Learning Outcomes

•  Students will have knowledge of the targeted vocabulary word.
• Students will be able to identify that water is recycled and reused.
• Students will be able to explain the two types of water we have on our earth.

Student Worksheet

• Optional: A follow along worksheet is available for students to fill in while they learn or can be used as an assessment tool.
• Seesaw Activity

Vocabulary Words

• Water Vapor: water that is in the form of a vapor or a gas.
• Condensation: the process where water vapor becomes liquid.
• Oxygen: it is colorless, odorless and tasteless. Every time you breathe you breathe in oxygen, without it you cannot breathe.

Activity

Introduce these words before you begin reading. Ask students if they have heard or recognize the words. Then, read the definitions and talk about them as a class. Do more of the students recognize the words now? See if students can use the vocabulary words in sentences. Pictures from the reader or a Google search can be used to help explain these words as well.

Front Cover

Read the question at the bottom. Give time for students to brainstorm and share these ideas. These ideas can be written down so they can be discussed again at the end of the lesson.

Inside

• When you come to a vocabulary word, take the time to stop and redefine the word.

The Water Cycle

• An anchor chart can be made to show the water cycle. While going over the water cycle, students can add their knowledge or observations to the chart.
• To further the water cycle, videos can be found online to break it down even more.
• Discuss how water is recycled and reused. We are using the same water that dinosaurs used! How cool is that?!?

Water’s Salty Secret

• After reading this section, talk further about the two different types of water.
• Has anyone ever been to the ocean? Can they describe what the salt water tasted like or felt like?
• An anchor chart can be made with freshwater and saltwater.
  • Saltwater: list all the animals that use it and where saltwater is found.
  • Freshwater: list all the ways humans and animals use it.

Back Cover

Do You Remember: Saltwater or freshwater?

• Draw lines matching the things that use saltwater.
• Draw lines matching the things that use freshwater.

Do You Remember: Draw the water cycle!

Students can look at the water cycle inside the magazine or use the water cycle example you made on your anchor chart (if one was made).

• The words are there for students.
• Students will draw a picture to represent that portion of the water cycle.