Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Science:
-Bill Nye, The Science Guy video

R180:
- Pronoun Quiz
- Compose/Contrast Quiz
- Write Vocabulary Words 10x's each
- R180 Book pp. 184-189.

Language Arts:

Math:

Resource:

Bellringer:
The root word ter means "earth."  Many words are formed from this root word. 

Directions:  Look up the definitions fo the words below in a dictionary, and record the definitions.  Next, draw a picture to represent each word.

1. subterranean
2. terrain
3. terrestrial
4. extraterrestrial

pp. 68 from Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots.








Science Supplement: complete projects and report to Ms. Littleton.

Language Arts Supplement: http://www.learn360.com/ShowVideo.aspx?ID=132262- Part 2

Math Supplement::
 
 

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Science

Chapter 15, Section 3 : Study Guide Review

Chapter 15, Section 2 Study Guide:

Type of Study
1.  direct observation                      
b.  counting all the crabs that live in a tide pool.

2.  indirect observation                 
a.  counting the number of nesting sites in an area.

3.  sampling
d.  counting the number of red maples in a small area to estimate the number in the entire forest.                                     
4.  mark-and-recapture study
c. counting hawks with and without bands on their legs.

5.  How can populations change in size?
Populations can change in size when new members gain the population or when members leave the population. 

6.  What is the major way in which new individuals are added to a population?  By birth.

7.  The number of births in a population in a certain amount of time is the death rate.

8.  What is the major way that individuals leave a population?  By death.

9.  The number of deaths in a population in a certain amount of time is the death rate.

10.  Is the following sentence true or false?  If the birth rate is greater than the death rate, population size decreases.  FALSE...it's increases.

11.  immigration-  b. moving into a population.
12.  emigration- a. leaving a population.

13.  Is the following sentence true or false? 
Population density is the number of individuals in a specific area.  TRUE.

14.  An environmental factor that causes a population to decrease is called a(n) limiting factor.

15.  What are some limiting factors for populations?  Food, water, space, and weather conditions.

16.  The largest population that an area can support is called its carrying capacity.

17.  Is the following sentence true or false?  Space is often a limiting factor for plants.  TRUE.

18.  What are some ways weather conditions can limit population growth?  A floor because it will cover the land.

R180

Language Arts

Math

Converitng Metrics
  • Find the unit of measurement on the number.
  • Move the decimal to the requested unit of measurement.

Resouce
 
Bellringer: (P,S, &R pp.58)

Root Word: equ

Directions:  Write a sentence using the words below on the lines.

1. equality:  ________________________________________________________________________

2.  unequal: ________________________________________________________________________

3.  inequality: ______________________________________________________________________

4.  equation: _______________________________________________________________________

Monday, January 23, 2012

Monday, January 1/23/12

Science

Study Guide:  Chapter 15, Section 3

1. natural selection- a process by which characteristics that make an individual better suited to its environment become more common in a species.
2.  adaptation- a characteristic that helps an organism survive or reprouce in its environment.
3.  niche-  the role of an organism in its habitat or how it makes its living.

4.  Is the following sentence true or false?  The struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources is called _________________________.
5.  Is the following sentence true or false?  Specializing can reduce competition.

6.  An interaction in which one organism kills and eats another is called ____________________.  The organism that does the killing is the ________________________.  The orgnism that is killed is the ___________________________. 

7.  Is the following sentence true or false?  
If a prey population decreases the population of its predator probably will decrease as well.

8.  Complete and compare/contrast table.

Types of Symbiotic Relationships

Type of Relationship                   How Species Are Affected
Mutualism                                 _____________________________________
________                                One species benefits; the other species is unharmed.
________                                One species benefits; the other species is harmed. 

9.  In a parasitic relationship, the organism that benefits is called a(n) ____________________________, and the organism it lives on or in is called a(n) ___________________________.


R180

Language Arts

Lesson 12 Spelling Words:

Math

Converting Metrics

K  H  D  Gram   D  C  M
               Liters
               Meters

kilo- thousands
hecto- hundreds
deka- tens
deci- tenths
centi- hundredths
mili- thousandths


Kids have dropped over drinking cold milk.


Resouce
 
Bellringer: (P,S, &R pp.57)

Root Word: equ

Directions:  Look up the definitions for the words below in a dictionary, and write the defitions on the lines.

1. equality:  ________________________________________________________________________

2.  unequal: ________________________________________________________________________

3.  inequality: ______________________________________________________________________

4.  equation: _______________________________________________________________________

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Science

*Turn in Section Assessment.
**Answers to Section Assessment are posted in Wednesday, 1/18/12 post.

