Let’s Go Rock Collecting Resource Set

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Grade Level: 3
Guided Reading Level: P
Genre: Nonfiction

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Let’s Go Rock Collecting by Roma Gans

Let’s Go Rock Collecting is an engaging book about geology. Full of bright illustrations and fun facts about rocks, students will enjoy learning how rocks are formed, how rocks can be used, and how igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks differ from one another – all while strengthening their use of key comprehension strategies.

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Comprehension Strategy Lesson Plans
Page by Page Guided Think Sheets
Text Based Reader’s Notebook Prompts
Interactive Vocabulary Games and Activities
Running Record Assessment
Extension Activities for Early Finishers
Answer Keys
Complete Common Core Alignment
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Common Core Alignment

Asking Questions: L.3.6 RF.3.3 RF.3.4 RI.3.1 RI.3.10 RI.3.4 SL.3.1c SL.3.1d SL.3.2 SL.3.3 W.3.8

Determining Importance: L.3.6 RF.3.3 RF.3.4 RI.3.10 RI.3.2 RI.3.5 RI.3.6 RI.3.7 SL.3.1d SL.3.2 SL.3.3 W.3.8

Understanding Text Structure: L.3.6 RF.3.3 RF.3.4 RI.3.10 RI.3.5 RI.3.7 RI.3.8 SL.3.1d SL.3.2 SL.3.3 W.3.8

Vocabulary: L.3.4a L.3.5b L.3.6

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Asking Questions with Let's Go Rock Collecting

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Capture your students' curiosity about rocks to help them deepen comprehension while reading Let's Go Rock Collecting. By asking questions throughout the text, students will learn how to set a purpose for reading and how to adjust their purpose as they learn new information.

Common Core Alignment:

L.3.6 RF.3.3 RF.3.4 RI.3.1 RI.3.10 RI.3.4 SL.3.1c SL.3.1d SL.3.2 SL.3.3 W.3.8

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Determining Importance with Let's Go Rock Collecting

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Let's Go Rock Collecting is smart choice to use with readers who are interested in learning about rocks. Use this lesson plan and set of resources to show readers how to find the important information about igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks inside of a text.

Common Core Alignment:

L.3.6 RF.3.3 RF.3.4 RI.3.10 RI.3.2 RI.3.5 RI.3.6 RI.3.7 SL.3.1d SL.3.2 SL.3.3 W.3.8

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Understanding Text Structure with Let's Go Rock Collecting

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Roma Gans does a really nice job of using text structures to tell about rocks. Help students to name and notice the ways in which the author uses sequencing, description, cause and effect, and compare and contrast in this informational text.

Common Core Alignment:

L.3.6 RF.3.3 RF.3.4 RI.3.10 RI.3.5 RI.3.7 RI.3.8 SL.3.1d SL.3.2 SL.3.3 W.3.8

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Let's Go Rock Collecting Extension Activity

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The BookPagez extension activities are a great way to push student engagement beyond the pages of the text. Try using this activity with early finishers, with students who show a deeper connection with the text, or as a center activity.

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Let's Go Rock Collecting Running Record

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Use this "done for you" Running Record to assess oral reading fluency of Let's Go Rock Collecting. Track meaning, structure, and visual accuracy using the first 100 words of the text to determine whether or not this book is a good fit for the readers in your classroom.

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Let's Go Rock Collecting Vocabulary Connections

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Before your students can successfully comprehend and enjoy Let's Go Rock Collecting, they must be able to decode new vocabulary used in the story. When you choose any of our comprehension strategy packs, you’ll also receive resources and activities that support vocabulary growth through fun and productive interactions with new words. Download these resources to pre-teach Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary words.