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Fall 2007
I will make every effort to keep this page updated; however, students should
always record assignments in the agenda.
Summer Assignments: There were 2 summer assignments for Science. One
assignment was a brochure concerning lab safety. The second assignment was
a research topic of the student's choosing. Both assignments were due the
first day of regular class (Aug. 28th) for students who received the summer
packet last May. For new students the deadlines are as follows: Brochure
due Aug. 31 and Research topic due Sept. 7. Projects must be completed.
Late projects will have points deducted each day they are late.
Week 1:
Aug. 28 - MU pp. 3-7
Aug. 29 - Vocabulary cards for hazard, precaution, waft, variable, control;
Safety Rules Review
Aug. 30 - Safety Contracts due; Study for test
Aug. 31 - Safety Rules test
Week 2
Sept. 4 - Hurricane Tracking Chart due; Read pp. R6-17; vocabulary cards for
mass, weight, volume
Sept. 5 - Equipment Chart - paste pictures and use word bank words to fill
in names of equipment next to its function
Sept. 6 - Bar graphs- Make a bar graph for each table from your measurement
lab. This is due on Monday, Sept. 10.
Week 3
Sept. 10 - Study for Safety and Tools quiz on Tues. MU pp. 12-15
Sept. 11 - MU lesson 5 pp. 21-25
Sept. 12 - spongebob problems
Sept. 13 - Results & conclusion from Water & Salt exp. (due Mon.)
Week 4
Sept. 17 - correct test; balance problems; study for test
Sept. 18 - test on Scientific Method
week 5
Sept. 24 MU lesson 29 (pp. 159-162)
vocabulary cards due Wed for: mixture, solution, dissolve, conductor,
insulator, physical properties, states of matter, melting point, boiling
point, freezing point, evaporation, condensation
Sept. 25 MU lesson 30 (pp. 163-166)
Week 6
Oct. 1 MU lesson 31
Oct. 2&3 Study for vocab test and matter test on Oct. 4th. Study 25
vocabulary cards, water facts, mu 29-31, and class notes.
Week 7
Oct. 8 - retest on vocab and matter
MU lesson 24; vocabulary cards for energy due Wed.(list given in class)
Oct. 9 - MU lesson 27; Study for energy test on Wed. Study for vocabulary
test on Thurs.
Oct. 10 - energy test (light and sound)
Oct. 11 - vocabulary test (energy)
Oct. 12 -
Week 8
Oct. 16 - MU lesson 26; electricity vocab cards
Oct. 19 - test electricity and elect. vocab
Week 9
Science Fair booklets distributed - proposal due Oct. 29th
Oct. 23 - MU lesson 39 - soil
Oct. 24 Review questions for energy
Oct. 26 Energy vocab test
Oct. 27 comprehensive energy test (sound, light, electricity)
week 10
Oct. 29- Science Fair proposal due; MU lesson 37
Oct. 30- Energy Resources pages
Due to technical difficulties, Weeks 11-13 were not included.
Week 14
Mon. Nov. 26 - logbooks & bibliography due; Earth Science study questions
and vocabulary assigned
Wed. Nov. 28 - Earth Science test
Thurs. Nov. 29 - vocabulary test
Fri. Nov. 30 - water cycle class work assignment
Week 15
Mon. Dec. 3 - SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT DUE; presentation in class for classwork
grade
week 16
Students were given 9 vocabulary words dealing with Planet Earth last week.
Students were also given back the Earth Science test from Week 14. Grades
can be improved by writing "corrections with explanantions" on a separate
paper. This means the student writes why the correct answer is correct and
why the answer they chose was wrong. Students can earn up to half their
lost points back with adequate corrections.
Mon. Dec 10 & Tues. Dec 11 - Work on Planet Earth study questions and study
Planet Earth vocabulary
Thurs. Dec 13- Vocab test and vocab card check
Fri. Dec 14 - Planet Earth test and corrections with explanations due for
Earth Science test
Week 17 Dec. 17-20
Students will be given a grade report on Monday. There will be no homework
this week. Classroom activities will conclude our solar system unit.
Students will be given an extra credit packet on Monday. Those students who
want extra credit must turn in the packet on Wednesday, Dec. 19. This will
be done outside of class. No late work will be accepted because grades must
be entered before Thursday.
In addition, students have been given a comprehensive list of vocabulary
words for the Fall Semester. There are 85 words. Students need to check
their vocabulary cards and make sure they have all 85. Thursday, Dec. 20
will be a day set aside to work on vocabulary cards. Otherwise, students
should complete the cards over the holiday break.
Week 18 Jan. 7-11
Monday- Students should bring all 85 vocabulary cards to class.
homework: 6 vocab cards (organism, characteristics, species, life cycle,
seed, germination). All definitions found in MU workbook
Review words: mass, weight, volume, matter, hazard, control, variable,
physical properties, waft, precaution (These cards have been done, but
students will be tested on them as a review.) Test is tentatively set for
Friday, Jan. 11th.
