Thanksgiving Unit
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Date : ___________________ Title of Work: ___________________
 
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The student should have an understanding of the sounds that letters and letter combinations make and be able to phonetically decode simple words.
-Inability to enunciate certain letter patterns. -Inability to hear a word and find a printed match or picture. -Only able to decode words with one phonetic pattern.
-Able to repeat the taught letter pattern, but unable to recognize it independently when shown a word. -Able hear a word and match to a picture, but not the printed word. -Inconsistent when phonetically decoding simple words.
-Able to recognize and enunciate the taught letter pattern. -Able to hear a word (not novel) and find its printed match. -Able to decode simple novel one-syllable words.
-Able to see a letter combination and be able to enunciate it properly. -Able to hear a novel word and find its printed match. -Able to decode multi-syllable words.
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The student should start to show a beginner's level of understanding regarding restating main ideas.
-Student will not have the ability to answer questions about the story.
-When asked which of the two options occurred in a story, the student will be able to pick the correct one, but only after very short potions of a story.
-When asked which of the two options occurred in a story, the student will be able to pick the correct one after the whole story is read.
-Student will be able to independently restate main ideas of a story.
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The student should be able to dictate a short account of a personal experience (Thanksgiving) in a logical order.
-The student will fall off topic consistently and not be able to describe what he does on Thanksgiving.
-The student will be able to answer questions about the day, but will not be able to put the ideas in a logical order.
-With verbal guidance (using first-then questions), the student will be able to present the day sequentially.
-Student will be able to sequentially describe the day without assistance.
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The student should be able to follow dots as guides to further his ability to print letters.
-Student cannot attend to the lesson. -Student can only trace fully formed words, not ones with dots as guides.
-Student can follow the dots to write the letters, but it looks illegible to outside readers.
-Student can follow the dots to write the letters and it is legible to outside readers, but the lines are unsteady and not straight.
-Student can follow the dots to write the letters and the lines drawn are steady and straight. -Student can write letters independently.
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The student should have a simple understanding of when and why we celebrate Thanksgiving.
-The student does not know who the Pilgrims were. -The student shows no understanding of why we celebrate Thanksgiving. -The student cannot identify the month of Thanksgiving.
-The student shows a simple understanding of why the Pilgrims came OR why we celebrate Thanksgiving, but not both. -The student can find Thanksgiving on the calendar with the assistance of a sticker on the right day.
-When presented with two options, the student can pick the correct one regarding why the Pilgrims came to Massachusetts and why we celebrate Thanksgiving. -When presented with the three months reviewed in school thus far, the student can identify the month during which we celebrate Thanksgiving.
-The student can independently explain why the Pilgrims came to Massachusetts and give reasons for celebrating Thanksgiving. -The student flip through an entire calendar and identify the month during which we celebrate Thanksgiving.
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