Summative Assessment: Children's Literature Thematic Unit Outline

Summative Assessment: Children's Literature Thematic Unit Outline Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation Course Professor Date Summative Assessment: Children's Literature Thematic Unit Outline Grade Level: First Grade Thematic Topic: Friendship Selected Children’s Literature 1 “My Friend is Sad” by Mo Willems (Fiction) 2 "How to Be a Friend: A Guide to Making Friends and Keeping Them" by Laurie Krasny Brown and Marc Brown (Informational) 3 “Frog and Toad are Friends” by Arnold Lobel (Fiction). Reading and Writing Standards Reading Standards 1 RL.1.1: “Ask and answer questions about key details in a text” (Griffen et al., 2018) Thinking about how instructional approaches and activities can offer learners multiple ways to participate in learning. One way might not work for evert student. 2 RL.1.3: “Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details” (Griffen et al., 2018). Modeling learners how to examine relationships and use critical details. Writing Standards 1 W.1.3: “Write narratives in which they recount two or more appropriately sequenced events, include details regarding what happened, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide some sense of closure” (Griffen et al., 2018). 2 W.1.8: “With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question” (Griffen et al., 2018). Anticipatory Set For learners to be excited about the unit on friendship, it is ideal to start with an effective anticipatory set. Therefore, starting with phrases such as a "Friendship Circle" activity might be significant for this case. In such an activity, learners have to sit in a circle and share one thing they love doing with their peers. Such events create a sense of community and a positive tone for the unit (Griffen et al., 2018). Educators can then introduce each book by exposing the covers to the learners, reading the title, and asking learners to predict what the story could be about as per the title and illustrations on the cover. Such interactive debate helps learners engage with the books from the outset and piques their interest in the narratives. Moreover, playing a short, upbeat song about friendship inspires them to discuss what they think it means to be a good friend. Such a multimodal strategy ensures that learners are emotionally and intellectually set to investigate the thematic unit, supporting a cooperative and enthusiastic learning setting. Reading and Writing Skills/Strategies "M...