| September 8, 2008, 2008
Homework:
1. Make flashcards for terms 1,2,4,17,& 19 using the definitions found on
pages 60-62 in your ecology packet.
Do Now: READ -->Examine the cards carefully. Divide the cards into 2
specific groups. Record your answer on page 2 in your NB. (NB = composition
notebook)
WRITE --> Make a T chart and explain how the 2 groups differ.
September 9, 2008
Homework:
1. Trip slip and check for $27 due Friday
2. Vocabulary Flashcards for terms #3, #18, #19, #29, #36, and #38
DO NOW: Abiotic/Biotic Review
September 10, 2008
Homework:
1. Trip slip and check for $27 due Friday
2. Review Vocabulary Flashcards
DO NOW: None written
September 11,2008
Homework:
1. Make vocabulary cards for 6,14,16,26,28,43,44,48
2. Cut up word strips and place them in an envelope with your name, my name,
and room 2409.
3. Trip slip and check for $27 due Friday
DO NOW: Survival Needs on a Tropical Island (List 8-10)
September 12, 2008
Homework:
1. Review vocabulary terms
DO NOW: List 4 primary consumers that live in a forest.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND!
September 15, 2008
Homework:
1. Vocabulary Quiz – Fri. 9/26
2. Review vocabulary terms
3. Chaperone notice – due Wed.
DO NOW:none written
September 16, 2008
Homework:
1. Review vocabulary words - test next Friday
2. Chaperone notice - due Wednesday
NOTE: Don't forget to finish copying the correct answers onto handout #1
and #2. If you have forgotten the handouts you will find them on this web
page under HANDOUTS.
DO NOW:
1. List 3 decomposers.
2. Decomposers are part of "Nature's __________ _________".
September 17, 2008
Homework:
1.Vocabulary Test on first 19 words on Friday, September 26th
2. See handout for list of words
3. Scavenger card (Make this vocabulary card and add it to your cards.)
DO NOW:Do Now: NB pp 12
The ________ is the part of the planet Earth where organisms live.
September 18, 2008
Homework:
1. Study for voc quiz on Friday, September 26th
2. Finish ST Shrew questions (packet page 45)
DO NOW: Number 1-6. List the different kinds of consumers that are known for
what they eat.
1. _______ eats insects 4. _______ eats plants and animals
2. _______ eats meat 5. _______ eats dead animals
3. _______ eats plants 6. _______ eats the wastes and
remains of dead animals
September 19, 2008
Homework:
1. Study vocabulary – quiz next Friday.
DO NOW: None written
1. Organize your notebooks. Make sure your Handout Sheet and Table of
Contents are complete.
2. Illustrate and label the biosphere on NB page 12. Color it using colored
pencils only.
Sept. 22, 2008
1. Vocabulary test on Friday
2. Dallenbach’s trip on Wed.
3. ST Shrew Project (due Thurs.– Oct. 2nd)
4. Rough copy due Friday – Sept. 26th
DO NOW: (page 16 in NB)
If you were to find a nest while walking through the forest, what might you
be able to tell about the animal that made it?
September 23, 2008
HOMEWORK:
Voc test on Friday, 9/26
ST Shrew Project – rough copy due 9/26
ST Shrew Project - final copy due Oct.2nd
Signed GRFD sheet (Getting Ready For Dallenbachs)
Don't forget to bring a lunch and wear long pants on our trip.
DO NOW: None written
Make sure you are up to date on your Handout Title sheet and in your marble
NB.
September 26, 2008
HOMEWORK:
1. ST Shrew Project due Friday, Oct. 3rd
2. Rough copy due Sept. 26th.
DO NOW: No written Do Now
Oct. 2,2008
Homework:
1. Make vocabulary cards for words #’s 8,9,32,37 and stomata (holes in
underside of leaf)
2. ST Shrew project due tomorrow.
NOTE: Don't forget to staple your rough copy and grade sheet to your final
copy. Use the direction sheet and grade sheet to check to make sure you have
finished the project correctly.
Do Now: (NB page 18)
How are producers different than consumers?
October 3, 2008
Homework:
Review your vocabulary cards.
Do Now: (NB page 19)
1. Hand in your ST Shrew project. Staple your rough copy and grade sheet to
your final copy.
2. Copy the “notes” into your marble notebook.
Oct. 6, 2008
Homework:
1. Autumn Leaves Change - page 47.
2. Make 5 new voc. Cards
3. Always bring blank index cards to class.
Please remind your parents that Back to School Night is tonight and begins in
the auditorium at 7 PM.
Do Now: (none written) Complete the word search - page 56.
Oct. 7, 2008
Homework:
1. Dallenbach test next Friday 0 10/17/08
2. Continue making your vocabulary flashcards - due next week.
DO NOW: How and why do leaves change color? Do all leaves change color?
Explain.
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