Shop Online: scholastic.com/readingclub One-Time Class Activation Code: NZD7V Dear Families, Please remember to place your Reading Club orders by September 18! You can shop and submit your order online or send the printed order form with payment directly to me. No matter how you order, every purchase you make earns FREE Books and educational supplies for our classroom. The arrival of the book box is always a highlight-thanks for making it happen! Happy reading, Ordering online is fast and easy:
Meet us at Chick-Fil-A on Friday September 18th at 6:00pm for our very own back stage tour!!! You will get to see the hard work the whole class has put in on their favorite pieces and enjoy your very own IceDream treat! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please check out Edmodo for ways to study for your test on Greece on Thursday. (Wed or Fri if you are ALP) Here is one of the links that were posted on Edmodo that we used in class. Click Here It is amazing that it is already time to show what we know about rocks and minerals. We decided to focus on science in order to make sure that we don't have two end of unit tests back to back if we studied social studies at the same time. You have our neat flip books and your science journal as a study guide for tomorrow's test. You do not have to do a reading log or spelling activity due to the reading involved in the flip books.
Directions for the flip books: You have two flip books. One is titled Rocks and the other is Minerals. There are 5 pages in each flip book printed on 2 regular sheets of paper. I cannot post the flip book due to the copyright, but I can post the answers for you. Please cut out the pages and staple them together on the left side. (Do not cut out the tiny rectangles on the left of 4 of the pages as that is the space where you staple them all together.) Answers: Minerals KEY 1. What do you call someone who studies rocks & minerals? _geologists_ 2. A __mineral__ is a nonliving solid material with a definite chemical makeup. 3. What are 6 properties that geologist use to describe and identify minerals? ___texture, color, luster, streak, cleavage, and hardness_____________ ________________________________________________________ 4. Which property tells the way a mineral shines or reflects light? luster_ 5. What is the softest mineral? ___talc____ 6. What mineral has a rating of 7 on the Mohs Scale? ___quartz________ 7. Name two items that can be used to perform a scratch test on a mineral. Any two: fingernail, penny, steel nail, glass Rocks KEY 1. A ____rock__ is a solid material found in the Earth’s crust that is made up of 1 or more minerals 2. All __minerals__ are rocks, but not all rocks are minerals. 3. What are the three types of rocks? Igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic _________________________________________________________ 4. What type of rock forms underwater and in layers? ___sedimentary__ 5. Metamorphic rocks are rocks that have been changed by ___time___, ______heat_______, and _______pressure____. 6. Granite and basalt are two examples of ____igneous_____ rocks. 7. What type of rock are most fossils found in? _____sedimentary____ Just a reminder that I will allow retakes of the rocks and minerals end of unit test if the students do not get their desired grade as this is our first end of unit test. |
AuthorGraduating from McEachern High School in 2005, I have been a Cobb County Resident for 21 years. I received my Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood Education from Kennesaw State University. I student taught 2nd, 3rd, & 4th grade students at a local STEM based school where I was able to put my theories to the test and accomplish amazing results. Being a newlywed of 2 years, I live with my husband and our 4 cats in Marietta. Painting, reading, writing, and hanging out in coffee shops are some of my favorite things to do on the weekends. Archives
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