Standards Mastery Through Critical Thinking
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STUDENT AND TEACHER EDITION Standards Mastery through Critical Thinking Experience the Difference in Your Classrooms Activities to engage and accommodate all learners Critical thinking integrated into every activity LEVEL Available in print or as digital PDFs in the i-Ready Teacher Toolbox LEVELS 1–8 SAMPLE4 A Company ThinkUp! ELA introduces the focus NCSCoS and the 9 Traits of Critical Thinking™ that support students as they learn, practice, and master NCSCoS concepts. Traits of Critical We are pleased to introduce ThinkUp! ELA Teacher and Student Editions. We have developed this product to support your instruction for 100% of the NCSCoS Thinking for ELA with evidence-based strategies to help you scaffold high-quality instruction. High-interest reading passages and activities Begins each unit with an “I will” learning target support students as they read, write, speak, statement based on the unit focus NCSCoS. and listen and develop critical thinking skills. Offers units that are organized by focus Includes activities that stimulate critical thinking NCSCoS with explanations of the standards to as evidenced by Depth of Knowledge and support planning and instruction and to align Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy coding. with your ELA scope and sequence. Offers literary texts as well as informational texts that promote cross-curricular connections across content areas. This sample contains the • Table of Contents Teacher Edition following content from • Unit 10 Teacher Edition ThinkUp! ELAR, Level 4: Call us at 844-452-4341 to implement ThinkUp! in your classroom. • Unit 10 Student Edition Learn more at mentoringminds.com/thinkup. The final content may contain slight changes or revisions that are not yet reflected in this sample version. TEACHER EDITION TEACHER EDITION Unit 17 Casey Jones: American Folk Hero NCSCOS Focus L.4.5 LITERATURE: Tall Tale......................................................................................................................................................131 Unit 18 Super Noses NCSCOS Focus RI.4.7 INFORMATIONAL: Informational Text......................................................................................................................................................139 Unit 19 The Shot and Randi’s Ride NCSCOS Focus RL.4.6 LITERATURE/LITERATURE: Realistic Fiction/Realistic Fiction......................................................................................................................................................147 Table of Contents Unit 20 Relieved Rescue Access the Pre-Assessments on the Mentoring Minds website. NCSCOS Focus RL.4.1 LITERATURE: Historical Fiction......................................................................................................................................................156 Teacher Resources The Gardener’s Roses and The Mightiest Unit 1 NCSCOS Frequency Chart ......................................................................................................................................................164 NCSCOS Focus RL.4.9 LITERATURE/LITERATURE: Folktale/Fable......................................................................................................................................................1 Skill-Based Literature ......................................................................................................................................................182 Unit 2 Play by the Rules NCSCOS Focus RI.4.8 INFORMATIONAL: Opinion Piece......................................................................................................................................................9 Glossary ......................................................................................................................................................195 Unit 3 Exchanging Expectations NCSCOS Focus RL.4.3 LITERATURE: Realistic Fiction......................................................................................................................................................17 Unit 4 Japanese Calligraphy: Art with Meaning NCSCOS Focus RI.4.3 INFORMATIONAL: Informational Text......................................................................................................................................................25 Unit 5 A Smile on the Chisholm Trail and Drama on the Chisholm Trail NCSCOS Focus RL.4.7 LITERATURE/LITERATURE: Historical Fiction/Drama......................................................................................................................................................33 Unit 6 Manners Through the Ages and Sandra’s Blog: Growing Up in a Small Town NCSCOS Focus RI.4.5 INFORMATIONAL/INFORMATIONAL: Informational Text/Opinion Piece......................................................................................................................................................42 Unit 7 How the Beauty of Music Came to Earth NCSCOS Focus RL.4.2 LITERATURE: Myth......................................................................................................................................................50 Unit 8 Volcano Erupts and Extremes in Nature for Kids NCSCOS Focus RI.4.6 INFORMATIONAL/INFORMATIONAL: Informational Text/Informational Text......................................................................................................................................................58 Unit 9 The Trouble with Winning NCSCOS Focus RL.4.5 LITERATURE: Drama......................................................................................................................................................67 Unit 10 Cardboard Bikes and Plastic Bottle Village NCSCOS Focus RI.4.9 INFORMATIONAL/INFORMATIONAL: Informational Text/Informational Text......................................................................................................................................................75 Unit 11 Taming a Tornado NCSCOS Focus RL.4.4 LITERATURE: Legend......................................................................................................................................................83 Unit 12 Tasty Tex-Mex NCSCOS Focus RI.4.1 INFORMATIONAL: Informational Text......................................................................................................................................................91 Unit 13 The Circus Comes to Town NCSCOS Focus RL.4.3 LITERATURE: Historical Fiction......................................................................................................................................................99 Unit 14 Alvin Ailey: A Legacy That Dances On NCSCOS Focus RI.4.4, L.4.4 INFORMATIONAL: Informational Text......................................................................................................................................................107 Unit 15 Lessons and Family Strings NCSCOS Focus RL.4.5 LITERATURE/LITERATURE: Poem/Poem......................................................................................................................................................115 Unit 16 International Pillow Fight Day and International Day of Happiness NCSCOS Focus RI.4.2 INFORMATIONAL/INFORMATIONAL: Informational Text/Informational Text......................................................................................................................................................123 TEACHER EDITION UNIT 10 Clarifying the Standard Review the following information to clarify the NCSCOS before planning instruction. FOCUS STANDARD NCSCOS.RI.4.9 Integrate information from two texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably. When students gather information about a topic, it is important that they use more than one source. One text might share facts or details about a topic that are not located in another text on the same topic. Reading and studying multiple texts on the same subject provides students with more complete understandings of the topic. When students read two or more texts on the same topic, they are expected to integrate the information. This requires that students practice the skill of synthesis. Synthesis is the process of combining information from different sources in order to produce a new understanding or new product. Guide students through the following steps to practice synthesizing information. 1. Read each text individually. 2. Consider each text to identify its main idea and key details. 3. Analyze the texts to determine similarities and differences between the main ideas and key details. 4. Synthesize the information based on the relationship of the common ideas and details using an appropriate organizational structure (e.g., description, cause/effect, compare/contrast). When students have successfully integrated information from two or more texts, they can write or speak about the subject knowledgeably based on the new learning. Use these strategies to support students as they work toward mastery of this standard. • After reading two or more texts on the same topic, have students compose a statement that expresses a main idea located in both texts. Then, have students select a detail from each text that supports the overarching key idea. Provide time for students to confirm or correct their identifications of key ideas and details with partners or small groups and then integrate the shared information to speak about the topic knowledgeably. • Have students select a “common ideas color” of highlighter or pencil and use the color to