Week 1, 1/27 to 1/31

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 Last updated on Thursday, Jan 30, 2014, 3:53pm

 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 - Snow Make-up Day - No School. Tuesday - Welcome to the 2nd semester (or second half) of the school year! Today 6th graders are continuing to work on the experimental procedure (students are designing their own labs to figure out how to get little motors to lift the most washers). Teams are either finishing their experiments and collecting data or working on their graphs and writing conclusions. HW - None (I have Skyward grades updated and am working on the standards-based progress reports. Progress reports will include peer feedback that students gave each other as available.) Wednesday - Same as yesterday. HW - None Thursday - By today all teams should be either done with their conclusions or at least working on their conclusions.  Teams will share their results so that we can all see which configurations are the best in getting the motors to lift the most washers they can. HW - I'm finally all done with Skyward grades and Online Standards Progress Reports! Check them out.  Friday - Today we will complete lesson 7.2 by using a spring scale and the best configuration to see how much force our motors can exert. Then students will complete the EMM Lesson reflection questions on their blogs. HW - None

8th grade Science Monday - Snow Make-up Day - No School. Tuesday - Welcome to the 2nd semester (or second half) of the school year! Students are going to keep working on their classification of living things project as they sort and organize the living things they found in the virtual world of Azeroth. Students will then begin researching how scientists classify living things to see how they did on their own. HW - None (I have Skyward grades updated and am working on the standards-based progress reports. Progress reports will include peer feedback that students gave each other as available.) Wednesday - Same as yesterday. HW - None Thursday - Same as yesterday. By today students should be ready to embed their organized groups of living things onto their blogs. HW - I'm finally all done with Skyward grades and Online Standards Progress Reports! Check them out.  Friday - By today students should be finished with their classification project. HW - None

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Week 19, 1/20 to 1/24

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 Last updated on Tuesday, Jan 21, 2014, 4:30pm

 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 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - No School. Tuesday - Today 6th graders are continuing to work on the experimental procedure (students are designing their own labs to figure out how to get little motors to lift the most washers). HW - Anything you need to do to get to 850XP by Friday (or show that you learned and understand the 1st semester learning targets). Wednesday - Early Release. Periods 3 and 5 will meet today to continue working on their motor labs. Teams that get their procedures and data tables approved can begin running this experiment and collect data. HW - See Tuesday. Thursday - Early Release. Period 6 will meet today to continue working on the motor labs. Teams that get their procedures and data tables approved can begin running this experiment and collect data. HW - See Tuesday. Friday - Those teams who have completed their experiments will graph their data and write their conclusions. Those teams that are still working on their procedures need to get those approved so they can run their experiments and collect data. HW - See Tuesday.

8th grade Science Monday - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - No School. Tuesday - Today students began sorting their screenshots of living things by going through all the screenshot photos and beginning to organize them. HW - Anything you need to do to get to 950XP by Friday (or show that you learned and understand the 1st semester learning targets). Wednesday - Early Release today and I don't see any of my 8th grade classes. HW - See Tuesday. Thursday - Early Release today and there will be Science for both my 2nd and 4th period classes. Students are going to keep working on their classification of living things project as they sort and organize the living things they found in the virtual world of Azeroth. Students will then begin researching how scientists classify living things to see how they did on their own. HW - See Tuesday. Friday - By today teams should be have their classifications displayed to share. Then teams will work on answering questions about classification and taxonomy. HW - See Tuesday.

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Week 18, 1/13 to 1/17

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 Last updated on Monday, Jan 13, 2014, 5:05pm

 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 students began the self-assessment process to show me how they've been doing since midterm. Students took a survey answering questions about how they want to be assessed, how well they understand the Science Learning Targets and what grade they should get and why. This process will help me determine end of Semester grades and will help students discuss their grades and Science learning with their families. HW - None if you're all caught up (for 6th grade that means you have at least 850XP). Tuesday - Today I will give those that didn't finish their self-assessment survey time to finish it today while those that finished yesterday work on their 3D GameLab quests. Once most everyone is done with the self-assessment survey we will continue our work with Lesson 7 by choosing the variables student teams will be experimenting on. Then students can write their Problem questions and Hypotheses! HW - See Monday. Wednesday - By today student teams should begin working on their experimental procedure for their investigation into how strong our motors are.  HW - See Monday. Thursday - Students will continue to design their motor experiments. HW - See Monday. Friday - Motor experimental procedures continued. Those teams that get their procedures approved by me, along with a data table, can begin collecting data by running their experiments! HW - See Monday -> One week left before the semester ends!

8th grade Science Monday - Today students began the self-assessment process to show me how they've been doing since midterm. Students took a survey answering questions about how they want to be assessed, how well they understand the Science Learning Targets and what grade they should get and why. This process will help me determine end of Semester grades and will help students discuss their grades and Science learning with their families. HW - None if you're all caught up (for 8th grade that means you have at least 950XP). Tuesday - Today 8th graders will continue to work on their self-assessment surveys. Once they are done they will have time to complete any other work they still have due. HW - See Monday. Wednesday - Same as yesterday. I would like to see students get to the minipond safari quest so I can show them how to use the digital microscopes! HW - See Monday. Thursday - Today we will be in the computer lab to continue drawing and collecting all the living things in the different zones of Azeroth. HW - See Monday. Friday - Last day to draw and find all the living things you can find in Azeroth! This is the last time this year we will play World of Warcraft. HW - See Monday -> One week left before the semester ends!

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Week 17, 1/6 to 1/10

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 Last updated on Thursday, Jan 9, 2014, 8:25am

 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 New Year and welcome back! Today 6th graders will have time to work on their Friction Lab (EMM Lesson 6) reflections. We'll ease into the new year and get ready for the next lesson and lab. HW - None if you are caught up.  Tuesday - Same as yesterday. HW - Same as yesterday. Wednesday - Students are still working on their friction four question reflections so we will continue to work on that. Those who are done are working on other 3D GameLab quests. HW - Same as Monday. Thursday - Once most students, if not all, are done with the four review questions for lesson 6 we will begin prepping for lesson 7. Lesson 7 will require students to design their own experiment so it will take longer to prep this one. HW - See Monday. Friday - Today students will continue to work in their teams to design an experiment to see how they can get a little motor to lift as many washers as it can. HW - See Monday (the semester ends Jan 24)

8th grade Science Monday - Happy New Year and welcome back! Today 8th graders will check their 3D GameLab account to see how they are doing and which assignments they need to work on. This is a chance to catch up and get back into the swing of Science! HW - None if you are all caught up. Tuesday - Same as yesterday. HW - Same as yesterday. Wednesday - Today students are going to go over their Biomes/Ecosystems test responses and their What is Living Review quiz responses.  We will also begin planning our classification of the virtual world of Azeroth. HW - Same as Monday. Thursday - Today we are going to use World of Warcraft to get all our characters together. From there students will split up into teams to begin drawing all the living things they come across. HW - Same as Monday Friday - Today we will finish drawing all the living things we find in the regions we are exploring in World of Warcraft. HW - Same as Monday (the semester ends Jan 24)

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