Lesson Plans for the Week of 11/24/2014 -11/28/14
Mr. Bish
STEM Science/ Non-fiction Literature
Monday, November 24, 2014, F- Day
Monday Morning Meeting Procedure
Students will meet in the LGI Room
Procedure:
Greeting- Students will practice 21st century skills to prepare for the real world scenario.
Fundraiser - Nature'd Fury - Students will learn about this month's fundraiser, Nature's Fury. Students will be challenged to raise money to go on a great Field Trip at the end of the year.
Presentation: Jake Wikopf- Professional Sled Dog Trainer.
Students will listen to Jake's Presentation on raising, training and racing sled fogs up in Alaska. Jake will present his educational background at Cornell University, his role as student athlete in college and following his dream and passion for sled dog racing. Jake informed the students about his work for Purina and his editorial writing for Mushing Magazine.
Students will ask questions baed on the presentation.
Percy Jackson and Lightening Thief: Movie
Students will watch Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief , Directed by Christopher Columbus .
Students will complete a Venn Diagram comparing the movie an the novel . Students will write down twenty differences and ten similarities.
Tuesday, November 25, 2014 A- Day
Native American Day
Objectives: Students will take part in Native American day at Salmon River Central School District
Native American Day Schedule
8:30-9:30 Native American Film Festival - Auditorium
9:30-11:00 Social in High School Gymnasium
Students will participate in presentations and reflect on Native American Day Contributions.
Wednesday- Friday - NO SCHOOL : Thanksgiving Vacation
LESSON PLANS FOR THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 17,2014 TO NOVEMBER 21,2014
MR. BISH
GRADE 6 STEM
SHUTDOWN TIME- PREPARATION FOR THE GREEK FESTIVAL ON NOVEMBER 19, 2014 4-6 IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL GYM.
DRIVING QUESTION: HOW DO WE AS STUDENTS EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT AND ANCIENT GREEK CULTURE AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO MODERN SOCIETY?
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2014 A- DAY
OBJECTIVES: AS A RESULT OF THE LESSON STUDENTS WILL....
WORK ON COLLABORATIVE GROUPS TO FINALIZE THEIR PRESENTATION BOARDS.
MAKE SURE ALL BOARDS HAVE THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND, THE CONTRIBUTION TO MODERN SOCIETY, AND HOW THAT CONTRIBUTION HAS CHANGED THE WORLD.
Lesson: Students will work on presentation boards evaluating their I wonder comments from the previous week. Students will rework their boards. Students will discuss what needs to be imporved and what needs to be changed about their presentation boards.
Tuesday, November 18,2014 B -Day
Objectives: Students will....
Prepare presentations for the Greek Fest in the Middle School Gymnasium
1.Work in collaborative groups to write their scripts for their presentations.
2.Notate their index cards from the information on their presentation boards.
Learning Goal : Students will evaluate their work and write their cue cards to help with their presentations. Students will work on their presentation by presenting to another groups. Groups will give strengths and weaknesses. Students will then make improvements based on their work.
Presentations Requirements:
1.Introduction- Introduce yourself and your topic. Make sure you shake hands and make eye contact and speak in a loud audible voice.
2.Explain what you will be teaching them. Historical Background, Contribution to Modern Society and how this contribution is used today.
3. Present with an audible voice, eye contact, demonstrate confidence and knowledge.
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 C- Day
GREEK FEST FINAL PREPARATION-
Objectives: Students will....
Work in cooperative groups to prepare their for their final presentation.
Practice their presentations in small groups
Present their work to a large audience .
Lesson for the Day: Students will put finishing touches on their final presentation. Students will present their presentations to another group in the classroom. Students will evaluate each others presentations offering feedback about strengths and weaknesses. Students will then practice and work on their weaknesses and present to another group of students. Students will evaluate their work and offer feedback. Students will then work to improve final presentation and present to the entire class of students. After final presentation students will move their materials to the gymnasium and set up their location and practice presenting in the space.
