Nature Adventures: Sharks Teeth and Fossils

This session aligns with the following NC teaching standards for grades 3, 4, and 5.

Third Grade

• Science 3.P.2 Understand the structure and properties of matter before and after they undergo a change.
• Language Arts RI.3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate an understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
• Language Arts RI.3.2 Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
• Language Arts RI.3.4 Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.
• Language Arts RI.3.6 Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text.
• Language Arts RI.3.7 Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate an understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur).

Fourth Grade

• Science 4.P.2 Understand the composition and properties of matter before and after they undergo a change or interaction.
• Science 4.E.2 Understand the use of fossils and changes in the surface of the earth as evidence of the history of Earth and its changing life forms.
• Language Arts RI.4.7 Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively and explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the text in which it appears
• Language Arts RI.4.4 Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area
• Language Arts RF.4.4 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words
• Language Arts L.4.4 Determine and/or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 4 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies: context clues, word parts, word relationships, and reference materials
• Language Arts L.4.6 Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal precise actions, emotions, or states of being and that are basic to a particular topic

Fifth Grade

• Science 5.P.2 Understand the interactions of matter and energy and the changes that occur.
• Language Arts RI.5.2 Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.
• Language Arts RI.5.4 Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 5 topic or subject area.