Study for your tests tonight!!!
Science: Study Guide
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Awesome Test Takers Win Pizza Party
Rashaundra, Stephon, and Tonyea did such an awesome job during testing the last two days. If tomorrow goes as well...they are getting a pizza party on Friday! Keep up the outstanding work! I am so proud of you!
I know...testing is NOT an easy task, but Rashaundra, Stephon, and Tonyea shared what has motivated them the last couple of days to do such great work on their tests. When I asked them why they worked so hard, this is what they told me.
Rashaundra said that she knows that she wants to do her very best. Even when she sees that her peers are speeding though the tests, she says she knows she's capable of doing better if she is "slow and steady."
Stephon said the reason he worked so hard was "he wanted to do better on this 9 weeks test."
If you're finding it difficult to focus, do what Tonyea does. Tonyea says that from time to time she has to tell herself to be patient and remind herself of her long-term goals.
Those of you who did not win a pizza party this time- do your best work anyway. Your teachers are watching and they appreciate your best effort!
*Also, students, if your parents send back a permission slip- I'd love to post your pictures here!
Mrs. LaCoste
I know...testing is NOT an easy task, but Rashaundra, Stephon, and Tonyea shared what has motivated them the last couple of days to do such great work on their tests. When I asked them why they worked so hard, this is what they told me.
Rashaundra said that she knows that she wants to do her very best. Even when she sees that her peers are speeding though the tests, she says she knows she's capable of doing better if she is "slow and steady."
Stephon said the reason he worked so hard was "he wanted to do better on this 9 weeks test."
If you're finding it difficult to focus, do what Tonyea does. Tonyea says that from time to time she has to tell herself to be patient and remind herself of her long-term goals.
Those of you who did not win a pizza party this time- do your best work anyway. Your teachers are watching and they appreciate your best effort!
*Also, students, if your parents send back a permission slip- I'd love to post your pictures here!
Mrs. LaCoste
Study Guide: The Male and Female Reproductive Systems
Use Target Reading Skills
As you read, make a cycle diagram that shows the mentral cycle. Write each event of the process in a seperate circle. (pp. 473)
(1) Days 1-4: Menstral discharge
(2) Days 5-13: Developing egg
(3) Days 14-15: Ovulation occurs
(4) Days 16-22: Egg moves through fallopian tube. Uterus linnig becomes thicker.
(5) Days 23-28: Unfertilized egg enters uterus.
Sexual Reproduction: Match each key term with its definition. (pp. 467)
Terms:
(1) egg
(2) sperms
(3) fertilization
(4) reproduction
(5) zygote
(6) chromosome
Definitions:
a. The male sex cell
b. A fertilized egg
c. The joining of a sperm and an egg
d. Carries the information that controls inherited characteristics
e. The female sex cell
f. The process by which living things produce new individuals.
Answers: (1) e; (2) a; (3) c; (4) f; (5) b; (6) d
7. Identify which is the egg and which is the sperm.
a. 
_______________________
_______________________
b.
_________________________
_________________________
8. Is the following sentence true or false? A sex cell has the same number of chromosomes as a body cell.
Answer: False
9. What is the male reproductive system specialized to produce?
a. __________________ b. ________________
Answers: sperm and testosterone
10. Circle the letter of the organs in the amle where sperm are produced.
a. testosterone
b. testes
c. scrotum
d. penis
11. What does testosterone control?
Answer: Testosterone controls the development of physical characteristics in mature men.
12. The testes are located in an external pouch of skin called the scrotum.
13. Is the following sentence true or false? Sperm can devleop normally only in slightly cooler temperatures than normal body temperature.
Answer: True
14. What does semen provide to sperm?
Answer:
a. Semen provides an enviornment inwhich sperm are able to swim.
b. Semen contains nutrients that the moving sperm use as a source.
15. Semen leaves the body through an organ called the penis.
16. What is the role of the female reproductive system?
Answer:
The female reproductive systems role is to produce eggs and if an egg is fertilized, to nourish a developing baby until birth.
