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Mini-Project: Rivers

Students will be assigned two moving bodies of water (rivers), and they will research them online for a few characteristics on each, create a PowerPoint on each characteristic for each river, and then write a passage comparing and contrasting these two … Continue reading

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A Guided Reading: Stream and River Deposits

Students will read about stream and river deposits and comment about what they have read by answering a series set of questions on the topic as a classwork assignment (see attachment). Stream and River Deposits    

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2016, TEST: CHAPTER 1, SECTION 1: THE ACTIVE RIVER

Students will be evaluated upon the characteristics or features of an active river in terms of how moving water shapes the land, the influences of the water cycle, variables that affect how fast a stream can cause erosion, and how … Continue reading

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STUDY! STUDY! STUDY!

Using the “Water on Earth” textbook, students need to complete, read, review, and study the several concepts on the active river pages 4-10 in their graphic organizer (term, definition, scientific sentence, and example/symbol) that we worked on in class today … Continue reading

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Pretest: Water on Earth

Per our district initiative, students will be evaluated upon their prior knowledge on the topic that is to be discussed, learned, and reinforced. In this case, our new topic is “Water on Earth”. Note that the scores that the students … Continue reading

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PROGRESS REPORTS HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO STUDENTS FOR MARKING PERIOD 3.

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POSTTEST: WEATHER & CLIMATE

Students will have a chance to show their learning skills about weather and climate based on what they have learned about severe weather, what is climate, and changes in climate. Students have had the awareness of this Post-test since last week. … Continue reading

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TEST: MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2016: CHANGES IN CLIMATE

Students will be evaluated upon what they’ve learned about changes in our climate over time and the variables that have contributed to these changes. Students are highly recommended to study their R.A.N. Strategy that they created and were graded on … Continue reading

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REMINDER: WEATHER FORECAST PROJECT!

If you have failed to turn in your weather forecast project on time, it is not too late. It’s far better to earn a partial credit rather than no credit at all since this assignment is a summative evaluation, and … Continue reading

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Extended Day Drop-in Tutoring Program!

“Good Morning Viking Parents/ Guardians, On Tuesday, January 19, 2016, O.L. Smith will begin it’s Extended Day Drop-in Tutoring Program. As a Title 1 School, we have received federal funding to assist our students needing academic support. Students needing additional … Continue reading

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