Lesson Plans for week of May 19th, 2008
This is the last week of school. As I keep reminding the students, it’s not over till it’s over.This week , we will continue to work on Chapter 7, a chapter dedicated to Animals and animal behavior.
Monday
Today, students will complete the Chapter Review on pages 176 and 177. They will write the questions and answer them in complete reflective sentences.
Tuesday
Students will complete the Chapter Review they started on Monday. Today is field day, so class periods will be abbreviated today.
Wednesday
Today, students will do a project on animal behavior based on worksheets given out in class.
Thursday
Students will be given worksheets to work on today in class. These worksheets will be review of spi’s learned throughout the school year.
Friday
Today, students will be given review worksheets based on SPI’s that they have learned throughout the year.
Lesson Plans for week of May 12, 2008
This week we will be working in Chapter 7 of the Science textbook. The chapter is entitled “Animals and Behavior”.
Monday
Today students will have an overview of the Chapter. They will learn about the different classifications of animals and we’ll talk about animal reproduction. ( spi 7.4.1)
Tuesday
Today we’ll talk about animal behaviors. Specifically we’ll talk about the ways in which animals defend themselves against predators.
Wednesday
We’ll talk about animal migration today. We’ll also discuss how humans react to their environments and human seasonal rhythms.
Thursday
Today, students will be given an assessment on all of the information they have learned this week.
Friday
Students will work in their workboks today, completing Chapters five and seven.
Homework for week of May 5th, 2008
There is no homework in Science this week.
Lesson Plans for the week of May5,2008
Monday
Today, we will have the students doing a “technology in the classroom ” project. They can choose one of several scientific topics we have discussed this year and create a “comic” to express an opinion about some aspect of the topic. One example would be a comic on Global Warming. They can use information about carbon dioxide emissions and the ozone layer that we have discussed in class to come up with an idea. Mr. Blanchard will be in class today to help the students on the computers.
Tuesday
Today we will begin Chapter Six. Protists and Fungi are the subject of this chapter. We will describe the characteristics of protists , name three groups of protists and students will be given examples of each. We will talk about how protists reproduce.
Wednesday
Students will have a preview of the solar system, specifically information on Mars , in anticipation of the field trip on Thursday to the Pink Palace.
Thursday
Today , there is a seventh grade field trip to the Pink Palace to see an IMAX movie on Mars.
Friday
Students will do a project today on Chapter Seven involving Protists and Fungi.
