Learning Target: Students will compare and contrast differences in earth materials.
Week 1: Students will use magnifying glasses to compare and contrast differences in rocks.
Week 2: Students will use magnifying glasses to compare and contrast differences in parts of soil.
I am learning to observe and discuss common properties, differences and comparisons among objects.
Week 1: Rocks
Week 2: Dirt
Rocks-Questions to ask your child:
What colors are these rocks?
What shapes?
What patterns and designs do you see?
Which rock is bigger?
Which is heavier?
How could you sort these?
How else could you sort them?
Which is your favorite and why?
Where do you see rocks when you are not at school?
Dirt- Questions to ask your child:
What does the dirt smell like?
What does it feel like?
Does it make a sound?
What things do you see in the dirt?
How can you sort them into piles of things that are the same?
Why do you think dirt has that in it?
What things need dirt?
Where else have you seen dirt?
Have you ever found anything else in dirt?