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Student Instructions
1. Read the passage aloud when asked so your teacher can check your fluency. 2. Answer the questions on the next pages to show what you understand. Choose the best answer for each question. 3. Complete the open activities to show your thinking using writing, drawing, or a short recording. 4. Tell how confident you feel about what you learned at the end.
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This activity teaches students about how sedimentary rocks form through layering, compacting, and cementing, and highlights common examples like limestone, sandstone, and mudstone. Use the reading fluency prompts to assess students' expression, accuracy, and pacing as they read each section aloud. For small-group instruction, have students read aloud to partners and then discuss answers before completing independent pages. Prepare a hammer image or rock samples for discussion if possible (no actual hammering needed). For the open-ended ParagraphQuestion, expect clear sentences that explain processes (layering, compacting, cementing) and examples; high-quality answers will connect cause and effect (e.g., layers + weight -> compaction) and use vocabulary from the passage. For the multimedia Frame task, a strong response will show a labeled drawing or a short recorded explanation that identifies at least two steps in rock formation or gives an example rock and why it formed. Teachers should grade open responses manually as correct/incorrect using whether the student demonstrates the key ideas and uses evidence from the passage.
