Sunday, April 28, 2024

Quarter 4, Week 1, 4-29 to 5-3

6B - Ms. Berg's 5/6 Homeroom Class
6G - Mr. Gonzalez's 6th Grade Homeroom Class

Math & Science

Monday to Friday - 
Math - Unit 3 on Decimals for 5th grade and Unit 2 on Ratios for 6th grade.

Science - We are done getting water quality data so next students will learn what their data means, graph it, and analyze it. We will also finish our climate change lessons.

Writer's Elective (Monday and Friday only) -
Teams have started recording their video casts! 


HW - For Math students have Aleks and for Science students have the Quizizz and Legends of Learning Life, Earth, and Physical Science study guides.

Tuesday - Math MAP test and music assembly at 10 am.

Thursday - Science MAP test.

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Sunday, April 21, 2024

Quarter 3, Week 10, 4-22 to 4-26

6B - Ms. Berg's 5/6 Homeroom Class
6G - Mr. Gonzalez's 6th Grade Homeroom Class

Math & Science

Monday - North Olympic Salmon Coalition (NOSC) Finnriver creek restoration field trip Monday from 1:15 to 3:15 pm!

Tuesday - Language MAP testing.

Thursday - Reading MAP testing.

This week in Math - Unit 3 on Decimals for 5th grade and Unit 2 on Ratios for 6th graders.

This week in Science - Water Quality data collection continued and climate change lessons.

Writer's Elective (Friday only) -
Monday we will be on the NOSC Finnriver field trip so we will continue working on the video shows and podcasts on Friday.


HW - For students who are done with their Math Learning Progressions and Hydrodynamics Challenge Robotics eportfolio page, they should be practicing their multiplication facts and there are also Science practice Quizizz sets.

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Saturday, April 13, 2024

Quarter 3, Week 9, 4-15 to 4-19

6B - Ms. Berg's 5/6 Homeroom Class
6G - Mr. Gonzalez's 6th Grade Homeroom Class

Math & Science

Monday to Friday - 
Math - We will finish a fraction problem string then 5th graders will begin decimals and 6th graders will begin ratios.

Science - We will begin water quality testing this week as well as learning about climate change.

Writer's Elective (Monday and Friday only) - Students are planning and starting their video shows!


HW - If you have not finished filling out the NOSC Finnriver permission slip and photo release form, the Youth Summit permission slip, and the Cispus paperwork for 6th graders, please complete those and send them to school with your child at your earliest convenience.

Sixth graders also need to be getting sponsors for the Choose-A-Thon fundraising event!


Friday After Lunch - 6th Grade Choose-A-Thon Fundraising Event!

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Friday, April 5, 2024

Quarter 3, Week 8, 4-8 to 4-12

6B - Ms. Berg's 5/6 Homeroom Class
6G - Mr. Gonzalez's 6th Grade Homeroom Class

Math & Science

Monday through Friday - No Garden this week during Math & Science. 
Math - Students who have not completed their last unit Learning Progressions and eportfolio reflections need to do that so they will have more time in class this week. Then 5th graders will start their Decimals Unit (Unit 3 in Bridges) and 6th graders will start their Ratios Unit (Unit 2 in Desmos).

Science - This week we are starting our Ocean Guardian Schools Environmental Stewardship Project. Students who have NOT finished their robotics project will need do so at some point and if they do NOT complete it for homework it will be tough to find time during class but we'll see what we can do.
Monday we are going to take some time to learn about the Solar Eclipse event and maybe go out and see the partial coverage of the sun from our state.
Tuesday North Olympic Salmon Coalition (NOSC) will join us for a lesson on the History of Chimacum Creek.
Wednesday we will practice using our digital microscopes for Thursday's activity.
Thursday NOSC returns with live samples of Benthic Macroinvertebrates from Chimacum Creek at HJ Carroll to teach students how to identify the macros and use that data to determine creek health!
Friday we will start preparing to learn about Chimacum Creek's water quality to start collecting data next week.


Writer's Elective (Monday and Friday only) -
We are going to get back to work on our writing projects which includes writing books and creating podcasts and video shows!


HW - Fill out and sign all the paperwork kids are taking home: 

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