MondaySeptember 14th, 2015

Planner:– HW: Safety rules poster due Wed. 9/16– Safety Quiz tomorrow - based on rules

You Need:– Today: Daily 5

To Do:– Pick up a handout and get notebook– Trim the handout on the bottom and right side– Tape it onto page 11 using 4 small pieces of tape

PreAssessment

If you were absent on Friday, please see me during our class work time to discuss.

Learning Target • Students will read

and answer questions about science safety to prepare for this year’s investigations

10 11

Finish Notebook setup

• A’s at table - get the 2 blue handouts for your table (scientific explanations)

• Trim the large blue sheet and tape with 4 small pieces of tape onto page 8

• Trim side and tape the small blue sheet onto page 9 with 4 small pieces of tape

89

Notebook setup (per 1 and 6)

• B’s at table - get the orange handout for your table (notebook evaluation and progress)

• Tape the small orange sheet onto page 7 with 4 small pieces of tape

• Some may still need large orange sheet (notebook goal setting) - trim and tape p. 6

Scienceaurus Reading

• C’s - get books for your table

• Quietly read pages 20-27

• Answer the questions 1-10 on your handout

•We will go over in last 10 minutes of class

REMINDER

• HW: Safety Quiz tomorrow• Poster due Wed.

When dismissed please push in your chair and use EXIT door!

TuesdaySeptember 15th, 2015

Planner:– HW: Safety rules poster due tomorrow– Picture for interactive notebook due Monday (MR.

Fleming in library can help)You Need:– Today: Daily 5

To Do:– Pick up a privacy screen– Get your notebook and review safety rules on page

200

Learning Target • Students will assess

what you know about our science safety rules

Safety Questions

Quiz

• Clear your desks of everything except pencil

•When your voices are off, I will pass out bubble sheets and then the quiz - do not write on quiz!!!!!

• I will pass out your homework passes for this trimester while you work

Finished

• Quietly bring quiz up front and STAY while I scan.

• I will mark if any need to be redone

• Quietly work on your posters or read

My Website

REMINDER

• HW: Poster due tomorrow• Picture in first page of notebook Monday

When dismissed please push in your chair and use EXIT door!

WednesdaySeptember 16th, 2015

Planner:– HW: Picture for interactive notebook due Monday

(Mr. Fleming in library can help)You Need:– Today: Daily 5

To Do:– No notebooks today - take out your poster pleaseand make sure your name is on the back!

Safety Posters

Rubric - 10 point assignment

Posters

C’s please collect posters and put them into turn in bin

Learning Target • Students will

participate in group project to understand the importance of team work in science

Your Task

• Build a playing card structure at least 3 stories tall

• You only have 5 minutes

Jobs

Material Manager - gets the supplies for everyone and will report resultsArchitect - supervise the structure and offer input as neededCarpenter - build the structureRecorder - observes and notes what is going and including comments, progress and disagreements

Materials

1.Pick up a pack of cards for table

2. Pick up one sheet of paper for table

Solved the Problem?

Any groups successful?

Team WorkWhat went well?

encouraged each other and the carpenter

everyone helped with ideas about base

new suggestions welcomedlots of agreement

architect/builder worked well

What can be improved?

No team work and carpenter did not listen to architect

architect and builder disagreed a lot

lots of arguing to solve problem

felt judged by team and secret telling

Team Work -period 3

Well

everyone participated and listened

everyone had input

focused and supported

everyone asked questions

never gave up

switched jobs several times to let others try background

Not so well

communication at end not good - disagreement on task

argued a lot, got distracted, different ideas

Team Work period 2

Well

NO one was negative

Everyone gave ideas and worked together

Good attitude

Listening to each other

Encouraging

Creative ideas when close

Not so well

Could not get anything done due to arguing

someone laughed whole time

Team Work Period 4

Worked Well

Deciding on jobs - was easy and we all agreed

encouraged our builder

tried hard and shared

appropriate sense of humor helped task

kept on trying

Did not work well

carpenter did not listen to architect

people did not stop talking and were off task and distracting

anger

yelling at Dom/carpenterarguing - going too slow

directing others tasksdifferent ideas - no consensus

Team Work Period 6

Worked Well

listened well and described what was happening

1 cheerleader

learned from mistakes

everyone gave advice on ideasconstructive criticism

tried 2 ways and got there with help

Did not work well

arguing and little input from team

arguing about details

frustration and anger

Guidelines for Cooperative Work

If you are laughing uncontrollably, go out of class and pull it together

REMINDER

• HW: Picture in first page of notebook Monday

When dismissed please push in your chair and use EXIT door!

ThursdaySeptember 17th, 2015

Planner:– HW: Picture for interactive notebook due Monday

(Mr. Fleming in library can help)You Need:– Today: Daily 5

To Do:– Get your notebook and pick up the handout (find

my spelling error :)– Trim and tape Lesson 1 into page 13 (like a book)

12 13

12 13

Group Work Guidelines

DO

Be kind/encourage/support

Listen to all ideas

Stay on task/topic

Manage time wisely

Compromise

Be persistent

Positive attitude

DO NOT

No put downs/judging

No yelling/interupting

No distracting/annoying

Do not sit doing nothing

Do not argue

“This is too hard”

No bad language

OMM Lesson 1

Please write the learning target for the lesson

Learning Target • Students will

explore and discuss internal and external structures in order to group different organisms

Exploration

What is an organism?

4 Groups not 4 Organisms

REMINDER

• HW: Picture in first page of notebook Monday

When dismissed please push in your chair and use EXIT door!

FridaySeptember 18th, 2015

Planner:– HW: Picture for interactive notebook due Monday

(Mr. Fleming in library can help)– If you do not finish reading/questions - it is HW

You Need:– Today: Daily 5

To Do:– Get your notebook and quietly look at yesterday’s

Lesson 1 Exploration - be ready to discuss

Learning Target • Students will

explore and discuss internal and external structures in order to group different organisms

Class Reading - Preview First

Individual Reading p. 8-11

REMINDER

HW: Picture in first page of notebook MondayHW: If you did not finish today’s questions - due Monday and will be a stamped assignment we correct in class

When dismissed please push in your chair and use EXIT door!