Two plucky bicycle mechanics and their sister team up to out-invent the world’s top scientists and achieve the timeless dream of flight. From their tiny workshop, Orville and Wilbur Wright launch the 1st powered airplane and travel would never be the same again.
Prep for Greek Fest
Greek Fest 4-6 Middle School Gymnasium
Thursday, November 20, 2014- D- Day
HALF DAY - Parent teacher conferences 12:15-3:15- 4-6pm
Objectives for the Day :
Students will....
Clean up their presentation area in the middle school.
Reflect on the strengths and weaknesses of their presentations.
Lesson Overview- After cleaning up from the Greek Fest students took a moment to reflect on the Greek Fest. Students wrote about the strengths and weaknesses of the Greek Fest. Students discussed. what their strengths were and what skills they gained from doing the Greek Fest.
Early Dismissal 12:00
Friday, November 21, 2014- E- Day
Olweus Survey- Students will complete the forty Olweus questionnaire that focuses on identifying hot spots for bullying g in the school. teacher will read each question aloud as the student anwer each questions.
Lesson Plans for the Week of October 10, 2014- October 14, 2014
Mr. Bish
Science/ Non Fiction Literacy
Grade Six
Greek Fest Shutdown- During this time the students will be breaking up into departments to work on researching and preparing presentation about Ancient Greece. Students will be working diligently to create a presentation that answers the following driving questions.
Driving Question:
How do we as students educate the surrounding community about ancient greek history and contributions to modern day society?
Monday, October 10, 2014
NO SCHOOL in observance of Native American Day.
Tuesday, October 11, 2014
No School Veteran's Day
Special Thank You to all of the men of women who have served and continue to serve in the armed forces.
Wednesday, October 12, 2014 D- Day
Greek Fest - Science, Medical and Engineering Contributions to Modern Society.- Students will work on their self selected topics.
Objectives for the Day-
Students will work in cooperative groups to complete their project boards.
Students will participate in a gallery walk in the classroom.
Students will evaluate their work and identify strengths and needs to improvements.
Lesson Procedure: Students will display their project boards around the classroom. Teacher will model gallery walk. teacher will model how to write " I likes" about the project and make suggestions for areas that need to be improved. Teacher will reinforce that any suggestions need to be fact based and specific to the project. Suggestions need to be detailed. Students will evaluate their strengths. Students will then evaluate their weaknesses and come up with a plan of action to improve their work.
Evidence of Learning: Students will make up a list of improvements to be made.
Thursday, October 13, 2014 E- Day
Objectives : Students will.....
Work on improving their presentation boards based on yesterday's gallery walk.
Lesson: Teacher will model how to make improvements to their boards in preparation for the Greek Fest. Students will keep in mind the following questions:
Does my board have accurate historical information about my Greek Scientist?
Does my board accurately present my contribution?
Does my board clearly explain how my contribution has had an effect on modern day science, engineering, or medical contributions?
Students will work on their project with these questions in mind. Teacher will meet with the students and focus their presentations?
As a team of teachers and students we have been working on Module number one , which focuses on Greek Mythology. As a STEM team students have been working on citing evidence, looking at multiple sources for information, evaluating information and connecting what is being taught in the grade six module to other subject areas such as math, science, social studies and writing.
STEM Teams Driving Question:
How do we as students educate
the community about ancient Greece and Greece’s contributions to modern
society?
Monday, October 27, 2014 F- Day
Wear Red Day – “Red-y to Live Drug Free and Make a
Difference” Everyone is encouraged to wear red or ribbon shirts/dresses.
Monday Morning Meeting- Procedure
Students will make their way down to the LGI room and participate in Monday Morning Meeting. Students will listen and actively participate in the meeting. During the meeting students will do the following.
- Greeting - In preparing for the year the students have been working on professional greetings. student have been learning to introduce themselves by making eye contact, shaking hands in a professional manner, clearly saying their names and actively listening.
- Morning Buzz- Students will participate int he interactive news segment of the Monday Morning Meeting. During this time students will learn objectives for the week, review previously taught content, current events, weather and self- reflection.
