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1/03/12
Learning Target: I can explain the difference between observation and inference.
Warm-Up: page 131
1) What does it mean to observe?
2) What does it mean to infer?

- Record definitions for observation and inference (p. 131)
- Complete observation and inference t-chart on page 131 in the student workbook
- Cool-Down (p. 131): What's the difference between observation and inference?

1/04/12
Learning Target: I can identify and describe important details from a text, images, and the internet.
Warm-Up: page 1 (new workbook!)
1) you observe that 5 people brought an umbrella to school today - what can you infer from that?
2) You observe holes in the leaves on your mom's plants - what could you infer from that?
- Complete "Notes on the Powell Expedition": p. 25 & 27
- Cool-Down: One thing I learned today is...

1/05/12
Learning Target: I can identify and describe important details from text, pictures, and rocks.
Warm-Up: Based on what we did yesterday, what can you infer John Wesley Powell learned while exploring the Grand Canyon?
- Complete Grand Canyon Virtual Field Trip: p. 29, 31
- Cool-Down: Grand Canyon Questions, part 1 (p. 33)

1/06/12
Learning Targets: I can draw accurate diagrams.  I can observe rocks and record detailed observations.
Warm-Up: writing prompt sheet (Why do the walls of the Grand Canyon appear to have lines?)
- Diagram North and Nankoweap Canyons: p. 35 and 39 in workbook (use textbook p. 8-9)
- Observe rocks from the 2 canyons - record observations on p. 37 & 41
- Cool-down: Discuss one difference between the two canyons and one similarity