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

3rd Grade • 1 Lesson Plan
$2.00

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.