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Week of March 25-29

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

Young 5’s

I can  cut and paste pictures and place them on the sink or float side.

I can orally explain 2 items that float and 2 items that sink using sentence stems.

 

Sentence Stems:

The ________________ floats in water.

The _________________ sinks in water.

Vocabulary:  float, sink, under, above

 

Kindergarten

“Aluminum Foil Boats”- STEM Activity

Day 2

I can build a boat out of 1 sheet of aluminum foil and test to see how many pennies it can hold before sinking.

I can draw a plan of my first attempt of an aluminum foil boat, and then plan a second drawing with improvements from the first and orally explain using sentence stems.

Sentence Stems:

My first boat __________________________.

My second boat I will ____________________________.

Vocabulary:  STEM, sink, float

 

Second Grade (Patterson and Earle)

I can demonstrate comprehension of how rapid Earth changes can be caused by earthquakes by experimenting in a hands-on experiment exploring what happens to land during an earthquake using graham crackers and cool whip/frosting.

 

I can orally explain how an earthquake can quickly cause changes to the Earth.

Sentence Stem:

Earthquakes can cause changes to Earth by_________________________.

Vocabulary:  Earthquake, causes, changes, patterns,

tectonic plates, mantle(melted rock)

2-ESS1-1

 

First Grade and Younce’s ½ split class

I can demonstrate communication skills by playing an engineering lego building activity where I have to communicate with my partner how to build something without them seeing.

I can orally explain what communication skills worked and how I could improve to help my partner understand better.

Sentence Stems:

I could have told my partner_________________________________.

I liked how ____________________________________________.

Next time I would try________________________________.

It worked when______________________________________.

 

Third Grade

I can demonstrate comprehension of science words such as prey, predators, camouflage, adaptation, and echolocation by playing various fun games(Park Ranger, Deer Ears, and Bat-Moth) that represent these words in action.

I can orally explain what prey, predator, camouflage, adaptation, and echolocation mean and how they were used in the games.

Vocabulary:

prey, predators, camouflage,  adaptation, echolocation

 

Fourth Grade- Continuation of last week (Reflection Day)

I can demonstrate comprehension of how glaciers shape land through erosion and deposition by experimenting in a glacier erosion activity with clay, ice, and sand.

***I can draw a picture of my observations from the activity and answer the questions provided about how glaciers shape land through erosion and deposition.

Vocabulary:  glacier weathering, erosion, deposition

ESS2.A

 

Fifth Grade-(Ms. Habhab’s class)

I can demonstrate comprehension of Earth’s spheres (Geosphere, Biosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere) and how they work together as a system by playing a board game with various questions about Earth’s spheres.

I can orally explain the different spheres and how they interact while answering questions during the game in my group.

 

Fifth Grade- (Mrs. Gartha’s Class)

STEM Activity- “Nail Challenge”

Challenge:

Can your group balance nails on top of one block of wood with one nail in it?

Constraints:

Can only use materials in bag

Must work as a team

Must get all 12 nails to balance

Finish in the time provided

Materials:

Block of wood with one nail hammered in it

12 nails

Reflection:

What worked?  What would you do differently?  What made you think to do that?

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