17. What do ovaries produce?
Answer:
a. Ovaries produce eggs
b. Ovaries produce hormones.
18. What does estrogen control?
Answer:
Estrogen triggers the development of some adult female characteristics (i.e., hips widen and breasts develop).
19. Complete the flowchart to show the path of an egg cell
(1) The ovary produces an egg cell.
(2) The egg cell moves through the fallopian tubes where it can be fertilized.
(3) The egg enters the uterus where it stays to develop if its fertilized.
(4) An unfertilized egg begins to break down and enters the muscular passageway leanding to the outside of the body called the vagina, or birth canal.
The Menstral Cycle
20. Circle the letter of how often an egg is released from the ovaries.
a. daily
b. weekly
c. monthly
d. yearly
Answer: c- monthly.
21. The monthly cycle of changes that occurs in the female reproductive system is called the menstral cycle.
22. What occurs during the menstral cycle?
Answer:
An egg develops in an ovary- at the same time, the uterus prepares for the arrival of an embryo.
23. The menstral cycle prepares the body for pregnancy, the condition that begins after fertilization has take place.
24. Circle the letter of each sentence that is true about menstration.
a. menstruation lasts about 28 days.
b. Hormones of the endocrine system control the menstrual cycle.
c. All girls begin menstuation at the same age.
d. Women stop releasing eggs from their ovaries at about the age of 50.
Answer: b and d.
Monday, December 12, 2011
Monday, 12/12/11
Science
Section 2- Assessment:
Target Reading Skill: Sequencing
Refer to your cycle diagram abou the menstral cycle as you answer Question 3.
Reviewing Key Concepts
1.a. Reviewing: What is fertilization?
1.b. Explaining: Explain how fertilization produces a new individual.
1.c. Comparing and Contrasting: contrast the number of chromosomes in sex cells and in a zygote. Explain why the zygote has the number of chromosomes that it does.
2.a. Listing: List the structures of the male and female reproductive systems.
2.b. Describing: Describe the functions of the structures you named in Question 2a.
2.c. Comparing and Contrasting: In what ways are the functions of the ovaries and the testes similar? How do their functions differ?
3.a. Defining: What is the menstral cycle?
3.b. Sequencing Events: At what point in the menstral cycle does ovualtion start?
Writing in Science:
Explanatory Paragraph- Write a paragraph explaining why the ovaries and testes are part of both the endocrine system and the reproductive system.
Section 2- Assessment:
Target Reading Skill: Sequencing
Refer to your cycle diagram abou the menstral cycle as you answer Question 3.
Reviewing Key Concepts
1.a. Reviewing: What is fertilization?
1.b. Explaining: Explain how fertilization produces a new individual.
1.c. Comparing and Contrasting: contrast the number of chromosomes in sex cells and in a zygote. Explain why the zygote has the number of chromosomes that it does.
2.a. Listing: List the structures of the male and female reproductive systems.
2.b. Describing: Describe the functions of the structures you named in Question 2a.
2.c. Comparing and Contrasting: In what ways are the functions of the ovaries and the testes similar? How do their functions differ?
3.a. Defining: What is the menstral cycle?
3.b. Sequencing Events: At what point in the menstral cycle does ovualtion start?
Writing in Science:
Explanatory Paragraph- Write a paragraph explaining why the ovaries and testes are part of both the endocrine system and the reproductive system.
Friday, December 9, 2011
Have a great weekend!
Students-
Thanks for working so hard this week! Common Assessments are next week- beginning Monday. The schedule is as follows:
Monday- Science
Tuesday- Reading
Wednesday- Writing
Thursday- Math
Friday---make up tests
Study hard. IXL.com will be a huge help!
Love you and best wishes next week!
Mrs. LaCoste
Thanks for working so hard this week! Common Assessments are next week- beginning Monday. The schedule is as follows:
Monday- Science
Tuesday- Reading
Wednesday- Writing
Thursday- Math
Friday---make up tests
Study hard. IXL.com will be a huge help!
