Notes

Read and select facilitation questions as
appropriate to meet
your
students’
needs.

Phase

Instructional
Grouping

Materials

Engage

Individual

• Number cubes • Engage:
Create
Your
Ecosystem • Highlighter
or
light-colored marker

Explore

Individual

Small
groups

• Completed Engage:
Create Your
Ecosystem • Explore:
Creature
Features • Color pencils

Explain

Small groups

• Completed Engage:
Create Your
Ecosystem

Elaborate

Individual

Small
groups

• Elaborate: Island Guide • Elaborate: Island Guide Instructions • Elaborate:
Islands’
Characteristics

Teacher-led
student
group

• Elaborate: Island Guide* • Elaborate: Island Guide Instructions* • Elaborate:
Islands’
Characteristics

Evaluate

Individual

• Evaluate:
Dependence
and Competition

*
For
targeted
students
only

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