Key Terms: (pp. 497)  http://s.tudy.it/tw37k4
estimate
birth rate
immigration
emigration
population density
limiting factor
carrying capacity

Studying Populations: Chapter 15, Section 2

1.  A vegetable garden is 12 meters long by 7 meters wide.  In one square meter, you count two toads.  Estimate the population of toads in the garden.

2.  What are two ways that the size of a population can increase?  What are two ways that the size of a population can decrease?

3.  Over which  time period(s) did the squirrel population decrase?

4.  Over which time period(s) did the population increase?

5.  In which year did the population reach its lowest point?  What was the size of the population that year? 

6.  What causes a population to change in size?

7.  Identify three limiting factors that can prevent a population from increasing.  Explain how each factor limits a population's size.

Building Vocabulary

8.  population density

9.  carrying capacity

10.  immigration

R180

Language Arts

Interjections: Review Study Guide

1.  An interjection is a word or group of words that expresses strong feeling or emotion.

2.  Use a comma after a mild interjection.

3.  Use an exclamation mark after an interjection that expresses very strong feeling.

4.  When an exclamatory mark (!) comes after an interjection, the next word in the sentence begins with a capital letter.  In this way the interjection is is set off from the rest of the sentence.

Math

Resouce
 
Bellringer: (Prefixes, Suffixes, & Roots, pp. 52)

The root word tract means "to pull or move."  Many words are formed from this root word.  Study the following prefixes that can be added to the root word tract to form new words:

Prefix + Meaning                            Prefix  +  Meaning 
at-         to go to                              ex-          out
con-      together/ with                      pro-        forward
de-        from/ of                              re-          back, again
dis-        away                                 sub-         below, under

Directions:  Using this information, write defintion for the wordson the lines.  You may use a dictionary to check your answers.

1.  attract: ________________________________________________________________________

2.  detract: _______________________________________________________________________

3.  extract: ________________________________________________________________________

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Science
Studying Populations
Chapter 15, Section 2 Study Guide

Determining Population Size
1.  direct observation    
b.  counting all the crabs that live in a tide pool.

2.  indirect observation  
a.  counting the number of nesting sites in an area

3.  sampling             
d.  counting the number of red maples in a small area to estimate the number in the entire forest.

4.  mark-and-recapture study  
c.  counting hawks with and without bands on their legs.

5.  How can populations change in size?
Populations can change in size when new member join the population or when members leave the population.

6.  What is the major way in which new individuals are added to a population?  By birth.

7.  The number of births in a population in a certain amount of time is the birth rate.

8.  What is the major way that individuals leave a population?  By death.

9.  The number of deaths in a population in a certain amount of time is called the death rate.

10.  Is the following sentence true or false? 
       If the rate is greater than the death rate, population size decreases.  false.
       If the rate is greater than the death rate, population size INCREASES.

11.  immigration   b.  moving into a population
12.  emigration     a.  leaving a population

13.  Is the following sentence true or false?
Population density is the number of individuals in a specific area.  true

14.  An environmental facgtor that casues a population to decrease is called a limiting factor.

15.  What are some limiting factors for populations?
  1. food
  2. water
  3. space
  4. weather conditions
16.  The largest population than an area can support is called its carrying capacity.

17.  Is the following sentence true or false?
Space is often a limiting facor for plants. true.

18.  What are some ways weather conditions can limit population growth?
hurricane
flood- washes out food and inhabitants
snow storm- kills all of the food
drought- grass and trees will perish...can not feed livestock.

HOMEWORK....pp. 504- Due Thursday.

2a.
2b.
3a.
4

ANSWER THE BELOW!!!

Chapter 15, Section 2 Assessment1. a. Listing:  What are four methods of detrmining population size.
    b.  Applying Concepts:  Which method would you use to determine the number of mushrooms growing on the floor of a large forest.  Explain.

2. a.  Identifying.  Name two ways organisms join a population and two ways organisms join a population and two ways organisms leave a population.
    b.  Calculating:  Suppose a population of 100 mice has produced 600 young.  If 200 mice have died, how many mice are in the population now?  Assume for this question that no mice have moved into or out of the population for other reasons). 
    c.  Drawing conclusions:  Suppose that you discovered that there were actually 750 mice in the population.  How could you account for the difference?

3.  a.  Reviewing: Name three limiting factors for populations.
     b.  Describing:  Choose one of the limiting factors and describe how it limits population growth.
     c.  Inferring:  How might the limiting factor you chose affect the pigeon population in your town?


