Monday 10/6
Entry Spelling:On your own, create new words from these base words: quiet, relate, upset, like, love
Finish spelling lists. Revise action stories, if needed.
Discuss:
How have the people and animals living in the arctic Beaufort Sea area adapted to their extreme environments?
And:
Will what we do affect the polar environments?
Brainstorm how you think these changes may ultimately affect us.
Tuesday 10/7 Entry:
1) Choose from your Personal Spelling List and Write your 5 spelling words in the first column on your Weekly Spelling Study Sheet.
2) Read over your notes so far, including your work from yesterday. Highlight the important details. Write a gist statement of what you have learned so far to turn in.
AUP
Discuss:
How have the people and animals living in the arctic Beaufort Sea area adapted to their extreme environments?
And:
Will what we do affect the polar environments?
Brainstorm how you think these changes may ultimately affect us.
Explore these resources for more information about how global warming is changing the Arctic life, and how these changes may subsequently affect the place where we live.
NOAA: Global Warming FAQ
Global Warming: How Hot? How Soon?
Reflection: Will what we do affect the polar environments?
How do you think these changes may eventually affect us? .
Wednesday 10/8 Entry: Have your gist statement ready for me to read. Go to the computers to:
Ms Edwards Home Page
Click What Else Site
Sidebar -----> Polar Problems https://whatelse.pbwiki.com/Polar-Problems
Step 2
Explore and take notes from these resources for more information about how global warming is changing the Arctic life, and how these changes may subsequently affect the place where we live.
NOAA: Global Warming FAQ
Global Warming: How Hot? How Soon?
Reflection: Will what we do affect the polar environments?
How do you think these changes may eventually affect us? .
Thursday 10/9 Entry: Spelling tests.
Quiz and discussion from web work yesterday.
Friday 10/10 Entry: Write a paragraph persuading me not to give you homework this weekend.
Share.
Connect to persuasive writing strategies.
Skit to persuade parents. Connect again. What are persuasive strategies?
Tuesday 10/14
Entry: 1) Choose from your Personal Spelling List and Write your 5 spelling words in the first column on your Weekly Spelling Study Sheet. 2) What are persuasive strategies?
Take notes on paper copies of yesterday's links to answer our questions.
Discuss:
How have the people and animals living in the arctic Beaufort Sea area adapted to their extreme environments?
And:
Will what we do affect the polar environments?
Brainstorm how you think these changes may ultimately affect us.
Write a draft of your ideas so far. Use paragraphs.
- What is your research about?
- How does it survive the Arctic?
- How is global warming affecting it?
- How are we contributing to your topic's problem?
- How is the problem affecting us?
Will what we do affect the polar environments?
How do you think these changes may ultimately affect us?
Share paragraphs and gist statements. What do we know? What do we still need to know? Continue research answers to above questions at sites.
Discuss and take notes on combined research. Class gist statement.
