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Grade 5 · English Language Arts · Unit 18 of 18

Set a Goal and Track Your Growth

Use criteria and feedback to get better

What your child practises

Setting specific learning goals, using class criteria and descriptive feedback, and collecting evidence to see progress in reading, writing, speaking, listening and representing.

Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: ELA.5.D2.1, ELA.5.D2.2, ELA.5.D2.3, ELA.5.D2.4, ELA.5.D2.5 · self-assessment, class criteria, feedback, learning goals and tracking progress

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Descriptive feedback tells you…

    • only a score
    • what is working and what to try next
    • only that you are done

  2. Question 2

    Which shows tracking progress?

    • keeping a list of the books you've read each month
    • hiding your work
    • forgetting what you did

  3. Question 3

    A learning journal helps you…

    • skip reflection
    • hide your work
    • write about what you learned and what you want to work on

  4. Question 4

    Evidence of learning can be…

    • a piece of writing, a journal entry or a recording
    • only a mark
    • nothing

  5. Question 5

    After getting feedback, you should…

    • ignore it
    • feel upset forever
    • pick a next step and try it

  6. Question 6

    Which plan has steps?

    • Improve.
    • Read more.
    • Read 10 pages a night, jot two new words, and share them on Friday.

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