Monday, November 4, 2013

Monday November 4th

The Plan:
Science:

This week students will be:

  •  Exploring minerals and the composition of the Earth’s crust
  • Learning the 9 key tests to identify a mineral
  • Completing a lab over mineral identification for our comprehension check.
Homeroom: Report Card Goals (Pink Sheet) due back by November 8th!

What is Happening:

Monday: Today we:
  • Introduced our new unit Rocks, Minerals, and the Rock Cycle (Chapter 2 Lessons 1-6)
  • Organized our composition notebooks so we are prepared for our notebook check on November 8th.
  • Began looking at 2.1 by discussing the five characteristics of a mineral and how this differs from rocks pages 32-34, and then completed at least 3 of the 5 characteristics in our notebook.

Tuesday:

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