Student Responses

1. Vocabulary Skill -  2A-RS - Greek & Latin Set I, Set 2, Set 3

2. Click here to read selection. (page 200)

Click on the link above to read about a group of fifth graders that took a field trip to the Florida Everglades. Create a wiki page that expresses your opinion about whether we should save the Florida Everglades, and link it to your student wiki page. Make sure you include at least three environmental effects mentioned within the reading material, as well as your opinion about each. You must comment on at least five classmates' response pages, using vocabulary words from the passage. You may add graphics to illustrate your opinions.

(SS)113.16 b (9 A, B) Geography. The student understands how people adapt to and modify their environment. The student is expected to: (A) describe how and why people have adapted to and modified their environment in the United States, past and present, such as the use of human resources to meet basic needs; and (B) analyze the positive and negative consequences of human modification of the environment in the United States, past and present.

(SC) 5.9C-SS Predict the effects of changes in ecosystems caused by living organisms, including humans, such as the overpopulation of grazers or the building of highways

(SC)5.9A-RS Observe the way organisms live and survive in their ecosystem by interacting with the living and non-living elements

(SC) 5.10B-RS Differentiate between inherited traits of plants and animals such as spines on a cactus or shape of a beak and learned behaviors such as an animal learning tricks or a child riding a bicycle

(R) (2A-RS) determine the meaning of grade-level academic English words derived from Latin, Greek, or other linguistic roots and affixes

(R) (10A-SS) draw conclusions from the information presented by an author and evaluate how well the author's purpose was achieved.

(LA) (18C)  write responses to literary or expository texts and provide evidence from the text to demonstrate understanding 

(TECH) 126.7b-ABC

Creativity and innovation. The student uses creative thinking and innovative processes to construct knowledge and develop digital products. The student is expected to:

(A)  create original products using a variety of resources;

(B)  analyze trends and forecast possibilities, developing steps for the creation of an innovative process or product; and

(C)  use virtual environments to explore systems and issues.