Grade 1 - A History Of The Earth

The History of the Earth: Supplemental Guide PP | Pausing Point 83

Student Performance Task Assessment

 The Layers of the Earth (Instructional Master PP-1)

Directions: Label the layers of the earth. Color the crust brown, the

mantle red, the outer core orange, and the inner core yellow.

Activities

The Earth’s Surface

Materials: Globe

Use the globe to review the shape of the earth. Have students

locate the continents, oceans, North Pole, South Pole, and equator.

Image Review

Show the Flip Book images from any read-aloud again, and have

students retell the read-aloud using the images.

Riddles for Core Content

Materials: Image Cards 1–6

Divide the class into six groups. Give each group an Image Card.

Ask the group to look at and name their image card. Invite each

group to show the class their image card and name the image. Tell

the students to listen carefully to the riddles. If their Image Card is

the answer to the riddle, the members of their group should stand

up and say, “I am ” [insert name of image]. If their Image

Card is not the answer, they should stay seated.

• When water seeps into the ground over magma, I shoot a
  powerful spray of steam into the air. What am I? I am a geyser.
  [Image Card 6 (Geyser).]


• Some people measure me with a clock, but I cannot be seen.
  What am I? I am time. [Image Card 3 (Time).]


• I shoot gooey rock from the outer core through cracks in the
  mantle due to pressure and heat. When my gooey rock or
  magma hits the earth’s crust, it cools and we call it lava. What
  am I? I am a volcano. [Image Card 5 (Volcano)].