English Language Arts — Grade 5

Water cycle word study

Students will look at the written similarities in the words used to describe the water cycle (ex., evaporation, transpiration, precipitation, accumulation, condensation), focusing on suffixes and prefixes as a way to gain understanding of those terms. Students will group words by meaning and label a blank water cycle chart based on the categories for the groupings they create. This lesson is designed in conjunction with “More than just a rainy day—the water cycle.”

Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts, English Language Development, and Science)

By Kelly This and Leigh Thrower.

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Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)

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