Week 12B, Monday
Time
Lesson/Activity
Materials
8:15
8:50
9:00
9:20
9:20
10:20
Elective: Math Differentiation
Math 7: Building Expressions, 3.2.1. How can I draw it?
1. Homework Due: 49-53
2. Objective: Describing relationships between
quantities
3. Homework: 60-64
None
10:20
11:20
Science 7: Diversity of Life, Investigation 9, Roaches,
Day 3 of 4
Group:
½ -liter container
2 hand lenses
Cotton balls
Lab notebook, 59-63
Morning Meeting:
Objective:
Content 01. Adaptations are structures or behaviors of
organisms that enhance their chances to survive and
reproduce in their habitat
Investigate. Ask questions about the purpose of
behaviors of the hissing cockroach.
Explain. Explain how hissing cockroaches structural and
behavioral adaptations help them survive.
11:20
12:10
12:10
1:00
Recess/Lunch
1:00
2:00
Science 8: Earth History, Investigation 4, My
Sediments Exactly, Part 3: Stream Tables
Class:
Hissing cockroaches
Banana
Cotton balls
Water
Dropper bottle
Math 8: Graphs & Equations, 3.1.5. How can I graph it? None
1. Homework Due: None
2. Objective: Graphs, tables, and rules
3. Homework: 45-49
Objective:
Content.
Investigate. Study the processes of weathering,
erosion, and deposition
Explain. Determine how the processes of weathering,
Group:
Resource Book, 36,64
Lab Notebooks 26-29
Class:
Stream Table set-up
Earth material mixture
Funnel
water
erosion, and deposition contribute to the formation of
sediments, sedimentary rock, and landforms such as
the Grand Canyon.
2:00
2:50
2:50
3:05
Advisory
Caregiver Pick-up
Tuesday
Time
Lesson/Activity
Materials
8:15
9:00
9:00
9:20
9:20
10:20
Elective: Math Differentiation
Math 7: Building Expressions, 3.2.2. How can I
organize it?
4. Homework Due: 60-64
5. Objective: Solving a word problem
6. Homework: 71-75
Resource Page
10:20
11:20
Science 7: Diversity of Life, Investigation 9, Roaches,
Day 4 of 4
Class:
Resource Book, 60-64
Questions, 1-3, pg 64
Paper
Morning Meeting
Objective:
Content 01. Adaptations are structures or behaviors of
organisms that enhance their chances to survive and
reproduce in their habitat
Mid-summative exam 9
Investigate. Read “Those Amazing Insects”
Explain. Answer 1-3 on pg 64
11:20
12:10
12:10
1:00
Recess/Lunch
Math 8: Graphs & Equations, 3.1.6. What makes a
complete graph?
7. Homework Due: 45-49
8. Objective: Complete Graphs
9. Homework: 55-59
Resource Page
1:00
2:00
Science 8: Earth History, Investigation 4, My
Sediments Exactly, Part 4: Weathering & Erosion
Class:
Weathering and Erosion questions
Objective:
Content 01. Erosion is the weather away of soil and
rock by weathering, mass movement, and action of
streams, glaciers, waves, and wind.
Content 02. Eroded sediments can be transported by
water, wind, or ice and deposited in new locations.
Investigate. View the weathering and erosion DVD
Explain. Answer questions from lab notebook pages.
2:00
2:50
2:50
3:05
Special
Caregiver Pick-up
Wednesday
Time
Lesson/Activity
Materials
8:15
9:00
9:00
9:20
9:20
10:20
Elective: Math Differentiation
Math 7: Building Expressions, 3.2.3. How do I use the
5-D Process? Day 1 of 2
10. Homework Due: 71-75
11. Objective: Strategies for using the 5-D Process
12. Homework: 84-86
Resource Page
Index Cards
10:20
11:20
Science 7: Zebrafish Investigation, Part 1, Systems of
the Body and Disease, Day 1 of 4
Group:
www.fishforscience.com.
Meat-rack paper
Crayons
markers
Morning Meeting
Objective:
Content 01. All cells do not look
alike and that specialized cells in
multicellular organisms are organized into tissues and
organs that perform specialized functions.
Content 02. Describe how the organs in the
respiratory, circulatory, digestive,
nervous, skin and urinary systems
interact to serve the needs of vertebrate organisms.
Class:
PP presentation handout
Content 03. Recognize that cells carry out life
functions, and that these functions are carried out in a
similar way in all organisms, including animals, plants,
fungi, bacteria and protists.
