Week of
April 16, 2018
Reading: In this very short unit, students will build
their background knowledge about the science
behind natural disasters. They will read two
informational articles, one about hurricanes and the
other about earthquakes. Students will focus on the
relationships between scientific concepts in these
informational texts, specifically how hurricanes and
earthquakes form and what happens when they
occur.
Math: In module 6, students develop a coordinate
system for the first quadrant of the coordinate
plane and use it to solve problems. Students use
the familiar number line as an introduction to the
idea of a coordinate, and they construct two
perpendicular number lines to create a coordinate
system on the plane.
Science/Social Studies:
* Web of Life
* American Revolution / Johnny Tremain
Please know spelling and definitions
of the words below:
Vocabulary Words
1. Physical Change: A change in state of matter (for example,
ice cream melting).
2. Chemical Reaction: The rearrangement of molecules
(evidence includes: change in color, change in temperature,
carbon dioxide forming).
3. Producer: An organism that serves as a source of food for
another organism.
4. Consumer: An organism that feeds on plants or other
organisms as a source of food.
5. Decomposer: An organism that breaks down cells of dead
plants.
6. Water Vapor: Water in the form of a gas.
7. Evaporation: Changing of liquid into a gas
8. Condensation: Changing of gas into a liquid (condensing -
clouds)
 Kindness Week! 4/16 – 4/20
 Tue. 4/17 Committee Meetings