Rocks & Minerals
	Integration Ideas and Activities Lesson 1 Sharing What We Know About Rocks

Lesson	Activities to Consider	Tools
1	Mathematics
	Tally properties recorded earlier on a class chart
	Use Venn diagram to show properties shared by the rocks (3)
	Language Arts
	What We Know: using statements and punctuation
	What We Want to Know: using questions and punctuation
	List vocabulary as it emerges
	Introduce adjectives using reading stations: How to Dig a Hole to the Other Side of the World Sylvester and the Magic Pebble Many Luscious Lollipops
	Using descriptive adjectives, brainstorm properties of the three rocks in small groups
	Record observations in science journals
	Teach the song: Just Three Rocks (first stanza)