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Grade: 5th
Unit Topic: S5E1. Students will identify surface features of the Earth
caused by constructive and destructive processes.
Identify and find examples of surface features caused by
destructive processes.
Weathering
When you have the opportunity to re-teach this unit, what will
you do differently (strategies, teaching tools, assessments, etc.)
to improve student learning for all students?
First of all, I now know how long it takes to do a Picture Perfect
unit. It takes LOTS of time. Even with the book and my planning,
it was more in depth than I anticipated. Also, I felt awkward
reading the fiction/non-fiction book passages in the way they
said to read them in the Picture Perfect book. Basically, I need to
own it in order to teach better, and next fall I can do this.
Second, I may make the summative brochure differentiated for
some students. I felt that this was limiting in the Picture Perfect
curriculum and some students would have transferred the
information from the lab to a brochure. The time constraints had
a great deal to do with this too.
Grade:
5th
Unit Topic: S5E1. Students will identify surface features of the Earth
caused by constructive and destructive processes.
Identify and find examples of surface features caused by
destructive processes.
Weathering
What went well? What did not go well? (Cite specific examples)
The first day of this Picture Perfect Lesson plan was great. Early
in the year, students start to get really excited about having so
much science every single day. We had already unpacked the
standards for Earth Science, and had finished an in-depth vertical
comparison between Earth Science in 3rd and 5th. This would help
them access prior knowledge and keep the focus on the current
learning targets. They students lived looking at the images of
Grand Canyon. The choices were varied from perspective and
challenging. They added information to their student page from
Picture Perfect. This helped me know where each student was
with their understanding.
When you have the opportunity to re-teach this lesson, what will
you do differently (strategies, teaching tools, assessments, etc.)
to improve student learning for all students?
I think this lesson was delivered and received well. All objectives
were met, and the students finished with many questions about
erosion and weathering developing in their minds I could see it!
I do not think I would change the engagement and introduction
to this unit plan. The Picture Perfect book has done a wonderful
job here.
Grade:
5th
Unit Topic: S5E1. Students will identify surface features of the Earth
caused by constructive and destructive processes.
Identify and find examples of surface features caused by
destructive processes.
Weathering
What went well? What did not go well? (Cite specific examples)
This lesson is in the Picture Perfect Earth Science Unit, Grand
Canyon. It was the Check Point Lab section. I think the lab went
very well. I had brought in huge buckets of large and small rocks
and sand and dirt and water, and the kids were buzzing about
When you have the opportunity to re-teach this lesson, what will
you do differently (strategies, teaching tools, assessments, etc.)