Entrance Event: Introduce the students to the idea of the Greek Fest. Introduce the students to the first STEM project of the year. The Greek Fest
Jobs will be announced to the students. The previous week the students interviewed to work in the following departments:
Agora/ Marketing
News Room
Science, Medical and Engineering Contributions to Modern World
Olympics
Fashion/ Greek Armor
Greek Cuisine
Mathematical Contributions
What were some of the contributions the Greeks made to the modern world?
Science, Medical and Engineering Contributions Department
Objectives for the Department: As a result of today's lesson students will...
1.) Generate a driving question for the department that will drive the departments learning.
2.) Generate a Need to Know List to help the department conduct research.
3.) Explore the scientific, medical, and engineering contributions to the modern world.
4.) Reflect on the days learning by completing a journal entry that shares evidence of learning.
Students will explore the scientific, medical and engineering contributions of the Greeks. Students will categorize key words, people, contributions, inventions. Students will discuss what they have found. Students will then decide what subject they want to research. Student sill then begin finding information on line and on multiple text resources.
Journal Question for the Day: Students will respond to the following journal question. Response will have evidence and answer each part of the journal questions.
Tuesday, October 28, 2014 A- Day
Project Day 2
Project Requirements-
Choose one of the contributions made by the Greeks: Contribution must be identified.
Project board needs identify the person responsible for the contribution.
Project Board must have the history of the person, education.
Contribution must be identified and explained in kid language
Must identify how the contribution is used today.
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 B- Day
Project Day 3
Project Requirements-
Choose one of the contributions made by the Greeks: Contribution must be identified.
Project board needs identify the person responsible for the contribution.
Project Board must have the history of the person, education.
Contribution must be identified and explained in kid language
Must identify how the contribution is used today.
Thursday , October 30, 2014 C- Day
Project Day 4
Project Requirements-
Choose one of the contributions made by the Greeks: Contribution must be identified.
Project board needs identify the person responsible for the contribution.
Project Board must have the history of the person, education.
Contribution must be identified and explained in kid language
Must identify how the contribution is used today.
Friday, October 31, 2014 D- Day
Something Fun for Halloween
Project Day 5
Project Requirements-
Choose one of the contributions made by the Greeks: Contribution must be identified.
Project board needs identify the person responsible for the contribution.
Project Board must have the history of the person, education.
Contribution must be identified and explained in kid language
Must identify how the contribution is used today.
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Sunday, October 19, 2014
Lesson Plans for the Week of 10/20 /14-10/24/14
Mr. Bish
Science/ Literacy
Monday, October 20, 2014 : B- Day
8:20-9:15
Students will make their way down to the LGI room and participate in Monday Morning Meeting. Students will listen and actively participate in the meeting. During the meeting students will do the following.
- Greeting - In preparing for the year the students have been working on professional greetings. student have been learning to introduce themselves by making eye contact, shaking hands in a professional manner, clearly saying their names and actively listening.
- Morning Buzz- Students will participate int he interactive news segment of the Monday Morning Meeting. During this time students will learn objectives for the week, review previously taught content, current events, weather and self- reflection.
Entrance Event: Introduce the students to the idea of the Greek Fest. Introduce the students to the first STEM project of the year. The Greek Fest
Introduce the Driving Question: How do we as students educate the community about ancient Greek culture and the contributions to modern society.
Science Lesson Objectives: As a result of the lesson students will....
1.) Work in cooperative groups to finish their global wind belts of the the earth.
2.) Use a rubric to complete Global Wind Belt Book.
3.) Collaborate to make sure the all the wind belts are represented and presented.
Lesson Overview; Students will work in cooperative groups to complete their global wind belts books. Students will discuss layout of the book and make sure that all parts of the requirements are being met.
Requirements:
Cover- The Global Wind Belts By Students names
Definition of what are global wind belts
All six wind belts are in the book; doldrums, trade winds, jet streams, polar easterlies , prevailing westerlies etc.
Evidence of Learning- Student will complete their global wind book.
Tuesday, October 21, 2014 C- Day
Science Lesson Objectives: As a result of the lesson students will....
