Introduction Lesson

Hi Everyone!!

Our 5th Grade Class wanted to update you on our unit in Earth Science. This past week we began our unit with an introductory lesson about Earth Science. We started off with a great Chalk Talk (ask your students about it!!) and this allowed our class to brainstorm what we already knew about our solar system. We discussed our previous knowledge, then filled out a KWL (What I: Know, What to Learn, and Learned) chart to help us gauge our progress throughout this unit. Then in our new Science Learning Groups, we drew the solar system and wrote what each group knew about the specific planets - in order from the Sun outward of course! We ended our lesson with a brief 'quiz' on photos of the planets. We used this iClicker Quiz as a means to help us learn to recognize each of the planets based on photos and appearance alone. This introductory lesson helped our 5th Grade class get our feet wet with Earth Science, and we would love to keep this learning going throughout the unit!

Our students did a great job with this lesson. They were attentive, actively engaged, and had fun. They showed the teachers a thing or two, and let us know what they already knew...just so we don't cover it again and bog the class down in lessons we don't need to go through. Our students were insightful, hard-working, and thoughtful throughout this lesson. They helped their fellow students through the learning process, and we are pleased to say that this unit looks as though it might be one of the best ones yet!!! Keep checking back with us during the course of these lessons, and if you'd like to check out the lesson plans from the teachers, feel free to do so by asking your students to show you on BlackBoard. Any other questions, please do not hesitate to send us an email or call us. We'd love to keep you just as involved as the students! Have a great day!

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Ms. Opdyke