4th grade Instructional Guide

McGraw Hill Unit 5: Our Dynamic Earth

GRADE4 SCIENCE

Module: Earth and it’s Changing Features

Our Dynamic Earth Teacher Edition Note: Student edition materials have been added to the Unit 3 student consumable. Page numbers below reference those page numbers.

Lesson 2: Evidence from Rocks & Fossils

Module: Earthquakes

Lesson 2: Model Earthquake Movement OR CSD Created Waves Lesson

● Describe features and patterns of waves ● Stability and Change

● Develop and use a model ● Draw and label diagrams ● Recognize patterns ● Analyze & interpret data ● Find evidence ● Engage in argument to support an explanation

● Data from fossils ● Patterns in rocks ● Patterns in fossils ● Fossils found in rock layers

LEARNING PROGRESSIONS 1. Explore how fossils show changes in environments over time 2. Explain how Earth’s forces change the environment over time 3. Explore how rock formations teach us about past environments 4. Create a model of fossils and rock layers 5. Make observations about waves and how they affect objects 6. Recognize features of waves

7. Describe different types of waves 8. Describe regular patterns of waves END OF UNIT COMPETENCY I can make a claim and use supporting evidence to explain how environments have changed over time. Language Functions and Features: ● Labeled diagrams to support the claim (rock layers, rock formations, fossils) ● Declarative statements to state the claim (Evidence of _____ shows that ___., __ was affected over time by ________.) ● Connectors to link clauses and establish relationships (Based on the _______ about rock layers, I can tell the ____.)

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT

● 4.3.1 Formative Assessment ● 4.1.3 Formative Assessment ● 4.1.4 Formative Assessment