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Archive for October, 2007
October 30, 2007 at 4:44 pm · Filed under 6th Science
SCIENCE PLANS
October 29 - 2
By: Ms. Quanta Lofties
MONDAY – TLW: Take a short quiz over C3.1-C3.2. Students will also identify two traits occurring through selective breeding. (6.5.1)
TUESDAY – TLW: Create “Speciation”! Each student will create a new species and justify its characteristics and traits. Students will collaborate in a group to decide “Who Eats Whom?” in a food chain containing these new species of plants and/or animals. HW: Complete directed reading questions for C3.1-C3.2 p.15-18 (6.5.2), (6.5.3)
WEDNESDAY –TLW: Finish the “Speciation” mini class project! Students are encouraged to be creative and to think
“outside-the-box” in their designs. Students will present on Friday. (6.5.2), (6.5.3)
THURSDAY – TLW: Be introduced to “Study Island”. Students will complete their first study island lesson. HW: Review Directed reading questions and class notes for C3 Test Tuesday.
FRIDAY – TLW: Present “Speciation” – A mini class project!!! HW: Review Directed reading questions and class notes for C3 Test Tuesday. (6.5.2), (6.5.3)
October 30, 2007 at 4:43 pm · Filed under 6th Social Studies
SOCIAL STUDIES PLANS
October 29-2
By: Ms. Quanta Lofties
MONDAY – TLW: Evaluate the impact of the Nile River on life in ancient Egypt. P106-109 (6.5.5)
TUESDAY – TLW: Analyze how the Egyptians figured out ways to live in harmony with their physical environment. Students will also find out how the physical environment influenced the development of the Egyptian’s religion. P109-111 (6.5.11)
WEDNESDAY –TLW: Create a mural to extend what students have learned about people’s interaction with the physical environment in the Nile Valley. (6.1.5)
THURSDAY – TLW: Discover the amazing role religion played in the lives and deaths of the Ancient Egyptians. Students will examine various aspects of daily life during Ancient times and the important role of the Nile River played in sustaining life. Students will answer (Video Quiz) questions (6.5.11) HW: Work on “Living in Ancient Egypt” map exercise – Due Monday!!
FRIDAY – TLW: Practice Map Skills. (U.S. map, tracing routes, using map key) (6.3.5) HW: Complete “Living in Ancient Egypt” map exercise – Due Monday!!
October 23, 2007 at 12:26 am · Filed under 6th Science
SCIENCE PLANS
October 22-26
By: Ms. Quanta Lofties
MONDAY – TLW: Be introduced to Population Changes and heredity!!
C3p62-67!!! The diversity of life is incredible; yet what we see today is only a tiny view of all the different kinds of life that existed in the past. 6.6.2 HW: 1st and 3rd period: Research the following organisms and list the adaptations that help each organism to survive and reproduce. (bat, humming bird, alligator, duck, gray wolf, and spider)
TUESDAY – TLW: Define fossils as the remains or imprints of past life and describe how fossils are formed. Students will recognize that fossils are windows into time that let us see what living things once were like. 6.6.2
WEDNESDAY –TLW: Take a short quiz over C3.2. Students will also get instruction for the “Animal Adaptation Writing Project”.
THURSDAY – TLW: Describe the process of natural selection and outline the process of speciation. 6.6.3
FRIDAY – TLW: Write a paragraph describing the plot of a movie that shows how a population of cockroaches could become resistant to insecticide over time. 6.6.3
October 23, 2007 at 12:25 am · Filed under 6th Social Studies
SOCIAL STUDIES PLANS
October 22-26
By: Ms. Quanta Lofties
MONDAY – TLW: Finish Chapter 2 review for Test tomorrow (Tuesday)!! PLEASE STUDY!
TUESDAY – TLW: Test knowledge over concepts covered in Chapter 2 (Southwest Asia: Civilization in Mesopotamia). Students will then complete a fun social studies word search puzzle for extra credit.
WEDNESDAY –TLW: Be introduced to Unit 2: CRADLES OF CIVILIZATION p100 and discuss the unit themes.
