Monday, February 25, 2019 – Friday, March 1, 2019

Monday, February 25, 2019  

Physics

Content Objective: Students will demonstrate application of finding the period of a pendulum by completing a lab investigation..

Language Objective: Students will write to answer questions about variables that affect a period of a pendulum using different string length, amplitude (angle) and number of washers (mass).

Chemistry

Content Objective: Students will demonstrate analyzing patterns and trends by sorting element cards based on patterns of properties.

Language Objective: Students will write to describe patterns using complete sentences.

  • “If an element is in column/row, then ___(describe shared property)__”
  • “As you move down/across a column/row, ____(describe changes)____

Tuesday, February 26, 2019 

Physics

Content Objective: Students will demonstrate application of wave speed, period, and frequency by completing a stations review.

Language Objective: Students will write to answer to solve questions of wave speed, period and frequency using the CER and 5 STEPS TO PROBLEM SOLVING on a stations review.

  • Station Review
  • Quiz: wave speed, wavelength, period, and frequency of waves

Chemistry

Content Objective: Students will demonstrate understanding patterns and trends about the periodic table by annotating and summarizing an article using stems bookmark

Language Objective:  Students will write and orally discuss the reading passage by predicting what they think the author will say in the second part of the passage using:

  • So what ________ is saying is . . .
  • Based on what I’ve read, I predict that . . .

Reading Lesson: The periodic table is an icon

  • read and annotate

Wednesday, February 27, 2019 

Physics

Content Objective: Students will demonstrate understanding of characteristics of waves by interpreting and describing visuals in the INB.

Language Objective: Students will read and write to summarize explanations about characteristics of waves by describing wave concepts from chapter 25 visuals.

  • Talk to the Visuals

Chemistry

Content Objective:  Students will demonstrate understanding a reading passage about the periodic table by summarizing the passage.

Language Objective:  Students will write to summarize the passage using keywords in complete sentences using:

  • “As you move down a column/across a row, then…”
  • “If cards share the same row/column, then”

Thursday, February 28, 2019 

Physics

Content Objective:  Students will demonstrate comprehension of characteristics of sound waves by completing a CER focus question.

Language Objective:  Students will write to provide evidence to support properties of a sound wave using CER to complete an argumentative writing prompt and 4-square.

  • CER: Do sound waves need a medium to travel through?
    • collect evidence from article; model using visual and describe from text

Chemistry

Content Objective:  Students will demonstrate applying patterns and trends by predicting the properties or arrangement of elements in a periodic system

Language Objective:  Students will write and orally discuss reasoning behind decisions using complete sentences using:

  • “If an element is in this column/row, then____(describe prediction)__.”
  • “Due to __(pattern), this property will be between  ______ and _______

Friday, March 1, 2019

Physics

Content Objective:  Students will demonstrate comprehension of  interference, standing waves, the Doppler effect, and shock waves/bow waves by completing a 4-square and thinking aloud during demonstrations.

Language Objective: Students will read and write what they learned about interference, standing waves, the Doppler effect, and shock waves/bow waves using visuals from the text and demonstrations to complete a summary and provide responses to questions.

Chemistry

Content Objective:  Students will demonstrate evaluating a claim by choosing evidence from texts and using reasoning to justify the claim

Language Objective:  Students will write to describe reasoning and evidence to support a claim using complete sentences in a template.

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