Project G.L.A.D.

NewhallSchool District

Earth Science: Rocks and Minerals

(Level 4)

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I.UNIT THEME – Include cross-cultural sensitivity theme

  • Systems and interactions in earth science
  • The structure of the earth is always changing
  • Rock cycle
  • Cultures are influenced by the geological processes around them

II.FOCUS/MOTIVATION

  • Cognitive Content Dictionary
  • Inquiry chart
  • Observation charts
  • Music and poetry
  • Read-aloud
  • Picture file cards
  • Big book
  • Field trip to Vasquez Rocks
  • Guest speaker (geologist)
  • Geologist awards
  • Realia: examine mineral and rock collections
  • Films on volcanoes, rocks, and minerals

III.CLOSURE/ASSESSMENT

  • Process charts/learning
  • Letter to parents
  • Student generated test questions
  • Class poems, narrative, expository
  • Assessment of team tasks
  • Earth science unit test

IV.CONCEPTS – Grade 4

SCIENCE

  • The properties of rocks and minerals reflect the processes that formed them
  • Characteristics of sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks
  • Use diagnostic properties to identify rock-forming minerals
  • Waves, wind, water, and ice shape and re-shape the earth’s surface
  • Change occurs both slowly and rapidly
  • Natural forces erode rocks and landforms

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V.LANGUAGE ARTS STANDARDS

ELA STANDARDS - Grade 4

Reading:

1.0Word Analysis, Fluency and Systematic Vocabulary Development Word Recognition

1.1 Read narrative and expository text aloud with grade-appropriate fluency and accuracy and with appropriate spacing, intonation, and expression.

Vocabulary and Concept Development

1.2 Apply knowledge of word origins, derivations, synonyms, antonyms, and idioms to determine the meaning of words and phrases.

4.1Use knowledge of root words to determine the meaning of unknown words within a passage.

1.4 Know common roots and affixes derived from Greek and Latin and use this knowledge to analyze the meaning of complex words (e.g. international).

2.0 / Students read and understand grade-level-appropriate material. They draw
upon a variety of comprehension strategies as needed.
Structural Features of Informational Materials
2.1 Identify structural patterns found in informational text
Comprehension and Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text
2.2 Use appropriate strategies when reading for different purposes (e. g., full
comprehension, location of information, personal enjoyment).
2.3 Make and confirm predictions about text by using prior knowledge and ideas
presented in the text itself, including illustrations, titles, topic sentences, important
words, and foreshadowing clues.
2.4 Evaluate new information and hypotheses by testing them against known
information and ideas.
2.5 Compare and contrast information on the same topic after reading several
passages or articles.
2.6 Distinguish between cause and effect and between fact and opinion in
expository text.
2.7 Follow multiple-step instructions in a basic technical manual (e.g., how to
Use computer commands or video games).
3.0 / Literary Responses and Analysis:
Structural Features of Literature
3.1 Describe the structural differences of various imaginative forms of literature,
including fantasies, fables, myths, legends, and fairy tales.
Narrative Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text
3.2 Identify the main events of the plot, their causes, and the influence of each
event on future actions.
3.3 Use knowledge of the situation and setting and of a character's traits and
motivations to determine the causes for the character's actions.
3.4 Compare and contrast tales from different cultures by tracing the exploits of
one character type and develop theories to account for similar tales in diverse
cultures (e.g., trickster tales).
3.5 Define figurative language (e.g., simile, metaphor, hyperbole,
personification) and identify its use in literary works.

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Writing

1.0 / Writing Strategies
Organization and Focus
1.2 Create multiple-paragraph compositions:
1.3 Use traditional structures for conveying information (e.g., chronological
order, cause and effect, similarity and difference, and posing and answering a
question).

Research and Technology

1.5 Quote or paraphrase information sources, citing them appropriately.

1.6 Locate information in reference texts by using organizational features (e.g., prefaces, appendixes).

1.7 Use various reference materials (e.g., dictionary, thesaurus, card catalog, encyclopedia, on-line information) as an aid to writing.