Week 19 Jan 14-18
Jan. 14 - vocabulary test (see week 18)
Jan. 15-18 Stanford testing
Week 20 Jan. 22-25
Jan. 22 - review Earth Science principles and Experimental design
Jan. 23 - Central Region Benchmark test
Jan. 25 - vocab cards due (new 8 words and 11-20 on comprehensive list)
(8 new words are seedling, stamen, pistil, spore, pollen, pollenator,
conifer, and embryo)
Week 21
Jan. 28 - MU lesson 12
Jan. 29-30 Class project - design an experiment (due Thurs)
Jan. 31 - vocabulary test over 18 words from last week
Feb. 1 - Class work packet
Vocab words for next week: New words: photosynthesis, chlorophyll, glucose,
oxygen, carbon dioxide
Review words: evaporation, boiling point, melting point, freezing point,
magnetism, molecule, attract, repel, displacement, density
Week 22
Feb. 4 - vocab cards (15)due
Feb. 5 - plant packet due (began last Friday)
Feb. 6 - experimental design quiz
Feb. 7 - Vocab test over 15 words
Feb. 8 - Progress reports (parents sign and students return on Monday 2/11)
Tutorial - Natural Resources and Fossil Fuels - HW pp 61-66(due Monday)
vocab words for week 23 Cards Due Tuesday, Feb. 12; Test - 2/14
metamorphosis, population, producer, consumer, herbivore, carnivore, omnivore
Review: vibration, buoyancy, light ray, reflection, refraction, wave, energy
source, open circuit, closed circuit, circuit
Week 23
Feb. 11 - signed progress reports due
Feb. 12 - Vocab cards due (test on 2/14); MU 13 due, favorite food chain due
Feb. 13 - MU17 due; writing assignment in class
Feb. 14 - Vocabulary test
Feb. 15 - Life cycle (plants and animals) quiz
Tutorial - Earth & Space - HW pp. 67-76 (due Mon.)
vocabulary words for Week 24:cards due Tues, test on Thurs
Life Science #5
mutualism, commensalism, parasitism, decomposer, symbiosis
Review: connector, output device, current, electrical energy, decay,
renewable, nonrenewable, natural resource, pollution, inexhaustible
Thurs. Feb. 21 - homework - finish food chain questions
tutorial - Experimental design - HW pp 121-128 (due Mon.)
Fri. Feb. 22 - MU lesson 10 due Mon.
(No vocabulary words for week 25)
Week 25 - Feb. 25-29
MU 11 due Wed.
work on study questions in class on Wed, Fri and next Mon. (you will turn
them in on Tues. March 4th.) No vocabulary words next week.
Tutorial homework for models and graphs: MU 3 & 8; workbook pages 129-136
due on Monday.
Week 26 - March 3-7
March 3 - work on discussion questions in class; finish for homework
March 4 - discussion questions due
March 5 - Reading TAKS test
On Thursday, March 13th, students will turn in their MU workbook. Students
need to complete lessons 14-23 before this date.
Week 27 - March 10-14
March 11 - Practice Science TAKS administered
March 13 - MU workbook lessons 14-23 due
OOPS!! I haven't been updating since Spring Break! Pardon the lag.
Week 28 - March 25-28
We discussed the Practice TAKS answers and began reviewing for Objective 1.
Students were told that review sheets must be completed in class for each
objective. The information is written on the board for them to copy.
During the test on each objective, I will check the review sheets and other
items that need to be included in the Science Review folder.
Week 29 March 31-April 4
March 31 - practice questions
April 1 - review for quiz
April 2 - 1st part of quiz; folder check
April 3 - 2nd part of quiz
April 4 - life science games
Week 30 April 7-11
April 7 - begin Review for Objective 2 Life Science
April 8 - Math TAKS (no Science)
April 9 - continue Review
April 10 - Quiz over Objective 2 and folder check
April 11 - work day outside
Week 31 April 14-18
April 14 - Practice questions (pretest) for Objective 3 physical science
April 15 - discuss pretest
April 16 - Review sheets for Obj. 3
April 17 - continue review sheets for Obj. 3
April 18 - Quiz for Obj. 3 and folder check
Week 32 - April 21-25
Mon. April 21 - pretest over Obj 4 (earth and space science)
Tues. 4/22 - discuss test
Wed. 4/23 - Review Obj 4
Thurs, 4/24 - continue Review
Fri. 4/25 - quiz and folder check
Week 33 - April 28- May 2 THE BIG ONE!!!!
We will be reviewing all week for the big test on Thursday.
Please study your review sheets EVERY NIGHT!! It WILL make a difference.
Parents, quiz your students from the review sheets. They have studied hard,
but there is still time to build confidence in their knowledge.
Week 34 - May 5-9
Mon. May 5 - Begin Human body unit - body outlines
Tues. May 6 - No science class - Central Region Science Fair
Wed. May 7 - Bones (11 major bones of skeleton)
Thurs. May 8 - Field Trip
Fri. May 9 - Muscles - 8 major muscle groups
Week 35 - May 12-16
Mon.May 12 - Quiz on Muscles and Bones
Tues. May 13 No Science class (TAKS testing for Math 2)
Wed. May 14 - Heart, Lungs, and Brain
Thurs. May 15 - Field Trip
Fri. May 16 - Finish Heart, Lungs & Brain
Week 36 - May 19-23
Mon. May 19 Quiz over heart, lungs and brain
Tues. May 20 Begin digestive system
Wed. May 21 Finish digestive system
Thurs. May 22 Field Trip
Fri. May 23 LAST SCIENCE CLASS
Week 37 - May 27-29
Tues. May 27 - Students stay in home room to close down the year
Wed. May 28 - Fifth grade field trip & party
Thurs. May 29 - Fifth grade ceremony & early dismissal
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