Grade:5 Subject: Guidance
Unit: Academic Outcomes
Time frame for Completion: Grade 5
2/15/2016
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Enduring Understandings / Big Ideas:
Having organizational skills and learning how to complete long term projects will help me be a successful student.
An awareness of the type of learner I am, will help me succeed academically.
Studying is necessary to be successful.
Essential Questions: How do I study? Why is it important to be organized? Why is it important to use a daily planner? Why is it important to use a
timeline for school projects and assignments?
Learning Competencies What the students will know
and be able to do upon
completion of the unit
Supportive Learning
Activities
Students will be able to
access and maintain an
orderly locker.

Students will utilize an
organizational planner to
track homework, long-term
assignments and relevant
requirements/reminders.

When given a long-term
assignment, students will
successfully follow and
complete teacher
generated timelines.

Students will identify four
different types of studying
strategies.

Teachers will review
strategies and tips for
locker organization
Teachers will review
how to use the agenda
book to organize
homework and
assignments
Time management,
prioritizing, setting
short-term and longterm goals
Study in stylelearning style survey
and review strategies
to help study
Assessments
Formative:

Wida Access Placement Test
(W-APT)

Teacher observation

Students turn in projects and
assignments on time
regularly
Resources
ASCA National Standards
for Academic Development
Team activity
A:B1.7: Become a self-directed and
independent learner.
Team activity
A:B1.7: Become a self-directed
and independent learner.
Summative:
Student self assessment of
organizational skills
Studying, Test Taking,
and Getting Good Grades
(4- Manage Your Time)
--Susanna Palomares and
Dianne Schilling
Studying, Test Taking,
and Getting Good Grades
(3- Studying in Style)
--Susanna Palomares and
Dianne Schilling
A:A2.1: Apply time-management
and task management skills.
A:A2.4: Apply knowledge and
learning styles to positively
influence school performance.
Every Teacher Teaches ESL
ELP Standard 1: English Language
Learners communicate in English for
social and instructional purposes
within the school setting.
ELP Standard 2: English Language
Grade:5 Subject: Guidance
Unit: Academic Outcomes
Time frame for Completion: Grade 5
2/15/2016
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Supplemental Resources:

ESL staff

Bilingual dictionaries
ELL: http://www.cal.org/siop:
Fifty Strategies for Teaching;
English Language Learners, 2nd
edition; Adrienne Herrell, Michael
Jordan; (Merrill/Prentice Hall,
2003)
Learners communicate information,
ideas, and concepts necessary for
academic success in the content area
of Language Arts.