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Snow Science!

Classroom Resource Information

Title:

Snow Science!

URL:

https://www.readworks.org/article/Snow-Science!/cff7e32b-40b3-4ff0-8013-62d917d621cf#!articleTab:content/

Content Source:

Other
ReadWorks.org

Type:

Learning Activity

Overview:

The teacher will present an informational text from the website, ReadWorks. The students and teacher can interact with this non-fiction text by annotating the text digitally. The students will answer the questions associated with the article as an assessment. This learning activity can be used to provide data about solid water (ice and snow) found on Earth. This activity includes a question set on cause and effect, which will help students describe the connection between scientific ideas and processes.

Content Standard(s):

Science SC2015 (2015) Grade: 2	10 ) Collect and evaluate data to identify water found on Earth and determine whether it is a solid or a liquid (e.g., glaciers as solid forms of water; oceans, lakes, rivers, streams as liquid forms of water). NAEP Framework NAEP Statement:: E4.4: Earth materials that occur in nature include rocks, minerals, soils, water, and the gases of the atmosphere. Unpacked Content Scientific And Engineering Practices: Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information Crosscutting Concepts: Patterns Disciplinary Core Idea: Earth's Systems Evidence Of Student Attainment: Students: Obtain information to identify where water is found on Earth and that it can be solid or liquid. Teacher Vocabulary: Collect Evaluate Solid Liquid Glaciers Oceans Lakes Rivers Streams Frozen Ponds Knowledge: Students know: Water is found in many places on Earth. Water exists as solid ice and in liquid form. Skills: Students are able to: Identify which sources of information are likely to provide scientific information. Collect and evaluate data to identify water found on Earth. Understanding: Students understand that: There are observable patterns as to where water is found on Earth and what form it is in. AMSTI Resources: AMSTI Module: Soils and Shores Pebbles, Sand, and Silt, FOSS Shrinking Shore, ETA/hand2mind Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards AAS Standard: SCI.AAS.2.10- Identify places water is found on Earth as a liquid (e.g., river, lake, ocean) and as a solid (ice/glacier).
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 2	R3. Expand background knowledge and build vocabulary through discussion, reading, and writing. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: R3. Background knowledge Vocabulary Discussion Knowledge: R3. Students know: Relating experiences through discussions, writing, and reading will help build background knowledge and improve vocabulary. Skills: R3. Students are able to: Connect new concepts to prior experiences to increase background knowledge through discussions, reading, and writing. Construct the meaning of words through discussions, reading, and writing. Understanding: R3. Students understand that: Background knowledge can increase by relating experiences to new ideas, topics, and words while participating in discussions, reading, and writing. Vocabulary will increase by constructing the meaning of words while participating in discussions, reading, and writing.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 2	27. Identify the text structures within literary and informational texts, including cause and effect, problem and solution, and sequence of events. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 27. Text structures Literary texts Informational texts Cause and effect Problem and solution Sequence of events Knowledge: 27. Students know: Literary and informational texts follow predictable structures. Cause and effect text structure describes an event (the cause) and the consequence or result of the event (the effect). Problem and solution text structure describes a problem and how the problem was solved or could be solved. Sequence of events is the order of events within a text. Skills: 27. Students are able to: Identify the text structure of literary texts. Identify the text structure of informational texts. Understanding: 27. Students understand that: Identifying the text structure of literary and informational texts will set a purpose for their reading and improve their comprehension.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 2	30. Read and comprehend literary and informational texts. a. State and confirm predictions about a text. b. Use background knowledge to make connections to new text. c. Draw conclusions based on the text. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 30. Comprehend Literary texts Informational texts 30a. Confirm Predictions 30b. Background knowledge Connections 30c. Draw conclusions Knowledge: 30. Students know: Comprehension is understanding text that is read. 30a. A prediction is a guess at what they think the story or passage will be about. 30b. Background knowledge will help make connections to text. 30c. Drawing conclusions is taking what they currently know and applying it to what they have just read to develop a new thought or reasoning. Skills: 30. Students are able to: Read and comprehend literary (fictional) and informational (nonfiction) text. 30a. Share predictions about the text they will read. Confirm predictions as correct or incorrect after reading the text. 30b. Use current background knowledge to make connections to new information presented in text. 30c. Draw conclusions after reading a text. Understanding: 30. Students understand that: They can read literary and informational texts and use comprehension skills to understand what they have read. 30a. They can demonstrate comprehension of a text by making predictions and confirming if the prediction was correct or incorrect. 30b. Connecting their prior knowledge to new information presented in text can improve their comprehension and retention of newly learned information. 30c. Drawing conclusions from a text demonstrates they comprehended the text and learned new information.

Tags:

cause and effect, crystal, Earth, ice, informational text, photomicroscope, snow, solid, water

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
Text Resources: Content is organized under headings and subheadings

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, "Snow Science!" 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 and corresponding questions for students, if digital devices are not available. The teacher could also complete this activity by projecting the article and questions for the whole class to view.

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Author:

Hannah Bradley

ALEX Classroom Resource

Snow Science!