Exam 6 will be on Tuesday, March 19th. 

The exam will cover Chapter 3 Lesson 3 and Chapter 4 Lesson 1 (pages 148-171). 

The exam review will be given on Monday, March 11th. We will be using Monday and Tuesday to work on the review in class. 

This morning, we reviewed mimicry and then we completed the quick lab activity on page 169 in the notebook. 

This morning, we watched a video about adaptations. Then, we reviewed pages 166-169 on adaptations and answered the quick check questions together. Then, we read page 170 and answered the quick check questions together. 

This morning was reading and writing in science day. We talked about the elements of expository writing and then read the expository piece on page 158. Then, we researched how clownfish and anemone depend on each other. Then, we wrote an expository piece together. 

This morning, the students completed the drawings we worked on for the previous lesson in their notebooks. While they worked, I stapled each child's second semester assignment grades in the back of his or her notebook. They each looked at their own assignments in their folder. 

This morning, we read about Monarch butterflies and completed the math in science activity on page 159. 

This morning, the students used the class time to complete the Chapter 3 handout for points. 

This morning, I wrote the exam grades in the back of each student's notebook. They read pages 154 and 155. They answered the quick check questions in their notebook and drew the land and ocean food webs. 

This morning, we did a class read aloud about food chains. This was a mentor text as it was written in poem form. We began practicing poem writing with rhyming words for today's reading and writing day. 

 

*Exam grades are on isinet. 

All classes took Exam 5 today. 

This morning, we discussed the elements of a letter. Then, we read the example letter about the mangroves on page 146. For homework, due Tuesday, February 19th, the students should: 

1. Research and endangered animal. 

2.Write a letter to museum scientists about why you are concerned about this animal. 

            - write about why they are endangered and how you think the scientists                 others can and should help them. 

3. The letter should be on lined paper, not in the notebook. 

4. The letter should be in correct format (follow example on page 146).