Love you and best wishes next week!
Mrs. LaCoste
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Thursday, 12/5/11
Science
Classroom Assignments:
Review Key Concepts
1. a. Identifying- What is the role of the endocriine system?
1. b. Explaining- How does adrenaline affect the heart?
1. c. Predicting- What could happen if your body continued to release adrenaline into your bloodstream, and the amount of adrenaline did not return to normal?
2.a. Listing- List the endocrine glands.
2.b. Summarizing- How do the hypothalamus and the pituitary gland interact?
2.c. Relating Cause and Effect- Explain how the hypothalamus indirectly controls growthform infancy to adulthood.
3.a. Defining- Define negative feedback.
3.b. Applying Concepts- How does negative feedback help to maintain homeostatis?
Extra Credit: Cause-and-Effect Paragraph...Explain how the nervous system and the endocrine system work together when adrenaline is released.
pp. 466
Key Concepts:
What is sexual reproduction?
Key Terms:
egg- a female sex cell.
sperm- a male sex cell.
fertilization- the joining of a sperm cell and an egg cell.
zygote- a fertilized eg, produced by the joining of sperm and an egg.
testis- organ of the male reproductive system in which sperm and testostermone are produced.
testosterone- a hormone produced by the testes that controls the development of physical characteristics in mature men.
scrotum- an external pouch of skin in which the testes are located.
semen- a mixture of sperm and fluids.
penis- the organ throughwhich both semen and urine leve the male body.
ovary- a flower strucure that encloses and protects ovules and seedsd as they develop.
estrogen- a hormone produced by the ovaries that controls the development of eggs and adult female characteristics.
fallopian tube- a passageway for eggs from an ovary to the uterus.
uterus- the hollow muscular organ of the female reproductive system in which a fertilized egg develops.
vagina- a muscular passageway leading to the outside of the body; also called the birth canal.
menstral cycle- the cycle of changed that occurs in the female reproductive system, during which an egg develops and the uterus prepares for the arrival of a fertilized egg.
ovulation- the process in which a mature egg is released from the ovary into a fallopian tube.
menstration- the process in which the thickened lining of the uterus breaks downand blood and tissue then pass out of the female body through the vagina.
Read 180
-publish paragraph.
Tomorrow:
Language Arts
Math
Resource
Classroom Assignments:
- Finish Chapter 14- Section 1 Assessment (Write Questions & Answers) P. 463. No.'s: 1-3.
- Chapter 14- Section 2. Key Terms and Concept Questions. pp 466- 473.
1. a. Identifying- What is the role of the endocriine system?
1. b. Explaining- How does adrenaline affect the heart?
1. c. Predicting- What could happen if your body continued to release adrenaline into your bloodstream, and the amount of adrenaline did not return to normal?
2.a. Listing- List the endocrine glands.
2.b. Summarizing- How do the hypothalamus and the pituitary gland interact?
2.c. Relating Cause and Effect- Explain how the hypothalamus indirectly controls growthform infancy to adulthood.
3.a. Defining- Define negative feedback.
3.b. Applying Concepts- How does negative feedback help to maintain homeostatis?
Key Concepts:
What is sexual reproduction?
What are the structures and functions of the male and female reproductive systems?
What events occur during the menstral cycle?egg- a female sex cell.
sperm- a male sex cell.
fertilization- the joining of a sperm cell and an egg cell.
zygote- a fertilized eg, produced by the joining of sperm and an egg.
testis- organ of the male reproductive system in which sperm and testostermone are produced.
testosterone- a hormone produced by the testes that controls the development of physical characteristics in mature men.
scrotum- an external pouch of skin in which the testes are located.
semen- a mixture of sperm and fluids.
penis- the organ throughwhich both semen and urine leve the male body.
ovary- a flower strucure that encloses and protects ovules and seedsd as they develop.
estrogen- a hormone produced by the ovaries that controls the development of eggs and adult female characteristics.
fallopian tube- a passageway for eggs from an ovary to the uterus.
uterus- the hollow muscular organ of the female reproductive system in which a fertilized egg develops.
vagina- a muscular passageway leading to the outside of the body; also called the birth canal.
menstral cycle- the cycle of changed that occurs in the female reproductive system, during which an egg develops and the uterus prepares for the arrival of a fertilized egg.
ovulation- the process in which a mature egg is released from the ovary into a fallopian tube.
menstration- the process in which the thickened lining of the uterus breaks downand blood and tissue then pass out of the female body through the vagina.
