Georgia Milestones Grade 5 ELA case studies
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The Georgia Milestones Assessment System is Georgia's statewide testing program, described by the Georgia Department of Education as "a comprehensive assessment system spanning grades 3 through high school." It measures how well students have learned the knowledge and skills outlined in the state-adopted content standards in English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies. Grade 5 sits at the center of the End-of-Grade (EOG) span: students in grades 3 through 8 take EOG assessments in English language arts and mathematics, and students in grades 5 and 8 also take the EOG assessment in science. The Georgia Milestones Grade 5 ELA case studies are 5 cases and about 3,402 words.
1Choosing a Model Response: Character Change in a Short Story
Okafor's fifth-grade class has just finished reading "The Blue Kite," a short story in which Maya refuses to fly her grandfather's kite after it tears on a fence, then repairs it with him on the last page. During a 20-minute discussion he poses the question: "Which sentence best shows how Maya's feelings about the kite change from the beginning to the end of the story?" Four students respond.
588 words, about 3 min2Integrating Two Sources in a Synthesis Paragraph
Brennan's class is writing a paragraph that synthesizes two sources about planting shade trees in the school parking lot. Source 1 is a one-page city press release stating that shade trees can lower surface temperatures on asphalt by up to 20 degrees and describing a tree-planting grant.
768 words, about 4 min3Prioritizing Revision in an Opinion Essay Conference
Delgado conferences with Devon, whose opinion essay argues that fifth graders should have 20 minutes of recess before lunch instead of after. The draft opens with a hook about sleepy students, then has three body paragraphs: one reporting a class poll in which 18 of 24 students said they focus better after moving, one summarizing a pediatric article Devon read with a partner but never names, and one about how cafeteria pizza should be improved.
678 words, about 3 min4Diagnosing Multiple-Meaning Word Errors on a Vocabulary Quiz
On a five-item vocabulary quiz, fifth grader Priya misses three items, all of them multiple-meaning words. Item 1: "The current carried the leaf downstream." Priya chose "happening right now." Item 2: "The bank was steep and muddy." Priya chose "a place for money." Item 3: "The scientist had to produce her notes for the review." Priya chose "vegetables." Items 4 and 5 used unfamiliar words, "reluctant" and "fragile," in supportive sentences, and Priya got both right by reasoning from the surrounding text.
658 words, about 3 min5Moving Students From Labeling to Explaining Effect in a Poem
During a cold read of an eight-line poem about a river running past an abandoned mill, Ms. Iyer's students answer the question: "How does the repeated line 'the river keeps talking' affect the poem?" Jordan writes, "It rhymes." Sofia writes, "It makes the river seem like a person who keeps talking even when nobody is listening, and repeating it makes it feel like the talking will never stop." Eli writes, "It is repeated three times." Nia writes, "The poem is about a river." Ms.
710 words, about 4 min