Thursday, April 21, 2010
Block: SSR, progress notes out today, did subject/predicate worksheet - due today. Assigned the second paragraph on their geography reports. They will continue this tomorrow. It is due Friday. The introductory paragraph is overdue if not yet completed.

Science: Made vocabulary flip pages in science notebook to study for the next science test. It is still several weeks in the future. A study guide will be handed to them as well to study before the test.

Study Guide for Vocabulary

Science Investigation #5

Comet: large icy fuzzy balls with long tails (sometimes several miles long,) from the outer reaches of the solar system

Asteroid: large chunks of rocky material in space. These make up the rings around Saturn.

Regolith: The surface of the moon.

Meteoroid: medium to small solid objects floating around the solar system.

Meteorite: When meteoroids hit another object (like the moon or the earth) they are called meteorites.

Crater: Impact site of meteorites.

Ejecta: Material thrown up by impact. (Remember the outer ring of white flour when you dropped the marbles. . . )

Rays: Material thrown out of craters in lines. It looks like a starburst or a sun with lines coming out in all directions.)

History: Students received packets of questions for unit 36. They were assigned completion of the first page of the packet. It is due Friday.

Cartooning: Power point presentations.