Week 13, 11/25 to 11/29

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 Last updated on Sunday, Nov 24, 2013, 5:48pm

 Daily Schedule 

1st per - 7:45am to 8:37am 

2nd per - 8:41am to 9:33am 

3rd per - 9:37am to 10:29am 

Eagle Time - 10:33am to 11:00am

Lunch - 11:00am to 11:32am 

4th per - 11:36am to 12:28pm 

5th per - 12:32pm to 1:24pm 

6th per - 1:28pm to 2:20pm

6th grade Science Monday to Wednesday - Students will be working on completing all the parts of EMM Lesson 5 on elastic force and gravity. Once students have finished all the lab parts (analyzing their data and writing their conclusions) they will work on their 3D GameLab quests. Wednesday we will be on an Early Release Schedule (leaving at 12:15pm and having 25min class periods). Here are the 6th grade Standards and Learning Targets we are working on right now: Energy. And here is a list of the Science vocabulary words we've been learning: Vocab. HW - None Thursday - Thanksgiving! HW - Have a great Thanksgiving! Friday - No School Today. HW - Enjoy your Thanksgiving break!

8th grade Science Monday to Wednesday - This week we will start working with microscopes. Students will begin by learning how to use (and care for) our compound microscopes. Wednesday we will be on an Early Release Schedule (leaving at 12:15pm and having 25min class periods). In December 8th graders will be working with microscopic organisms a couple of days each week, while working in the computer lab three days a week to practice some virtual classification of living things. (If you are not part of the class Facebook group and you are not getting my emails, send me a message to learn more about what we're doing.) Here are the 8th grade Standards and Learning Targets we are working on right now: Structure and Function. And here is a list of the Science vocabulary words we've been learning: Vocab. HW - None Thursday - Thanksgiving! HW - Have a great Thanksgiving! Friday - No School Today. HW - Enjoy your Thanksgiving break!

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Week 12, 11/18 to 11/22

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 Last updated on Friday, Nov 22, 2013, 11:16am

 Daily Schedule 

1st per - 7:45am to 8:37am 

2nd per - 8:41am to 9:33am 

3rd per - 9:37am to 10:29am 

Eagle Time - 10:33am to 11:00am

Lunch - 11:00am to 11:32am 

4th per - 11:36am to 12:28pm 

5th per - 12:32pm to 1:24pm 

6th per - 1:28pm to 2:20pm

6th grade Science Monday - Today we are working on finishing the Elastic Force lab, EMM Lesson 5, part 1, so that we can begin part 2 investigating the force of gravity! Here are the 6th grade Standards and Learning Targets we are working on right now: Energy. And here is a list of the Science vocabulary words we've been learning: Vocab. HW - None if you are caught up. Tuesday - Today we will check our lesson 5, part 1, answers and begin the part 2 reading. HW - None if you are all caught up. Wednesday - Today we should be starting the lesson 5, part 2 lab. HW - None if you are all caught up. Thursday - Still working on lesson 5, part 2. HW - None Friday - Today students will graph their data and write conclusions to their labs. Then they will begin completing that quest on 3D GameLab. HW - None

8th grade Science Monday - Those who are still working on their living assignments need to complete all of those so they can work on their Food Miles Blog quest. Those who are done with their Food Miles Blog are working on their other 3D GameLab assignments. Here are the 8th grade Standards and Learning Targets we are working on right now: Ecosystems. And here is a list of the Science vocabulary words we've been learning: Vocab. HW - None if you are caught up. Tuesday - Same as yesterday. HW - None Wednesday - Same as Monday. HW - None Thursday - Still same as Monday and very few 8th graders have completed their Food Miles Blog.  I'm getting restless because I really want to move on to microscopes and microscopic life, plus some other topics we need to get to! HW - None Friday - We will spend one more day catching up to the Food Miles Blog quest then we will start working on microscopes on Monday. I also taught a lesson in both classes to show students how to diagram different energy transfers. By 8th grade our students should have an understanding of how energy transfers through electrical systems, mechanical systems, heat systems (such as conduction, radiation and convection) and living systems (matter and chemical energy transfers in food webs). HW - None

