Learning Target: “I can identify what I know and don’t know about chapter four.”
Preview chapter four. Find and outline the
following:
1. Chapter title, section heading titles, and
subheading titles
a. Write the chapter title, then list in
order the section titles and
subtitles
2. GeoTerms and keywords
a. List the GeoTerms. (Do not copy the
definition)
b. List the keywords in the chapter
sections (highlighted in black)
3. Essential question & graphic organizer
a. Write down the essential question.
b. What is the graphic organizer about?
4. Important maps.
a. Write down the map titles and their
page number.
Review your chapter four outline:
● What words or ideas sound familiar?
(mark with a ‘+’ or checkmark)
● What words or ideas are unfamiliar
to you? (mark with a ‘?’)
● The essential question asks, “How
can people best use and protect
Earth’s freshwater ecosystems?”
What information have you
collected in your outline that
could answer this question?
Learning Target: “I can identify what I know and don’t know about chapter four.”
Preview chapter four. Find and outline the
following:
1. Chapter title, section heading titles, and
subheading titles
a. Write the chapter title, then list in
order the section titles and
subtitles
2. Geoterms and keywords
a. List the GeoTerms. (Do not copy the
definition)
b. List the keywords in the chapter
sections (highlighted in black)
3. Essential question
a. Write down the essential question.
Review your chapter four outline:
● What keywords or Geoterms have you
heard before? (mark with a ‘+’ or
checkmark)
● What keywords or Geoterms have you
not heard before? (mark with a ‘?’)
● The essential question asks, “How
can people best use and protect
Earth’s freshwater ecosystems?” Try
and answer this question using
keywords, geoterms and chapter
titles.
MODIFIED VERSION FOR GUIDED READERS
STATION:
Formation of the
Great Lakes
Target: “I can show HOW
glaciers are made and how they
shaped the Great Lakes.”
A storyboard can be used
to help you explain a
concept to an audience.
Using pictures (drawn or
cut out) and text, you can
plan a video or create an
internet meme.
●
Make a storyboard to
teach people about
glaciers and how they
shape the land.
What are Glaciers? (option a)
READ: “How Glaciers
Changed the World”
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Highlight what glaciers
are and how they are
made.
Underline how glaciers
shape the land.
Highlight what shapes
glaciers make in the
land.
Underline what glaciers
sometimes leave behind
after they melt.
★
★
Use your highlighted notes
to help you answer the
questions on the back of the
article.
Please use complete
sentences when writing the
short-answer responses.
○ Always restate the
question as a
statement.
○ Answer the question
using examples from
the text.
○ Cite the source (“In
paragraph 3 it says...”)
What are Glaciers? (option b)
VIDEO: “How Glaciers Form
and Erode to Create
Landforms” (3:59)
https://www.youtube.com/watc
h?v=PbYXiJsF5mw
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Write down what Glaciers
are and how they are
made.
Write down how they
shape the land.
Write down what shapes
they make in the land.
Write down what glaciers
leave behind after they
melt.
(When watching, please
pause or rewatch as
needed.)
★ Using your video notes,
please show how
glaciers are made and
how glaciers create river
valleys that are deep
and wide. Do this by
completing 1 of the
following:
○ Write a RACE
paragraph
○ Draw a storyboard
with pictures and
text
How were
the Great
Lakes
formed?
(capable reader
option)
READ: 4.1
Explain the natural processes that made the Great Lakes
into the world’s largest freshwater ecosystem.
Choose 1 of the following ways to explain your answer:
❏
You are a scientist. Explain with a RACE paragraph
how glaciers made the Great Lakes freshwater
ecosystem.
❏
Give a short presentation to your group (and Mr.
Southern) that explains how glaciers made the
Great Lakes freshwater ecosystem.
POST-IT NOTE:
The graphic organizer on p. 65 shows five ways that people
can affect the Great Lakes. Pick two and explain HOW they
can affect the Great Lakes.
How were
the Great
Lakes
formed?
(guided reader
option)
READ: 4.1
1. How did glaciers make the Great Lakes? (read
paragraph 1)
2. What 2 things happened when the glaciers melted?
(read paragraph 2 and paragraph 3)
Choose 1 to complete:
★ Write a RACE paragraph that answers the question,
“How did glaciers form the Great Lakes ecosystem?”
(Use evidence from your answers)
★ Give a short presentation to your group (and Mr.
Southern) that explains how glaciers made the Great
Lakes ecosystem. (Use evidence from your answers)
POST-IT NOTE:
Look at the graphic organizer picture at the bottom of p.
65. This shows 5 ways that people can affect the Great
Lakes. How can industry harm the Great Lakes?