Science Presentation Today

We were fortunate to be able to attend a presentation today about the human body and our organs.  (Thank you, Mr. Hyde, for arranging this presentation and inviting us to attend!  Thank you, Ms. Brown, for sharing your expertise with us!)

The following photos are a bit graphic, so you may or may not want to look further!


A human brain:

An unhealthy heart and lung:

At left, a healthy appendix, and at right, one that had ruptured:

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Scroll down for this week's ELA.  Don't forget about our award-winning books "genre."

Write spelling in ABC order in agenda.  CHALLENGE: Write them in alphabetical order starting with the LAST letter!  (Example: 1. antibiotic 2.viable 3. biosphere...)

Work on AM if you don't have at least 140 objectives earned (goal is 143 by Wednesday).

The end of the 3rd 9 weeks is Wednesday.

Thursday is family science night (6-7).  See you then!

This Week's ELA: 3/9

We are continuing our Greek/Latin roots study plus beginning a new novel study, The Watsons Go to Birmingham- 1963.

3^rd 9 Weeks, Week 9

Spelling: Greek/Latin Roots #8 bio and viv/vit

*Spelling choice activity due Thursday (if you made below 100% on Monday’s test).

*You need to know the definitions of these words as well as how to spell them for the tests on FRIDAY.  Use the definitions to help you study.

bio = ________________________________ viv/vit = ___________________________________

1.     antibiotic (n.) a medicine used to save lives because it destroys harmful bacteria and cures infections

2.     biography (n.) a piece of writing about a person’s life written by someone else

3.     autobiography (n.) a piece of writing written by a person about his or her own life

4.     biology (n.) the study of living things

5.     biologist (n.) a person who studies living things

6.     biopsy (n.) the removal of living tissue from the body for a diagnostic examination

7.     macrobiotic diet (n.) a diet thought to help people to live longer because it focuses on natural foods

8.     neurobiology (n.) the study of the nervous system of living things and how it helps the living things learn and react

9.     symbiosis (n.) how two different living organisms live together and depend on each other

10. biosphere (n.) the zone of planet Earth where there is life (between the deep crust and the lower atmosphere)

11. revive (v.) to bring back to life again

12. revitalize (v.) to bring something back after it declined in condition or popularity; to breath new life into something

13. survival (n.) the ability to continue living

14. survivor (n.) a person who lives through a difficult event or experience

15. vitamin (n.) a tablet of substances that are thought to promote a healthy life

16. vital (adj.) necessary or essential to live

17. vitality (n.) quality or state of being full of life; state of being full of energy

18. vivid (adj.) “as big as life”; brightly colored; daring

19. vivacious (adj.) full of life; fun; lively; animated

20. viable (adj.) capable of surviving or living

*Don’t forget about vivisection (surgery on living animals; medical research that involves cutting into animals to study organs, parts, or diseases)

VOCABULARY: The Watsons Go to Birmingham- 1963 (#1)

Study vocabulary words and definitions each night Monday through THURSDAY for your test on FRIDAY.

1.    demonstration - the act or circumstance of proving or being proved conclusively, as by reasoning or a show of evidence

2.    emulate - to try to equal or excel; imitate with effort to equal or surpass

3.    frostbite - injury to any part of the body after excessive exposure to extreme cold, sometimes progressing from initial redness and tingling to gangrene

4.    hostile - not friendly, warm, or generous; not hospitable, an enemy

5.    hypnotized - to frighten or startle so that movement is impossible

6.    incapable - not having the necessary ability, qualification, or strength to perform some specified act or function

7.    juvenile delinquent - a minor who cannot be controlled by parental authority and commits antisocial or criminal acts, as vandalism or violence

8.    miraculous - performed by or involving a supernatural power or agency

9.    panning - to criticize severely

10.         pomade - a scented ointment, esp. one used for the scalp or for dressing the hair

11.         punctual - strictly observant of an appointed or regular time; not late; prompt

12.         skimpy - lacking in size, fullness, etc.; too thrifty; stingy

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Study for your Ch. 6 science test!  It will be Monday!

Also, Wednesday is the end of the 9 weeks.  Have you read at least 6 books?  Do you have about 140 AM objectives?  Please work hard if you don't!

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Please finish AM practices, exercises, and/or corrections.  (Use your extra two hours at home wisely!)

Read!

Study science ch. 6.  We will postpone our test until Monday, but please study so that you're ready.

Math Extra Credit

     If you’d like to earn a little math extra credit, I have a fun online + art activity!  Go to http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/math/geometry/classify-quadrilaterals.htm (also linked on our class blog) and work through the Study Jam.  To receive extra credit, draw out your CD cover design (following the website criteria), label your quadrilaterals, and turn it in.  You can also do the triangles Study Jam at http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/math/geometry/classify-triangles.htm.  Turn in your drawing of Zoe’s guitar.  (You do not have to choose the one she did.)  You must describe/name the triangle by its sides and angle(s).  These two opportunities are due no later than 3/11.  Thanks!

     You might be interested in exploring more of the Study Jams.  If you do, let me know what you think!

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Welcome back!  It has been a long time, and it was a pleasure to be with your children again today.

*Please reread "Goin' Someplace Special" for tomorrow's test.
*Study sp/voc for test Tues.

*AM