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Week of February 18-22

February 28th, 2019 / / categories: Class News /

Young 5’s

I can demonstrate comprehension of why it rains by creating a rain cloud model (using a cup of water with shaving cream on top to represent a cloud, then add colored water drops onto the cloud).

I can draw my rain model and orally explain why it rains

Vocabulary:  rain, clouds, heavy, precipitation

 

Kindergarten

“LEGO STEM TOWER”

I can build the tallest lego tower that can withhold the fan blowing at three different speeds.

I can draw a sketch of my first tower plan, build it, and then create a new drawing plan for a second tower with improvements.

Vocabulary: STEM, imagine, plan, create, build, improve, tower, speed

First Grade

I can demonstrate comprehension of the 8 phases of the moon by creating a model of the phases using oreo cookies.

I can label the different phases correctly and orally explain why the moon appears to change shape throughout the month.

Sentence Stems:

The 8 phases of the moon are_______________________________.

The moon is not really changing shapes.  It actually is _________________________.

Vocabulary:  moon, cycle, phases, shadow, month, waxing, waning, gibbous,crescent, full moon, new moon

 

Second Grade

I can demonstrate the process of weathering, erosion, and deposition by creating a landform out of legos and then as a team pretending to break it slowly apart by water, ice, or wind (weathering), carrying it away (erosion), and bringing it to a new area (deposition) to form a new lego landform.

I can draw or write to explain how the lego landform activity helped me understand the process of weathering, erosion, and deposition.

Vocabulary:  landforms, mountain, plataeu, mesa, hill, plain, volcano, beaches, island, peninsula, weathering, erosion, deposition

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ESS2.A

 

Third Grade

I can demonstrate comprehension of animal adaptation and habitats by reasoning about whether their animal’s adaptation and traits are helpful in letting them  belong in the habitat they were randomly given.

I can write to explain by using claim and evidence why I think the animal belongs or does not belong in the habitat given.

Question:

Can your animal survive in the habitat provided?

Claim:

_______________________ will survive in this habitat.

Or

______________________will not survive in this habitat.

Evidence:

___________________ will survive in this habitat because___________________.

___________________will not survive in this habitat because________________.

Vocabulary:  habitat, physical characteristics, organisms, survival, environment

LS4.D

 

Fourth Grade

I can demonstrate comprehension Earth’s history by analyzing fossils/sedimentary rocks and putting together a rock layer puzzle to see what it tells us about Earth.

I can orally explain what fossils and rock layers can tell us about Earth’s history.

 

Sentence Stems:

Fossils and rock layers can tell us ____________________________________.

I learned that the oldest layer of rock is _________________ and the newest is ___________________________.

Vocabulary:  rock layers, sedimentary rock, fossils, organisms

 

Fifth Grade

I can demonstrate comprehension of Earth’s 4 spheres(Geosphere, Biosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere) and how they work together as a system by watching a video and labeling and coloring a poster of the different parts of each sphere.

I can orally explain the different spheres and how they interact.

 

Sentence Stems:  

Earth’s 4 sphere’s are _________________, ___________, ___________, and __________.

The Geosphere is  __________________.

The Biosphere is_______________.

The Hydrospere has ____________________.

The Atmoshpere is made of ________________.

The 4 spheres are a system by _______________________________.

Vocabulary:  Geosphere, Biosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere

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