Grade 5 · English Language Arts · Unit 18 of 18
Set a Goal and Track Your Growth
Use criteria and feedback to get better
What your child practises
Setting specific learning goals, using class criteria and descriptive feedback, and collecting evidence to see progress in reading, writing, speaking, listening and representing.
Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: ELA.5.D2.1, ELA.5.D2.2, ELA.5.D2.3, ELA.5.D2.4, ELA.5.D2.5 · self-assessment, class criteria, feedback, learning goals and tracking progress
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Descriptive feedback tells you…
- only a score
- what is working and what to try next
- only that you are done
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what is working and what to try next
Hint: It guides improvement.
Question 2
Which shows tracking progress?
- keeping a list of the books you've read each month
- hiding your work
- forgetting what you did
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keeping a list of the books you've read each month
Hint: Collect evidence of learning.
Question 3
A learning journal helps you…
- skip reflection
- hide your work
- write about what you learned and what you want to work on
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write about what you learned and what you want to work on
Hint: Journals support reflection.
Question 4
Evidence of learning can be…
- a piece of writing, a journal entry or a recording
- only a mark
- nothing
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a piece of writing, a journal entry or a recording
Hint: It shows what you can do.
Question 5
After getting feedback, you should…
- ignore it
- feel upset forever
- pick a next step and try it
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pick a next step and try it
Hint: Feedback helps you grow.
Question 6
Which plan has steps?
- Improve.
- Read more.
- Read 10 pages a night, jot two new words, and share them on Friday.
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Read 10 pages a night, jot two new words, and share them on Friday.
Hint: Steps are small actions.