Welcome to Ms. Alexander's Class
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RPMS VISION: Rod Paige Middle School will foster excellence in teaching and in learning so that all students will meet their own individual potential. RPMS Mission: Excellence in everything we do! RPMS Motto: Respect. Pride. Motivation. Success. RPMS Theme: Level Up! |
Welcome to Ms. A’s Classroom! Covering Standards for:
Grading and average grade distribution will follow the Lawrence County School District established standard: Daily/Homework Grades 25%, Test 50%, Exams 25% District Theme: BELIEVE and ACHIEVE |
Class-A Motto: |
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Classroom Learning Expectations 1.Due to the implications of COVID-19 Delta Variant, students must maintain their own materials, as there can be no sharing. 2.Laptops are to be brought to class each day 3.Laptops are to be fully charged 4. Notes will be taken daily 5.Incomplete classwork is to be done as homework and turned in the next day 6. Participation in class activities is essential 7.Studying class material is critical to success
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Daily General Approach to 5th Grade SCIENCE Lessons
Goals and Standards
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The approach to reading material and packets will follow ELA protocol, which will be: 1. Read 2. Re-Read 3. (Analyze) List keywords and phrases in each paragraph (or in each question if taking a test) 4. (Site Evidence/Verify) For any questions required to be answered, count and write (or type) the number of the paragraph and the number of the sentence in the paragraph where the answer is found 5. Choose the correct answer. Each action in numbers 3-5, above, will be counted as one item and the value of each will be the same as counted on a scale of 100 total points.
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First 4-week Syllabus:
Week # Subject Standard Curriculum
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Week 1 2 days
3 days |
Photosynthesis |
L.5.3A.1 |
Introductions and review of rules and classroom processes
The basic process of photosynthesis used by plants using sunLIGHT. |
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Week 2 2 days
2 days
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Photosynthesis
Ecosystems and Interdependence |
L.5.3A.1, L.5.3A.2
L.5.3B.1
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(continued…) Photosynthesis with insufficient or no sunlight.
Gathering and evaluating information on the 7 Biomes of the world and the type ecosystems environments they reflect: Polar/tundra, Aquatic (salt water/ocean, fresh water), forests(Deciduous/Temperate, Coniferous/Taiga), grassland/Savanna, rainforest) |
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Week 3 4 days
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Ecosystems and Interdependence
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L.5.3B.1
L.5.3B.2,
L.5.3B.3 |
(continued…)
Introduce, model, and label a food chain; and trace its energy flow. Explain how the living things (organisms) in a food chain obtain energy—introduce Cellular Respiration
Expand food chain to a food web, discuss and interpret what happens to that ecosystem if a species of organism within that web were to be removed (die out, become extinct). Enter same discussion if a new (invasive) species is added—whether naturally or as transplanted by human beings. |
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Week 4 4 days
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Ecosystems and Interdependence |
L.5.3B.3, L.5.3B.4 |
(continued…)
Human impact on food webs--good/bad |
