Lesson
4
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Sharing Opinion Pieces About Understanding

Grade

Grade 5

UNIT

8

Understanding

Last Updated:

June 27, 2025

In Unit 8, Lesson 4, “Sharing Opinion Pieces About Understanding,” students will practice their reading skills by reading their opinion pieces about understanding to a partner and their listening skills by listening to their partners’ opinion pieces. Then, students will write what they learned from writing their opinion pieces, both about the writing process and the topic. Finally, students will participate in a class discussion focusing on what they learned from writing their opinion pieces.

SUGGESTED TIME:

30 minutes

RELATED SUBJECT:

English Language Arts

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

  • Demonstrate comprehension of understanding 
  • Read aloud to a partner to support reading and oral presentation skills
  • Listen to a partner’s reading to develop active listening skills 
  • Engage in collaborative discussions with peers 
  • With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing

REQUIRED MATERIALS:

  • Prohuman Grade 5 Unit 8 Worksheet 4: Sharing Opinion Pieces About Understanding

VOCABULARY:.

  • Understanding: I seek knowledge and try to learn the truth. I think about other people’s views that might be different from mine.

ELA COMMON CORE STANDARDS MET

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.5.1

Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 5 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.5.1.B

Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions and carry out assigned roles.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.5.1.C

Pose and respond to specific questions by making comments that contribute to the discussion and elaborate on the remarks of others.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.5.1.D

Review the key ideas expressed and draw conclusions in light of information and knowledge gained from the discussions.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.5.3

Summarize the points a speaker makes and explain how each claim is supported by reasons and evidence.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.5.4

Report on a topic or text or present an opinion, sequencing ideas logically and using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.3

Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.5

With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.

CHARACTER AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL (CSED) NATIONAL STANDARDS MET

Intellectual Character B4

Demonstrate the ability to analyze data, facts, and information

Civic Character A4

Explain why it is important for everyone to serve and contribute to their family, school, community, nation, globally

Civic Character B6

Describe how a role model volunteers and contributes to the common good

Self-Awareness A3

Explain the ways in which you use and practice your personal strengths (e.g., your willingness to help others, your positivity)

Interpersonal/ Relationship Skills A7

Give and receive constructive feedback to classmates and peers

LESSON PROCEDURE

Today we will read our opinion pieces about understanding with a partner.

  1. Circle the room to support the students as they take turns reading their opinion pieces (written in Lesson 3) with their partners. (10 min) 
  2. Ask students to complete the worksheet questions.
  3. Ask the class if anyone would like to share the answers to their worksheet questions.
  4. Collect students’ worksheets from both Lesson 3 and Lesson 4 to provide feedback.

GRADE 5 UNIT 8 WORKSHEET 4: SHARING OPINION PIECES ABOUT UNDERSTANDING

Understanding: I seek knowledge and try to learn the truth. I think about other people’s views that might be different from mine.

ACTIVITY: 

  1. What did you learn from writing your opinion piece about the writing process?

  1. What did you learn from your classmates’ opinion pieces about understanding?

  1. How can you apply what you learned from writing your opinion piece about understanding to improve your life and the lives of others?

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