Mr. Kyle. " Going Left ! "
Sept. 3-6. WEEK 4
Responsible!
Responsible!
RESPECT
TREAT OTHERS WITH RESPECT
FOLLOW THE GOLDEN RULE
BE TOLERANT AND ACCEPTING OF DIFFERENCES
USE GOOD MANNERS, NOT BAD LANGUAGE
BE CONSIDERATE OF THE FEELINGS OF OTHERS
DON’T THREATEN, HIT OR HURT ANYONE
DEAL PEACEFULLY WITH ANGER, INSULTS, AND DISAGREEMENTS
The most pernicious phrase in our language: "Those who can, do. Those who can't... teach."
Maxwell Arnold answers this phrase with...
"The ideal condition
Would be, I admit that men should be right by instinct;
But since we are all likely to go astray,
The reasonable thing is to learn from those who can teach."
Maxwell Arnold answers this phrase with...
"The ideal condition
Would be, I admit that men should be right by instinct;
But since we are all likely to go astray,
The reasonable thing is to learn from those who can teach."
Worksheets for this week...
6th Grade Curriculum Overview
ELA
Math
Science
History
Writer’s Workshop
Art
PE
GOOGLE CLASSROOM:
NEWSELA:
WRITING -
Reading-
Art-
Writing-
Math-
Anywhere Math on Measures of Center and taking notes!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jKKnwXsqr0
ELA
Math
Science
History
Writer’s Workshop
Art
PE
GOOGLE CLASSROOM:
NEWSELA:
WRITING -
Reading-
Art-
Writing-
Math-
Anywhere Math on Measures of Center and taking notes!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jKKnwXsqr0
Use this to keep your sights on doing tonights essay! Remember, this is a rough draft and we are just stepping into the beginning part of developing this idea.
Let's Go!
Homework 2021-2022
During this year the Rio teachers transition students away from elementary school and prepare them for Jr. High.
In the event of no homework turned in, students will have until the end of that same day to complete the assignment for full credit.
No credit will be given after the assigned due date.
Parents will be notified via progress reports on each individual subject so as to follow up on missed learning opportunities.
Student work, progress reports and important Rio papers will come home in the large brown envelope. Please keep the papers, then sign and return the envelope. You should look for these envelopes every few weeks to keep up with events and student progress.
Please note: Much of the work that students are doing is done online and or turned in via Google Classroom. There has been a huge reduction in paper use as a result of this king of progress. Your student should share their work with you whenever you are curious about the work quality they are producing.
If you are needing further information, you are welcome to contact me at school or email me as needed.
Proper Heading Policy
Each student must put his/her first and last name along with his/her student # in the upper right hand corner of every assignment.
I also require students to include the date and subject.
Example of proper heading:
Joyce Cooling #5
08/18/2015
Science: Lesson 2 Q's 1-6
Papers without proper headings will be placed into the Mission Impossible file. Unclaimed papers will be recycled at the end of the week and will receive zero credit.
Absent / Make-up Work PolicyI understand that students have to miss school sometimes due to illnesses, family emergencies, and vacations. I strongly encourage parents NOT to schedule vacations during set school days.There are so many learning activities that happen in just one day. It is difficult and stressful for students to get caught up when they miss multiple days of school.
However many days the student misses is how many days he/she will be given to complete missing assignments. When a student is sick, I am happy to send work home with a parent, guardian, sibling or friend. Simply email me or inform the school office that you would like work sent home. Please try to give me at least a 2 hour notice so that I have time to get materials together.
During this year the Rio teachers transition students away from elementary school and prepare them for Jr. High.
In the event of no homework turned in, students will have until the end of that same day to complete the assignment for full credit.
No credit will be given after the assigned due date.
Parents will be notified via progress reports on each individual subject so as to follow up on missed learning opportunities.
Student work, progress reports and important Rio papers will come home in the large brown envelope. Please keep the papers, then sign and return the envelope. You should look for these envelopes every few weeks to keep up with events and student progress.
Please note: Much of the work that students are doing is done online and or turned in via Google Classroom. There has been a huge reduction in paper use as a result of this king of progress. Your student should share their work with you whenever you are curious about the work quality they are producing.
If you are needing further information, you are welcome to contact me at school or email me as needed.
Proper Heading Policy
Each student must put his/her first and last name along with his/her student # in the upper right hand corner of every assignment.
I also require students to include the date and subject.
Example of proper heading:
Joyce Cooling #5
08/18/2015
Science: Lesson 2 Q's 1-6
Papers without proper headings will be placed into the Mission Impossible file. Unclaimed papers will be recycled at the end of the week and will receive zero credit.
