Guide students to identify and analyze various expository structures like description, sequence, and cause/effect. They will read texts, recognize signal words, and write their own structured examples.

Students will enhance simple sentences using vibrant similes and creative metaphors. They will make writing more engaging and deeply understand core figurative language concepts.

Students will practice phonics by listening to words ending in -le. They will then identify and circle the correct spelling, reinforcing their understanding of stable syllables.

Challenge students to locate and correct misspelled vocabulary words within sentences. They will rewrite each sentence correctly, strengthening their spelling and editing skills.

Students will identify numbered patterns, exploring input-output tables. They will practice addition, subtraction, and a multiplication pattern, developing critical thinking skills.

Students model absolute dating and half-life with candy. Graph Carbon-14 decay, solve problems, and apply probability to date rocks and fossils.

Students will actively observe Earth's plate tectonics with a simple chocolate demonstration. They'll witness crust break apart, magma rise, and understand earthquakes and igneous rock formation.

Students will identify various fossil types using provided links, researching their formation, ancient environments, and geologic time. They will also explore the significance of paleontological study.

Students develop an Earth Science concept map in Google Drawing, connecting terms from geology, astronomy, and meteorology. They'll organize core concepts and use a collaborative tool. Rubric included.

Students design and conduct an experiment to determine the densities of various rocks and minerals. They will apply scientific inquiry to calculate mass, volume, and density.