6th Grade Science Guide

6.1.1: Moon & Seasons 3 Dimensions & Progressions

Unit 1

small groups and add the main ideas from each section of the text onto the post-it note or poster board. When they rotate to a new group, they read what the group before them wrote, and edit or add to it as necessary. seats, and review each post-it note with the class, looking for accuracy, and prompting students to write down main ideas in a graphic organizer in their interactive notebooks. ●​ Students should be given a writing prompt, and a word bank, and are asked to pull evidence from the 4 activities that were completed to describe the reasons for seasons. ●​ To make grading easier, students can complete this activity in Canvas where it can be graded using speedgrader, or if students are recording in their interactive notebooks, they should underline words from the word bank in red to draw attention to important concepts for grading purposes. ●​ Teacher should then have students go back to their

Phenomena Assessment: Seasons - Written CER

Objective

Overview

Materials

●​ Interactive Notebook ●​ CER Scaffold for Writing

●​ I can describe the relationship between the tilt of Earth’s axis and its yearly orbit around the sun. ●​ I can use models to explain how the tilt of the Earth’s axis and its yearly orbit around the sun produce seasons. ●​ I can describe the yearly revolution (orbit) of Earth around the sun. ●​ I can identify the differences in direct and indirect light using models.

Multiple Choice Assessment: Seasons

●​ 6.1.1 Formative Assessment (Seasons)

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