Teacher: Kimberly Freeman

Grade: 5th

Tuesday

Wednesday

Teacher will show examples of

Text Feature Youtube video.

Whiteboard response

expository text without

Think-Pair-Share about how

activity. Students are shown

features, then show the same

text features enhance the

different examples of

text with features added.

text.

features and write their

Classroom discussion about how

response from memory

features help our

without referring to their

understanding.

flipchart.

Remembering

Remembering

Remembering

Understanding/Applying

Evaluation

What are non-fiction text

What purposes do text

Why do authors select

features?

features serve?

certain text features for

Can
I identify
different
Non-Fiction
Text
Featuretypes

Text Feature Newspaper

Partner read Blasting Off

Learning Activities

certain purposes?
Flipchart

Collage Students will go on a

to Space Academy.

Interactive Notebook Entry

newspaper scavenger hunt to

With partner discuss and

Interactive Powerpoint

find different text features,

write down the different

they will cut, label, and glue

text features observed as

(Formative/ Summative) Assessment

Essential
Questions

Blooms Levels

Introduction

Monday

Unit: Understanding Non-Fiction

Formative Students will

them to their construction

Formative- Observe student

well as reasons why the

Formative- Teacher will

identify features in slideshow

Think-Pair-Share responses,

circulate during reading,

using their flipchart for

noting students who have a

offering suggestions and

reference.

difficult time participating in

extending students

discussion or identifying

questioning of the text as

features.

needed.

Teacher: Kimberly Freeman

Thursday
Introduction to final unit

Grade: 5th

Unit: Understanding Non-Fiction

Friday
Finish brochure activity.

Important Info.

Print off

flipcharts
Add new

project. Teacher will ask

students to summarize their

vocabulary to word

Introduction

knowledge of text features,

then explain the International
Space Station Brochure

Essential
Questions

Blooms
Levels

taking strategies
Creating
Can I demonstrate my
understanding by creating
original text features that
synthesize
myvisit
learning?
Students will
the
Learning Activities

example and

activity.
Think aloud model of note-

(Formative/ Summative) Assessment

International Space Station

Website and take notes about
interesting facts to help in
creating brochure. After taking
notes, students will create a
Summative Successful
completion of the brochure
demonstrating understanding of
the units essential questions
about text features.

wall
Bring brochure

templet
Print off grading
rubrics for final
project