Double Whammy Thursday

Double Whammy Thursday

Hi there & happy Thursday to you!

Today’s post is a double whammy as I’m sharing what students did yesterday as well as today… Ready? Here we go!

Wednesday

While I was out students were fortunate to have Mrs. Hill-Norman teach them! Students worked on a series of 4 worksheets to expand their knowledge about Earth’s water. They were left with explicit instructions on how to complete the task which you can see below.

Wednesday 3-5 Directions Wednesday 3-5 Directions for Assignment Wednesday 3-5 Worksheets

You can find a copy of each worksheet below:

Worksheet #1  – Water on Earth Worksheet

Worksheet #2 – Surface Water Worksheet

Worksheet #3 – Wetlands Environments Worksheets 

Worksheet #4 – Water Underground Worksheet

Thursday

Today students began class by watching this clip (click on the DiscoveryEd link below):

http://app.discoveryeducation.com/player/view/assetGuid/D1580F27-C4AB-4CF6-8F59-D4FCF657C6A1

Afterwards we

  1. took notes in our interactive notebook
  2. completed a short practice activity where students stood for freshwater sources and sat down for salt water sources
  3. completed a worksheet using definitions on the board and taped it do page 70.

Notebook spread for pages 70 and 71

Thursday 3-6 Notebook Spread

Definitions posted on board used for worksheet

Thursday 3-6 Definitions for Worksheet

 

Here’s a copy of the worksheet we used today:

Parts and Flow of a Water System

Whew, that was a lot. Hope every one has great evening!

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Meredith

Meredith is a National Board Certified Teacher and has been teaching middle grades science for over a decade. She enjoys all science curricula but life sciences are her passion. She loves creativity and organization and feels at her best in the classroom when she can infuse these aspects into her lessons to help set up her students for success.