A CyberlessonBy Miss Weber

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Have you ever wondered where a water droplet travels after it leaves your faucet?

How about where that water drop came from?

Or how that droplet changes from a liquid to a solid?

What about from a liquid to a vapor?

Today you will travel all around the world with a water droplet and explore the many locations water

travels! During our journey you will discover possible answers to these questions along with

many others!!!

A copy of A Drop Around the World by Barbara Shaw McKinney

A computer with internet access

A pencil

An anticipation guide

A response log

“Raindrop, take us to the skies. Teach us how to vaporize.

Condense us so that we can flow to places only raindrops go.

Cycle with us through the trees, underground, beneath the seas.

Please explain the things you do, your special tricks and changes too.

In fact, some symbols shown in black would be more helpful keeping track.

Now show us how you work and play…Let’s tour the world, the ‘raindrop way.’

Then afterwards, when all is done, we’ll share your secrets, one by one.

P.S.:

Drop, if we lose you, don’t despair- we’ll find your face on each page somewhere.”By: Barbara Shaw McKinney

1. In your response log make at least 3 predictions about places you think the water droplet will travel.

2. Fill out the vocabulary anticipation guide placing a check under the green if you know what the word means, check the yellow if you think you know a little about that word, or the red if you do not know what the word means. We will learn more about these words so it’s ok if you don’t know what some of them are right now.

3. Click on the picture below to watch a video of the water cycle and then write at least 3 things you observed water doing.

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Anticipation GuideVocabulary I Know It I Know a Little

About ItI Don’t Know It

Precipitation

Vaporize

Condense

Evaporating

Reservoir

Moisture

Steam

Freeze

1. As you read, you will notice there are small icons next to some of the text. These images represent a state of water or a property of it. Flip to the last two pages in the book and read more information about each image.

2. As you are reading please check your predictions and see if the water droplet visited any of the places you predicted. Make a mark next to the ones he visited. Record at least 3 places he visited that you did not predict.

3. In your response log record the different forms that water takes. Please provide at least 2 examples from the book that show each state of water. Click here for help with the stages.

1. Revisit your vocabulary anticipation guide, look at the words you checked in the yellow and red column. Place an X in the

green column of the words that you now know.

2. Click on the picture below to visit another diagram about the water cycle. After you have watched it click on the word “label” and move the names of the stages to match the pictures. If you

select the wrong stage it will not let you move it there, so try again!

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3. Now that you have labeled the stages in the water cycle, lets see if you can fill in the blanks for this passage about the water cycle. Click on the picture below and test your knowledge. Good Luck!!

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1. Click here to read some additional fun facts about water. Then click on the picture to test your knowledge!

2. Working with a partner you will now create your own page to add to this water droplets adventure. Look back through the book and notice how the author used rhyming. Then, pick a specific location and a stage of the water cycle that you would like to write about. Don’t forget to include the same helpful images the author did. Have fun and be creative!

This lesson is for third grade students who are studying the water cycle. The lesson can be completed individually or with partners for those students who may be below the reading level of this text. It should be split across at least two days. Slide 5: After students have completed their anticipation guide I will check and see which vocabulary words are unfamiliar to the class. If needed I will visit groups during the lesson to help clarify meanings.

Slide 7: As students are reading I will check to see if they are using the information in the back of the text as well as marking their

predictions.

Slide 8: I will monitor how many words students have been able to mark in the green column on their anticipation guide. I will also remind/guide students who are having trouble with labeling the water cycle to use the other websites.

Slide 9: I will remind students to read all of the choices for each blank. Also to use their reading strategies about what makes sense.

Slide 10: I will allow students to have additional time on a second day to complete their own page. Students will be paired up in mixed ability groups to aid each other.

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Before Reading

I made 3 or more I made 3 or more logical predictions logical predictions about where the about where the water droplet would water droplet would travel. I completed my travel. I completed my anticipation guide and anticipation guide and wrote at least 3 wrote at least 3 logical observations logical observations about water that about water that demonstrated a demonstrated a strong level of strong level of understanding. understanding.

I made 3 some what I made 3 some what logical predictions logical predictions about where the about where the water droplet would water droplet would travel. I completed travel. I completed my anticipation guide my anticipation guide and wrote 3 some and wrote 3 some what logical what logical observations about observations about water that water that demonstrated a demonstrated a limited level of limited level of understanding. understanding.

