When you go outside, do you notice the differences and similarities between rocks? The book Rocks and Minerals helps you identify the different kind of rocks. This book explains to the readers that rocks can be many different colors, such as black, brown or tan. Rocks can also have different textures such as being smooth or rough. This book also talks about how all rocks are made of their own special mineral ,and how they are formed. For example, this book talks about how "each mineralhas its own special shape, called a crystal (KRIS-tal)."
This book goes along with the standard S3E1 that states students will investigate the physical attributes of rocks and soils. In this standard
the students will explain the difference between a rocks and minerals. Students will also recognize the physical attributes of rocks. The book Rocks and Minerals would be a good book to go along with this standard because it explains to the reader what rocks and minerals are on a level that is easy enough for younger readers to understand. This story also keeps the readers interested because of all of the pictures.
We believe this book is good to teach students about rocks because it is easy to read and understand. This book also has rock jokes throughout the book that kids would find very funny. A fun activity that students could do to check their understanding of identifying rocks and minerals,is to have the students bring in rocks and try to identify the type of rock that they brought in. This book also has a quiz at the end of it took check the students understanding of rocks and minerals. We both enjoyed this book because it contained a lot of engaging activities and pictures.
This book Rocks! Get it, haha. Learining about rocks can be boring, but reading a book and having the kids do hands on activities makes learning about rock so fun! I love the idea of letting the students bring in rocks from home. They will become very engaged on learning about what rocks they have found.
ReplyDeleteWhat child doesn't like to pick up rocks? I agree with Kate that learning about rocks might be boring for some students but I think doing activities such as making a rock collection and labeling them could be a fun, educational experience for them. This book looks to have great illustrations of rocks and their characteristics. I would use this book when teaching a lesson on rocks and minerals.
ReplyDeleteI think this is a great book to share with a class, because growing up I loved rocks and would pick them up and collect them. This would be a great field guide for students to use in identifying rocks and minerals. Be careful though because if I didn't like a rock I would usually throw it at something or someone!
ReplyDeleteI think that it could either be a very boring lesson or a very exciting lesson depending on the student. This would be a good activity for tactile learners, having them grab the rocks and learning the differences and characteristics with their hands instead of just sitting and being lectured about the rocks. I would definitely use this book in a future classroom as it would be an excellent counterpart to the main lesson, as an integrated lesson with reading.
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ReplyDeleteLearning about rocks can be boring. I know I took two semesters of geology. I feel like since this book breaks down things into children's terms it will be easier and more fun to learn about rocks. Children need to be motivated at every opportunity! This sounds like a great book to do just that!
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When I was reading this blog, i thought of the Geology class that i took with Professor Weiland. He was the one that basically got me into liking rocks which i think that the students will enjoy this rock and mineral book too. I like the idea that your partner and you said about what the students can do. This is an excellent way because kids love finding and picking up things that they don't know and try to figure out what this object is all about. I was kind of shock that this is a third grade standard. I thought it would be a fourth or fifth grade standard, but at least the younger ones are learning about rocks and minerals at a early age.
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