CCSS

Code

e.g.

RL.K.5

OUTCOMES

(Lesson Focus)

What will the students know or be able to do at the end of the lesson?

ASSESSMENT

How will the students demonstrate that they have accomplished the desired outcome? Please state the question that will be asked during your formative assessment.

STRATEGIES

In what activities will the students be engaged to accomplish the desired outcome? Please list in the order that you will implement.

3 HOTS QUESTIONS

e.g. one should be on knowledge, one on application, and one on synthesis or evaluation.

Mon

12/15 

RH.4

RL.9

RST. 3

Recognize key characteristics of volcanoes and volcanic eruptions

How volcanic eruptions change the Earth’s surface?

1.  Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text.

2.  Use their experience and their knowledge.

3.  Follow precisely a multi-step to demonstrate solid, liquid, and gas, as well as mass and volume 

1.  Describe why 1816 was called "the year without a summer."

2.  Discuss the importance of volcanoes to life on Earth.

3.  Describe a pyroclastic flow.

Tues

12/16 

RST.3

WHST.2

SL.1e

  Identify locations of volcanoes around the world

What do you do in the event of a volcanic eruption?

1.  Following precisely the procedure for taking the measurements.

2.  Write explanatory scientific procedures.

3. See to understand and communicate results.

1.  List and describe the steps you would take to predict a volcanic eruption.

2.  Describe the death of a volcano.

3.  What can we expect to gain by understanding volcanic discharges?

Wed

12/17 

L.1

RST.2

WHST.6

Students will compare the reliability of earthquake prediction versus volcano prediction.

Why is it important to predict earthquake and volcanoes?

1.  Recognize variations from standard English.

2.  Determine an accurate summary of communication using prior knowledge.

3.  Use technology to present information and ideas clearly.

1.  How are seismographs use in predicting volcanic eruptions.

2.  Compare and contrast volcanoes and earthquakes.

Why is prediction important?

Thurs

12/18

RL.5

RI.7

SL.1c

  Students will recognize the relationship between continental drift and plate tectonics

What causes volcanoes?

1.  What do you observe about the shape of the continents?

2.  Can you describe continental drift in relation to plate tectonics?

3.  Does the crust of the earth move? How do we know?

Fri

12/19 

LESSONS AND CAROLS

12:00 Dismissal

Bloom’s Taxonomy

 (HOTS Questions)

-Knowledge

-Comprehension

-Application

-Analysis

-Synthesis

-Evaluation

School Grade Weighting Scale:

Tests (40%):

Quizzes (20%):

Classwork/ Participation (15%):

Homework (5%):

Projects/ Portfolios (20%):

Vocabulary words for week:

1.  vent

2.  lava

3.  crater

4.  hot spot

5.  cinder cone volcano

6.  shield volcano

7.  composite volcano

8.  geothermal energy

9.  volcano

10.  focus

11.  magma

12. mantle

Use of Technology:

   __X__ Smartboard

   ___ Student Response System