LANGUAGE ARTS
Book Talks are due next week. I have handed out sheets to all the students, and I have had the criteria on this blog since Day 1. I am expecting students to be ready to present on October 5, with the next day to finish off the presentations.
~ Spelling word test Friday... no-excuse words for Grades 6-8.
~ Read 20 minutes each night
~ Scholastic book orders due Friday
GRADE 6 SCIENCE
~ Project due October 13
~ Quiz next Wednesday on notes taken in class yesterday and today. It will be a matching-word-to-definition format. This is a copy of the notes:
Exploring the Universe
Universe: the word used to describe all of space and everything in it including the stars, solar system, and other galaxies.
Galaxy: a large group of stars held together by gravity and separated from other galaxies. The galaxy we live in is called the Milky Way.
Gravity: a force of attraction between two bodies: usually important only when one of the bodies is very large.
Constellation: A pattern found among the stars. Ancient peoples named many constellations after animals and mythological characters.
Asteroid: A small rocky object orbiting the sun; most asteroids are found between orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
Astronomer: a scientist who studies space.
Atmosphere: the air or gas surrounding a planet.
Comet: A small icy object that orbits the sun. The center, or nucleus, of a comet is a ball of ice and dust. A tail of gas and dust spreads away from the comet when it approaches the Sun, making it visible to the naked eye.
Meteor: the streak of light in the night sky that results from a meteoroid entering the Earth’s atmosphere; a shooting star.
Meteorite: a meteoroid that does not completely burn up in atmosphere and lands on the Earth’s surface.
Meteoroid: a fragment of space rock that enters the Earth’s atmosphere; that causes a meteor, when friction with air heats it to a bright glow.
Sunspots: the dark spots on the sun; they are regions of cooler temperature.
Crater: a bowl shaped hollow on the surface of a planet, moon or asteroid. Many craters are caused by the impact of a meteorite or an asteroid.
