3rd Grade Plants Unit Blueprint | 
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    STC Plant Growth and Development Pacing Suggestions: See page 4 in Teacher's Guide for a schedule of Lessons.  | 
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| Essential & Unit Questions 1 | Benchmarks 2 | Assessments 3 | Using Assessments to Monitor Student Learning | 
| Lesson serves as a pre-unit assessment of students' general knowledge about plants | What We Know about Plants and What We Would Like to Know about Plants class charts (See Procedure Steps 3-5 on page 11 in Teacher's Guide.) | Review students' responses on the two charts with respect to the unit benchmarks. To what extent do their comments indicate prior knowledge or preconceptions about the unit benchmarks? | |
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    1. For conceptual benchmarks. 2. Bolded sections indicate portion of benchmark addressed 3. Unless noted as a Summative Assessment, the assessments are formative and should be used to guide teaching and learning.  | 
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