Rossiter/Werber - 04/24/2017

This Week

Monday - Friday:

Reading/Writing: We will continue reading All Rise for the Honorable Perry T.Cook and practice grammar/mechanics (looking for and imitating) - the seven capitalization rules, AAAWWUBBIS sentences (comma causers), and pronouns.  We took a practice M-Step assessment on Monday are reviewing through the week.

Homework

Read!

La Framboise - Individuals & Societies - 04/25/2017

What We Did Today
We continued discussing the negative consequences of natural-resource usage.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
Life cycle of a water bottle; ocean debris.

Kettner - Science - 4/25/2017

What We Did Today

Students watched a Bill Nye video about Respiration. https://www.schooltube.com/video/498c0d25200c48799760/Bill%20Nye%20Respiration  When the video was over, we started correcting the Photosynthesis and Respiration packet.

Homework.

Complete the entire Photosynthesis and Respiration packet if you did not have it done for today.

Stein - Math 6 Plus - 4.25.17

What We Did Today:

Students started Problem 1.1. Students created frequency tables for two different sets of data and we discussed how they compared. We also started creating a line plot for the frequency tables. Notes are available at http://norupstein.weebly.com/math-6-plus-class-notes.

Focus Question:

 What are "data"? How do you represent data using a frequency table or a line plot? How can you compare two distributions of data?

Homework:

None.

Stein - Math 6 Plus

What We Did Today:

Students completed a book scavenger hunt and reviewed concepts to prepare for our first investigation. We also began discussing Problem 1.1.

Focus Question:

 What are "data"? How do you represent data using a frequency table or a line plot? How can you compare two distributions of data?

Homework:

None.

La Framboise - Individuals & Societies - 04/24/2017

What We Did Today
We began discussing negative consequences of using natural resources.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
Dead fish in Chesapeake Bay; mercury in fish.

Kettner - Science - 4/24/2017

What We Did Today

Students were asked to join my Google Classroom so they can open and edit the Egg-speriment planning guide. If they were not able to do it in class, an invitation was sent to that student. Students were then given time to finish the "Photosynthesis and Respiration Packet".

Homework.

Complete the entire Photosynthesis and Respiration packet.