Skyscrapers: Design and Process

by Dana Marshall

By Amplify Classroom

5th Grade

CKLA

Primary Focus of Lesson Reading • Students will draw on information from descriptions of several skyscrapers to compare and contrast those skyscrapers. • Students will demonstrate an understanding of the Tier 2 word concrete. Writing • Students will design skyscrapers and write paragraphs persuading the city council to build them. • Students will gather information from relevant sources for their research question. Formative Assessment • Activity Page 6.2: Skyscraper Design Page Complete a skyscraper design organizer and will write about why a skyscraper project should be approved.