1.8 Understand the organization of almanacs, newspapers, and periodicals and how to use those print materials.

Evaluation and Revision

1.10 Edit and revise selected drafts to improve coherence and progression by adding, deleting, consolidating, and rearranging text.

2.0 Writing Applications (Genres and Their Characteristics)

2.1 Write narratives:

2.3 Write information reports

2.4Write summaries that contain the main ideas of the reading selection and the

most significant details.

Written and Oral English Language Conventions

1.0Written and Oral English Language Conventions Sentence Structure

1.1 Use simple and compound sentences in writing and speaking.

1.2 Combine short, related sentences with appositives, participial phrases, adjectives, adverbs, and prepositional phrases.

Grammar

1.3 Identify and use regular and irregular verbs, adverbs, prepositions, and coordinating conjunctions in writing and speaking.

Punctuation

1.4 Use parentheses, commas in direct quotations, and apostrophes in the possessive case of nouns and in contractions.

1.5 Use underlining, quotation marks, or italics to identify titles of documents. Capitalization

1.6 Capitalize names of magazines, newspapers, works of art, musical compositions, organizations, and the first words in quotations when appropriate. Spelling

1.7 Spell correctly roots, inflections, suffixes and prefixes, and syllable constructions.

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Listening and Speaking:

1.0Listening and Speaking Strategies Comprehension

1.1 Ask thoughtful questions and respond to relevant questions with appropriate elaboration in oral settings.

1.2 Summarize major ideas and supporting evidence presented in spoken messages and formal presentations.

1.3 Identify how language usage (e.g., sayings, expressions) reflect regions and cultures.

1.4 Give precise directions and instructions. Organization and Delivery of Oral Communication 1.6 Use traditional structures for conveying information (e.g., cause and effect, similarity and difference, and posing and answering a question).

1.7 Emphasize points in a way that help the listener or viewer to follow important ideas and concepts.

1.8 Use details, examples, anecdotes, or experiences to explain or clarify information.

1.9 Use volume, pitch, phrasing, pace, modulation, and gestures appropriately to enhance meaning.

Analysis and Evaluation of Oral Media Communication

1.10 Evaluate the role of the media in focusing attention on events and in forming opinions on issues.

2.0Speaking Applications (Genres and Their Characteristics):

2.1 Make narrative presentations:

2.2 Make informational presentations:

2.4 Recite brief poems (i.e., two or three stanzas), soliloquies, or dramatic dialogues, using clear diction, tempo, volume, and phrasing.

Listening and Speaking (Grades 3-5 ELD Standards)

Comprehension

Beginning Level:

Speak with few words/sentences

Answer simple questions with one/two word response

Retell familiar stories/participate in short conversations/using gestures

Early Intermediate Level:

Ask/answer questions using phrases/simple sentences

Restate/execute multi step oral directions

Intermediate Level:

Ask/answer questions using support elements

Identify key details from stories/information

Early Advanced Level:

Identify main points/support details from content areas

Advanced Level:

Identify main points/support details from stories & subject areas

Respond to & use idiomatic expressions appropriately

Comprehension, Organization & Delivery of Oral Communication

Beginning Level:

Uses common social greetings

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Early Intermediate Level:

Identify main points of simple conversations/stories (read aloud)

Communicate basic needs

Recite rhymes/songs/simple stories

Intermediate Level:

Speak with standard English grammatical forms/sounds

Participate in social conversations by asking/answering questions

Retell stories/share school activities using vocabulary, descriptive words/paraphrasing Early Advanced Level:

Retell stories including characters, setting, plot, summary, analysis

Use standard English grammatical forms/sounds/intonation/pitch

Initiate social conversations by asking & answering questions/restating & soliciting information

Appropriate speaking based on purpose, audience, subject matter Ask/answer instructional questions

Use figurative language & idiomatic expressions

Advanced Level:

Question/restate/paraphrase in social conversations Speak/write based on purpose, audience, & subject matter

Identify main idea, point of view, & fact/fiction in broadcast & print media Use standard English grammatical forms/sounds/intonation/pitch

Reading - Word Analysis (Grades 3-5 ELD Standards)

Concepts about Print, Phonemic Awareness, Decoding & Word Recognition

Beginning Level:

