Grade 3 Unit 1 Open Response Questions

8/3/2019 Grade 3 Unit 1 Open Response Questions

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Selection: Boom Town

SF Reading Street Grade 3 Unit 1 Week 1

Theme/Main Idea: In a community, people depend on each other for

survival (financial). Unit Theme: When is money important and when does

it affect our lives?

Standard: 8: Understanding a Text

Students will identify basic facts and main ideas in a text and use them as the

basis for interpretation.

Written Response Question:

In the storyBoom Town, not everyone became rich digging for gold. Based

on the selection, explain four (4) things people did to make money and

create a community.

Scoring Guidelines:

Amandas father sold pie Peddler Pete set up a trading post The prospector and his wife opened a laundry A cobbler crafted shoes and boots A barber moved in Apothecary with healing herbs opened Amanda opened a bakery Cowboy Charlie started a livery stable Mr. Hooper built a bank A teacher and preacher moved to Boom Town


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Open Response Scoring Rubric

Grade 3 Boom TownScore Description

4 Response thoroughlyexplains four things people did to

make money and create a community. Response usesspecific and relevant information from the

story/article/selection as support.

3 Response generally explains four things people did to

make money and create a community. Response lacks

some specificity or relevance.

2 Response partially explains four things people did to

make money and create a community. Response uses

weak or limited information from the

story/article/selection and may contain some

misunderstandings.

1 Response attempts to explain four things people did to

make money and create a community. Explanation isbased on personal opinion or shows minimal/vague

understanding of the story/article/selection. The

attempted response may contain personal opinion.

0 Response is totally incorrect or irrelevant.

Blank No response.


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Name:________________________________Date:__________

Boom Town Unit 1, Week 1

Write your answer to the open-response question in the lined space

below.

In the storyBoom Town, not everyone became rich digging for gold.

Explain four (4) things people did to make money and create a community.

Use details from the selection to explain your answer.


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Selection: What About Me

SF Reading Street Grade 3 Unit 1 Week 2

Theme/Main Idea: When is money important and when does it affect

our lives? How would we get what we want without money? (barter)

Standard: 11 Theme

Students will identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of theme in a

literary work and provide evidence from the text to support their

understanding.


The boys problem (seeking knowledge) turns around (turning point)

when he helps the merchants daughter. Explain the knowledge the boy

gets when he helps the merchants daughter. Use important details from

the story in your answer.

Scoring Guidelines:

The boy helps the girl who was really upset. She loves a carpenterwho is look for someone to marry. Her father wants her to marry a

merchant but wants her to stop being upset. Helping someone elseis one of the most previous gifts we can receive.

You can learn something new when you dont even expect it.


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Grade 3 What About MeScore Description

4 Response thoroughlyexplains the knowledge the boy

gets when he helps the merchants daughter.Response uses specific and relevant information from

the story/article/selection as support.

3 Response generally explains the knowledge the boy

gets when he helps the merchants daughter using

evidence from the story. Response lacks some

specificity or relevance.

2 Response partially explains the knowledge the boy

gets when he helps the merchants daughter using

evidence from the story. Response uses weak or

limited information from the story/article/selection

and may contain some misunderstandings.

1 Response attempts to explain the knowledge the boygets when he helps the merchants daughter using

evidence from the story. Explanation is based on

personal opinion or shows minimal/vague




Blank No response.


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Name:________________________________Date:__________

What About MeUnit 1, Week 2


below.

The boys problem (seeking knowledge) turns around (turning point) when

he helps the merchants daughter. Explain the knowledge the boy gets when

he helps the merchants daughter using evidence from the story.


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Selection: Alexander Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst.

SF Reading Street Gr. 3 Unit 1 Week 3

Theme/Main Idea: Learning to manage money.

Standard: 8:14

Making judgments about setting, characters and events and support them

with evidence from the text.


The story is told by the narrator, Alexander. Explain how Alexander feels

about money. Use important details from the story in your answer.

Scoring Guidelines:

His brothers, Anthony and Nicholas, have more money than him. He likes money a lot. He wishes he had more money. He believes saving money is hard. He has good intentions of saving money, but makes some poor

choices.


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Open Response Scoring RubricGrade 3 Alexander Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday

Score Description

4 Response thoroughly explains how Alexander feels

about money. Response uses specific and relevantinformation from the story/article/selection as

support.

3 Response generally explains how Alexander feels

about money. Response lacks some specificity or

relevance.

2 Response partially explains how Alexander feels aboutmoney. Response uses weak or limited information

from the story/article/selection and may contain some

misunderstandings.

1 Response attempts to explain how Alexander feels

about money. Explanation is based on personal opinion

or shows minimal/vague understanding of the

story/article/selection. The attempted response may

contain personal opinion.


Blank No response.


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Name:________________________________Date:__________

Alexander Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday---Unit 1, Week 3


below.

The story is told by the narrator, Alexander. Which statements let the reader

know how Alexander feels about money? Use details from the selection to

explain your answer.


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Selection: If You Made a Million Grade 3 Unit 1 Week 4

Theme/Main Idea: How does money work?

Unit Theme: When is money important and when does it affect our lives?

Standard: 8 Understanding a Text

Students will identify basic facts and main ideas in a text and use them as

the basis for interpretation.Written Response Question:Based on the selection, explain how sometimes the bank pays you interest

for your money and sometimes you may have to pay the bank interest.

