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

LESSON 2: EVIDENCE FROM ROCKS & FOSSILS LESSON PACING LEARNING INTENTIONS & SUCCESS CRITERIA

ADDITIONAL MATERIALS

PG

Engage (Phenomena)

15 Min Learning Intention:

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I am learning to make observations and ask questions about rock formations so I can think like a scientist. Success Criteria: I’ll know I have learned it when I am able to write three observations and one question about rock formations.

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Big Idea: What

information we canget from rocks?

Explore

30 Min Learning Intentions:

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I am learning how fossils show changes to an environment over time so that I can understand the relationship between fossils and past environments. Success Criteria: I’ll know I have learned it when I can explain using evidence to support a claim about past environments. I am learning what fossils can tell us about the past so I can make inferences about past environments. Success Criteria: I’ll know I have learned it when I can create a

Lesson: Fossil Dig

SEpg 118 -119

Explain

30 Min Learning Intentions:

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Lesson: What Fossils Tell Us

SEpg 120 - 121

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