Be Responsible 
Be Prepared Be Respectful
Mrs. Lee ~ SIXTH Grade Language Arts
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OCEAN UNIT
"If you want a lesson in beauty, in harmony, in balance, just swim with whales or dolphins"
- by Wyland
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OCEAN UNIT UBD
MONDAY MESSAGE 5.24.10
ASSIGNMENTS:
WHALE Research-
Questions to outline- Due Tuesday, June 8
Outline/Rough Finished- DUE THURSDAY, June 10
FINAL- Tuesday, June 15
Informational Research Paper Links:
Whale Research Paper Instructions
Informational Paper Whale Rubric
WHALE LINKS:
http://animal.discovery.com/guides/endangered/endangered.html
http://animal.discovery.com/tv/whale-wars/meet-the-whales/
http://animal.discovery.com/tv/whale-wars/whaling/
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/education/whales.htm
http://www.whalesfilm.com/index.htm
http://www.whale-world.com/
Whale Facts
Photos
Whale Sounds
http://animal.discovery.com/tv/whale-wars/
The Electronic Zoo....kid friendly and has a marine mammal link
http://netvet.wustl.edu/ssi.htm
ocean information....cool graphics and neat coral reef links!
http://www.seasky.org/index.html -
Whale Words Resource
http://www.newfoundlandwhales.net/whalewords.htm
http://www.whaletimes.org/whahmpg.htm
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Field Trips, Events, and Dates:
Tuesday, June 8: Whale Watch
Friday, June 11: Field Day
Tuesday, June 15: Whale Research Paper DUE
Friday, June 18: Odiorne
Monday, June 21: Ocean Event Day
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YEAR-LONG CURRICULUM INFO
Curriculum Benchmarks
Introductory Greetings
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Creative Quotes:
All the other colors are just colors, but purple seems to have a soul. Purple is not just a noun and an adjective but also a verb - when you look at it, it's looking back at you. ~Uniek Swain
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. ~Aristotle
A man paints with his brains and not with his hands. ~Michelangelo
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. ~Scott Adams
Painting is just another way of keeping a diary. ~Pablo Picasso
Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen. ~Leonardo da Vinci
Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in. ~Amy Lowell
What does ART mean to you?
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