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Dino News! |
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https://www.readworks.org/article/Dino-News!/bdaab82e-f99b-47cb-a899-95abab7dc59f#!articleTab:content/ |
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Other ReadWorks.org
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Learning Activity
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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 explain that fossils can provide evidence about past environments and organisms. |
Content Standard(s): |
Science SC2015 (2015) Grade: 3 | 9 ) Analyze and interpret data from fossils (e.g., type, size, distribution) to
provide evidence of organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago
(e.g., marine fossils on dry land, tropical plant fossils in arctic areas,
fossils of extinct organisms in any environment).
NAEP Framework
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Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards
| English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 3 | 18. Demonstrate content knowledge built during independent reading of informational and literary texts by participating in content-specific discussions with peers and/or through writing. Unpacked Content
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Tags:
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dinosaur, environments, extinct, fossils, informational text, organisms, relative, text evidence |
License Type:
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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
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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, "Dino News!" 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. |