Grade 1 - A History Of The Earth

18 The History of the Earth: Supplemental Guide 1 | Our Home, Earth

Exercise Materials Details

Presenting the Read-Aloud (15 minutes)

Our Home, Earth Globe Use the globe to demonstrate the earth’s

rotation on its axis and the earth’s orbit

around the sun.

Earth Idea Web, markers Pause throughout the read-aloud to

have students summarize what they

learned about the earth. Record student

observations on the Earth Idea Web.

Illustrate each written observation with a

small drawing. (See Instructional Master

1A-2 for an example of what a completed

Earth Idea Web might look like.)

Discussing the Read-Aloud (15 minutes)

Comprehension Questions Response Cards: Set One Have students use their Response Cards

to answer Question 7.

Word Work: Surface familiar classroom objects Place the objects on the surfaces of

classroom tables and desks prior to the

follow-up activity. If necessary, review

the names of the objects with students

before the Naming activity.

 Complete Remainder of the Lesson Later in the Day

Extensions (20 minutes)

Multiple Meaning Word

Activity: Stick

Poster 1M (Stick)

Syntactic Awareness Activity:

Conjunction and

Vocabulary Instructional

Activity: Word Web: Rotates

chart paper, tape, markers: green,

yellow and red; small ball, globe

Drawing the Read-Aloud drawing paper, drawing tools

Take-Home Material

Family Letter Instructional Masters 1B-1–3

Advance Preparation

For the Domain Introduction, locate a trade book that explains

big numbers to young children. [Suggested trade books: Millions,

Billions, & Trillions by David A. Adler and How Much Is a Million?

by David M. Schwartz]