. However…I’m wondering when 3 days of tasks/activities became a “unit”? All of what is suggested could be completed, to an acceptable level of quality and by all students, in 3 days? Where are the exemplary formative assessment components? Was any consideration given to using “Understanding by Design” as the framework for developing these “exemplars”?
Thank you for your question about the Feynman unit and clarification in terms of days/time for the unit. The curricular units are intended to be exemplars that can fit within a school’s larger curriculum and program. We realize that schools define unit and lesson differently and have different class time periods (30 minute versus block, etc.); therefore, it is a local educator decision in terms of days. There have been requests for a glossary of terms used at the Network Team Institute (e.g., unit, lesson, close reading, module), so stay tuned to the EngageNY site for additional information. Regarding the inclusion of formative assessments, you are correct to note that these unit exemplars do not include formative assessments—this could be a piece developed at the local level, based on your larger curriculum and program. Feel free to share your ideas as you move forward.
What grade level is this recommened for? I’d like to see exemplars by grade level to see the progression of complexity.