Monday, January 9, 2012

1. Science:
Objectives:

Class Notes:
Why is it so important for butterflies and moths to be able to camouflage themselves?

Which other animals camouflage themselves?

rabbit
stick insect
lizards

We're looking at living things and the enviornment that living things...live in. :)


Homework:
Study/Study Guide.

Target Reading Skills:
Main idea:  An organism obtains food,
Detail 1:
Detail 2:
Detial 3:

Habitats (p.491)
1.  An ______________ obtains food, water, shelter, and other things it needs to live, grow, and reproduce from its environmnet. (organism)

2.  An environment that provies the things an organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce is called its ____________________. (habitat)

3.  What needs of an organism are provided by its habitat? (food, water, shelter, and other things)

4.  Is the following sentence true or false?  An area contain only one habitat. (false)

Biotic Factors (p.491)
5.  Circle the letter of each coice that is a biotic factor in a prarie dog ecosystem.
(a.) Grass and other plants that the prarie dog eats.
(b.)  Hawks, ferrets, and other animals that hunt the prarie dog.
c.  The soil that provides the prarie dog with a home.
(d.)Worms, fungi, and bacteria that also live in the soil.

6.  The living parts of a habitat are called _________________________.

Abiotic Factors (p.492)
7.  The nonliving parts of a habitat are called _________________________.
8.  Complete the concept map.
Abiotic factors include:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
9.  Circle the letter of each sentence that is true about water.
(a.)  It is needed by all living things.
b.  It makes up 95% of the human body.
(c.)  It is needed by algae and plants to make food.
d.  It is an abiotic factor only for organisms tha tacutally live in the water.

10.  The process in which plants and algae make food using water, sunlight, and carbon dioxide is called ____________________________________. (photosynthesis)

11.  Circle the letter of each sentence thatis true about oxygen.
a.  Humans can live only a few hours without it.
b.  All the bees in a hive.
c.  All the pigeons in New York City.
d.  All the trees in a forest.

Levels of Organization (pp.493-495)
12.  What is a species?


13.  Circle the letter of each choice that is an example of a population.
a.
b.
c.
d.

14.  Is the following sentence true or false?  All populations live in the same-sized area.

15. All the different populations that live together in an area make up a(n) __________________________.

16.  Circle the letter of the choice that lists the levels of organization in an ecosystem from teh smallest unit of organization to the largest.

17.

18.

2. R180:
Objectives:

Class Notes:
The Fall of the House of Usher

Homework:

*Read a book on capstone
**Take an AR Test.

3. Language Arts:
Objectives:

	6LA.1c. - The student will use grade level appropriate synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms. (DOK 2)
	6LA.1d. - The student will use context clues to determine the meanings of unfamiliar or multiple meaning words. (DOK 2)
	6LA.3e. - The student will compose persuasive text clearly expressing a main idea with supporting details, utilizing effective word choice and organization for a specific purpose and audience. (DOK 3)

Class Notes:

Context Clues- how to use them and when...
*use definitions
*use examples


Homework: 
Homonyms worksheet- front and back!!!

4. Math:
Objectives:

	6M.1f. - Explain the relationship(s) among fractions, decimals, and percents and model and represent a specific quantity in multiple ways. (DOK 2)
	6M.5c. - Predict trends based on graphical representation. (DOK 3)

Class Notes:

Homework:  WB, page 12.

5. Resource:
Objectives:

Class Notes:

Bellringer:

Guided/Independent Practice:

6.1.f Explain the relationship(s) among fractions, decimals, and percents and model and represent a specific quantity in multiple ways.

• Decimal numbers: Convert decimals to mixed numbers (Sixth grade - B.4)
• Fractions and mixed numbers: Convert between decimals and fractions or mixed numbers (Sixth grade - T.9)
• Ratios, proportions, and percents: Convert between percents, fractions, and decimals (Sixth grade - AA.8)

Homework:

Analogies Answers from Friday, 1/6/12

Analogies Answers:
1. Bird is to fly as fish is to swim.
2. Snake is to reptile as frog is to amphibian.
3. Parrot is to feathers as bear is to fur.
4. Zebra is to stripes as giraffe is to spots.
5. Koala is to mammal as turtle is to reptile.

6.   Which is to witch as weather is to whether.
7. Automobile is to gasoline as television is to electricity.
8. Bird is to chirp as cow is to moo.
9. Smile is to frown as ugly is to pretty.
10. Apple is to fruit as carrot is to vegetable.


