Grades 3-5 Curricula

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The Grades 3-5 Curriculum, created by Classroom/Enrichment Teacher, Nancy Titchen, corresponds with all of the Framework Themes, while lessons and activities are grounded in the children’s text, Stone Wall Secrets by Robert and Kristine Thorson as well as New England’s abundance of stone walls.  Many students are familiar with the presence of stone walls in their neighborhood and are thus afforded innumerable instances in which they may delve into essential questions.  Specific lessons, complete with national content standard alignment for each discrete lesson to illustrate the transdisciplinary nature and credibility, are listed for teachers to peruse.  Additionally, a host of other resources is available for teachers, including worksheets, a teacher's kit, a teacher's reference, links to related texts, and some sample student work.

HANDOUT

SEQUENTIAL LESSONS

Note: For each lesson their are the lessons themselves, worksheets, and samples of student work.

Lesson 1- Colonial Landscape and Rock Origin (See Worksheets 1-7 and sample work)

Lesson 2 - Observing Stone Walls (See Worksheets 1-7 and sample work)

Lesson 3 - Mapping Stone Walls and Text Engagement (See Worksheets 1-7 and sample work)

Lesson 4 - Primordial Ooze and Continental Drift (See Worksheets 1-7 and sample work)

Lesson 5 - Glaciers and Changing Earth (See Worksheets 1-7 and sample work)

Lesson 6 - Interesting Facts about Stone Walls (See Worksheets 1-7 and sample work)

Lesson 7 - Meteoroids and Asteroids (See Worksheets 1-7 and sample work)

OUT OF SEQUENCE LESSONS

Lesson 8 - Building a Colonial Community (see Worksheet L8)

Lessson 9 - Building Stone Walls

Lesson 10 - Colonial Landscape

Lesson 11 - Crafting Stone Wall Secrets (see Tom's material)

Lesson 12 - Fossil Hunt

Lesson 13 - Ice Cream Erosion

Lesson 14 - Limestone Caves (See Worksheet 14)

Lesson 15 - Reading Maps

Lesson 16 - Reviewing Scale (SeeWorksheet 16)

WORKSHEETS FOR LESSONS

Worksheet for Sequential Lessons- Lessons 1-7 MSWord

Worksheet for Sequential Lessons - Lessons 1-7 PDF File

Worksheet for Lesson 8 - Building a Colonial Community

Workshop for Lesson 14 - Limestone Caves

Worksheet for Lesson 16 - Reviewing Scale

ROLE SHEET

Role Sheet

WORK SAMPLES BY STUDENTS

(under construction)

Sample Worksheet 1

Sample Worksheet 2

Sample Worksheet 3

Sample Worksheet 4

Sample Worksheet 5

Sample Worksheet 6

Sample Worksheet 7

Sample Worksheet 8

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