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You are purchasing the paperback version of this book. The History of the Earth Common Core Lessons and Activities Book allows you to immediately meet new Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, as well as Literacy and Writing in History/Social Studies. It is designed to supplement your Social Studies resources, adding new Common Core rigor, analysis, writing, inference, text-dependent questions, and more into your daily instruction.
How to Use the
History of the Earth - Common Core Lessons and Activities book:
• Work through the lessons and activities as a class to teach your students higher-order thinking, analysis, and 21st century skills necessary to meet new Common Core expectations.
• Allow students to work through the lessons independently to build and practice these new skills.
• Include technology, collaboration, presentations, and discussion in the activities as you desire - you can decide how in-depth to go.
• Watch your class develop new abilities to meet the rigor of Common Core State Standards, right before your eyes!
Click
HERE to view sample pages from this book.
Tips:
• Use some of the pages - or use them all - based on your grade, your students, your curriculum, and your needs.
• Use these pages at their current size, or if you prefer them to be 8.5" X 11", enlarge them 125% on your copy machine.
• To download the graphic organizers labeled "GO" in the Table of Contents click
HERE.
• Use the correlations grid to easily see which Common Core standards are covered in each lesson.
The
History of the Earth - Common Core Lessons and Activities includes: • Reading for Information
• Higher-Order Thinking
• Writing Problems
• Primary Source Analysis
• Vocabulary
• Graphic Organizers
• Map Activities
• & More!
Here is the Table of Contents for the
History of the Earth - Common Core Lessons and Activities book:What Is Geology?: Reading Informational Text
What Is Inside the Earth?: Concepts & Processes
Slow & Fast Changes: Reading Informational Text
Comparing Changes: Compare & Contrast GO1
Mount St. Helens Blows Her Top: Summarizing Information
The Rock Cycle: Reading Informational Text
Comparing Layers: Main Idea
Law of Superposition: Reading Informational Text
What Are Fossils?: Reading Informational Text G
Fossils in the Valley: Interpreting Visual Data
Geological Time Scale: Classifying Information
Earth's Timeline: Data Analysis
Long-Term Perspective: Point of View
Climate Changes: Reading Informational Text
Plate Tectonics: Concepts & Processes
Think Like a Geologist: Summarizing Information G
Common Core Correlation
G: Includes Graphic Organizer
GO: Graphic Organizer is also available 8.5" x 11" online download HERE.
(numbers above correspond to the graphic organizer numbers online)