Causation-seasons -anticipation Bridge

Unit of inquiry: It’s Raining Cats and Dogs Thinking tool: ANTICIPATION GUIDE

Before lesson

Teacher’s statements

After the lesson

1. The Earth is round. 2. The Sun rotates around the Earth. 3. The Earth is just a little bit bigger than the Sun. 4. There are four seasons everywhere on Earth. 5. We have four seasons because the Sun gets farther and then closer to the Earth.

NOTE: This technique (Anticipation Guide) is used for two purposes: - checking students’ prior knowledge on a certain topic - checking students’ understanding after the topic was discussed Teacher’s statements can be mixed (true and false), and students’ prior ideas, concepts or opinions can be conflicting with the final answer.