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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Sunday, March 24, 2024

Spring Break April 1 to April 5

 Spring Break 

April 1 to April 5



Quarter 3, Week 7, 3-25 to 3-29

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

Math & Science

Monday to Friday - Monday Garden!
Math - 6th graders are finishing fractions with their Unit 4 assessment. 5th graders will be continuing with fractions for a bit longer.

Science - The Hydrodynamics Challenge is due this week! That means the reflection write-up on eportfolios, too!

Writer's Elective (Monday and Friday only) - Finish kindness posters and begin working on the Character Playbook lessons.


HW - None this week and none for spring break - relax and have fun over spring break!

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Sunday, March 17, 2024

Quarter 3, Week 6, 3-18 to 3-22

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

Math & Science

Monday to Friday - Garden on Monday!

Math - We are continuing our work with fractions, adding and subtracting for 5th graders and dividing for 6th graders. Sixth graders are almost done with their unit so they should be taking the end of unit test this week.

Science - Teams are continuing to work on their Hydrodynamics Robotics Challenge, which is due next week!

Writer's Elective (Monday and Friday only) - This week will work on getting our Kindness posters done and placed around the school so that we can start wrapping up our kindness unit. This is happening to help kids use strategies to get along better and make our school a safe and happy place for EVERYONE. 😊


HW - Students are encouraged to go back and practice problems they missed on their unit quizzes to make sure they learn anything they didn't get the first time around.

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Sunday, March 10, 2024

Quarter 3, Week 5, 3-11 to 3-15

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

Math & Science

Monday to Thursday - Garden on Monday.

For Math we are continuing our work with fractions. Adding and subtracting fractions for 5th graders and dividing fractions for 6th graders. 

Teams are working on the Hydrodynamics Challenge for robotics and they until Friday, March 28, to finish.

Writer's Elective (Monday only) - Our focus is on Kindness and Differences.


HW - Once students finish practicing the problems they got wrong on their quiz, they can get back to working on Aleks for Math.

Thursday - Student of the Month assembly.

Friday - 
 No School for students today - Parent/Student/Teacher conferences. (Check Classdojo for information about signing up for your child's conference.)

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