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Thursday, 3.1.12 “You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.” Irish Proverb. Staple and turn 21-4 outline P736 and 739 Venn Diagram: Deciduous Forest and Rainforest NEW Creative Writing: Deciduous and/or rainforest. QPAs next week Mon: Science and CC#1
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Thursday, 3.1.12 “You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.” Irish Proverb • Staple and turn • 21-4 outline • P736 and 739 • Venn Diagram: Deciduous Forest and Rainforest • NEW Creative Writing: Deciduous and/or rainforest • QPAs next week • Mon: Science and CC#1 • Tues: SS and CC#2 • Wed: LGA • Thurs: Math
Friday, 3.2.12“Who gossips with you will gossip of you” Irish Proverb • Atlanta Field Trip
Monday, 3.5.12 “Continual cheerfulness is a sign of wisdom.” Irish Proverb • Science QPA • NEW SEATS • Write/Read Creative Writing • QPAs this week • Mon: Science and CC#1 • Tues: SS and CC#2 • Wed: LGA • Thurs: Math • Staple and turn in Tuesday: • Video notes: Deciduous • Video notes: Rainforest • Venn Deciduous and Rainforest • Creative Writing
Tuesday, 3.6.12 A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures – Irish Proverb • Pass out papers • Staple and turn in • Video notes: Deciduous • Video notes: Rainforest • Venn Deciduous and Rainforest • Creative Writing • Video: Grasslands • Staple and turn in Friday • Video notes: Desert • Video notes: Grasslands • Venn: Grasslands and Desert • Creative Writing • QPAs this week • Tues: SS and CC#2 • Wed: LGA • Thurs: Math Happy Birthday Jill Fate!!
Wednesday, 3.7.12 “Better fifty enemies outside the house than one within” – Irish Proverb • Video: Deserts • Read Creative Writing • QPAs this week • Wed: LGA • Thurs: Math • Staple and turn in Friday • Video notes: Desert • Video notes: Grasslands • Venn: Grasslands and Desert • Creative Writing
Thursday, 3.8.12“ The stars make no noise” – Irish Proverb • Pass out Papers • Review QPA • Venn Diagram: Desert and Grasslands • Start NEW creative Writing: Desert and/or Grasslands • Math QPA Today! • Staple and turn in Friday • Video notes: Desert • Video notes: Grasslands • Venn: Grasslands and Desert • Creative Writing
Friday, 3.9.12 A silent mouth is sweet to hear – Irish Proverb • Video: Freshwater Ecosystems • Share Creative Writing • No homework Happy Birthday Clarke Pippert!!
Monday, 3.12.12 Questioning is the door of knowledge • Share Creative Writing and turn in • Video: Marine Ecosystems • Biomes Test Friday • Section 21-4
Tuesday, 3.13.12 “All sins cast long shadows” Irish Proverb • Test Review Sheet – due Thursday • Pair/Share Chain • Biomes Test Friday • Section 21-4 • Test Review Sheet due Thursday
Wednesday, 3.14.12 “If God shuts one door, He opens another” Irish Proverb • Wild River Dam Dilemma – Debate • Work on Test Review • Biomes Test Friday • Section 21-4 • Test Review Sheet due Thursday Happy Pie Day 3.14.12
Thursday, 3.15.12“ You'll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind” Irish Proverb • Go over Test Review • Biomes Test Tomorrow • Section 21-2
Friday, 3.16.12 “What is nearest the heart is nearest the mouth” Irish Proverb • Biomes Test • Human Body Thinking Questions: Journal Writing • No homework
Unit Overview: The Human Body • Unit Overview: This unit will lead students through investigations of organism’ organization from basic to complex. Students will investigate processes that are associated with systems such as digestions, respirations, excretion etc. • General Concept Overview – levels of cellular organization, roles of systems. Interaction of systems, homeostasis
Standards • Focus Content Standard • S7L2. Students will describe the structure and function of cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems • Elements • S7L2c. Explain that cells are organized into tissues, tissues into organs, organs into systems, and systems into organisms. • S7L2d. Explain that tissues, organs, and organ systems serve the needs cells have for oxygen, food, and waste removal. • S7L2e. Explain the purpose of the major organ systems in the human body (i.e., digestion, respiration, reproduction, circulation, excretion, movement, control, and coordination, and for protection from disease).
Enduring Understandings • Organ systems serve the needs cells have for oxygen, food, and waste removal. • Major organ systems are interdependent. • There is a hierarchal relationship between levels of organization. • Essential Questions • How do organ systems maintain homeostasis? • How do major organ systems interact with one another to keep the body alive? • How are the levels of organization related?
Monday, 3.19.12 A man is known by the silence he keeps. Oliver Herford • Human Body • Levels of Organization • Homeostasis • Skeletal System • Read article and answer questions: “Consumption of Carbonated Drinks by Teenage Girls Associated with Bone Fractures” Happy Birthday Blake!
Tuesday, 3.20.12 A story is told as much by silence as by speech. Susan Griffin • Article on your desk • Skeletal System • Muscular System • Memorizing Bones and Muscles • Around the World! • Bones and Muscles Test next week Happy Birthday Aijah and Kate!!
Wednesday, 3.21.12 Who gossips with you will gossip of you” • Video and Questions: Bones and Muscles • Around the World! • Bones and Muscles Test next week • Computer Lab tomorrow – 6th Grade Hall!!!!
Thursday, 3.22.12A drop of water shall be returned with a burst of spring – Chinese Proverb • Computer Lab 601 – Skeleton Web Quest • Finish Skeleton Web Quest • Bones and Muscles Test next week
Friday, 3.23.12A single day of sub-zero temperature is not enough to create three feet of ice.Chinese Proverb • Build a Skeleton • P 467-468 #1-26, p 469 #1-5 – due Tuesday – Answer only • Bones and Muscles Test next Thursday
Monday, 3.26.12Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone. Chinese Proverb • Thinking Map: Muscles • Finish Skeleton • Work on Homework • Incentive Party Friday after connections • EcoMeet anyone? • P 467-468 #1-26, p 469 #1-5 – due Wednesday – Answers only • Bones and Muscles Test on Thursday
Tuesday, 3.27.12If the wind comes from an empty cave, it's not without a reason. Chinese Proverb • Thinking Map: Integumentary System • Skin Color Lab • Finish Color Lab • P 467-468 #1-26, p 469 #1-5 – due Wednesday – Answers only • Bones and Muscles Test Thursday Happy Birthday Sydney Davis
Wednesday, 3.28.12The old horse in the stable still yearns to run 1000 miles. Chinese Proverb • Homework on your desk • Activity: Sweaty Skin p 461 • Bones and Muscles Test Tomorrow
Thursday, 3.29.12Wealth does not pass three generations. Chinese Proverb • Bones and Muscles Test • Begin Post Test • No homework Happy Birthday Anna and Olivia!!!
Friday, 3.30.12 • Finish Post Test • Thinking Questions • Have a Safe Spring Break!!!