I made less than 3 I made less than 3 predictions about where the predictions about where the water droplet would travel. I water droplet would travel. I did not completed all of my did not completed all of my anticipation guide and anticipation guide and wrote less than 3 wrote less than 3 observations about water observations about water that demonstrated a limited that demonstrated a limited level of understanding level of understanding along with some along with some misunderstanding.misunderstanding.

During Reading

I used the info on the I used the info on the last 2 pages to help last 2 pages to help me. I reviewed my me. I reviewed my predictions and wrote predictions and wrote at least 3 other logical at least 3 other logical places the droplet places the droplet visited. I wrote the 3 visited. I wrote the 3 phases of water and phases of water and gave at least 2 logical gave at least 2 logical examples from the examples from the text for each. text for each.

I used the info on the I used the info on the last 2 pages to help last 2 pages to help me a little. I reviewed me a little. I reviewed my predictions and my predictions and wrote at least 2 other wrote at least 2 other logical places the logical places the droplet visited. I droplet visited. I wrote the 3 phases of wrote the 3 phases of water and gave at water and gave at least 1 logical least 1 logical example from the example from the text for each. text for each.

I did not used the info on I did not used the info on the last 2 pages to help me. the last 2 pages to help me. I reviewed my predictions I reviewed my predictions and wrote at least 1 other and wrote at least 1 other places the droplet visited. I places the droplet visited. I wrote the 3 phases of wrote the 3 phases of water, but some were water, but some were incorrect and didn’t gave incorrect and didn’t gave any examples from the text any examples from the text for each. for each.

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After Reading

I revisited my I revisited my anticipation guide and anticipation guide and marked the words I now marked the words I now know. I correctly labeled know. I correctly labeled the stages of the water the stages of the water cycle and I was able to cycle and I was able to answer 11 or more answer 11 or more questions correctly questions correctly demonstrating demonstrating knowledge that I gained. knowledge that I gained.

I revisited my anticipation I revisited my anticipation guide and marked a few guide and marked a few words I now know. I words I now know. I correctly labeled the correctly labeled the stages of the water cycle stages of the water cycle and I was able to answer 7 and I was able to answer 7 -10 questions correctly -10 questions correctly demonstrating some demonstrating some knowledge that I gained. knowledge that I gained.

I revisited my I revisited my anticipation guide and anticipation guide and did not marked the words did not marked the words I now know. I correctly I now know. I correctly labeled only 1 stage of labeled only 1 stage of the water cycle and I the water cycle and I answered less than 7 answered less than 7 questions correctly questions correctly demonstrating a limited demonstrating a limited level of knowledge that I level of knowledge that I gained. gained.

Beyond Reading

I read the additional I read the additional facts about water and facts about water and correctly answered 20 correctly answered 20 questions. I created a questions. I created a rhyming creative page rhyming creative page that demonstrates a that demonstrates a level of complete logical level of complete logical comprehension of the comprehension of the various phases of water. various phases of water. Information gained from Information gained from this lesson is applied. this lesson is applied.

I read the additional facts I read the additional facts about water and correctly about water and correctly answered 15 questions. I answered 15 questions. I created a rhyming created a rhyming creative page that creative page that demonstrates a limited demonstrates a limited logical level of complete logical level of complete comprehension of the comprehension of the various phases of water. various phases of water. Information gained from Information gained from this lesson is applied.this lesson is applied.

I read the additional facts I read the additional facts about water and about water and correctly answered 10 correctly answered 10 questions. I created a questions. I created a page that demonstrates page that demonstrates very little comprehension very little comprehension of the various phases of of the various phases of water. Information water. Information gained from this lesson is gained from this lesson is not applied.not applied.

A Drop Around the World by Barbara Shaw McKinney

Thirstin’s Water Cycle http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/flash/flash_watercycle.html

CrickWeb http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=watercycle

EAP- Ground and Surface Water: Kid’s Fun http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/waterfactsoflife.html

Thirstin’s Question and Answer Game http://

www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/flash/flash_qagame.html

The Water Cycle http://www.kidzone.ws

/water/

Reading Comprehension- The Water Cycle http://education.jlab.org/reading/water_cycle.html

Images:

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Water Drop http://universityspacafe.com/images/water_drop.png

Slide 8 Water Cycle http://cnobleza.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/watercycle2.gif

Slide 9 Water Cycle http://education.jlab.org/reading/water_cycle.html