H2
Preliminary Learning Sequence Template Example-Grade 2
Engage Concept
Concept
The Earth’s surface
changes. (Goal is to
surface what students
know about how the
erosion process moves
materials.)
SEP
(from PQP
Chart)
CCC (from CCC
on PQP)
Observation as part of
asking questions
Phenomenon
Two pictures of hillsides
eroding from water;
What is going on in the
picture? How stable are
the fence and the
telephone poll?
Observing, comparing,
and discussing two
photos
Discussions using
sentence frames and
responding to questions
Science
Learning
Experience(s)
Speaking and
Listening
Stability and Change
Notebook
entries and
other writing
Prior knowledge prompt,
teacher charting
responses
Reading
Reading questions on
presentation, charts,
sentence frames, and
personal notebook
entries
Explore/Explain #1
Concept(s)
The force of water can
cause erosion to occur
quickly or slowly
changing the shape of
land.
Explore/Explain #2
Concept (s)
The elevation of land can
increase or decrease the
rate of erosion changing
the shape of land.
Explore/Explain #3
Concept (s)
Water and gravity
transport materials
downhill changing the
shape of land.
Conducting an
investigation, construct
explanation
Stability and Change
Conducting an
investigation, construct
explanation
Stability and Change
Obtain, evaluate and
communicate
Two sandcastles erode at
different rates due to
different rates of water
force (squirt/spray
bottles); How will my
castle hold up in a storm?
Test the effect of the
force of water on the
sandcastle
Discussions using
sentence frames and
responding to questions,
use of vocabulary
Sentence frames to
predict, develop claims
and evidence; labeled
drawings, use of
vocabulary
Reading questions on
presentation, charts,
sentence frames, and
personal notebook
entries
Four different erosion
trays are placed at
different elevations and
erode at different rates;
What is happening to the
mountain?
Test the effect of
elevation on the erosion
of the “hill”
Discussions using
sentence frames and
responding to questions,
use of vocabulary
Sentence frames to
predict, develop claims
and evidence; labeled
drawings, use of
vocabulary
Reading questions on
presentation, charts,
sentence frames, and
personal notebook
entries
Video demonstration of
erosion caused by water
and the force of gravity;
Where might the eroded
soil from the mountain be
deposited?
Observing, video;
compare and discus data
from with investigations
Discussions using
sentence frames and
responding to questions,
use of vocabulary
Sentence frames to
predict, develop claims
and evidence; labeled
drawings, use of
vocabulary
Reading questions on
presentation, charts,
sentence frames, and
personal notebook
entries
Stability and Change
Mathematics
NGSS Rollout Phase #2
5E Learning Sequence Grades K-2
1
H2
Preliminary Learning Sequence Template Example-Grade 2
Lesson Concept
(DCI or concept
from CF)
SEP
(from PQP Chart)
CCC (from CCC
on PQP)
Phenomenon
Science
Learning
Experience(s)
Speaking and
Listening
Notebook
entries and
other writing
Reading
Explore/Explain #4
Concept(s)
Evaluate Concept(s)
Elaborate Concept(s) serving as a new
engage concept leading to another
learning sequence with the 5Es
Erosion from moving
water may cause changes
in landforms to occur
slowly.
Construct explanations
and obtain, evaluate and
communicate
Stability and Change
The force of water and
elevation of landforms
effect the rate of erosion
and deposition.
Construct explanations
Water and gravity can slowly cause some
landforms to change shape through
erosion and deposition.
Stability and Change
Stability and Change
Reading about the Grand
Canyon and Cape
Hatteras; What might
happen if the stream of
water flowing onto our
erosion tray stayed
constant for many days?
Reading non-fiction text
Return to the two photos
shown in the Engage
Phase, How can we apply
what we now know about
erosion to the two
photos we saw a few
days ago?
Construct a claim
supported by evidence
Beach Sand Probe; where did the beach
sand come from?
Discussions using
sentence frames and
responding to questions,
use of vocabulary
Sentence frames to
develop claims and
evidence; labeled
drawings, use of
vocabulary
Close Reading of nonfiction text, questions on
presentation, charts,
sentence frames, and
personal notebook entries
Discussions using
sentence frames and
responding to questions,
use of vocabulary
Sentence frames to
develop claims and
evidence; labeled
drawings, use of
vocabulary
Reading questions on
presentation, charts,
sentence frames, and
personal notebook
entries
Discussions using sentence frames and
responding to questions, use of
vocabulary
Construct explanations and obtain,
evaluate and communicate
Observing, comparing, and discussing the
video and the reading
Sentence frames to develop claims and
evidence; labeled drawings, use of
vocabulary
Close Read of Beach Sand probe,
sentence frames, and personal notebook
entries
Mathematics
NGSS Rollout Phase #2
5E Learning Sequence Grades K-2
2
H2
Preliminary Learning Sequence Template Example-Grade 2
Performance Expectation(s):
2-ESS1-1: Use information from several sources to provide evidence that Earth events can occur quickly or slowly.
Learning Sequence Concept:
Erosion from water may change Earth’s landforms quickly or slowly.
CCSS Literacy in Science:
SL2.2 Recount or describe details from a text or read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
RI2.1 Ask and answer questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a
text.
RI2.3 Describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical
procedures in a text.
W2.7 Participate in shared research and writing projects.
W2.8 Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.
NGSS Rollout Phase #2
5E Learning Sequence Grades K-2
3