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Deep Dish Glacier

Deep Dish Glacier

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DISCUSS:
How would you get across the ice without slipping?
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DISCUSS:
Which way do you think Pepper should travel across the ice and why? Try starting
your sentence like this: “Pepper should travel by _______ because_________.”
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Get your supplies.
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In today’s lesson, you’ll need someone to share ideas with. This could
be a partner or someone you sit near. When everyone knows who
their talk partner is, move on to the next step.
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Get your Ice World and Deep Dish Glacier worksheets.
Write your name.
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Get your Ice World worksheet. Look at the section that says
“Opinion.” Put a check next to the option you chose.
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Look at the section that says “reason” on your Ice World worksheet.
Add your reason after the word “because.”
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Look at the section that says “ending.” Circle your choices for Mount
Mozzarella, Marinara Bay, and Deep Dish Glacier.
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Get your Deep Dish Glacier worksheet. Find the pizza icon on the
empty line. First, copy your opinion. Then, copy your reason.
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Copy your ending sentence onto your Deep Dish Glacier worksheet.
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Make sure each sentence starts with a capital letter and ends
with punctuation. Read through your writing and make changes
if you need to.
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Take turns sharing your writing with your partner. You can make
changes if you want.
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Get your Ice World worksheet. Turn your worksheet around and
cut along the dashed lines.
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Cut out only the two boxes you checked and place them in your
keep pile. Add any scraps to your scrap pile.
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Look at your Deep Dish Glacier worksheet. Take your glue stick
and put glue on the section that says “Glue opinion here.”
Place your opinion paper in that spot and press down.
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Take your glue stick again and put glue on the section that says
“Glue reason here”. Put your reason paper in that spot and press
down. When you’re done, you can color this part of your map.
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Lesson details

Grade 2

Opinion

Write a Conclusion

Students will...

Print Prep
  • gather information.

  • form an opinion.

  • use sentence frames with linking words to write a reason to support the opinion.

  • write a conclusion to restate their opinion.

Before this lesson...

Students should have completed Lessons 1-2 of this unit.
Deep Dish Glacier worksheet 1 per student
Ice World worksheet 1 per student
Coloring supplies
4 per student
Glue Sticks
1 per student
Scissors
1 per student
Prep Instructions

Students will need to bring their completed work from the previous lessons to this lesson.

Standards

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Introduction

5 mins

Writing Activity

30 mins

Lesson details

Grade 2

Opinion

Write a Conclusion

Extend this lesson

Video

Video

How do polar bears walk on ice and snow?

Activity

Activity

Write a set of questions to poll your classmates about the school activities they prefer. Have them include their reasons why. Share the data with the class and then discuss the results.
Credits
 
Pizza Quest Lesson 3: Deep Dish Glacier

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