Grade 1 - A History Of The Earth

The History of the Earth: Supplemental Guide 6B | The Three Types of Rocks 123

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listen to what your partner says, so you can tell the class.

 Vocabulary Instructional Activity^5 minutes

Horizontal Word Wall: Settle

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1. In the read-aloud you heard, “If you dump a spoonful of sand
   into a glass of water... you will see the sand gradually sink
   down and settle on the bottom of the glass, much in the
   same way that sediments settle on the bottoms of lakes and
   oceans.”


2. Settle means to sink to the bottom.


3. Let’s create a Horizontal Word Wall to show different words
   that describe sinking and fl oating. [Show students the chart
   paper and point, out the horizontal line.]


4. [Hold up the card for the word fl oat, and read the word aloud.]
   Float is a word to describe when something does not sink but
   stays above the surface of the water. [Tape the card for fl oat
   on the left-hand side of the line.]


5. [Hold up the card for the word sink, and read the word aloud.]
   Sink is a word to describe when something goes down below
   the surface of the water. [Tape the card for sink on the right-
   hand side of the line.]


6. [Hold up the card for the word settle, and read the word
   aloud.] Should I put settle closer to the word sink or closer to
   the word fl oat? [Tape the card near the word sink on the right-
   hand side of the line.]


7. [Repeat this process with the remaining cards: submerge,
   descend, rise, go up, go down, and ascend. When all the
   cards have been attached to the Word Wall, read over the
   words with students.]


8. With your partner choose two opposite words from the
   Horizontal Word Wall, and make a sentence for each word.
   [Display the Horizontal Word Wall throughout the domain, and
   encourage students to add additional words to the wall.]