Librarian: Katrina Barnett

Teacher: Andrea Rankin

Grade: 3
Library Content: Combination
Collaboration Potential: Moderate

Objectives:
Students will be able to accurately respond to a constructed response
question.
Students will be able to accurately respond to the constructed response
question.

ELA/Writing: Constructed and extended responses

Common Core Standard(s):

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.4 With guidance and support from adults, produce
writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task and
purpose.

AASL Standards:
2.1.3 Use the writing process, media and visual literacy, and technology skills to
create products that express new understandings.

3.1.3 Use writing and speaking skills to communicate new understanding

effectively.

4.1.3 Respond to literature and creative expressions of ideas in various formats

and genres.

Goals:
Students will write for a specific audience and purpose.
Students will respond to literature with specific reference to the text.
Students will use Padlet to submit their writing.

Assessment Methods and Criteria:

3rd and 4th grade GMAS writing rubrics
Resources and Materials:
laptops, sentence strips, lined notebook paper, printed rubrics for each student,
YouTube access, red pens, checklist, promethean board, access to the following
sites:
http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Assessment/Doc
uments/GM%20Grade%203%20EOG%20Assessment%20Guide%203.pdf

Differentiation:

Audacity- for students who struggle with writing down their thoughts. This
program gives them the opportunity to verbally respond to a constructed
response question.

Find alternative stories that meets the needs of each students reading level.

Media Library Teacher Classroom Teacher

Hook Read the ant and the Ask higher order thinking
Grasshopper aloud to questions to check for
students. understanding.

Example: If the ant was

a cow, how would the
story change?

Direct instruction Create a curated Using the Prezi

resource for students. presentation that was
It should include sample created during the online
constructed response module (see instructional
questions and rubrics design). The
that students can access presentation defines
anytime. constructed response
questions, goes over the
rubric, contains a link to
a curated resource to
assist students with
responding to
constructed response
questions, and requires
 students to critique a
model response from the
presentation. Discuss
what makes it an
exemplar response.

Guided practice Have students work in

pairs to pull up their
edmodo blogs and read
the response to the
following writing prompt:
Explain what valuable life
lesson the ant taught the
grasshopper. In your
response, use details
from the story to
support your answer.
Using the rubric,
students will respond to
the blog by giving the
response a grade and
supporting the grade with
details from the rubric.

Instructor will pull up

blog and share some
responses. Afterwards,
she will identify the
grade that was actually
given to the response.

Independent practice Send the Padlet link to Students will be given a

students via Edmodo for short passage and prompt
easy access. Assist to read. They use the
students who arent rubric and respond to the
familiar with the use of passages using Padlet.
Padlet

Sharing and reflecting 3,2,1 Exit ticket.

Students will use a
graphic organizer in
order to discuss three
things theyve learned, 2
questions they still have,
and 1 opinion about the
lesson.