“Space Junk: Earth’s Unofficial Ring” Informational Earth Science: Text Features

Lesson Plan Description

Working with an engaging informational text around earth science standards, your 5th graders will practice creating their own new “format” for the text by incorporating purposeful and distinct text features: Using the informational earth science text, “Space Junk: Earth’s Unofficial Ring,” your students will:

• Participate in a series of engaging close reading lessons with many opportunities to develop vocabulary through oral language practice
• Ask and answer text dependent questions in order to…
  • Identify key details and determining the meaning of unknown vocabulary using context clues
  • Integrate text features in order to create a new “layout” for the text

The text used in this lessons addresses the NGSS: ESS3.C:

• Human Impacts on Earth Systems Human activities in agriculture, industry, and everyday life have had major effects on the land, vegetation, streams, ocean, air, and even outer space. But individuals and communities are doing things to help protect Earth’s resources and environments.

**Purchasing both this 1 hour and the ELA Bundle: “Space Junk: Earth’s Unofficial Ring” Informational Earth Science: Text Features,” will result in duplicate content.