1.) Work in cooperative groups to finish their global wind belts of the the earth.
2.) Use a rubric to complete Global Wind Belt Book.
3.) Collaborate to make sure the all the wind belts are represented and presented.
Lesson Overview; Students will work in cooperative groups to complete their global wind belts books. Students will discuss layout of the book and make sure that all parts of the requirements are being met.
Requirements:
Cover- The Global Wind Belts By Students names
Definition of what are global wind belts
All six wind belts are in the book; doldrums, trade winds, jet streams, polar easterlies , prevailing westerlies etc.
Evidence of Learning- Student will complete their global wind book.
Wednesday, October 22, 2014 D- Day
Precipitation
What is precipitation? What are the different types of precipitation?
Thursday, October 23, 2014 E- Day
Precipitation
What is precipitation? What are the different types of precipitation?
Friday, October 24, 2014
NO SCHOOL - Superintendents Conference Day
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Lesson Plans for the Week of 10/13/14-10/17/14 Mr. Bish Science/ Literacy Monday, October 13, 2014 : No School in Observance of Canadian Thanksgiving and Columbus Day 8:20-9:15 Students will make their way down to the LGI room and participate in Monday Morning Meeting. Students will listen and actively participate in the meeting. During the meeting students will do the following. - Greeting - In preparing for the year the students have been working on professional greetings. student have been learning to introduce themselves by making eye contact, shaking hands in a professional manner, clearly saying their names and actively listening. - Morning Buzz- Students will participate int he interactive news segment of the Monday Morning Meeting. During this time students will learn objectives for the week, review previously taught content, current events, weather and self- reflection. Schedule Updates - Mrs. Santamore Scheduling Change. Tuesday, October 14, 2014 D - Day Science Pages 50-52 Global Wind Belts Project Focus: Students will take information from the text and create a book about the global wind belts. Objectives: Students will... 1.) Define Local and Global Winds using context clues. 2.) Distinguish between global and local winds. 3.) Explain how scientist measure wind.
Focus of the lesson: Students will learn about how wind if formed from the following video. Students will then identify the tools used to measure wind. Students will then break into groups of 5 to 6 students to create a book about the global wind belts. Evidence of Learning: Students will begin collecting information on global wind belts. Students will identify the global wind belts: doldrums, horse latitudes , trade winds, jet streams, prevailing westerlies and polareasterlies. Students will collect information about the types of winds that make up these belts, describe the belt and explain the direction it flows.
Wednesday , October 15, 2014- E- Day
Focus: Assessment of Terms: Conduction, Convection, Radiation, Thermal Energy, Temperature, heat and convection currents.
Objectives : Students will
Demonstrate Knowledge of Vocab and Content on assessment.
Work in cooperative groups to gather information about global wind belts.
Assignment: Students will create a book about the global wind belts. The project will include content about the global wind belts, the winds that make up these belts, facts about the wind belts, explanation of direction of wind flow.
Evidence of Learning: Complete assessment and gain information.
Thursday , October 16, 2014- F- Day Fall Fest
Focus: Assessment of Terms: Conduction, Convection, Radiation, Thermal Energy, Temperature, heat and convection currents.
Objectives : Students will
Demonstrate Knowledge of Vocab and Content on assessment.
Work in cooperative groups to gather information about global wind belts.
Assignment: Students will create a book about the global wind belts. The project will include content about the global wind belts, the winds that make up these belts, facts about the wind belts, explanation of direction of wind flow.
Evidence of Learning: Complete assessment and gain information.