Content 04. The following diseases negatively affect
human organs: cardiovascular, muscular, inflammatory,
bone, and cancer.
Investigate. Find how disease affects a specific organ
and/or tissues.
Explain. Show findings on a group poster.
11:20
12:10
12:10
1:00
Recess/Lunch
Math 8: Graphs & Equations, 3.1.7. What wrong with
this graph?
13. Homework Due: 55-59
Resource Page
14. Objective: Identifying Common Graphing Errors
15. Homework: 64-68
1:00
2:00
Science 8: Earth History, Investigation 4, My
Sediments Exactly, Part 5: Making Sandstone
Objective:
Content 01. Sediments form through the processes of
chemical and physical weathering
Content 02. Sediments turn into solid rock through the
process of lithification, which involves cementation,
compaction, and crystallization.
Investigate. Model the formation of sandstone in an
ancient environment.
Explain. Explain how sandstone can form in an modern
environment
2:00
2:50
2:50
3:05
Group:
2 hand lenses
½ liter container
Plastic spoon
Label
1 sample of sand in plastic cup
Lab notebook, 33
Class:
Sodium silicate solution
Sand
Water
1 liter beaker
Stirring rod
Safety goggles
Special
Caregiver Pick-up
Thursday
Time
8:15
9:00
9:00
9:20
9:20
10:20
Lesson/Activity
Materials
Elective: Math Differentiation
Morning Meeting
Math 7: Building Expressions, 3.2.3. How do I use the
5-D Process? Day 2 of 2
1. Homework Due: 71-75
2. Objective: Strategies for using the 5-D Process
3. Homework: 97-98
Resource Page
Index Cards
10:20
11:20
Science 7: Zebrafish Investigation, Part 1, Systems of
the Body and Disease, Day 2 of 4
Objective:
Content 01. The following diseases negatively affect
human organs: cardiovascular, muscular, inflammatory,
bone, and cancer.
Group:
www.fishforscience.com.
Meat-rack paper
Crayons
markers
Investigate. Find how disease affects a specific organ
and/or tissues.
Explain. Show findings on a group poster.
Class:
PP presentation handout
11:20
12:10
12:10
1:00
Recess/Lunch
Math 8: Graphs & Equations, 3.2.1. How can I check
my answer?
4. Homework Due: 64-68
5. Objective: Solving Equations and Testing the
Solution
6. Homework: 73-77
Resource Page
Algebra Tiles
1:00
2:00
Science 8: Earth History, Investigation 4, My
Sediments Exactly, Part 6: Making Shale
Group:
2 hand lenses
1 plastic spoon
1 plastic cup
1 container of sandstone
Cococino sandstone
Hermit shale
REesource book, pg 60
Lab notebook, 35
Objective:
Content 01. Sediments that settle in water form in a
flat, horizontal layer; each new layer of sediments is
distinct.
Content 02. The present is the key to the past;
geological processes that we observe today are most
likely occurred in the same way throughout Earth’s
history.
Investigate. Model the formation of shale.
Explain. Identify the sediments of shale.
2:00
2:50
2:50
3:05
Special
Caregiver Pick-up
Class:
Mid-summative exam 4
Container of powdered clay
6-liter basin
Plastic cup
Plaster of paris
water
Friday
Time
Lesson/Activity
Materials
8:15
9:00
9:00
9:20
9:20
10:20
Elective: Math Differentiation
10:20
11:20
11:20
12:10
12:10
1:00
Science 7: Science/Engineering Project Work time
Math 8: Graphs & Equations, 3.2.2. How many
solutions are there?
10. Homework Due: 73-77
11. Objective: Determining the number of
solutions
12. Homework: 82-86
Resource Page
Algebra Tiles
1:00
2:00
Science 8: Earth History, Investigation 5: Limestone,
Part 1: Limestone Ingredients
Group:
1 plastic cup
Straws
Lab notebook, 37
Morning Meeting
Math 7: Building Expressions, 3.2.4. How can I
represent it? Day 1 of 2
7. Homework Due: 97-98
8. Objective: Using variables to represent
quantities in word problems
9. Homework: 99-101
Recess/Lunch
Objective:
Content. Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed
mainly of calcium carbonate
Investigate. Investigate how carbon dioxide contributes
to the precipitation of calcium carbonate in water.
Explain. Identify the sediments in limestone.
2:00
2:50
2:50
3:05
None
Special
Caregiver Pick-up
Class:
Calcium Hydroxide
1 plastic cup
Distilled water
Safety goggles
2-liter bottles