Entry:
1) Write your 5 spelling words in the first column on your Weekly Spelling Study Sheet.
2) Read over your notes so far. Highlight the important details. Write a gist statement of what you have learned so far.
Review:
If you were to create a broster today, share with a neighbor what you would include (title, labeled illustration, vocabulary, gist statement, question)
Persuasive Writing Strategy: Anecdote--Making Your Writing Lively
How did this author make his nonfiction writing lively -- interesting?
Excerpt shared from Bruce Brooks Predator!
How could you use this in your writing? Write as if you are your people or creature. Be the animal. Make your life come alive.
Wed 10/1 Parent Student Teacher Conferences
Thursday 10/2 and Friday 10/3
Entry 10/2: Read over your "lively" writing from Tuesday about your creature. Revise it with strong verbs. Share.
Spelling: Read the directions for partner spelling test. Give your spelling tests.
Continue notes on required content:
- Size
- Habitat
- Diet
- Predators
- Adaptation to the environment (behavioral and biological)
- Environmental Threats to survival
- Connections of environmental issues to your life
- Connections of environmental issues to world communities
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Entry 10/3 Continue notes.- Habitat
- Diet
- Predators
- Adaptation to the environment (behavioral and biological)
- Environmental Threats to survival
- Connections of environmental issues to your life
- Connections of environmental issues to world communities
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Monday 10/6 Entry Spelling:On your own, create new words from these base words: quiet, relate, upset, like, loveFinish spelling lists.
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? Discuss.
Write a draft of your ideas so far. Use paragraphs.
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?
Brainstorm how you think these changes may ultimately affect us.
