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Schools and Community
Unit 2 Assessment: Reading and Writing about Schools around the World
For Teacher Reference
This assessment centers on CCSS ELA RI.2.1 and W.2.2. For this two-part assessment, students engage in two close read-aloud sessions of O to Class. During these sessions, they take notes based on speci c text-dependent questions. They then use the information in their notes to write an informative paragraph that describes what makes it hard for children to go to school in a particular community, and how that community solves that problem so children can go to school.
CCSS Assessed:
■ RI.2.1: Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demon- strate understanding of key details in a text.
■ W.2.2: Write informative/explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts and de nitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section.
Assessment Directions:
This assessment is administered in Unit 2, Lessons 7–8.
Informational Reading Assessment:
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Ensure access to the following materials for these sessions: Close Read-aloud Guide: O to Class, O to Class, O to Class notebook, O to Class notebook (example, for teacher refer- ence), How to Take Notes anchor chart, and Speaking and Listening Checklist.
Guide students through Session 5 (Lesson 6) and Session 6 (Lesson 7) of the Close Read- aloud Guide: O to Class.
In Session 5, prompt students to put their ngers on the “Problem” box of the O to Class Note-catcher: “Water, Water Everywhere” and read the prompt aloud:
“What is the problem? Why is it hard for children in the Chalanbeel region of Bangladesh to go to school?”
Invite students to write and draw in the “Problem” box of the note-catcher in response to this prompt.
Explain to students that they will complete the rest of the note-catcher tomorrow.
In Session 6, prompt students to put their ngers on the “Solution” and the “Why is this school important to the community?” boxes of the O to Class Note-catcher: “Water, Water Everywhere” and read the prompt aloud:
“What is the solution? How are the children in the Chalanbeel region of Bangladesh able to go to school? Why is this school important to the community?”
Invite students to write and draw in the “Solution” and “Why is this school important to the community” boxes.
Collect page 7 of students’ O to Class notebooks. Use the Unit 2 Assessment Criteria List and O to Class notebook (example, for teacher reference) to evaluate their progress to- ward RI.2.1.
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