Recognize familiar phonemes

Recognize sound/symbol relationships in own writing

Early Intermediate Level:

Read orally recognizing/producing phonemes not in primary language

Recognize morphemes in phrases/simple sentences

Intermediate Level:

Read aloud with correct pronunciation of most phonemes

Use common morphemes in oral & silent reading

Early Advanced Level:

Use knowledge of morphemes to derive meaning from literature/texts in content areas Advanced Level:

Use roots & affixes to derive meaning

Reading - Fluency & Systematic Vocabulary Development (Grades 3-5 ELD Standards)

Vocabulary & Concept Development

Beginning Level:

Read aloud simple words in stories/games

Respond to social & academic interactions (simple questions/answers)

Demonstrate comprehension of simple vocabulary with action

Retell simple stories with drawings, words, phrases

Uses phrases/single word to communicate basic needs

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Early Intermediate Level:

Use content vocabulary in discussions/reading

Read simple vocabulary, phrases & sentences independently

Use morphemes, phonics, syntax to decode & comprehend words

Recognize & correct grammar, usage, word choice in speaking or reading aloud

Read own narrative & expository text aloud with pacing, intonation, expression Intermediate Level:

Create dictionary of frequently used words

Decode/comprehend meaning of unfamiliar words in texts

Recognize & correct grammar, usage, word choice in speaking or reading aloud

Read grade level narrative/expository text aloud with pacing, intonation, expression Use content vocabulary in discussions/reading

Recognize common roots & affixes

Early Advanced Level:

Use morphemes, phonics, syntax to decode/comprehend words

Recognize multiple meaning words in content literature & texts

Use common roots & affixes

Use standard dictionary to find meanings

Recognize analogies & metaphors in content literature & texts

Use skills/knowledge to achieve independent reading

Use idioms in discussions & reading

Read complex narrative & expository texts aloud with pacing, intonation, expression Advanced Level:

Apply common roots & affixes knowledge to vocabulary

Recognize multiple meaning words

Apply academic & social vocabulary to achieve independent read.

Use idioms, analogies & metaphors in discussion & reading

Use standard dictionary to find meanings

Read narrative & expository text aloud with pacing, intonation

Reading Comprehension

Beginning Level:

Answer fact questions using one/two word response

Connect simple test read aloud to personal experience

Understand & follow one-step directions

Sequence events from stories read aloud using key words/phrase

Identify main idea using key words/phrases

Identify text features: title/table of contents/chapter headings

Early Intermediate Level:

Use simple sentences to give details from simple stories

Connect text to personal experience

Follow simple two-step directions

Identify sequence of text using simple sentences

Read & identify main ideas to draw inferences

Identify text features: title, table of contents, chapter headings

Identify fact/opinion in grade level text read aloud to students

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Intermediate Level:

Orally respond to comprehension questions about written text

Read text features: titles, table of contents, headings, diagrams, charts, glossaries, indexes

Identify main idea to make predictions & support details

Orally describe connections between text & personal experience

Follow multi-step directions for classroom activities

Identify examples of fact/opinion & cause/effect in literature/content texts

EarlyAdvanced Level:

Give main idea with supporting detail from grade level text

Generate & respond to text-related comprehension questions

Describe relationships between text & personal experience

Identify function of text features: format/diagrams/charts/glossary Draw conclusions & make inferences using text resources

Find examples of fact, opinion, inference, & cause/effect in text Identify organizational patterns in text: sequence, chronology

Advanced Level:

Make inferences/generalizations, draw conclusions from grade level text resources Describe main ideas with support detail from text

Identify patterns in text: compare/contrast, sequence/ cause/effect

Writing Strategies and Applications (Grade 3-5 ELD Standards)

Penmanship, Organization & Focus

Beginning Level:

Write alphabet

Label key parts of common object

Create simple sentences/phrases

Write brief narratives/stories using few standard grammatical forms

Early Intermediate Level:

Write narratives that include setting and character

Respond to literature using simple sentences, drawings, lists, chart

Write paragraphs of at least four sentences

Write words/simple sentences in content areas

Write friendly letter

Produce independent writing

Intermediate Level:

Narrate sequence of events

Produce independent writing

Use variety of genres in writing

Create paragraph developing central idea using grammatical form

Use complex vocabulary & sentences in all content areas

Write a letter with detailed sentences

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Early Advanced Level:

Write detailed summary of story

Arrange compositions with organizational patterns

Independently write responses to literature

Use complex vocabulary & sentences in all content areas

Write a persuasive letter with relevant evidence

Write multi-paragraph narrative & expository for content areas

Advanced Level:

Write short narrative for all content areas

Write persuasive composition

Write narratives that describe setting, character, objects, events

Write multi-paragraph narrative & expository compositions

Independently use all steps of writing process

Writing Conventions

Beginning Level:

Begin own name and sentences with capital letter

Use period at end of sentence

Early Intermediate Level:

Begin proper nouns & sentences with capital letter

Use period at end of sentence/use some commas

Edit for basic conventions

Intermediate Level:

Produce independent writing

Use standard word order

Early Advanced Level:

Produce independent writing with correct capitals, punctuation, spelling

Edit for basic conventions

Use standard word order

Advanced Level:

Use complete sentences and correct order

Use correct parts of speech

Edit for punctuation, capitalization, spelling

Produce writing with command of standard conventions

Reading Literary Response and Analysis (Grades 3-5 ELD Standards)

Narrative Analysis of Grade-Level Appropriate Text

Beginning Level:

One/two-word oral responses to factual comprehension questions

Word/phrase oral response identifying characters and settings

Distinguish between fiction & non-fiction

Identify fairy tales, folk tale, myth, legend using lists, charts, tables

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Early Intermediate Level:

Orally answer factual questions using simple sentences

Orally identify main events in plot

Recite simple poems

Orally describe setting of literature piece

Orally distinguish among poetry, drama, short story

Orally describe character of a selection

Intermediate Level:

Paraphrase response to text using expanded vocabulary

Apply knowledge of language to derive meaning from text

Early Advanced Level:

Describe figurative language (simile, metaphor, personification)

Distinguish literary connotations from culture to culture

Identify motives of characters

Describe themes stated directly

Identify speaker/narrator in text

Identify main problem of plot and how it is resolved

Recognize first & third person in literary text

Advanced Level:

Describe characteristics of poetry, drama, fiction & non-fiction

Evaluate author's use of techniques to influence reader

Describe directly stated & implied themes

Compare & contrast motives of characters in work of fiction

VI.SCIENCE STANDARDS

EARTH SCIENCE- Grade 4

4.0The properties of rocks and minerals reflect the processes that formed them. As a basis for understanding this concept:

a. Students know how to differentiate among igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks by referring to their properties and methods of formation (the rock cycle).

b.Students knowhow to identify common rock-forming minerals (including quartz, calcite, feldspar, mica, and hornblende) and ore minerals by using a table of diagnostic properties.

5.0Waves, wind, water, and ice shape and reshape Earth's land surface. As a basis for understanding this concept:

a.Students knowsome changes in the earth are due to slow processes, such as erosion, and some changes are due to rapid processes, such as landslides, volcanic eruptions, and earthquakes.

b.Students knownatural processes, including freezing and thawing and the growth of roots, cause rocks to break down into smaller pieces.

c.Students knowmoving water erodes landforms, reshaping the land by taking it away from some places and depositing it as pebbles, sand, silt, and mud in other places (weathering, transport, and deposition).

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Investigation and Experimentation

6.0Scientific progress is made by asking meaningful questions and conducting careful investigations. As a basis for understanding this concept and addressing the content in the other three strands, students should develop their own questions and perform investigations.

a.Differentiate observation from inference (interpretation) and know scientists' explanations come partly from what they observe and partly from how they interpret their observations.

c.Formulate and justify predictions based on cause-and-effect relationships.

f.Follow a set of written instructions for a scientific investigation.

VII.HISTORY/SOCIAL SCIENCE STANDARDS

4.1Students demonstrate an understanding of the physical and human geographic features that define places and regions in California.

4.1.2 Distinguish between the North and South poles; the equator and the prime meridian; the tropics; and the hemispheres using coordinates to plot locations.