-publish paragraph.
Tomorrow:
- Vocabulary Test!!!
- KIM chart due!
Science Study Guide: Answer Key
1.
The
endocrine system produces chemicals that control many of the body’s daily
actiivites. The endocrine system also
regulates long-term changes such as growth and development.
2.
Glands
3.
False
4.
Hormone
5.
Regulates activities in tissues and organs that
are not close to the glands that produce them.
6.
B and c
7.
Target cells
8.
Throid glands- d
9.
Adrenal glands- b
10.
Ovaries- e
11.
Testes- a
12.
Thymus- c
13.
C and d
14.
The pituitary gland controls other endocrine
glands and regulates growth, blood pressure and water balance.
15.
True
16.
Through negative feeback, when the amount of a
particular hormone in the blood reaches a certain level, the endocrine system
sends signals that skip the release of that hormone.
17.
a. pituitary
b. thyroid
c. cells
d. TSH
e. thyroxine
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Wednesday, 12/7/11
Science:
Study Guide...continue to work on it!
Study Guide...continue to work on it!
Read 180:
Edit paragraphs!
Shout out to Gregory N. for great work on his essay!
Vocabulary test Friday, 12/9/11! Only two more nights to study!!!
Language Arts:
Review in class for Common Assessments.
Spelling words...practice for test!
Spelling words...practice for test!
Math:
Study Guide...continue to work on it!
Study Guide...continue to work on it!
Poison Pages by Michael Dahl.
- Read book.
- Take AR Test
IXL.com- complete:
- 6.2.a
- 6.2.b
- 6.2.c
- 6.2.d
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Tuesday, 12/6/11
Science:
Complete study guides.
Answer key for page one will be posted soon! :)
Read 180 Notes:
The Writing Process:
Complete study guides.
Answer key for page one will be posted soon! :)
Read 180 Notes:
The Writing Process:
- Brainstorm
- Plan-----------------------TODAY
- Rough Draft--------------TODAY
- Edit
- Publish & Share
Topic: "The biggest problem teens face is...."
"Problems" may be:
- Friendship: Loyalty, Kindness, Gossip, Trust
- School: Grades, Respect, Lunchroom, Cliques
- Self-Esteem: Appearance, Confidence, Embarrassment, Insecurity
- Outside of School: Behavior, Boredom, Activities, Risks
Don't forget about Friday's Vocabulary Test! Study!!!
Language Arts: Lesson 8 Spelling Words by categories (one word compound, two or more words compound, and hyphenated word compound):
Math:
Review 9 weeks objectives.
Reminder!!!
Common Assessment is next week! You DO get a grade for this!
Resource:
Review properties of multiplication: 6.2.d
http://http//www.ixl.com/math/standards/mississippi/grade-6
http://http//www.ixl.com/math/grade-6/properties-of-multiplication
You should also be reading at your Capstone library!
https://www.mycapstonelibrary.com/runtimelogin.aspx
Username: Magnolia
Password: School
Our classes favorite series is: The Library of Doom. The first student to read all of the books in the series AND PASS the Accelerated Reader (AR) tests...GETS A PIZZA PARTY!!! Happy reading!
Monday, December 5, 2011
Monday, 12/5/11
Science:
Study Guide- The Endocrine System
Chapter 14- Section 1 (Pages 1-2)
1. What does the endocrine system control?
2. The endocrine system is made up of __________________ that produce chemicals that control body processes.
3. Is the following sentence true or false? Endocrine glads release their chemical products through delivery tubes. T/F?
4. The chemical product of an endocrine gland is a(n) ________________ or chemical messenger.
5. How do hormones affect the body?
6. Circle the letter of each sentence that is true about hormones.
(a) Hormones can regulate only the tissues and organs near the glands that produce them.
