Friday, November 30, 2012

Weekly update for December 3-7, 2012

6th Grade Science:
Monday: Show/discuss you-tube videos (Continental Drift theory, Bill Nye sea-floor spreading, mid-Atlantic ridges). Introduce power writing strategy.
Tuesday: 1,2,3,2,3 writing assignment (Wegener's Continental Drift Theory could have been possible for two reasons.) Compare/discuss samples of student writing using Elmo.
Wednesday: Sea-Floor Spreading activity and questions.
Thursday: Read pages 108-111 and complete Directed Reading activity.
Friday: Collect assignment from Wed. Lab for a grade. Quiz over Thursday's activity. Assign Tree map for Tectonic Plate Boundaries

7th Grade Science:
Monday: Review lab/demonstration from Friday over molecules at different states. "Can Crusher" demonstration.  Assign 1,2,3,2,3 writing assignment (An increase or decrease in temperature causes two possible changes with molecular arrangement.)
Tuesday: Discuss above writing assignment. (Textbook: Introduction to Matter) Pages 18, 19 Tree Map over Chemical Changes. Pages 20, 21 Double Bubble map comparing physical and chemical changes.
Wednesday: Assign Strange but True reading/response activity.
Thursday: (Textbook: Interactions of Matter),  Pages 28-31 (Section: Forming New Substances). Directed Reading Activity.
Friday:  Lab: Science Slime (groups of 3)

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