Saturday, January 26, 2008

Week Twenty Six


This week is a short one. We will be finishing up our introduction to Classification that we will be returning to in April. On Friday we will begin to look at our next unit on Genetics by starting with Chapter 3 notetaking skills.

A tentative schedule this week includes
:

Monday - No School
Tuesday - Teacher Work Day
Wednesday - Kingdom Notes/Classification Review
Thursday - Classification Quiz/Human Body Chart/Finish Beanie Baby Lab
Friday - Mrs. Rowell Visiting Class to teach Cornell Notetaking

Homework this week includes:

Classification Study Guide Due Wednesday

Study for Classification Quiz Thursday

Human Body Chart and Beanie Baby Lab Due by Friday

Read Chapter 3 section 1 (p. 86 - 91) and answer Mendel Questions Due Monday

Helpful Websites:

Kingdoms and Classification
Adaptation and Competition
Feeding Relationships
Kids do Ecology
Classifying Critters
Classifying Living Things
Examples of Kingdoms
Links for the Kingdoms