A Drop Around the World

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A Drop Around the World
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A Cyberlesson
By Miss Weber
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Introduction

• 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!!!

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Materials

• 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

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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 playLets tour the
world, the raindrop way. Then afterwards, when
all is done, well share your secrets, one by
one. P.S. Drop, if we lose you, dont despair-
well find your face on each page somewhere.
By Barbara Shaw McKinney
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Before Reading

• In your response log make at least 3 predictions
  about places you think the water droplet will
  travel.
• 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 its ok if you dont
  know what some of them are right now.
• 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 Guide
Vocabulary I Know It I Know a Little About It I Dont Know It
Precipitation
Vaporize
Condense
Evaporating
Reservoir
Moisture
Steam
Freeze
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During Reading

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

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After Reading

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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After Reading
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!!
http//education.jlab.org/reading/water_cycle.html

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Beyond Reading

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. Dont forget to
   include the same helpful images the author did.
   Have fun and be creative!

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Teacher Page
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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Rubric
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Before Reading I made 3 or more logical predictions about where the water droplet would travel. I completed my anticipation guide and wrote at least 3 logical observations about water that demonstrated a strong level of understanding. I made 3 some what logical predictions about where the water droplet would travel. I completed my anticipation guide and wrote 3 some what logical observations about water that demonstrated a limited level of understanding. I made less than 3 predictions about where the water droplet would travel. I did not completed all of my anticipation guide and wrote less than 3 observations about water that demonstrated a limited level of understanding along with some misunderstanding.
During Reading I used the info on the last 2 pages to help me. I reviewed my predictions and wrote at least 3 other logical places the droplet visited. I wrote the 3 phases of water and gave at least 2 logical examples from the text for each. I used the info on the last 2 pages to help me a little. I reviewed my predictions and wrote at least 2 other logical places the droplet visited. I wrote the 3 phases of water and gave at least 1 logical example from the text for each. I did not used the info on the last 2 pages to help me. I reviewed my predictions and wrote at least 1 other places the droplet visited. I wrote the 3 phases of water, but some were incorrect and didnt gave any examples from the text for each.
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Rubric
3 2 1
After Reading I revisited my anticipation guide and marked the words I now know. I correctly labeled the stages of the water cycle and I was able to answer 11 or more questions correctly demonstrating knowledge that I gained. I revisited my anticipation guide and marked a few words I now know. I correctly labeled the stages of the water cycle and I was able to answer 7 -10 questions correctly demonstrating some knowledge that I gained. I revisited my anticipation guide and did not marked the words I now know. I correctly labeled only 1 stage of the water cycle and I answered less than 7 questions correctly demonstrating a limited level of knowledge that I gained.
Beyond Reading I read the additional facts about water and correctly answered 20 questions. I created a rhyming creative page that demonstrates a level of complete logical comprehension of the various phases of water. Information gained from this lesson is applied. I read the additional facts about water and correctly answered 15 questions. I created a rhyming creative page that demonstrates a limited logical level of complete comprehension of the various phases of water. Information gained from this lesson is applied. I read the additional facts about water and correctly answered 10 questions. I created a page that demonstrates very little comprehension of the various phases of water. Information gained from this lesson is not applied.
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Credits

• A Drop Around the World by Barbara Shaw McKinney
• Thirstins Water Cycle http//www.epa.gov/safewa
  ter/kids/flash/flash_watercycle.html
• CrickWeb http//www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resou
  rces/flash.php?filewatercycle
• EAP- Ground and Surface Water Kids Fun
  http//www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/waterfactsoflif
  e.html
• Thirstins Question and Answer Game
  http//www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/flash/flash_qag
  ame.html
• The Water Cycle http//www.kidzone.ws/water/
  
• Reading Comprehension- The Water Cycle
  http//education.jlab.org/reading/water_cycle.htm
  l

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Credits

• Images
• Thirstins http//www.upperdublin.net/images/
  information/thirstinws.gif
• Water Drop http//universityspacafe.com/images/
  water_drop.png
• Slide 8 Water Cycle http//cnobleza.files.wordpr
  ess.com/2009/02/watercycle2.gif
• Slide 9 Water Cycle http//education.jlab.org/re
  ading/water_cycle.html