November 2023

Thursday, November 2, 2023

Do Now: take out your notebook and exchange it with somebody else

Then: Peer review and grade notebooks

Next: double fertilization 

fertilization and seed formation see/think/wonder

Exit Ticket: What is the difference between gymnosperms and angiosperms?

Friday, November 3, 2023

Do Now: Take out your notebook. Go say hi to your plant. Check the soil. If it's dry, give it a drink of water.

Next: review evolution of plants

Then: study for test on Monday

Exit Ticket: When is the test and what is it about?

Monday, November 6, 2023

Do Now: Get into your group from Friday and finish up your plant poster

Next: Present posters

Then: Take Unit 2 test (on Google classroom)

Exit Ticket:  Something that brought you joy over the weekend

Tuesday, November 7, 2023

Do Now: Put your phone away, take out your notebook and a pencil

Next: Peel the fruit

Then: Unit 2 test retakes or GWT

Exit Ticket: In your notebook write down the most memorable thing (take away) about the plant life evolution unit

Monday, November 13, 2023

Do Now: Take out your notebook & put away your phone

Next: Final work time on the visual timeline of the evolution of plant life project. This is an individual project. Everybody must complete one.

Exit Ticket: Something that made you laugh or smile this past weekend

Tuesday, November 14, 2023

Welcome Guest Teacher Jillene

Do Now: Take out your notebook & put away your phone! 

Next: Watch How Plants Tell Time and do a connect/extend/challenge thinking routine in your notebook

Then: Find your plant evolution timeline on the back table.Check for feedback that I provided on your posters. Make revisions if necessary (10 min). Pass your poster to the right - Get/give feedback. Take five minutes to make observations and give verbal feedback to each other. Make revisions based on peer suggestions. 

Exit Ticket: Something you learned about how plants tell time

Thursday, November 16, 2023

Do Now: Draw a data table in your notebook (example on the whiteboard) and then label the rows and cells of the seed container on your table. Listen for my instructions on how to do this.

Next: Fill seed containers with soil. Plant 2-3 of your stratified ironweed seeds into each cell of row 1.

Then: we will watch a video on plant root growth  and do a connect/extend/challenge in your notebook

Exit Ticket: a success or challenge in planting your seeds

Monday, November 20, 2023

Do Now: Take out your notebook and your laptop. Check your botany grade in Skyward. In your notebook, write down your current grade and any missing botany assignments. Write down your goal for today's GWT.

Next: GWT - work on the goal that you identified

Exit Ticket: What did you accomplish today?

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Do Now: Think of your favorite thanksgiving food that you ate last holiday. Be ready to share it out.

Next: Watch What Plants Talk About and do a see/think/wonder in your notebook

Exit Ticket: A weekend memory in a nutshell

Thursday, November 30, 2023

Do Now: Make observations of ironweed germination and document in your notebook

Next: Copy down the following terms and definitions (can also be found on the whiteboard)
Taproot- a thick primary root, with smaller secondary roots growing out from the sides
Fibrous roots- have many small branching roots, but no large primary root
Meristematic cell- an undifferentiated cell that can divide indefinitely
Meristem- a region of meristematic cells
Adventitious roots- roots that arise from unusual places (such as a stem)