Fifth Grade Learning Expectations
Essential Learning 1: The student writes clearly and effectively.Writing Skill 1.3: Uses transitional sentences and phrases to connect ideas.
Definition of writing skill:
transition - bridge between two different ideas (e.g., first, second, third, next, then, therefore, etc...)
Resources:
- Write Idea, p.247, 254
- Instuctional Three-Trait Writing Rubric
Internet Links:
Assessment:
- Write a how-to paragraph
- Write a spatial
order paragraph
- Write a persuasive
paper
- Three-Trait Writing Assessement - parallel to WASL Rubric