Science 4th GRADE
October 29, 2012 – November 2, 2012
Important: Daily homework is subject to change; students are responsible for copying homework from the whiteboard in the classroom every
day. If the homework I assigned takes more than 20 minutes, please have your child stop working and let me know by sending an email or a note
to me.
Thank you
INSTRUCTOR: Mrs. Shannan Marley  smarley@agbumds.org  (818) 883-2428 ext. 319
LECTURE & ACTIVITY
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS
DATE
1.
MONDAY
OCT. 29
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2.
TUESDAY
OCT. 30
3.
WEDNESDAY
OCT. 31
4.
THURSDAY
NOV. 1
5.
FRIDAY
NOV. 2
Go over Lesson 1 Quiz Me Questions (7-11).
Discuss interdependence, relationships in ecosystems, and
pollinators and seed dispersal.
Learning Objectives: Investigate how seeds disperse in
different ways, Recognize that plants and animals
depend on each other to meet their basic needs, and
distinguish producers from consumers.
Begin Reading and Discussing Lesson 2 “Adaptations of
Living Things” pages 56-63.
Learning Objectives: Observe organisms’ behavioral
adaptations and infer the behavior’s survival advantage.
Identify the environmental condition to which organisms
must be adapted in order to survive. Describe physical
and behavioral adaptations.
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Continue Reading and Discussing Lesson 2 “Adaptations of
Living Things” pages 56-63.
Begin Workbook Pages 39-46.
Learning Objectives: Observe organisms’ behavioral
adaptations and infer the behavior’s survival advantage.
Identify the environmental condition to which organisms
must be adapted in order to survive. Describe physical
and behavioral adaptations.
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Go over Workbook Pages 39-46.
Discuss physical and behavioral adaptations for survival.
Learning Objectives: Observe organisms’ behavioral
adaptations and infer the behavior’s survival advantage.
Identify the environmental condition to which organisms
must be adapted in order to survive. Describe physical
and behavioral adaptations.
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Define Lesson 2 Vocabulary in your Science Notebook:
adaptation, camouflage, extinction, habitat, hibernate,
mimicry, and species. Please skip 3 lines between
each definition for visuals.
Review Lesson 1 Vocabulary: consumer, pollinator,
producer, seed dispersal.
Read Lesson 2 “Adaptations of Living Things” pages 5663.
Review Lesson 1-2 Vocabulary: consumer, pollinator,
producer, seed dispersal, adaptation, camouflage,
extinction, habitat, hibernate, mimicry, and species.
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Read Workbook Pages 39-46.
Answer all Questions.
Review Lesson 1-2 Vocabulary: consumer, pollinator,
producer, seed dispersal, adaptation, camouflage,
extinction, habitat, hibernate, mimicry, and species.
Answer Reading Review Questions on hardcover Page
63. Please use a topic sentence in your response.
Review Lesson 1-2 Vocabulary: consumer, pollinator,
producer, seed dispersal, adaptation, camouflage,
extinction, habitat, hibernate, mimicry, and species.
California Content Standards Covered: LIFE SCIENCES
2. All organisms need energy and matter to live and grow. As a basis for understanding this concept:
a. Students know plants are the primary source of matter and energy entering most food chains.
b. Students know producers and consumers (herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, and decomposers) are related in
food chains and food webs and may compete with each other for resources in an ecosystem.
3.
Living organisms depend on one another and on their environment for survival. As a basis for understanding this concept:
a. Students know ecosystems can be characterized by their living and nonliving components.
b. Students know that in any particular environment, some kinds of plants and animals survive well, some survive
less well, and some cannot survive at all.
c. Students know many plants depend on animals for pollination and seed dispersal, and animals depend on plants
for food and shelter.