Sports Analogies:
1. Referee is to football as umpire is to  ________________________.
baseball
2. Baseball is to diamond as basketball is to  ______________________.
court
3. Baseball is to ball as hockey is to  ________________________.
puck
4. Hoop is to basketball as net is to  ________________________.
hockey
5. Baseball is to inning as football is to  ________________________.
period/quarter.

Friday, 1/6/12

Science

Construct a diagram of the path of solar energy through food webs that

include humans and explain how the organisms relate to each other.  (DOK 2)

•  Autotrophs and heterotrophs, producers, consumers and decompose
• Predator/prey relationships, competition, symbiosis, parasitism,  commensalisms, mutualism

Read 180
We're reading Fall of the House of Usher and learning about Edgar Allen Poe. 

Spelling words for Friday, 1/13/12.
anxiety
despair
peculiar
tremble
utter

*write five times for homework.  Due: Monday, 1/9/12 in resource class.

Language Arts


1c: The student will use grade level appropriate synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms. (DOK 2)
1d: The student will use context clues to determine the meanings of unfamiliar or multiple meaning words. (DOK 2)
3e: The student will compose persuasive text clearly expressing a main idea with supporting details, utilizing effective word choice and organization for a specific purpose and audience. (DOK 3)


Synonym- the same or similar meaning
Antonym- the opposite or different meaning

http://synonym-antonym.com/

Example:

• opposite word for Advance: "after, behind"
• similar word for Advance:beforehand, earlier, early, first, foremost, forward, in front, in the forefront, in the lead, leading, previously, prior

Analogies- show relationships between things.  

Animal Analogies:

1. Bird is to fly as fish is to _______________________.

2. Snake is to reptile as frog is to _______________________.

3. Parrot is to feathers as bear is to _______________________.

4. Zebra is to stripes as giraffe is to _______________________.

5. Koala is to mammal as turtle is to _______________________.

6.   Which is to witch as weather is to _______________________.

7. Automobile is to gasoline as television is to ________________.

8. Bird is to chirp as cow is to _______________________.

9. Smile is to frown as ugly is to _______________________.

10. Apple is to fruit as carrot is to _______________________.

Sports Analogies:

1. Referee is to football as umpire is to  ________________________.
              (basketball, baseball, hockey, judge)
2. Baseball is to diamond as basketball is to  ______________________.
                           (field, inside, game, court)
3. Baseball is to ball as hockey is to  ________________________.
              (stick, penalty, puck, shoot)
4. Hoop is to basketball as net is to  ________________________.
           (hockey, basketball, kick, goalie)
5. Baseball is to inning as football is to  ________________________.
                  (pass, period, batter, quarter)

Math

Welcome Back, Students!!!

Welcome back, students!  I hope you had a wonderful Christmas break and you're ready for the new year!  We have a lot of changes in store and for the next couple of days we are going to be reminding you of our classroom, school, and district policies and procedures.  

The first change you surely noticed was our change in administration.  Our new administrators are:  Mr. Shannon Ruffin (Principal) and Mrs. Monika Smith (Assistant Principal).  Other things that you must remember are our new policies (which I will post later) that Mr. Ruffin went over first thing this morning in the auditorium.  

Handbook Policies to Remember:

Math Notes:

We're learning about the coordinate system in Mrs. Cole's class.  What is it?  Where will you use this?

Important vocaulary:
coordinate system- a plane in which a horizontal number line and a vertical number line intersects at their zero points.

coordinate grid- another name for a coordinate system.
origin- The point of intersection of the x-axis and y-axis in a coordinate system.

x-axis
y-axis
quadrants
ordered pairs
x-coordinate
y-coordinate

Homework:  WB, p.82.  "Star" is also due tomorrow, Friday, January 6, 2012.

6.2.e Describe a rule for a function table using words, symbols, and points on a graph and vice versa.

http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-6/write-linear-functions
http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-6/does-x-y-satisfy-an-equation
http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-6/write-the-linear-function-shown-in-a-graph
http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-6/graph-linear-functions

STUDY!!!

Study for your tests tonight!!!

Science: Study Guide

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

Study Guide: The Male and Female Reproductive Systems

This section escribes the structures and functions of the organs in the male and female repoructive systems.  It also explains the events in the menstral cycle. 

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.