(b) Nerve impulses from the brain can cause the release of hormones.
(c) Hormones can cause a slower, but longer-lasting response than nerve impulses.
(d) Any hormone can affect any organ in the body.
7. A hormone interacts only with certain ____________________, cells taht recognize the hormone's chemical structure.
Functions of Endocrine Glands
GLANDS:
8. thyroid glands _______
9. adrenal glands _______
10. ovaries _______
11. testes _______
12. thymus _______
FUNCTIONS OF HORMONES:
(a) control changes in a male's body and regulate sperm production
(b) trigger the body to respond to emergencies
(c) helps the development of immune system
(d) control the release of energy from food and molecules
(e) control changes in a female's body that trigger egg development
Read 180:
Persuasive Paragraph's
Study Guide- The Endocrine System
Chapter 14- Section 1 (Pages 1-2)
1. What does the endocrine system control?
2. The endocrine system is made up of __________________ that produce chemicals that control body processes.
3. Is the following sentence true or false? Endocrine glads release their chemical products through delivery tubes. T/F?
4. The chemical product of an endocrine gland is a(n) ________________ or chemical messenger.
5. How do hormones affect the body?
6. Circle the letter of each sentence that is true about hormones.
(a) Hormones can regulate only the tissues and organs near the glands that produce them.
(b) Nerve impulses from the brain can cause the release of hormones.
(c) Hormones can cause a slower, but longer-lasting response than nerve impulses.
(d) Any hormone can affect any organ in the body.
7. A hormone interacts only with certain ____________________, cells taht recognize the hormone's chemical structure.
Functions of Endocrine Glands
GLANDS:
8. thyroid glands _______
9. adrenal glands _______
10. ovaries _______
11. testes _______
12. thymus _______
FUNCTIONS OF HORMONES:
(a) control changes in a male's body and regulate sperm production
(b) trigger the body to respond to emergencies
(c) helps the development of immune system
(d) control the release of energy from food and molecules
(e) control changes in a female's body that trigger egg development
Read 180:
Persuasive Paragraph's
- What is a persuasive paragraph?
- Brainstorm- TODAY!
- Plan
- Rough Draft
- Edit
- Publish/Share
Vocabulary:
- participate- To be a part of something. I want to participate in as many after-school activies as possible.
- authority- Someone who knows a lot about something. The zoologist is an authority on polar bears.
- image - How a person appears to other people. Based on his image, you would think he is nice. 2. A picture formed in a lens, TV, or on a mirror. The image of children singing lit up the TV.
- convince- To make someone believe or do something. I had to convince my parents to let me stay out late.
- pressure- a force or stressful demand. The clerk was under a lot of pressure to make many sales.
- negative- Bad. After she stole the ring, we all had a negative opinion of her. Giving the answer "no." I asked Jaden if he wanted to go to the movies, but his reply was negative.
- rebel- To act out against. Some teenagers feel the need to rebel against their parents. Someone who fights against a government or the poeple in charge of something. The rebels closed in on the army headquarters.
- constant- All the time. My clock makes a constant ticking noise.
- appreciate- To like and feel grateful for something. I always appreciate it when someone gives me a present.
- principle- A basic truth or belief. Our country was founded on the principle of equality!
*Vocabulary test Friday, 12/9/11.
Language Arts:
Math:
Resource:
Bellringer: The prefix re- means "again." Many words are formed with this prefix (renumber, reassess). Directions: Add the prefix "re-" to each word below, and write the new word in the blank. THen, write a sentence using the new word on the line. (appear, install, discover, use).
Welcome!
Students-
I've decided that a blog may help us both. Each day I'm going to update my blog with the information we cover in each of our classes. Assignments, study guides and class notes may be found here to keep you up to date on your assignments.
Love you,
Mrs. LaCoste
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