Standards and Backwards Mapping

Standards and Backwards Mapping

I am using the standards and benchmarks of ACS Calvert in La Paz, Bolivia; which are posted in Rubicon Atlas.

I have chosen the writing 1 standard for 2nd grade.

Writing goal

Standard 1: Uses the general skills and strategies of the writing process.

Assessment for the activity:

Students will produce a story in a chronological sequence using connectors.

Learning plan:

Teacher will read story about a fiction character for the appropriate age. The will be a prior explanation of sequence in a story, and connectors that link ideas.

Students will use prewriting strategies to plan written work such as brainstorming to gather main ideas.

Students will use strategies to write a draft paper and revise written work. In this stage students will compare a critic paper among them.

Students will use a variety of strategies to edit and publish work. They will reread or read out loud to a partner to get an opinion.

Students will use strategies to organize written work. Once I revise the editing, I review it to give them more ideas on how to improve their paper or just to help them with spelling.

Finally students will publish their work. A booklet is produced by everyone of them. The cover of the story is going to have nice illustrations with colorful drawings. I like to post the booklets on a huge board I have right out of my class.

Objectives for chapter 4:

The students will be able to use the general skills and strategies of the writing process. Students will use strategies to draft and revise written work. They will use a variety of strategies to edit and publish work. Student will also use prewriting strategies to plan written work. Students will be able to use strategies to organize written work and publish the final work.

Reflection:

I was able to revise the process more carefully to be able to get to the objective without the pressure and the rush that is starting from an objective to get to the goal.

We have been practicing the writing process since first grade. The students are familiar with some of the procedures. Now the students know what is expected from them when I plan to have a writing sample from them.

It is a joy to work with primary students. They are like an empty vase. Everything is new and exciting for them. I make the effort to make it interesting and important.