Absent / Make-up Work PolicyI understand that students have to miss school sometimes due to illnesses, family emergencies, and vacations. I strongly encourage parents NOT to schedule vacations during set school days.There are so many learning activities that happen in just one day. It is difficult and stressful for students to get caught up when they miss multiple days of school.
However many days the student misses is how many days he/she will be given to complete missing assignments. When a student is sick, I am happy to send work home with a parent, guardian, sibling or friend. Simply email me or inform the school office that you would like work sent home. Please try to give me at least a 2 hour notice so that I have time to get materials together.
Environmental Speech
Description: Write a 3-page report and then give a speech & PowerPoint on a chosen environmental issue. State the issue, give details about its impact and who/what it harms, and present possible or actual solutions.
Requirements:
1. Speech is 3-5 minutes long
2. Topic is focused and has a solution (even if it isn’t being done yet)
3. PPT has 5 slides with mainly visuals, one of which is a map or graph.
4. Speech is given while PPT is shown (so practice them together)
5. Speaker does not read from the PPT.
6. PPT slides have minimal captions or brief explanations. Do not write your speech on the PPT.
Guidelines:
1. Pick a topic that is specific and limited. For example, rather than picking the topic of “The Danger of Plastic Bags,” pick an aspect of plastic bags such as their disposal, how quickly they biodegrade, their effect on marine wildlife, etc.
2. Pick a topic you can find information on, including either graphs of the change in this problem or a map of the extent of the problem (or both).
3. Include a way or ways that people can help solve this problem, and be specific.
Write the report (cover these areas): Write a separate paragraph for each item on the list
1. Introduction, with an overview of the issue
2. Description of the issue, and who or what the issue affects. Explain what will happen if the problem is not fixed or slowed.
3. The extent of the problem (geographically, financially, quantity, etc). Map/table required.
4. How the problem happened (what human behavior/choice is causing this problem?).
5. What is being done to slow or stop the problem?
6. Your thoughts: What else do you think should/could be done about this problem? Why do you care about this particular problem?
Create Your Speech/Powerpoint:
1. Use the list attached to look for environmental issues that interest you. These are broad. Focus your issue.
2. Choose an issue.
3. Go to many sites (at least 10) to get information on this issue. Make sure to get specific data (numbers, times, places, maps, graphs, etc).
4. Make a folder in Word to hold your information, notes, visuals (with captions).
5. Assemble your notes and ideas into a rough draft. Make note of which visuals will accompany which sections of your speech. Make sure you explain the visual.
6. Roughly design your PPT, remembering that the visuals you put on the PPT must support what you are saying in your speech, not replace it. Do NOT write your speech on the PPT.
Bonus words for this week:
ACID – A chemical compound, usually a liquid capable of transferring a hydrogen ion in solution. Any substance with a pH value of less than 7.
ADAPTATION– Changes occuring in a species over time so it adjusts to a new or changed environment.Anything helping an animal/plant to survive in its environment (special body parts, behaviors or coloration).
AQUATIC ORGANISMS– Plants or animals living in water.
ASTRONOMY– The study of objects outside the earth’s atmosphere such as celestial bodies and the solar system.
BASE– Any chemical capable of accepting or receiving a hydrogen ion from another substance. Any substance with a pH of more than 7.
BENTHIC– Any of a diverse group of aquatic plants and animals that lives on the bottom of marine and fresh bodies of water.The presence or absence of certain benthic organisms can be used as an indicator of water quality.
BIOACCUMULATION– The accumulation of a substance, such as a toxic chemical, in various tissues of a living organism.
BIOLOGY– The science of life and of living organisms.
BLOOM– A sudden increase in the number of phytoplankton often following a flood of nutrients from heavy rain or a string of sunny days.
BOW– The front section of a ship or boat.
BUOY– An anchored float marking a position or a hazard on the water, or for use as a mooring.
CATAMARAN – A boat with two parallel hulls.
CHLOROPHYLL – The pigment used in photosynthesis to capture light energy and convert it to chemical energy. CONDENSATION – The process of water vapor becoming a liquid such as dew, fog or rain.
CONSUMER – An organism that ingests other organisms or organic matter in a food chain.
COURSE – The direction in which a boat is steered.
DYNOFLAGELLATE – A type of plankton with two long whip-like organs called flagella used for locomotion.
ECHOLOCATION – An auditory feedback mechanism in bats, porpoises, seals and certain other animals whereby reflected ultrasonic sounds are used to find objects or prey.
ECOLOGY – the science of the relationships between organisms and their environments.
ECOSYSTEM – An interacting community of animals and plants depending upon each other and their environment for survival.
ELEMENT – Any of the four substances, air, water, fire, and earth formerly believed to compose the physical uni- verse, usually used to describe weather conditions.
