Week of:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

October 27

BrainPop!

Minerals and Types of Rocks

Notes: Minerals

Homework: Read igneous rocks from packet and answer questions

Notes on Igneous and Sedimentary Rocks

 View video: Every Stone Has a Story

Metamorphic Rocks

BrainPop! The Rock Cylce

Hear the story of Carla Calcite

Play the Rock Cycle Game 

 Rocks quiz

Finish coloring Rock Cycle comic strip

November 5

view video: Water Smarts

Video quiz while  watching

Return all papers

Complete late work/ corrections for Inside Earth unit.

Hand out water book.

BrainPop! Water

Assign lab groups

Set up lab books

 Discover Activity Pg. 6

 “What are some properties of Water?”

discuss yesterday’s lab

Read pg. 6-11

Homework

Properties of Water Worksheet

Brain Pop! Water Cycle

Set Up Demo:  Water Cycle

read 12 – 17

Math Data: pg 15

Homework

pg. 17 2ab, 3ab

No School

School Improvement Day

November 12

Follow up on water cycle demo

Create a drawing of the water cycle

Write about your adventures in the water cycle

read 19-27

Homework

Pg. 27 2ab, 3b

discuss grades

vocab preview

read book ”Wetlands” by Andrew Donnelly

model a 3 part venn diagram

Using pictures of a bog, marsh and swamp, students will create their own 3 part Venn diagram Wetlands

Wetlands

Demo: Discover Activity pg.28

vocab

pg. 28 – 33

Homework

Hours  3,5,7 - pg.33 1-3 all

Hours 4,&8 – wkst

Wetlands

Video Field trip:  Florida Everglades

Activity:  Wetland Metaphors