Grade 6 - Blizzard Bag #2 Student Name: ________________________________________________________________ Blizzard Bag#2 Page 1 Blizzard Bags are pre-made lessons and activities that allow students to work from home in the case of a school closing (not a delay). Saint Mary School will notify you through ParentAlert when a Blizzard Bag needs to be completed. Subject and Assignments Math............................................................................................................................................................... 3 ELA ................................................................................................................................................................. 4 Science ........................................................................................................................................................... 7 Social Studies ...............................................................................................................................................10 Spanish ......................................................................................................................................................... 11 Blizzard Bags should be returned to school within one week of the announced snow day. In order for the snow day to count as a school day, all students are required to return their Blizzard Bags to avoid extending the school year. The work will be graded and will become part of your child's overall grade .
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Blizzard Bags are pre-made lessons and activities that allow students to work from home in the case of a
school closing (not a delay). Saint Mary School will notify you through ParentAlert when a Blizzard Bag
needs to be completed.
Subject and Assignments Math............................................................................................................................................................... 3
ELA ................................................................................................................................................................. 4
Social Studies ............................................................................................................................................... 10
A leisurely, 100-yard swim brought is to the off-shore reef. We were looking for loose shells, unusual coral formations, flowering anemones, and brightly colored fish; we were looking out for sea spines, fine coral, moray eels, and unfriendly sharks. Jason had brought some bread crusts to entice the tiny reef fish, and Jen hoped that her can of cheese curls would attract some of the larger, hungry inhabitants. Dan and Joe had tucked some leftover chum in their pockets, just in case they saw a nosy squid or a scouting ray. Excited by the unexplored wonders of the reef and energized by the cool, clear, Caribbean waters, we skimmed along the shallower, in-shore edges of the reef.
Jess and I poked contentedly at the buzzing population of colorful creatures hidden in the cracks and crevices of the craggy coral. Jen, Jason, Dan, and Joe had rounded the ocean side of the reef and were out of sight. However, a cloud of chum and crumbs, propelled by voluminous bubbles churned near the turn in the reef. It appeared to be a school of fish. Jess and I raced recklessly toward the troubled waters. As we rounded the reef, we discovered a mass of frenzied fish swarming around our friends. On the deep, blue, ocean edge of this frightening scenario circled a dark, foreboding shape...
Pronouns
Pronouns take the place of nouns and other pronouns. Antecedent is the word the pronoun takes the
place of. Underline the pronoun(s) and circle the matching antecedent(s).
Example: Becky carried her cupcake to the trash, and threw it away.
9. Students brought their lunches to the beach.
10. Ken took Meg home on his new motorcycle.
11. The divers found pieces of coral and brought them back to the boat.
12. Joe and John could have kept the trophy, but they decided to share it.
13. The members of the class turned in their term papers.
14. We keep the priceless vase in its special cabinet.
15. Neither Erin nor Scott ate their lunches.
16. Becky and Susie blamed themselves for the accident.
17. The girl who had been hit by the dune buggy regained consciousness.
18. The ball touched the player’s hands before he noticed the wasp perched on it.
Adverbs
An adverb modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. It answers the questions: Where? When?
How? How often? To what extent?
Circle the adverbs in the story. Draw an arrow to what it modifies.
Why isn’t my radio working? What’s the most popular radio program? How does a radio work?
What’s the best kind of music? These are different kinds of questions you might ask. Some of
them concern physical objects. Others are based on values or opinions—what people believe is
right or wrong, or beautiful or ugly.
Questions are an essential part of science. But scientific questions are limited to the
natural world—to material objects and energy changes you can observe directly or with
scientific tools. The objects may be either living or nonliving things. The energy changes may be
easy to observe, such as the sound of thunder overhead, or more difficult, such as the light
coming from a distant star. What makes a question scientific is that it can be answered by
observations, or evidence.
Scientists may start with a broad question such as “Why do people get colds?” Next, they
break the question down into smaller questions: Can you catch a cold from someone else? Is
there a relationship between getting chills and catching a cold? They state the final question in
a way that can be answered by investigation or experiment. A good scientific question is “Does
getting chilled cause colds?”
Narrowing down a question often helps researchers plan an investigation and gather
evidence to answer the question. For example, to determine whether chills cause colds, a
scientist could ask volunteers to undergo low temperatures that produce chills. If few or no
volunteers catch colds, the scientist has obtained evidence to answer the question.
TIPS FOR POSING QUESTIONS
1. Begin by listing several questions on a topic about the natural world.
2. Try to eliminate questions that cannot be answered by gathering evidence.
3. Break broad questions into questions that can be investigated one at a time.
4. Word questions in a way that allows them to be answered by an investigation or experiment. Here are some good ways to begin scientific questions: “What is the relationship between . . .” “What factors cause . . .” “What is the effect of . . .” Be sure that the question identifies a relationship or factor you can investigate.
Examine the statements below. For each of Questions 1–10, write yes if the topic can be
investigated scientifically. Write no if it cannot be investigated scientifically. Then, for each item
to which you answered yes, rewrite the topic in the form of a scientific question. Answer
Question 11 on a separate sheet of paper.
1. Some people work better in the morning, and other people work better in the afternoon. _______________________________________________________________________________
2. Taking something that belongs to another person is wrong. _______________________________________________________________________________
3. Snakes travel in pairs. _______________________________________________________________________________
4. Animals behave in strange ways before an earthquake. _______________________________________________________________________________
5. People who don’t recycle should have to pay fines. _______________________________________________________________________________
6. Basketball is a better sport than soccer. _______________________________________________________________________________
7. You will remember best whatever you read just before you fall asleep. _______________________________________________________________________________
8. Maria’s kind of bike is faster than Rob’s kind of bike. _______________________________________________________________________________
9. Each year when the weather gets cold, birds fly to warmer regions. _______________________________________________________________________________
10. Trucks use more gasoline than cars. _______________________________________________________________________________