Name: Karissa Scott
School: Kilgour Elementary
Grade level and subject area: 5th Grade L.A.
Stage 1-Desired Results
Established Goals: (G)
Common Core/Language Arts/5th Grade
5.SL.2
Summarize a written text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including
visually, quantitatively, and orally.
Understandings: (U)
Students will understand that…
Essential Questions: Q
What does it mean to be free?
Students will understand that during the era the
book is set, there were numerous civil rights
movement occurrences taking place. They will also
need to have an understanding of segregation.
What is segregation? (KWL on this topic)
Students will know….(K)
Students will be able to…(S)
The meaning of the word, “segregation” and of the
phrase, “Civil Rights Movement”
Students will be able to interpret the text, The
Watson’s Go to Birmingham—1963 utilizing their
understanding of what segregation is and means.
Stage 2-Assessment Evidence
Performance Tasks: (T)
Other Evidence: (OE)
Whether or not the students have understood the
desired information will be judged based on the
premise of the Segregation KWL chart and their
summaries of Chapter One.
I will know if my students have grasped these
understandings through looking over their Chapter
One summaries and the L section of their KWL
charts. I will also know through discussion of
segregation/civil rights prior to reading the text.
Stage 3-Learning Plan
Learning Activities: (L)
 Students will first complete the K and W section of their KWL chart regarding the essential
question, “What is segregation?”
 Then, there will be a short discussion on segregation and the Civil Rights Movement, building
upon their schema and prior understandings.
 Next, students will be given a copy of the text, The Watson’s Go to Birmingham—1963 and will
be asked to make a 2-3 sentence prediction as to what the book will be about based on the
cover, title, and our previous discussion. This will generate interest. Students will make
predictions in the Major Works Data Sheet rendition I created for the purposes of 5th grade level
students.
 The teacher will then do a read aloud of Chapter One with the students stopping in various
places to ask probing questions and to generate student reflection on the text. The read aloud
will serve as a model for fluent reading.
 Students will also be provided with a blank handout of the U.S. for their own personal reference.
As a whole group, the map in front of the class will be used to show the students where Flint,
Michigan is located (where the Watsons currently live) and equally where Birmingham, Alabama
is (where Momma grew up). This will give them a sense of setting and location while reading the
book. They will be expected to mark on their maps the approximate location of each setting.
 If time allows, teacher will then show a small 1-2 minute clip of “A Christmas Story” where the
boy gets his tongue stuck to the flag pole due to cold weather, much like Byron’s case in the
book. This will give students a visual as to what the book was discussing and will equally evoke
humor, interest out of the book. If time does not allow, video will be shown as a way to reel the
students back in at the beginning of the next class.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RgCbcT8eEU
 Watch from start to 1.05 and 1.12 to end (skip middle seconds because another student says a
derogatory word.)