Monday 10/17 Science Activity

Purpose:  I can classify rocks according to their characteristics.

1. Whole Group: How can we tell the difference between types of rocks?
2. Small Group Practice: Identify characteristics of the main types of rocks (Igneous, Sedimentary, Fossils, and Metamorphic)
• Textbook pages 106 - 113
• Record your learning on a "Rock Characteristics" chart in your Science Notebook.
3. Independent Practice: Complete the Rocks Interactive and add to your characteristic charts (use a different colored writing utensil).
4. Finish your Rocks and Minerals Vocabulary.
5. Free read or write silently
6. Rock Type Formative Assessment