R180

Language Arts
Study Island- Test tomorrow.
Math
Glencoe pp. 292
Customary Units- chart from pp. 292)





When covering the units:
  • multiply when the units are large to small...
  • divide when the units are small to large...
Homework: WB p.55; Due: Thursday, January 19, 2012.
(Objectives 1h)

  
Resouce

Bellringer: (Prefixes, Suffixes, & Roots, pp. 51)

The root word scope means "to watch, see, or examine."  Many words are formed from this word. 

Directions:  Look up the definitions of the words below in a dictionary, and write the definitions on the lines.

1. telescopic: _______________________________________________________

2.  microscopic: _____________________________________________________

Directions:  Use one of the words above in a sentence.
___________________________________________________________________

LET'S WORK ON CUSTOMARY UNITS!!!

http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-6/convert-and-compare-customary-units

...AND PROPORTIONS

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Monday, 1/16/12 & Tuesday, 1/17/12

Monday, January 16, 2012

Happy MLK Day! 
To learn more about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., you may visit this website:
http://www.thekingcenter.org/

Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Science:

*bring back signed report cards for extra credit.

Class:  Population activity; Chapter 15, Section 2 (pp. 497-504)

Key Terms:
estimate
birth rate
death rate
immigration
emigration
population density
limiting factor
carryng capacity

Find me on StudyBlue.com.  hlacoste@mpsd.k12.ms.us is my username.  You'll find all of these key terms...and more!!!  http://www.studyblue.com/#folder/2582217

Chapter 15, Section 2 Assessment

1. a. Listing:  What are four methods of detrmining population size.
    b.  Applying Concepts:  Which method would you use to determine the number of mushrooms growing on the floor of a large forest.  Explain.

2. a.  Identifying.  Name two ways organisms join a population and two ways organisms join a population and two ways organisms leave a population.
    b.  Calculating:  Suppose a population of 100 mice has produced 600 young.  If 200 mice have died, how many mice are in the population now?  Assume for this question that no mice have moved into or out of the population for other reasons). 
    c.  Drawing conclusions:  Suppose that you discovered that there were actually 750 mice in the population.  How could you account for the difference?

3.  a.  Reviewing: Name three limiting factors for populations.
     b.  Describing:  Choose one of the limiting factors and describe how it limits population growth.
     c.  Inferring:  How might the limiting factor you chose affect the pigeon population in your town?



R180:

Class:   Centers. 

Language Arts:

Class: 

Lesson 10 Spelling Words:
later- coming after the usual time
latter- the second of two things that have just been mentioned
except- leaving out; other than
accept- to take smething is offered or given
angle- the area formed by two stratight lines or flat surface that join at a given point
angel-  in some religions, a heavenly being or spirit
costume- clothes worn to dress up like something or someone else
custom- the way things are usually done by people in general
affect- to make a difference
effect- something that happens because of something else.
adopt- to take another child into one's family and raise as one's own
adapt- to change in order to fit into a new situation
device- a small tool or machine
devise- to think up
decent- accepted by people as proper and respectable
descent- the act of moving from a higher to a lower place

Math:
Class: 

Resource:

Class: 

Bellringer:  (Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots)

The root word scope means "to watch, see, or examine."  Many words are formed from this root word. 

Directions:  Choose the words from the word bank that best complete the sentence below.  Write the words in the blanks. 

1.  The scientist look at the bacteria through a ____________________________.
2.  We were able to see the planet Saturn through the ______________________.
3.  The doctor listened to my heart with a _______________________________.
4.  A submarine has a ______________________________ for seeing above water.

Word Bank:
Telescope  *  Periscope  *  Microscope  *  Stethoscope

Friday, January 13, 2012

Thursday, January 14, 2011

Science

**Complete definitions and pictures.

Language Arts

Spelling words:
  1. week
  2. weak
  3. steel
  4. steal
  5. grown
  6. groan
  7. guest
  8. guessed
  9. creek
  10. creak
  11. weather
  12. whether
  13. sore
  14. soar
  15. stake
  16. steak
Spelling Test Friday.

Poster Assignment:
Design a poster persuading your audience not smoke.  You may use the handout from class tohelp support your ideas.  This is a TEST grade.  Illustrate (draw pictures) and make it colorful!!!

3 prong notebook needed by Monday.

Turn in library books and pay fines.  You must read AR books and quiz as you WILL receive grades in LA. 

Math

No homework:


Resource