ENDANGERED – Threatened with extinction.
ENVIRONMENT – All the living and nonliving things with which an organism interacts.
FATHOM – A unit of measurement used for depth: one fathom is six feet.
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION – A specific place on Earth.The identification of a specific area in relation to what lies around it.
HABITAT – The physical place where an organism lives.
HELM – The steering gear of a ship, especially the tiller or wheel and the surrounding area.
HERBIVOROUS – An animal feeding on plants.
HOLOPLANKTON – Plankton remaining free-swimming through all stages of its life cycle.
HYPOTHERMIA –Theconditionofreducedbodytemperature,whichcanresultindeath.
KELP – The common name for large brown seaweed.
KEYSTONE ANIMAL – A species directly affecting the ecosystem in which they live. Scientists can use a keystone animal as an indicator of environmental health.
KNOT – Nautical miles per hour.
LATITUDE – The distance north or south of the equator measured and expressed in degrees. LIGHTHOUSE – A structure with a powerful light giving a continuous or intermittent signal to navigators. LONGITUDE – The distance in degrees east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England.
MEROPLANKTON – Any of various organisms spending part of their life cycle, usually the larval or egg stages, as plankton.
MICROSCOPIC – Anything invisible to the naked eye and can only be seen with the aid of a microscope. MIGRATE – The process of moving from one region to another with the change of seasons or climate.
MONTEREY BAY NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY – A federally protected marine area offshore California’s central coast. Stretching from Marin to Cambria, the MBNMS encompasses a shoreline length of 276 miles, and 5,322 square miles of ocean, extending an average distance of 30 miles from shore. At it’s deepest point, the MBNMS reaches down 10,663 feet (more than two miles).
MONTEREY SUBMARINE CANYON – A submarine canyon located in the Monterey Bay over 15,000 feet in depth.
NAUTICAL MILE – One minute of latitude; approximately 6,076 feet – about 1/8 longer than the statute mile of 5,280 feet.
NAVIGATION – The art and science of conducting a vessel safely from one point to another.
NEUTRAL – Neither acid or basic. Fresh water is neutral with a pH of 7.
ORGANISM – Any form of animal or plant life.
PARALLEL – Two lines extending in the same direction and angle and never meeting.
PELAGIC – Having to do with the open ocean or open water; away from the shore or coastline.A pelagic animal swims freely in the open ocean.
PLANKTON – Small, usually microscopic plants (phytoplankton) and animals (zooplankton) in aquatic ecosystems.
PHOTOSYNTHESIS – Process in which light energy is converted to chemical energy by plants using water and carbon dioxide; results in the production of oxygen and carbohydrates such as sugar and starches.
PHYTOPLANKTON – Microscopic, single celled, drifting photosynthesizers not able to swim against currents.
PORT – The left side of a ship or boat.
PRESSURE – A type of stress which is exerted evenly in all directions.
PRODUCER – A photosynthetic green plant or chemosynthetic bacterium, constituting the first trophic level in a food chain.
RED TIDE – A bloom of phytoplankton, usually dynoflagellates.
REFRACTOMETER – An instrument used to measure the index of refraction of water in order to determine salinity.
RUNOFF – The part of precipitation, snowmelt, or irrigation water that runs off the land into streams or other surface water. It can carry pollutants from the air and land into receiving waters.
SALINITY – The relative concentration of dissolved salts, usually sodium chloride (salt), in given water.
SATELLITE – A celestial body orbiting another of a larger size, or a manufactured object intended to orbit the earth, moon, or another celestial body.
SECCHI DISK – A disk used to measure the visibility of water.
SEXTANT – A navigational tool used to determine position by measuring the angle of celestial bodies above the horizon.
SOUNDING – A measure of the depth of water.
SPECIES – A reproductively isolated group of interbreeding organisms.
STARBOARD – The right side of a ship or boat.
STERN – The rear part of a ship or boat.
SURFACE TEMPERATURE – The temperature of the layer of seawater nearest the atmosphere.
SURFACE TOW – The process of obtaining a sample of plankton by towing a plankton net along the surface of the water rather than dropping it down to the bottom of the ocean and pulling it up to the surface.
TEMPERATE ZONE – An area of the earth mid way between tropical and cold, usually found in the mid latitudes.An area where the weather patterns are identified by a lack of extreme temperatures.
TRIANGULATION – The geometric process of determining a geographical position using two or more compass bearings.
UPWELLING – Movement of water and nutrients from deep water towards the surface; an important source of nutrients for phytoplankton growth.
VELOCITY – Rate of speed.
ZOOPLANKTON – Animal plankton ranging from microscopic larval sea stars to huge jellyfish.
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