CORI Unit Framework Example

Fifth Grade Science

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4

Content Earth’s resources Climate Change Sustainability Sustainable

Communities

Concepts Give examples of Define climate Define and Explain how

Earth’s resources change and explain sustainability can
and describe why explain its causes sustainability and be implemented
they are important and effects how this connects into a community
to climate change through various
projects

Comprehension Connecting to Concept Mapping Asking and Summarizing and

Instruction Background Answering Applying
Knowledge and Questions Knowledge
Predicting

Motivation Relevance Choice of Texts Collaboration Application to

real-world

Whole Class Text Natural resources What do you think Creating What is a
(Britannica Kids) about Climate Sustainable sustainable
Change? Communities community?
(RAZ) (Online video) (Online Text)

Guided Reading This Class can Our House is on A Kid’s Guide to 2 Minutes to
Save the Planet Fire Sustainability Understand
(Online Text) Sustainable
Development
(Online Video)

Benchmark/ Explorer’s Guide What is Climate Sustainability Environmental

Below to World Weather Change? (Online (Britannica Kids) Community
Benchmark (RAZ) Text) Service Ideas for
Readers Kids (Online
Text)

Above Energy Sources: Climate Change What is Tools and

Benchmark Pros and Cons for Kids (Online Sustainability? Resources for
Readers (RAZ) Text) (Online Video) Sustainable
Communities
(Online Text)

Writing Journal Entries Journal Entries Journal Entries Journal Entries

Exit ticket: sum it Exit ticket: Exit ticket: Exit ticket: What
up for $2 bumper sticker I used to community
slogans think…but now I sustainability
think… project would you
bring to your
community?

Script for final

video project