grade 3 unit 1 open response questions
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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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8/3/2019 Grade 3 Unit 1 Open Response Questions
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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.
Written Response Question:
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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Open Response Scoring Rubric
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
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:__________
What About MeUnit 1, Week 2
Write your answer to the open-response question in the lined space
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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8/3/2019 Grade 3 Unit 1 Open Response Questions
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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.
Written Response Question:
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.
0 Response is totally incorrect or irrelevant.
Blank No response.
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Name:________________________________Date:__________
Alexander Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday---Unit 1, Week 3
Write your answer to the open-response question in the lined space
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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8/3/2019 Grade 3 Unit 1 Open Response Questions
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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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Open Response Scoring Rubric
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
pays you interest for your money and sometimes you
may have to pay the bank interest. Response uses
weak or limited information from the
story/article/selection and may contain some
misunderstandings.
1 Response attempts to explain how sometimes the bank
pays you interest for your money and sometimes you
may have to pay the bank interest. Explanation is
based 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:____________________
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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8/3/2019 Grade 3 Unit 1 Open Response Questions
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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?
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: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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Open Response Scoring Rubric
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
story/article/selection and may contain some
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
contain personal opinion.
0 Response is totally incorrect or irrelevant.
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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8/3/2019 Grade 3 Unit 1 Open Response Questions
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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?
Standard: 8 Understanding a Text
Students will identify basic facts and main ideas in a text and use them asthe basis for interpretation.
Written Response Question:
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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Open Response Scoring Rubric
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
contain personal opinion.
0 Response is totally incorrect or irrelevant.
Blank No response.
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Name:________________________________Date:__________
My Rows and Piles of Coins---Unit 1, Week 5
Write your answer to the open-response question in the lined space
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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