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Chemical Weathering of Rocks

Classroom Resource Information

Title:

Chemical Weathering of Rocks

URL:

https://www.readworks.org/article/Chemical-Weathering-of-Rocks/1a3e0dbe-f3c0-4159-a92d-8bf396cb83e4#!articleTab:content/

Content Source:

Other
ReadWorks.org

Type:

Learning Activity

Overview:

The teacher will present an informational text from the website, ReadWorks. Students will interact with this non-fiction text by annotating the text digitally. This learning activity can introduce students to the concept of chemical weathering or serve as reinforcement after students have already learned this concept. This classroom resource can be paired with the classroom resource "Physical Weathering at Work," so students can compare and contrast these two destructive forces.

Content Standard(s):

Science
SC2015 (2015)
Grade: 4

14 ) Explore information to support the claim that landforms are the result of a combination of constructive forces, including crustal deformation, volcanic eruptions, and sediment deposition as well as a result of destructive forces, including erosion and weathering.

NAEP Framework

NAEP Statement::
E4.3: The surface of Earth changes. Some changes are due to slow processes such as erosion and weathering, and some changes are due to rapid processes such as landslides, volcanic eruptions, and earthquakes.

Unpacked Content

Scientific And Engineering Practices:

Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information

Crosscutting Concepts: Cause and Effect

Disciplinary Core Idea: Earth's Systems

Evidence Of Student Attainment:

Students:

Support the claim that landforms can be the result of a combination of constructive forces, including crustal deformation, volcanic eruptions, and sediment deposition.
Support the claim that landforms can be the result of destructive forces, including weathering and erosion.

Teacher Vocabulary:

landform
crustal deformation
sediment
deposition
erosion
weathering
topography
volcanoes
earthquakes
continental boundaries
trenches
ocean floor structures
constructive forces
destructive forces
eruption
geological processes

Knowledge:

Students know:

Continents and other landforms are continually being shaped and reshaped by competing constructive and destructive geological processes.

Skills:

Students are able to:

Compare and/or combine information across complex texts and/or other reliable sources to support the claim that landforms are the result of both constructive and destructive forces.

Understanding:

Students understand that:

Changes in Earth's surface are caused by both constructive and destructive forces.

AMSTI Resources:

AMSTI Module:
Water and Landforms

Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards

AAS Standard:
SCI.AAS.4.14- Identify relationships between landforms and both constructive (volcanic eruptions and sediment deposition) and deconstructive (erosion and weathering) forces

English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 4

20. Use details and examples from a text to indicate what the text explicitly states.

a. Interpret facts from an informational article, using details and examples from the text to explain the interpretation.

b. List the main questions answered by an informational article.

c. Categorize statements in an article or other informational text as fact or opinion and give reasons for each choice.

d. Explain the differences between primary and secondary sources, giving examples from texts.

Unpacked Content

Teacher Vocabulary:

20.

Details
Examples
Explicitly

20a.

Interpret
Facts
Details
Examples
Informational article

20b.

List
Main questions
Informational article

20c.

Categorize
Fact
Opinion
Reasons

20d.

Primary sources
Secondary source

Knowledge:

20. Students know:

Explicit means directly stated within the text.
Specific details and examples from the text an be used to demonstrate an understanding of the text's explicit meaning.

20a.

Facts gathered from an informational article can be explained using details and examples from the text.

20b.

Informational text is often written with the purpose of answering questions.

20c.

A fact is a statement that can be proven with evidence, while an opinion is a personal belief that cannot be proven true in every case.
Informational text can present both facts and opinions.

20d.

Primary sources are firsthand accounts of events and provide raw information.
Secondary sources explain, analyze, or summarize primary sources.

Skills:

20. Students are able to:

Identify details and examples from a text that demonstrates comprehension of the text's explicit meaning.

20a.

Explain facts sourced from an informational text, using text evidence to support the explanation.

20b.

Identify the main questions answered by an informational text.

20c.

Determine if statements in an informational text are facts or opinions.
Describe reasons that a particular statement is identified as a fact or an opinion.

20d.

Explain the differences between primary and secondary sources.
Support their explanation with specific examples from the text.

Understanding:

20. Students understand that:

Explicit meanings are directly stated in text, and they can use specific details and examples from the text to show they understood the text's explicit meaning.

20a.

To demonstrate comprehension of an informational article, they can explain the facts using specific details and examples from the text.

20b.

Informational articles often answer questions and identifying these questions can improve comprehension.

20c.

A fact is a thing that is known or proved to be true, and an opinion is a personal view or judgment about something.
To fully comprehend a text, they must distinguish between facts and opinions.
They can determine if a statement is a fact or an opinion using their current knowledge or by referencing details in a text.

20d.

The information a reader gets from a text is impacted by the source of the information.
Primary and secondary sources will be told from different perspectives.

Tags:

chemical weathering, destructive forces, informational text, landforms

License Type:

Custom Permission Type
See Terms: https://about.readworks.org/terms-of-use.html
For full descriptions of license types and a guide to usage, visit :
https://creativecommons.org/licenses

Accessibility

Audio resources: includes a transcript or subtitles

Comments

ReadWorks is a website that provides K-12 teachers with free literacy resources (About ReadWorks). ReadWorks has literary and informational texts on a variety of subjects and reading skills. You may narrow your search using grade level or Lexile level, making this website a wonderful tool for differentiation. Students will complete their work digitally, and you will provide their score and feedback digitally. This makes it easy to go paperless for this activity.

Prior to implementing this activity, you will need to sign up for an Educator Account on ReadWorks. After setting up an account, create a class from the Class Admin tab, this will provide you with a Class Code to give to students. Next, use the Find Content tab to search for the informational article that will be used during this activity, "Chemical Weathering of Rocks." After navigating to the article, click on the blue Assign button to assign it to your class.

Each student will need access to a digital device, such as a tablet or laptop. The first time students enter the website they will need to enter the Class Code that is listed on your Class Admin page. Alternatively, you can print the article for students, if digital devices are not available.

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Author:

Hannah Bradley

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Chemical Weathering of Rocks