Lesson Plans for October 6, 2013 - October 10, 2014
Mr.Bish
Science/ Non-Fiction Literacy Monday, October 6, 2014 - E Day Monday Morning Meeting Protocol
Wear Blue - National Stand Up Against Bullying Day
8:20-9:15 Students will make their way down to the LGI room and participate in Monday Morning Meeting. Students will listen and actively participate in the meeting. During the meeting students will do the following. - Greeting - In preparing for the year the students have been working on professional greetings. student have been learning to introduce themselves by making eye contact, shaking hands in a professional manner, clearly saying their names and actively listening. - Morning Buzz- Students will participate int he interactive news segment of the Monday Morning Meeting. During this time students will learn objectives for the week, review previously taught content, current events, weather and self- reflection. - Guest Speaker- This week students will listen to Office John Garrow NY State PD BCI. Presentation to students so that they learn about his career as an officer working for BCI and the importance of education and working hard at a career. Chapter 2 Heat Transfer Pages 40-43 Science Objectives: As a result of the lesson students will... 1. Describe how temperature is measured. 2. Identify three ways heat is transferred . 3. Explain how heat is transferred in the troposphere.
How a Thermometer Works Students will work in cooperative groups to describe how a thermometer measures temperatures. Students will discuss how the expanding and contracting of the mercury inside the thermometer expands when it is war and contracts when it is cold. Students will discuss the type of scales used to measure temps ( Celsius and Fahrenheit) . Student will identify the temps, water boils at and freezes at on the Fahrenheit and Celsius Scale.) Evidence of Learning: Students will discuss that a thermometer is used to measure temperatures. Identify the two scales and discuss how a thermometer measures temps by contracting when it is cold and expanding when it is warm. Vocab Terms 43-45 Heat Transfer
Tuesday , October 7 2014- F Day Chapter 2 Heat Transfer Pages 40-43 Science Objectives: As a result of the lesson students will... 1. Describe how temperature is measured. 2. Identify three ways heat is transferred . 3. Explain how heat is transferred in the troposphere.
How a Thermometer Works Students will work in cooperative groups to describe how a thermometer measures temperatures. Students will discuss how the expanding and contracting of the mercury inside the thermometer expands when it is war and contracts when it is cold. Students will discuss the type of scales used to measure temps ( Celsius and Fahrenheit) . Student will identify the temps, water boils at and freezes at on the Fahrenheit and Celsius Scale.) Evidence of Learning: Students will discuss that a thermometer is used to measure temperatures. Identify the two scales and discuss how a thermometer measures temps by contracting when it is cold and expanding when it is warm. Vocab Terms 43-45 Heat Transfer Wednesday, October 8, 2014 - A- Day Pages 44-45 Types of Energy Transfer Assessment Vocabulary- electromagnetic waves, radiation, infrared radiation, ultraviolet radiation, scattering and greenhouse effect. Objectives: Students will... 1.)demonstrate knowledge of vocabulary terms from the previous chapter. 2.) Define conduction, convection, and radiation 3.0 Synthesis definitions into their own words and create a visual representation of the concept. Students will complete a chart that looks like this:
Conduction
Convection
Radiation
Definition:
Your own words:
Visual:
Definition:
Your own words:
Visual :
Definition:
Your own words:
Visual:
Requirements:
Must be legible or neat. Must have capital letters, correct spelling and correct punctuation.
Visual must have color and details
Must have the textbook definition and your own wording of the definition.
Evidence of Learning: Students will demonstrate knowledge on vocabulary assessment and use text to complete vocab. concept chart. DUE FRIDAY
Thursday, October 9, 2014 - B- Day Pages 44-45 Types of Energy Transfer Assessment Vocabulary- electromagnetic waves, radiation, infrared radiation, ultraviolet radiation, scattering and greenhouse effect. Objectives: Students will... 1.)demonstrate knowledge of vocabulary terms from the previous chapter. 2.) Define conduction, convection, and radiation 3.0 Synthesis definitions into their own words and create a visual representation of the concept. Students will complete a chart that looks like this:
Conduction
Convection
Radiation
Definition:
Your own words:
Visual:
Definition:
Your own words:
Visual :
Definition:
Your own words:
Visual:
Requirements:
Must be legible or neat. Must have capital letters, correct spelling and correct punctuation.
Visual must have color and details
Must have the textbook definition and your own wording of the definition.
Evidence of Learning: Students will demonstrate knowledge on vocabulary assessment and use text to complete vocab. concept chart. DUE FRIDAY
