Mountains Day 2

MountainsDay 2

Students need:Textbook, practice book, pencil

• Turn to page 68 in your practice book. • Fill in the graphic organizer

as we read the story.

As we read pages 318-319, listen forwhat causes the peaks of many tallmountains to be covered with snow.

Page through the selection, “Mountains” and look at the photographs and maps, and read the headings.

Think about what you think you will learn from this selection.

What kinds of changes do mountains go through over time?

What information does the author give about the Himalayan Mountains?

Why are the peaks of tall mountains covered in snow?

How do you know that the author used a cause-and-effect text structure?

What does the map show?

How are Iceland and Surtsey related to the Mid-Atlantic ridge?

How were the Rockies formed?

How do time and pressure change rocks?

How is a fault-blocked mountain formed?

What kind of graphic organizer would you use to show how folded mountains are similar to and different from fault-block mountains?

Use a Venn Diagram to show how two things are similar and different.

folded mountains

fault-blockmountainsboth

Do you think that you would be likely to find fossils in a volcanic mountain?

Why aren’t the Hawaiian Islands considered the tallest mountains onEarth?

Kinds of Mountains

How They WereFormed

folded mountains Pressure pushed against rocks in the Earth’s crust.

fault-block Rocks broke when plates moved.

volcanic Lava and cinders piled up from a volcanic eruption.

dome Magma pushed up the Earth’s surface.

What new concept does the author introduce on page 326? What text feature tells you this?

Which words and phrases give you clues to the meaning of the word erosion?

Compare and contrast the ways water and sand erode mountains.

What causes rock slides and rock avalanches?

What is one way that mountains affect weather and climate?

What is the main idea of the final paragraph on page 329?