The History of the Earth: Supplemental Guide 1B | Our Home, Earth 31- Now let’s listen to two short sentences:
David plays soccer.
David plays basketball.
We can combine these sentences using the word and.
David plays soccer and basketball. - Because David plays both sports, we can use the word and to
connect the two sports that David plays. - Let’s listen to two more sentences:
Jody has milk after school.
Jody has cookies after school.
How can we combine these sentences?
Jody has milk and cookies after school. - Tell your partner about two things you will do after school
today, using the word and. Make sure you listen carefully to
what your partner says so that you can share what they say
with the class.
Vocabulary Instructional Activity
Word Web: Rotates
Materials: chart paper, yellow marker (things that rotate),
green marker (similar words/synonyms), red marker (non-
examples or opposites)- In the read-aloud you heard, “The earth rotates, or spins, in
the same way that a globe spins—on its axis”. [Use the globe
to show students how the center stick “holds” the globe in
place. Explain that the stick is like the imaginary axis around
which the globe rotates. Invite a student volunteer to make the
globe rotate or turn.] - Say rotates with me three times.
- When something rotates, it spins on its axis.
- The earth rotates or spins all the way back to the place it
started every twenty-four hours. - We will make a Word Web for the word rotates.
- Tell me what you think of when you hear the word rotates.