1. VOCABULARY GRADE 6 OPEN COURT UNIT 5 Ecology
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2. SCHEDULE DAY ONE: WORD KNOWLEDGE AND VOCABULARY DAY TWO: DEFINITIONS
DAY THREE: 5 SENTENCES
DAY FOUR: POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
MATCHING QUIZ
A VOCABULARY PRESENTATION FOR UNIT ONE: PERSEVERANCE
Vocabulary Homework Page
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3. Unit 5: ECOLOGY - Endangered species - Adaptation - Rachel Carson
- Rain forest
- Southwest desert
- Forest fires
- Balance of an
ecosystem
Unit 5: Ecology
Information literacy skills covered in this unit include:
****Life Science Unit/Wetlands Online Lesson
****Open Unit with Rainforest video
Investigating a problem
Investigating the group’s problem
Recording conjectures
Summarizing and organizing material from multiple sources
Gathering information
Using a newspaper
Proofreading checklist
Taking notes
Creating a food web
Evaluating research and raising new questions
Using a map to answer research questions
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4. ECOLOGY TITLES Protecting Wildlife
The Most Beautiful Roof in the World
Alejandro’s Gift
A Natural Force
Saving the Peregrine Falcon
The Day They Parachuted Cats on Borneo
Protecting Wildlife(Page 472M) Activate prior knowledge about endangered species and habitats with library resources. Discuss environmental issues and ask students to start thinking about a problem they would like to research.Letter to the editor(Page 487F) Guide students in a discussion about sources they can use to learn about natural disasters and the effect on human and wildlife habitat.(Page 489A) Students will research an aspect of the unit theme. Each student will be responsible for a written investigation and an oral presentation.(Page 489C) As students begin to define their research problem, a wide variety of library resources, both print and non print, will provide support and information.
The Most Beautiful Roof in the World(Page 492M) Library materials provide background knowledge about rain forests and the work of rain forest scientists in South and Central America, Africa, and Southeast Asia.Editorial(Page 507C) Students form research groups and begin to pose conjectures. The library can provide multiple sources for students to access as they explore their research problems.
3. Alejandro’s Gift(Page 510M) Provide books about the Southwest desert habitat to build background knowledge about the adaptations of plants and animals in this habitat. Include Reading Rainbow’s Alejandro’s Gift. The film explores how important water is for all living things. Public service ad(Page 519F) Using Resources on Ecosystems. Students investigate the organisms that live in the desert and the resources that support the organisms. Students design a poster to illustrate their findings.(Page 521A) Have students use a variety of resources to find out the characteristics of deserts in preparation for construction of a model of a desert environment.
****Water/California Aquaduct video
4. A Natural Force(Page 531F) Students work in small groups using a variety of library materials to find out how forest fires help renew forests. Editorial cartoon(Page 533A) Students read about specific varieties of trees and plants, such as the lodgepole pine tree and the Ceanothus shrub. Working in small groups, they choose a specific variety of tree, shrub, or flower that grows in a forest. Then they investigate the plant’s characteristics.
5. Saving the Peregrine Falcon(Page 549F) Students work in small groups to choose a topic to investigate about biodiversity. Persuasive report(Page 551D) While working on the research problems, provide some instruction on note taking and ways to incorporate the notes into an outline. Use library resources and online sites to practice.
6.The Day They Parachuted Cats on Borneo(Page 565F) Students conduct research using various resources such as non fiction books, field guides, encyclopedias, and the Internet to confirm or correct their research about biodiversity. Persuasive report(Page 567D) Use atlases and maps in the library to answer research questions. Review the key, scale, latitude lines, longitude lines, and the compass rose.
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5. Unit Vocabulary Words Lesson 1 Protecting Wildlife traw*ling poach*ing
at*mos*phere
o*zone lay*er
ra*di*o*ac*tive fuel
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6. Matching Quiz
Lesson 1
Type of fishing done with a net dragged across the bottom of the sea.
Taking animals from a forbidden area.
Layer in the atmosphere that holds a specific type or form of oxygen.
Particle or wave-emitting materials used to create energy.
Gaseous layer of air that surrounds the earth.
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7. Unit Vocabulary Words Lesson 2 The Most Beautiful Roof in the World
can*o*py
pa*rab*o*las
syn*chro*nized
for*ag*ing
met*a*bo*lic
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8. Matching Quiz
Lesson 2
Relating to the means in which food is converted to energy.
To hunt or search for food or supplies.
Motion having the form of an open curve.
Anything that acts or seems to act as an overhanging shelter or covering.
To happen at the same time.
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9. Unit Vocabulary Words Lesson 3 Alejandro’s Gift a*do*be en*dure
cher*rished
fur*rows
drudg*er*y
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10. Matching Quiz Lesson 3 To put up with; to bear or stand.
Long narrow grooves or tracks cut in the earth by a farming tool.
Brick made of clay baked in the sun.
Held dear; deeply loved.
Work that is hard and tiresome.
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11. Unit Vocabulary Words Lesson 4 A Natural Force crown in*ev*i*ta*ble
a*dapt*ed
de*cid*u*ous
pred*a*tor*y
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12. Matching Quiz Lesson 4 Cannot be avoided; for certain.
Changed to fit new conditions or surroundings.
Living by preying on other animals.
The highest part of anything.
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13. Unit Vocabulary Words Lesson 5 Saving the Peregrine Falcon DDT ey*ries
in*cu*ba*tor
pip
crop
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14. Matching Quiz Lesson 5 Pouches in bird’s necks used to store food.
First crack in an egg made by a hatching chick.
Heated container for hatching eggs.
Powerful poison that kills insects; it is restricted by law because of damaging environmental effects.
Nests for birds of prey built in high places.
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15. Unit Vocabulary Words Lesson 6 The Day They Parachuted
Cats on Borneo liq*ui*fied
post*script*um
steeped
ren*dez*vous
strad*dles
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16. Matching Quiz
Lesson 6
Soaked, drenched, or saturated by a liquid, gas, or solid substance.
Having one part on this side and the other part on the other side.
Meeting of two or more persons or things at a certain time and place.
Made into a liquid or fluid.
Statement added to a passage or piece of writing that has already been concluded.
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17. RESOURCES
- general resources
- Wetlands online lesson
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