THURSDAY – TLW: Analyze the importance of the Nile River. Students will evaluate why the earliest people moved into the Nile Valley and how they adapted to the cycle of the river.
FRIDAY – TLW: Create a mural to extend what students have learned about people’s interaction with the physical environment in the Nile Valley.
October 15, 2007 at 11:33 am · Filed under 6th Social Studies
SOCIAL STUDIES PLANS
October 15-19
By: Ms. Quanta Lofties
MONDAY – TLW: Examine how a set of laws known as the Ten commandments became an important part of the religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. 6.6.1
TUESDAY – TLW: Discover a number of significant cultural contributions, made by the Phoenicians, changing life among ancient people and that has continued today. (The Phoenician alphabet) 6.5.4, 6.5.5
WEDNESDAY –TLW: Write a commercial! Students will design an advertisement for a new invention – “The Wheel”. 6.5.5
THURSDAY – TLW: Work on map and globe skills by following routes on a map. P90 #(1-7). 6.2.2
FRIDAY – TLW: Chapter2 Vocabulary Review Game. Students will complete this activity in preparation for the C2 test on Tuesday.
October 15, 2007 at 12:43 am · Filed under 6th Science
SCIENCE PLANS
October 15-19
By: Ms. Quanta Lofties
MONDAY – TLW: Present “The Symbiosis Rap”. Each student will demonstrate their knowledge of symbiosis by creating a rap on 3 types of relationships among organisms. (mutualism, parasitism, and commensalisms) (6.2.2).
TUESDAY – TLW: Distinguish between two types of competition and give examples of predators and prey by creating a short story in their science journal. (6.2.2) HW: Complete journal writing on “The types of Interactions” p.46 and review directed reading questions for Test on Friday!
WEDNESDAY –TLW: Study concepts in nature: Animal Predators and the Balance of Nature. Students will also explore various types of predators and explains the complex relationships between predator, prey and nature. Students will complete reinforcement worksheets “Weaving a Food Web” and “Symbiotic Relationships”(6.2.2) HW: Review all notes and directed reading question in review for C2 Test Friday.
THURSDAY – TLW: Cover both the physical and behavioral adaptations of animals in regard to getting food, water, oxygen, protection from predators, shelter, and reproduction. Students will learn just how important adaptation is in the survival of all animal species. Students will complete “Adaptation: It’s a Way of Life” (a mini class project) HW: Complete vocabulary reinforcement worksheet and review all notes and directed reading questions for C2 Test Friday.
FRIDAY – TLW: Present some of the “Adaptation: It’s a Way of Life” mini projects. Then, students will test over concepts presented in C2.
October 10, 2007 at 1:14 am · Filed under 6th Science
SCIENCE PLANS
October 8-12
By: Ms. Quanta Lofties
MONDAY – TLW: Fall Break – No School!!
TUESDAY – TLW: Fall Break – No School!!
WEDNESDAY –TLW: Create a diagram of the 5 levels of environmental organization according to a rubric. Please Bring Art Supplies to class.
THURSDAY – TLW: Distinguish between mutualism, commensalisms, and parasitism. Students will demonstrate their knowledge through role-play (6.2.2).
FRIDAY – TLW: Distinguish between two types of competition and give examples of predators and prey by creating a short story in their science journal. (6.2.2)
October 10, 2007 at 1:04 am · Filed under 6th Social Studies
SOCIAL STUDIES PLANS
October 8-12
By: Ms. Quanta Lofties
MONDAY – TLW: Fall Break - No School!!
TUESDAY – TLW:Fall Break - No School!!
NOTE: Since we had guidance again last week, we are carrying over the assignment/activity called “A New Way of Life”.
WEDNESDAY –TLW: Work in groups to prepare a skit and role play their chosen form of government, laws and consequences they have worked on in class the past couple of days. If any group is ready we will start presenting today!
THURSDAY – TLW: Finish presenting “A New Way of Life”. Each group will role play a form of government, laws, and consequences. Students will pull from the group work completed yesterday.
FRIDAY – TLW: Work on “Map Skills” Students will follow trails used in the 1800’s of how civilization expanded west across the U.S. Students will also answer questions using a political map.
