Jay Austinson

CORE Earth Lesson

Standard: 1.3.1.3.3 3. Earth materials include solid rocks, sand, soil and water.
These materials have different observable physical properties that make them
useful.

Content Objective: Students will name and write three facts about the Earth in
their My Planet Book after collectively completing a KWL chart and reading
Earth book with teacher.

Language Objective: Incorporate appropriate vocabulary terms into sentence

prompts in Planet Book.

Materials: Students-Pencils, Crayons, and My Planet Book. Teacher-Whiteboard

and marker, Earth book, Smartboard (Pebble Go video).

Instruction:
Introduction:
1. Begin lesson by reviewing the weeks previous lessons on Mercury and
Venus. Consider using prompts such as: What is Mercury made of? What is
Venus made of? What is their environment like? Hot? Cold? Could
humans live on these planets?
a. Mercury-closest to the sun, made of rock, no atmosphere, very hot
and very cold.
b. Venus-second planet from the sun, made of rocks, extremely hot,
about same size as the Earth.
2. Use marker to create a KWL chart, explaining that todays lesson will be
on planet Earth.
a. Ask students to come up with some ideas on what they know, or
believe to be true, about the Earth. Likely responses: Third planet
from the sun, lots of water, orbits around the sun, every revolution is
one day, etc. Write down three ideas on the whiteboard.
b. After completing the know list, ask students to name some things
they wish they knew about the Earth. Write down responses on the
chart. Possible responses: What is the atmosphere? Why do we have
so much water?
c. Explain to students that the last column will be for listing what we
learned after the book and short video-so listen closely for some
amazing earth facts! This may be done on either the chart or on the
Smartboard. Students will eventually record this information into
their Planet Books.
3. Read (or use Pebble Go read along) Earth by Thomas K. Adamson.

Questions to ask during reading: What planet are we from the sun? How
long does it take the Earth to make one revolution? What else on Earth
has water besides the oceans? What kind of weather do we have here in
Rochester?
4. Watch video clip from Pebble Go.
5. Dismiss students back to desks. Instruct them to get out their Planet Books,
take out a pencil, and open to the Earth page.

Task:
1. Pull up Smartboard representation of the My Planet Book. Make sure
students have a pencil to write with. Make sure students have opened their
booklet to the correct page.
2. Read prompts from Planet Book. Help children spell by sounding out words
together and writing slowly. Ensure that proper punctuation, like capital
letters and periods, are used when writing.
3. Finish workbook with writing three facts for question 3. Examples: The Earth
orbits the sun in 365 days, has atmosphere, and is made mostly of water.

Closing:
1. Ask students to share what they learned about the Earth with their parents.
Ask individual students something they found interesting and will share
with their parents tonight.

Evaluation: Students should complete the writing prompts on the earth page in
their workbook. Walk the room to make sure spelling is correct and sentences have
proper punctuation. Students finishing early will be instructed to color the picture of
the Earth with appropriate colors.