Use important details from the story in your answer.

Scoring Guidelines:

If you keep your money in the bank for a specific amount of time,the bank will pay you money for saving your money. The longer

you keep your money in the bank, the more interest you earn. If you dont have enough money to pay for something, you can ask

the bank for a loan. You would pay the bank a little at a time,

month after month for many years. You have to pay the bank the

amount you borrowed and extra money too. The extra money is

called interest. You pay the bank because you are using their

money.


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Grade 3 If You Made a MillionScore Description

4 Response thoroughly explains how sometimes the bank

pays you interest for your money and sometimes youmay have to pay the bank interest. Response uses

specific and relevant information from the

story/article/selection as support.

3 Response generally explains how sometimes the bank

pays you interest for your money and sometimes you

may have to pay the bank interest. Response lacks

some specificity or relevance.

2 Response partially explains how sometimes the bank


may have to pay the bank interest. Response uses

weak or limited information from the


misunderstandings.

1 Response attempts to explain how sometimes the bank


may have to pay the bank interest. Explanation is

based on personal opinion or shows minimal/vague




Blank No response.


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Name:________________________________Date:____________________

If You Made a Million---Unit 1, Week 4

Write your answer to the open-response question in the lined space below.

Based on the selection, explain how sometimes the bank pays you interest

for your money and sometimes you may have to pay the bank interest. Useimportant details from the story in your answer.


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Selection: Money from Long Ago Grade 3 Unit 1 Week 4

Theme/Main Idea: How does money work?

Unit Theme: When is money important and when does it affect our lives?


Students will identify basic facts and main ideas in a text and use them as

the basis for interpretation.Written Response Question:According to the selection, explain three different items people used as

money instead of paper money or coins. Use important details from the

selection.

Scoring Guidelines:

Cowries shells are small ocean shells. The shells were either wornor stored. Its color and size would set the value of the cowrie.

A feather coil was made from red feathers of a honey eating bird.The feathers were glued on the coil and were then yards long. Thefeather coils were used to in marriage contracts and to buy boats.

Salt was used in Africa and China. Reeds were used to store saltand keep it from breaking.

People from the island Yap in the Pacific used large stone discs.Some discs weighed over 400 pounds. They were used to arrange

marriages and to trade houses or boats.

Native Americans used belt of beads to trade. Each bead makercreated their belt with different colors and patterns.


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Grade 3 Money from Long AgoScore Description

4 Response thoroughly explains three different items

people used as money instead of paper money or coins.Response uses specific and relevant information from

the story/article/selection as support.

3 Response generally explains three different items

people used as money instead of paper money or coins.

Response lacks some specificity or relevance.

2 Response partially explains three different items

people used as money instead of paper money or coins.

Response uses weak or limited information from the


misunderstandings.

1 Response attempts to explain three different items

people used as money instead of paper money or coins.Explanation is based on personal opinion or shows

minimal/vague understanding of the

story/article/selection. The attempted response may



Blank No response.


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Name:________________________________Date:__________

Money from Long Ago---Unit 1, Week 4

Write your answer to the open-response question in the lined space below.

According to the selection, explain three different items people used as

money instead of paper money or coins. Use important details from theselection.


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Selection: My Rows and Piles of Coins by Tololwa M. Mollel.

SF Reading Street-Grade 3 Unit 1 Week 5

Theme/Main Idea: How do we learn the value of money? Unit Theme:

When is money important and when does it affect our lives?


Students will identify basic facts and main ideas in a text and use them asthe basis for interpretation.


In the story, Saruni wanted to buy a bicycle to help his family. Explain

how Saruni was able to get his bicycle. Use important details from the

story to support your answer.

Scoring Guidelines:

Yeyo gave Saruni 5 ten cent coins Saruni saved the coins in his money box to buy a bicycle to

help his mother on market days He counted his coins and thought about the bicycle he

wanted to buy

Saruni asked Murete to ride his bicycle Murete taught/helped Saruni ride his bike (gave lessons) Helped Yeyo with household chores, helped Murete on

coffee farm, he pruned coffee trees, put leaves &

twigs around coffee stems to earn more money

The money box grew heavier Saruni practiced riding the bike with heavy loads He earned 305 coins and tried to buy the red bicycle, but he

didnt have enough money

He told his mother he saved his money to buy a bicycle tohelp her, but he didnt have enough

Murete said, I want to sell you my bicycle for 305 coins He realized he had his very own bicycle after all, with the

help of his parents


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Grade 3 My Rows and Piles of CoinsScore Description

4 Response thoroughlyexplains how Saruni was able to

get his bicycle. Response uses specific and relevantinformation from the story/article/selection as

support.

3 Response generally explains how Saruni was able to

get his bicycle. Response lacks some specificity or

relevance.

2 Response partially explains how Saruni was able to get

his bicycle. Response uses weak or limited

information from the story/article/selection and may

contain some misunderstandings.

1 Response attempts to explain how Saruni was able to

get his bicycle. Explanation is based on personal

opinion or shows minimal/vague understanding of thestory/article/selection. The attempted response may



Blank No response.


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Name:________________________________Date:__________

My Rows and Piles of Coins---Unit 1, Week 5


below.

In the story, Saruni wanted to buy a bicycle to help his family. Explain how

Saruni was able to get his bicycle. Use important details from the story to

support your answer.


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Grade 3 Unit 1 Open Response Questions