Connie+T

Ideas
**D-Quadrant Backward Planning **


 * Lesson Title **
 * Judy Moody Declares Independence – 2nd grade**

The students should be able to relate information they have learned about the Boston Tea Party, Paul Revere, Amelia Bloomer, the Declaration of Independence and signers John Hancock and Benjamin Franklin They will be able to recite the first stanza of Longfellow’s __Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride__. The students will be able to use World Book databases to look up historical information as well as biographies of characters referred to in the book. Information literacy, collaboration How does the past impact our lives today? How the past impacts our lives today. What would our lives be like if these events didn’t happen? Can you tell me the names of some people who signed the Declaration of Independence? Where did Judy go on her trip? Who is Judy’s new friend that she met on her trip? As you are reading a book, how could you find information on the events that happened in this book? What is the importance of these events in the history of the United States? What is the first stanza of Longfellow’s __Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride__?
 * What is it you Want Students to Know and Be Able to Do? –** //Content Standards//
 * 21st Century Skills (ISTE NETS)** //What will you assess, specifically?//
 * Transfer**: //Students will be able to independently use their knowledge, understandings, and skills acquired to do research projects and/or look up information as they are reading books on their own using databases.//
 * Essential Question** //Big, broad open question not subject specific//
 * Enduring Understanding:** //What do you hope students to remember 10 years from now?//
 * Unit Questions:** //Open questions – subject specific//
 * Content/Guiding Questions:** //Closed questions – fact finding//
 * How will you know they know it?** //Formative & Summative Assessment Strategies of content __and__ skills//

__Formative Assessments:__ Recite the first stanza of Longfellow’s __Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride__ Tell who Paul Revere was and what he is famous for. Tell what the purpose of the Boston Tea Party was. Summative Assessments:


 * Performance Assessment Task – G.R.A.S.P.S. **

__**Goal: **//The “hook” //– //Your task is… ////an ////engaging introduction that kids can connect with – the “real world” situation //__ __Take a trip to Boston, Massachussets and learn about some people who used to live there.__

__**The Role ** - //Who does this kind of work or problem solving in the “real world?” //__

__**The Audience – **//Who will you present your product to (other than the teacher)? //__ __2nd grade classmates__

__**The Situation – **//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">More details on the goal //__

__**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">The product **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> – //<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">What would you turn in to your boss? //__

__Kids could recite first stanza of Longfellow's__ Paul Revere's Midnight Ride__


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Standards & Criteria for Success – **//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Rubric criteria – what is expected? Should align with learning goals //