Pebbles,+Sand,+and+Silt

=Goals:= Timeline Connections with Neighborhoods (buildings, what materials come from rocks) Connections with Math (sorting, counting collections, measuring rocks) Connections with Science Talk and Writing

=Timeline= Question Science Talk (teacher led) Science Workshop/Think Shop (student determined) Write

Field Trip (looking at building materials) ||  ||   ||   || __**Over 8 weeks we will be comparing student writing each week.**__
 * Week1 || Week of January 16 (this work will be shared on Tuesday, January 24) ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Week 2 || Week of January 24 (this work will be shared on Tuesday, January 31) ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Week 3 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Week 4 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Week 5 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Week 6 || Downtown
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 * Week 8 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||

//Here's what we are collecting:// 2 anchor charts per week (Monday and Friday) - photograph anchor charts and share with one another OR transcription of conversation (or audio/video recording)

1 piece of writing per week (on Fridays)

__Week 1:__
 * Learning Target**
 * I can use scientific words to describe rocks. OR I can use close observations to describe rocks.
 * (We are looking to see if students are using Tier 2 and Tier 3 words to describe their rocks)

Describe your rock through drawing and writing.
 * Guiding Question**

Compare and Contrast Anchor Charts from Monday to Friday Compare and Contrast Video or Audio recording from Monday to Friday
 * Evidence We're Collecting**

__Week 2__ Rock Hunt: at home, BNC, and the schoolyard

Curious George Video (Bo has it)
 * Resources**

__Monday Conversation that has an anchor chart of is recorded:__ What are the different ways we can sort our rocks?
 * Guiding Question**

__Friday Activity__ Students have a big piece of chart paper where they have to create three "museum exhibits." They have to sort their rocks into three exhibits.

The writing prompt for Friday is: Explain your museum exhibit. How are the three exhibits sorted? Explain each exhibit. OR Explain 1 exhibit.

=Who are our experts?= Park Service Stephanie's Father Jack Sheridan* Highway Person =What are our excursions?= Franklin Park Carson Beach (we would need a bus) Wollaston Beach (T access)? Schoolyard BNC (trip to collect rocks)

=What books are good resources?=

=Overarching Questions=

Where do rocks come from?

__Part 1__ How do rocks become sand and silt?

__Part 2__ How do we use pebbles, sand, and silt to build our neighborhoods?

=Writing Goals/Standards= Introduce Topic Provide Concluding Statement Use facts and definitions Writing a paragraph Science journals - turning science journals into paragraphs Final product would be to have students explain how sand becomes sand Using Tier 3 words in your writing

=Reading= Teaching Non-Fiction Text Features Guided Reading - Do non-fiction works Different Types of Non-Fiction (biographies, how to, etc., etc.)

=Inquuiry= For our inquiry we are interested in: cold writing before teaching/learning student discourse more writing We are looking at the difference between scientific facts and scientific discourse