🌋 How Volcanoes Erupt

Informational Writing - Week 1

5.W.2 6.W.2 Informational

🏆 Complete this writing piece to earn 3 coins!

✏️ The Prompt

Explain how volcanoes erupt. Use words like magma, lava, crater, and pressure. Imagine you are teaching a friend who has never heard of volcanoes.

Aim for 1-2 paragraphs. Use facts and examples!

🧠 Graphic Organizer - Sequence Chart

Step-by-Step Eruption

Step 1: Magma builds up

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Step 2: Pressure grows

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Step 3: The eruption

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Step 4: After the eruption

📝 Word Bank

magma lava crater pressure eruption underground explode molten

💡 Sentence Starters

Deep beneath the Earth's surface, there is hot rock called magma...

When pressure builds up, the volcano can no longer hold it in...

Lava is different from magma because...

After the eruption, the top of the volcano looks like a bowl called a...

📝 Your Explanation

⭐ Rubric

Criteria	3 Stars ⭐⭐⭐	2 Stars ⭐⭐	1 Star ⭐
Ideas	Clear facts and examples about volcanoes	Some facts but missing details	Hard to understand or too short
Organization	Steps are in order, easy to follow	Mostly in order	Jumps around or confusing
Voice	Sounds like a teacher explaining - helpful!	Mostly clear	Hard to follow

✅ Self-Check

I used the word "magma." I used the word "lava." I explained what pressure does. I described what a crater is. I put the steps in order. I read it out loud to check it makes sense.