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Greetings Room 12 Families,

State Testing will officially  begin tomorrow.  Please help your child get a good night's rest and breakfast in the morning.  This week we will be having a week off of homework.  However, continuing to read and work on AR is a great idea... students should continue to bring AR books to class, as that is their only activity they can work on if they finish testing early. 

Progress Reports will be sent home on Thursday!  Some students have a lot of missing assignments to track down or make up with extra credit.

Next week we will be working on the new common core state testing... if you want an early preview you can go to:
https://sbacpt.tds.airast.org/student/

We will be piloting the math version.


:) Sara

O'neill Website

http://oneillseaodyssey.org/learners/

Weather study guide

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Weather:  Science Test Study Guide

*We will go over any questions you may have on the study guide in class on Wednesday

*Test on Friday

Here is what you need to know….

1.  Be able to describe what the following are and how they form:

Hurricanes (and storm surge)

Tornados

Thunderstorms

types of precipitation (drizzle, rain, sleet, snow, hail)

2. Cloud types and what type of weather they indicate:

        

Cirrus clouds

Cumulonimbus clouds

Cumulus clouds

Stratus clouds

3. The water cycle:  evaporation, condensation, precipitation

4. How air temperature affects density

5. How the ocean affects weather

6. Read a data table and graph that shows temperature change:

For example:  What was the temperature change from day 1 to day 6?

 day       temp

1       =    43

2       =    53

3       =  50

4       =   57

5       =  59

6       =  67

7. Know the vocabulary words:

thunderstorm        wind        hurricane         humidity          convection current   meteorology           tornado         thermometer         barometer          anemometer

hygrometer               ozone

Weather Vocabulary

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Weather Vocabulary Definitions

1. weather – the state of the atmosphere; most weather occurs in the troposphere and is caused by pressure differences and changes in air, heat and moisture

2. atmosphere- the gasses surrounding earth (made up of the troposphere and stratosphere)

3. meteorology - The study of weather

4. troposphere- the lowest layer of the atmosphere (6-12 miles) above the earth and is where most weather occurs.

5. ozone- The gas the protects the earth from the Sun’s harmful rays

6. current – a large portion of air (or water) moving in a certain direction

7. convection current - The upward and downward movement of air in the atmosphere

8. humidity - The amount of water vapor in the air

9. precipitation (includes: drizzle, rain, sleet, snow, hail that fall to the earth

10. wind- The horizontal movement of air

11. monsoon - A monsoon is a seasonal wind, found especially in Asia that reverses direction between summer and winter and often brings heavy rains and a flooding period as well as a drought period

12. tornado - A violent rotating column of air that extends downward from thunderstorm clouds and touches the ground

13. tsunami - A very large ocean wave caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption.

14. hurricane- A large rotating tropical storm with wind speeds of at least 74 miles per hour

15. earthquake- A sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action

16. thunderstorm- a storm with wind, rain, hail and lightning

17. thermometer - An instrument used to measure temperature

18. barometer - An instrument used to measure pressure

19. anemometer - An instrument used to measure wind speed

20. hygrometer  - An instrument used to measure the moisture in the air/humidity

Monday and Tuesday 4/15 and 16- write definitions

Wednesday 4/17-crossword

Thursday 4/18 –write sentences using at least 10 words (1 vocab word per sentence)

Friday 4/19- (turn in weeks homework definitions and sentences for all words)

Monday 4/22- fill out study guide (given out Monday 4/22)

Tuesday 4/23-fill out study guide (we will go over any questions on study guide in class on Wed.)

Wednesday 4/24- study for weather test

Thursday4/25 – study for weather test

Friday 4/26- test (you may use study guide and science notebook)

Homework- week of April 8th

4/8/13

Greetings Room 12 Families....

I hope you all had an enjoyable break...  I am sorry I had to be absent today, but we will be back on track tomorrow.  Here is this week's vocabulary work.

And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?  Vocabulary

1. cargo- the freight carried by a vehicle

2. colonies- territories governed by a parent country (also the name of the thirteen territories that became the original United states: Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, and Rhode Island.)

3. express- fast, direct

4. liberty - freedom from the control of others

5. oppose - to act against something or someone

6.  Patriot- a person who loves and defends his/her country  (a colonist who was against the British rule in the time of the Revolutionary War)

7. revolutionary - of or tending to promote radical political or social change

8. sentries - soldiers who stand at watch for danger or people without permission to pass

9.  taxes - fees for the support of government required to be paid by people and businesses

10. militia - an army of citizens who are not professional soldiers

11. congregation - a group of people who regularly worship at a church

12. engraved - carved, cut or etched into a material

13. dispatched - sent off to a specific destination

14. overtake- to catch up with

15. succession- a sequence or series

Monday: Definitions

Tuesday:  Write a realistic or fantastical Newspaper article using at least 10 of your vocabulary words.

Wednesday:  Crossword puzzle

Thursday:  Study for vocabulary test

Other Vocabulary to know… but will not be tested.

*bookplates- labels posted inside books that show the owner’s name

*porringers- shallow cups or bowls with handles

*ewers- large, wide-mouthed pitchers or jugs

*spurs- short spikes or sharp-toothed wheels attached to the heels of a rider’s boots and used to urge a horse forward

*petticoat- a skirt or slip worn by girls and women as undergarment

*volley- many shots fired at the same time

*green- a grassy area usually located at the center of  a town or city

*lines- battle areas closest to the enemy

*foundry- a place where metals are cast and molded