Open Up - Grade 5 - ELA - Module 2 - End of Unit 1 Assessment

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This assessment has two parts. In Part I, you will research to answer this question: What can we do to help the rainforest? In Part II, you will discuss the answers to this question in a Science Talk.

Part I 
What can we do to help the rainforest?

Source 1: Rainforest Alliance - https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/ articles/green-your-home

Read the following source carefully. The write the following for it:
-Summary
-What I read or see that (evidence)...
-It makes me think that to help save the rainforest I can...

Source 2: Learning About Rainforests - http://www.srl.caltech.edu/personnel/ krubal/rainforest/Edit560s6/www/ preserve.html

Read the following source carefully. The write the following for it:
-Summary
-What I read or see that (evidence)...
-It makes me think that to help save the rainforest I can...

Source 3: Rainforest Alliance - http:// www.rainforest-alliance.org/education/ documents/kids_easy_ways.pdf

Read the following source carefully. The write the following for it:
-Summary
-What I read or see that (evidence)...
-It makes me think that to help save the rainforest I can...

Part II
Directions: You will take part in a Science Talk to answer the question: What can we do to help the rainforest?

Remember:
•Be sure to reference the evidence you gathered from the texts you read and recorded in your note-catchers

•As you listen to the conversation, record any new ideas or questions you would like to share with the group as you wait to speak.

•Respond to others and build on their ideas using sentence stems like:
________ “To build on what ________ said …” ________ “

I’d like to ask ________ a question about what he/she said about …”

________ “I’m not sure I agree with what ________ said because …” 

________ “I agree with your point about________ because …”

Source: Open Up Resouces (Download for free at openupresources.org.)