Week 35

Materials:Computer

Farmer John Area & Crop Yield WorksheetPencil

Standards:Math5.5.3 Use formulas for area of rectangles and triangles to find the area of complex shapes by dividing them into basic shapes.5.2.1 Solve problems involving multiplication and division of any whole numbersLanguage Arts5.7.12 Give precise directions and instructions.

Project Greenhouse PBL

NOISE LEVEL 1

Directions:1. Listen to the leader read the task sheet.2. Gather your materials. 3. Go to my website and click on Rotations for Week of April 2nd

and click on the link for You Tube-Farmer Video-Crop Yield.

4. Watch Part I, Part II and Part III.5. Complete the Farmer John Area & Crop Yield worksheet.6. Turn your completed work into the rotation basket when

done.

Name: ______________________________ # ______ Here is the measurements of the farmland you need to find the yield of using the formula from the videos.

Estimated Yield of farmland _______________________

PBL Connection: Irwin Gardens & P2P PBL

NOISE LEVEL 1

Plant Responses & Adaptations

Directions:1. Listen to the leader read the task sheet.2. As a group, read pages A44 through A47.3. Complete worksheet pages 29 & 30.4. Put your work in the rotation basket when

done.5. Watch the video on plant tropism on the

classroom ipad at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLYOBi5gaVs

MaterialsScience textbook

PencilWorksheet pages 29/30

iPad

Standards5.RI.10 Read and comprehend informational text.EL.5.2.1 Use features of informational text, such as graphics, charts, diagrams, illustrations, etc. to find information and support understanding.

Plants with

seeds

Project ConnectionProject

GreenhouseIrwin Gardens/P2P

Sc 5.4.3 Observe and explain that some organisms are made of a collection of similar cells that benefit from cooperating. Sc 5.4.7 Explain that living things, such as plants and animals, differ in their characteristics, and that sometimes these differences can give members of these groups (plants and animals) an advantage in surviving and reproducing.

NOISE LEVEL 1

MaterialsPencil

Journal of Knowledge

Science textbookScience worksheet

pages 51/52

1. Listen to the Station Manager read the task sheet.2. Gather your materials.3. Each team member will read (Jigsaw) and take notes in their Journal

of Knowledge on a different section of the chapter and be prepared to share out what you learned:

1. How do seed Plants Differ? Pages A68 and A692. What is the Life Cycle of a Conifer? Pages A70 3. What are Angiosperms? Page A714. What are Cotyledons? Page A72

4. Share your notes from your section with the group.5. With a partner complete worksheet pages.6. Turn your work into the rotation basket when done.Extension Activity: Write a reflection on this project in your Journal.

What will happen if…I don’t get it. I didn’t finish. I’m ready to be a master.

Road BlockGo to workshop

You have more time during workshop.

Great! During workshop you may try the Masters Test for this skill.

The Seed Story

NOISE LEVEL 1 ½

Standards5.L.4.a. Use context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.SC 5.2.7 Read and follow step-by-step instructions.

MaterialsHands-on Science Chart

Pinto beansHand lensesPaper towel

Science traysHighlighter

The Seed Story worksheet

Project Connection: Irwin Gardens/P2P

Directions1. Listen to the leader read the task sheet.2. Read “The Seed Story” together as a group.3. Highlight the seed vocabulary while reading.4. Complete the The Seed Story worksheet. 5. Follow the directions for the Hands-On Science: Seeds. (You will start with

taking the beans out of the jar and drying them.) Each person will dissect their own beans.

6. Complete the seed dissection and locate the parts of the seed.7. Clean your work space. Put your rotation work in the basket when done.

Sharpening Your Skills

1. Listen to leader read task sheet.

1. Begin by looking at your objectives for this week. Here are a list of priorities you should have on your Weekly Objectives. Write your goals on goals chart. All items should be saved on the S drive

Presentations for P2P Project to get help

Geometric Landscape Design

Vocabulary test for this week

Passport to Reading

CHD Report

Incomplete Station Work

3. If you are struggling with a skill please

write it on a post-it and place on Parking lot.

4. When there is only 5 minutes left record

what you accomplished on your Weekly

Objectives and goal chart during the station.

Materials Needed

Laptop

Passport to Reading

PencilNoise Level 0

5.W.1 Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.a. Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer's purpose.b. Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details.d. Provide a concluding statement or section related to the opinion presented.

Each Student write a goal you set for yourself during this station

Name Goals Completed