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Week 11, 11/11 to 11/15

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 Last updated on Tuesday, Nov 12, 2013, 11:50am

 Daily Schedule 

1st per - 7:45am to 8:37am 

2nd per - 8:41am to 9:33am 

3rd per - 9:37am to 10:29am 

Eagle Time - 10:33am to 11:00am

Lunch - 11:00am to 11:32am 

4th per - 11:36am to 12:28pm 

5th per - 12:32pm to 1:24pm 

6th per - 1:28pm to 2:20pm

6th grade Science Monday - Happy Veteran's Day! No school today. HW - Midterm standards-based online progress reports were ready last week as were Skyward grades. Tuesday - Teams are still graphing and analyzing their data from the Elastic Force lab, EMM Lesson 5, part 1. HW - None Wednesday - Today teams will share their graphs as we go over the graph analysis questions. Then students can work on their other quests. HW - Choose a time in the next two days to come in for parent/student/teacher conferences! Thursday - Conference time! Teachers will be available today at the following times: 7:30 -11:30am, 1:00 - 4:00pm, and  5:00 - 7:30pm. HW - None Friday - Same as yesterday but only from 7:30 to 11:00am. HW - None

8th grade Science Monday - Happy Veteran's Day! No school today. HW - Midterm standards-based online progress reports were ready last week as were Skyward grades. Tuesday - Students are still working on their 3D GameLab Science quests to get to the Food Miles quest and the Food Miles Blog quest to share what they learned from last week's activity. HW - None Wednesday - Same as yesterday. HW - Choose a time in the next two days to come in for parent/student/teacher conferences! Thursday - Conference time! Teachers will be available today at the following times: 7:30 -11:30am, 1:00 - 4:00pm, and  5:00 - 7:30pm. HW - None Friday - Same as yesterday but only from 7:30 to 11:00am. HW - None

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Week 10, 11/4 to 11/8

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 Last updated on Friday, Nov 8, 2013, 11:26am

 Daily Schedule 

1st per - 7:45am to 8:37am 

2nd per - 8:41am to 9:33am 

3rd per - 9:37am to 10:29am 

Eagle Time - 10:33am to 11:00am

Lunch - 11:00am to 11:32am 

4th per - 11:36am to 12:28pm 

5th per - 12:32pm to 1:24pm 

6th per - 1:28pm to 2:20pm

6th grade Science Monday - Today we started EMM Lesson 5, an Introduction to Forces. HW - Midterm standards-based online progress reports are ready as are Skyward grades. Tuesday - Teams are still working on the Getting Started part of the lab preparation so they will need to finish that before they can do the Elastic Force lab, EMM Lesson 5, part 1. HW - None Wednesday - Today teams will start the lab investigating elastic force! HW - None Thursday - Elastic Force lab continued. Students are going to analyze and graph their data. HW - None Friday - Elastic Force lab data analysis and graphing is still going on today. HW - Have a great Veteran's Day weekend!

8th grade Science Monday - Today we started an activity called Food Miles to learn something about the foods we eat and how far they travel to get to us. HW - Midterm standards-based online progress reports are ready as are Skyward grades. Tuesday - Today teams will continue to calculate how many miles their lunches traveled to get to them using Google and Google Maps. Then they will calculate how much carbon was added to the atmosphere just for their lunch! HW - None Wednesday - Today teams will finish the Food Miles activity and share their conclusions by blogging about their results. Then students will be able to continue working on any quests they need to catch up on. HW - None Thursday - Students are working on their 3D GameLab Science quests to get to the Food Miles quest and the Food Miles Blog quest to share what they learned from that activity. HW - None Friday - Same as yesterday! HW - Have a great Veteran's Day weekend!

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