M 1.4- No school for students today. Hope you enjoyed the last day of freedom.
Welcome back to 2010 and the second semester of 6th grade! We are now officially half way through the year. You can check your semester grade on PIV or the report cards should arrive in the mail in a few weeks. This semester we will be studying the movement of energy and natural resources through Earth's spheres. Starting with volcanoes, we will move into rocks and minerals, cycles on Earth which transfer matter and energy, the Ocean, the Atmosphere, and Ecology (natural resources, ecosystems, food web and food chain).
T 1.5- Read TB p. 294-299, do SciNB p. 70, 71, answer TB p. 299 # 3, 6 in SumIt box p. 71 (FCS, RSQ)
Absent Tuesday? We wrote our homework for the week, took the Chapter 7 Pre-Test and started on our homework.
W 1.6- Do SciNB p. 72, answer TB p. 299 # 1, 2 in SumIt box p. 72 (FCS, RSQ)
Absent Wednesday? There was a surprise Reading Quiz on ch 7 lesson 1, and we went over where volcanoes occur & checked some of last night's homework. I showed the following link in class, students (with parental permission) check it out! You can build your own volcano, and more. Enjoy! http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/pompeii/interactive/interactive.html
R 1.7- Read TB p. 301-305, do SciNB p. 73, 74, 75. (suggestion: do Friday's homework tonight and you can enjoy the weekend!)
Absent Thursday? We cut, organized, glued and colored the locations where volcanoes occur (1 and 1/2 page handouts - will be part of the next homework check), and corrected the reading quiz from yesterday.
F 1.8- Answer TB p. 311 # 1, 6 in SciNB p. 74 (FCS, RSQ)
Absent Friday? We started the tabbed book, be sure to finish the "shield", "cinder cone" and "composite" pages by describing each volcano (information in bullet OR sentences) and drawing a labeled diagram for each (use the textbook to help). Booklet pages 2, 3, 4 should be done for Monday. We also demonstrated the idea of "viscosity" (add definition into SciNB p. 73: viscosity- resistance to flow). You can do this at home with corn syrup and corn oil (or vegetable oil). Corn syrup is more gloppy and thicker, it is said to have a higher viscosity. Corn oil is very thin and runny, it has a low viscosity.