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Shells

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Shells

 

 

 

ELA Common Core Connections

 

 

Reading: Informational Text – Key Ideas and Details

 

K: RI.K.1. With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

1: RI.1.1. Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

2: RI.2.1. Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.

3: RI.3.1. Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

4: RI.4.1. Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

5: RI.5.1. Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

 

 

 

 

First Read

 a Great nonfiction choice foe young students

and

This site link below is devoted to the answering  questions  about seashells, beachcombing, cleaning seashells, preserving sealife, identifying seashells, and more.

http://www.seashells.org/

 

Shell App for Smart Phones

http://levitatellc.com/shells/screenshots.html

 

Next Identify

http://www.iloveshelling.com/blog/seashell-identification/

 

or

http://www.meddybemps.com/Shells/ShellsPage.html

 

 You can click on each picture to enlarge

Show and discuss

Art Print Posters of shells to show on Projector-

Click on the poster and enlarge

http://www.netposterworks.com/science/aquatic/shells.html

 

Finally Grab a pail of shells and sort

Sorting-

By: size, color, shape, location found and texture

 

 

Assessment and Thinking Tools

 

For the Seashell OWL chart click the link below

http://www.nsta.org/publications/press/extras/files/nexttime/SeashellO-W-LChart.pdf

 

For Comparing chart for older students

http://www.nsta.org/publications/press/extras/files/nexttime/ComparingShells.pdf

 

Welcome to SeaShells.org

 

This site link below is devoted to the answering  questions  about seashells, beachcombing, cleaning seashells, preserving sealife, identifying seashells, and more.

http://www.seashells.org/

 

Pinterest Ideas for Shells

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/164099980145219691/

 

 

Art

 

Paint them and make prints

These would be great during an ocean unit:  Painted Sea Shells:

 

https://www.pinterest.com/ak0ger/ocean-underwater/ More art Ideas

 

 

 

Online support Activities

 

http://www.royalgames.com/games/puzzle-games/seashell-squeeze/?language=en_US&action=play

 

 

 


http://www.meddybemps.com/Shells/ArtExamples.html

 

 

 

Help find hidden shells in this simple point and click game. Learn why some shells should be left at the beach.

 

 

 

 

Fun With Seashells 
Activity One: Shell Observations

Materials

The following materials are needed for Activity One:

  • A variety of seashells
  • Markers, colored pencils or crayons
  • Metric tape measures
  • Balances
  • Graduated cylinders
  • Plastic cups large enough to hold the shells
  • Plastic plates
  • Eyedroppers
  • Water
  • "Shell Observations" student data sheets (attached)

Procedures

  1. Ask students to shut their eyes and pretend they are at the beach. Tell them to imagine they are walking along the beach and there a lot of seashells washed up onto the sand. Have them imagine they pick up an interesting looking shell and hold it in their hands. Now have the students open their eyes and make a list of everything they saw and felt when they were holding the shell. After students have developed their lists, have them share their list with a partner. When they have completed this sharing, ask for volunteers to share their lists with the class as you write their responses on an overhead transparency.
  2. Ask if any of the students have seashell collections and have them describe their collections to the class.
  3. Create a class K-W-L on shells. Complete the "K" and "W" sections as a class.
  4. Remind the students that qualitative observations are observations based on information from their senses and quantitative observations are based on measurements or use numbers to describe the properties of the objects.
  5. Divide the students into groups and give each group a variety of seashells.
  6. Distribute the "Shell Observations" student data sheets and instruct each student to follow the directions listed on their data sheets.
  7. When all of the steps have been completed, have all of the students in the class place their shells in a box and mix up the shells. Challenge the students to find the shell they used in parts one and two, and take it out of the box. If more than one student claims the same shell, they must use their descriptions, drawings, and measurements to prove they have selected the correct shell.

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