Summary
After reading Byrd Baylor's book "Everybody Needs a Rock", students will select a rock, study it, and describe its attributes.
Materials
- Everybody Needs a Rock by Byrd Baylor
- colored sand and glue
- assorted rocks
- classifying grid
- hand lenses
Additional Resources
Rocks by Brenda Parkes (Newbridge Discovery Links)
Intended Learning Outcomes
Intended Learning Outcomes
5. Understand and use basic concepts and skills.
Process Skills
Observation, description, classification, segmentation and blending
Instructional Procedures
Invitation to Learn
Ask students, “What is sand?”
Instructional Procedures
- Look at sand with hand lenses. Help students discover that sand is a lot
of itty-bitty rocks.
- Read Everybody Needs a Rock. Discuss some of the rock attributes presented
(e.g., size, color, shape, and texture).
- Select a rock and study it. Have students help describe it. Introduce and
discuss other rock attributes such as hardness, patterns, crystals, etc. Complete
the description of the rock.
- Put students into small groups of three or four. Have them select a rock,
and then describe and classify their rocks. Write down the descriptions and
pool all the rocks together again.
- Have groups move to a new group location. Students should choose a description
and try to find the rock it goes with.
Extensions
Keep a list of the attributes listed so students can see how the words are
spelled. If necessary, buddy up students so they have a resource to help with
spelling and reading.
Family Connections
Look for rocks at home and practice describing their attributes.
Assessment Plan
Can students describe rocks using appropriate terminology?
Created: 08/12/2003
Updated: 03/04/2022
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