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“The Mendenhall Glacier” Informational: Thermal Expansion – Cause and Effect

3rd Grade • 1 Lesson Plan
$2.00
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Quick Facts

Subject: ELA, Informational

Type: 1 Lesson Plan

Skills:

  • Work with partners to collaborate, ask and answer text dependent questions with the support of strategic sentence frames in order to...
    • Practice using context clues to determine meaning of unknown words
    • Synthesize key details in the text
    • Determine causes & effects
    • Create a visual comparison of glaciers and ice cubes

Materials Needed:

  • Blank pieces of white paper (2 per student)
  • Lined paper
  • Pencils, crayons
  • Document camera/chart paper/ or whiteboard (used for examples)

Printable Resources: Required:

  • Student copies of informational texts, (1 per student)-or- display on a document camera
  • Copies of "Drawing Cube Activity" (1 per student) -or- display a copy on a document camera

CCSS: RI.3.1, RI.3.2, RI.3.3, RI.3.4

File Type: PDF Document

Lesson Plan Description

Perfect for multilingual students learning English, this 1 hour ELA lesson is full of scaffolds and supports to encourage the development of strong collaborative discussion habits.  Your students will:

  • Participate in collaborative conversations asking and answering “text” dependent questions with the support of sentence frames
  • Analyze details, make inferences and synthesize information
  • Create a graphic organizer which includes: cause and effect, vocabulary, and key details
  • Utilize aspects of geometry and science as they create a visual comparison of glaciers and ice cubes.

**Purchasing both this 1 hour and the ELA Bundle: “The Mendenhall Glacier” Informational Bundle”, you will end up with duplicated content.