Evaluating

==Evaluating Justifying a decision or course of action, checking, hypothesizing, critiquing, experimenting, judging.==

//**Example activity**// - (Space Unit) Compare the benefits of living on Earth to living on the moon. (Don't forget your name). Experiment growing a variety of vegetables, herbs and flowers using hydroponics. (Jay Davis)

**Economics**: Build prior knowledge about choices and opportunity cost. Engage students in a debate using the topics that follow. Debates must include reasons for your choice as well as what is being given up (opportunity cost). The discussions were: 1) With a forest of trees, do you choose to cut them all down to build homes, or leave them up for nature? 2) If you have to build a factory, do you build it to produce more cars or more computers? (Jessica Newman) **// Reflection: //** //T// //This debate went EXTREMELY well. Students who generally struggle with social studies were able to easily distinguish between choices and the opportunity cost. The reasons and justifications my students came up with were mature and well thought out. I made sure to focus on the skills of being a fair debater, and how to “fight fair”. We dove into the economics behind all of the choices and spoke a great deal about society, needs, and wants. More economics came out of this than I was expecting, and more social skills were taught than I planned on! I could not have asked for better. The class was begging for more. //

Language arts: Read "The Very Hungry Caterpillar." Hypothesize what would happen to a chrysalis that hangs on a tree through the winter. Check some on-line sites to find other animals that go into a chrysalis (praying mantis, etc.) If possible, adopt a chrysalis from a tree and watch it through the winter.(Carol Russell)

9 CP English: //To Kill a Mockingbird// Unit - Why is it forgivable that Mayella Ewell invited Tom Robinson into her house? How could her hugging Tom not be an unacceptable act (why did she hug and kiss him...really)? After careful consideration....why did she get so upset on the stand and yell at the jury? (J.DeLoach)

French activity: -IR verbs: Consider the conjugations of -er verbs and -ir verbs. How are they alike? What are their differences? How could you teach these concepts to other beginning French students?

Novel: Review with your partner the traits of both characters compiled in the previos lessons of bloomslessons. Collaborate and post the 5 most descriptive and exact traits that exempiflies your chosen characters. (Lisa A. Neeld)

Math Lesson: Graphing Equations Unit: Compare the different slopes of lines. What does the slope tell you about the direction of the line? What do you notice about lines that go up and lines that go down. (Angela Socorso)**//REFLECTIONS: The United Streaming video on slope clearly presented an explanation of the different slopes of lines. Students were able to create a visual showing the different slopes. They drew lines that moved up and down and ones that were flat. They were able to write a brief comparison about line direction and slope. I was very pleased with the video and will use it again next year. 100% success with this activity. I used their work in my word wall.//**

**//Second Grade//** - **Art Lesson** - (Insect Unit) - Students will evaluate their invented insect. The students will take the role as a scientist who just recently found this insect. The students will present their invented insect to the class. Students will explain to the class the insects body, habitat and food. (Erin Murphy)

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