Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Reading/Writing: Advisory - practice giving portfolio presentations to the whole class. Then to computer lab to gather notes on their country for their research paper. (*See yesterday's blog for information about the World's Fair.)

Science: Vocabulary words for this unit: Craters: round structures of various sizes with various details. Marie or mare: large dark gray or black areas on the moon that are fairly smooth.
Highlands: light colored areas of the moon with lots of rough mountains and craters. Rays: The white lines that extend in all directions from some craters (looks like an explosion.) Rilles: Structures that look like canyons or stream courses. Today we read the myth "Rona and the Moon" and will do a practice activity categorizing items on a shopping list, as preparation for organizing student generated questions about the moon.

History: Finish video on a Roman City. Students will be asked to illustrate one of the Roman structures in the video. (Colliseum, amphitheater, Roman baths, aqueduct, forum.)

Cartooning: To computers to continue taking handwritten notes on a famous cartoonist. Students may not begin power points until teacher has approved notes.