Mrs. Pettyjohn's
5th Grade Science
Students will be able to 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. Students will be able to compare the structures and functions of different species that help them live and survive such as hooves on prairie animals or webbed feet in aquatic animals. Students will have a quiz Thursday over the following vocabulary words. They may be studied on Quizlet at the following link https://quizlet.com/_4jdgib inherited traits - characteristics offspring gets from its parents adaptation - a body part or behavior that helps an animal survive in its environment dormancy - a period of inactivity for a plant hibernation - an inactive state of the body for an extended period of time migration - movement of animals from one place to another camouflage - body covering that helps an animal blend in with its environment instinct - a behavior that an animal knows how to do from birth that helps it survive extinct - species no longer living on Earth mimicry - resembling another species to protect an animal from predators Students will have a test over Weather vs. Climate, Food Webs, and Inherited Traits vs. Learned Behaviors on Friday. We will review for it in class on Thursday. A Field Day permission slip for the inflatables will be sent home. It will be due Thursday. A Field Trip permission slip was sent home last week and is due this Friday as the field trip is the day we come back from Spring Break. There is also a google document that can be filled out instead of the form and it can be found and filled out at the following link https://goo.gl/forms/Bx7CW5K7MnVxwPqC2 3/9/18 JIS Field Day 3/12-16/18 Spring Break 3/19/18 5th Grade Field Trip 3/28/18 EAFK for Respect 3/27-28/18 Middle School Open House Nights 3/30/18 JIS Holiday 4/10/18 Math STAAR 4/11/18 Reading STAAR 4/16/18 JIS Holiday 5/14/18 Math STAAR Retest 5/15/18 Reading STAAR Retest 5/16/18 Science STAAR 5/23/18 EAFK
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