Week 5, 2/24 to 2/28

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 Last updated on Monday, Feb 24, 2014, 3:44pm

 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 - Students had time to today to finish their lesson 8 reflection assignment blogs (which includes finishing the lab work if they didn't finish last week). HW - None Tuesday - Today we are going to start lesson 9 to learn about Power! HW - None Wednesday - Lesson 9 on Power continued! HW - None Thursday - By today teams should be using their motors to determine how powerful they are. HW - None Friday - Continue working on lesson 9 on Power. HW - None

8th grade Science Monday - Students who are NOT done with their classification project worked on their packets today to get the information they need to complete the project. Those who are done with the project worked on their other 3D GameLab quests, which includes the work we are doing to start learning about cells. HW - None Tuesday - Today I will go over the answers to the first packet with students. Then they can work on the second packet. HW - None Wednesday - Continue to work on the second packet. HW - None Thursday - Today I will go over the answers to the second packet with students so they can respond to the classification project questions. HW - None Friday - Todays all my 8th graders should be ready to continue learning about atoms, elements, molecules and compounds as preparation for learning about cells. HW - None

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Week 4, 2/17 to 2/21

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 Last updated on Wednesday, Feb 19, 2014, 4:09pm

 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 - No School Today - President's Day! HW - None Tuesday - Today we will pick up where we left off last week with our 8th lesson on Work.  Sixth graders are practicing how to calculate work and they are figuring out, mathematically, how much work their motors can do! HW - None Wednesday - Almost done with the lab for lesson 8. HW - None Thursday - Today all teams should be done with their lesson 8 labs. Everyone will begin working on the lesson 8 reflection assignment blog. HW - None Friday - Today's plan is to finish lesson 8. Those who get done with the reflection blog can work on any old 3D GameLab quests they need to complete. HW - None

8th grade Science Monday - No School Today - President's Day! HW - Finish your classification project. Tuesday - Today 2nd period continued to learn about atoms, elements, molecules and compounds as well as investigate the relationship between structure and function as we prepare to learn about cells! My 4th period class did the cheek cell lab today because they didn't do it last week. HW - Same as Monday. Wednesday - Today I asked students to backtrack. I still only have 10 students out of my 53 8th graders who have been submitting and working on their classification project. After 13 days in the computer lab playing World of Warcraft and three weeks of in-class time to work on the project, plus one week homework time, I can't wait much longer.  I'm asking the 43 students who haven't completed this classification project to work on it in class until they finish before we all move on with our study of cells. HW - Same as Monday. Thursday - Finish the classification project. HW - Same as Monday. Friday - Finish the classification project. HW - Same as Monday. Get the classification project done this weekend so we can continue our study of cells next week. (It can be done at home if you use the Internet to study classification of living things using the websites we found in class.)

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Week 3, 2/10 to 2/14

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 Last updated on Sunday, Feb 9, 2014, 7:17pm

 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 will finish the lesson 8 intro, practicing how to calculate work. Then they will complete lesson 8.1 where they will calculate the work they did on lesson 6 by pulling the wood block across the five different surface types! I will have a sub in the afternoon for my 5th and 6th period classes because a few middle school teachers will visiting Hawkins Middle School to learn how they do standards-based grading. HW - None Tuesday - Today teams will begin the 8.2 lab with the motors to calculate the amount of work they do to lift an amount of washers. HW - None Wednesday - Today students will continue to work on lesson 8. HW - None Thursday - Today students will keep working on lesson 8.  HW - None Friday - Snow Make-Up Day so No School Today! Happy Valentines Day! HW - Have a great four day weekend!

8th grade Science Monday - There are many students who have not completed their classification projects even though I extended the deadline by one week. They are not using class time to complete the project so that means they are okay with completing the project at home. Today we are going to start some activities to think about how form or structure relates to or leads to function. That is the big idea we will be investigating as we begin our study of cells. I will have a sub in the afternoon for my 5th and 6th period classes because a few middle school teachers will visiting Hawkins Middle School to learn how they do standards-based grading. HW - Finish your classification project. Tuesday - Today students will have activities available that will help them learn about atoms, elements, molecules, and compounds. This will help them understand how cells function. Wednesday - Today we will do a cheek cell lab so that students can see human cheek cells under the microscopes. Thursday - Today students should be working on some activities to learn about ionic and covalent bonds and biological molecules. This will help them understand how things travel in and out of cells. Friday -Snow Make-Up Day so No School Today! Happy Valentines Day! HW - Have a great four day weekend! (Did you finish your classification project)?

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Week 2, 2/3 to 2/7

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 Last updated on Tuesday, Feb 4, 2014, 8:12am

 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 worked on the second half of their lesson 7 investigation to measure in newtons how much force their motors can actually generate using the arrangement they discovered from last week's labs. HW - Skyward grades and Online Standards Progress Reports are ready! Check them out if you haven't already.  Tuesday - Early Release. Periods 3 and 5 will meet today to continue working on Lesson 7. Students need to answer the reflection questions on their blogs to complete the learning about the force exerted by their motors. HW - None Wednesday - Early Release. Period 6 will meet today to continue working on Lesson 7. Students need to answer the reflection questions on their blogs to complete the learning about the force exerted by their motors. HW - None Thursday - Today 6th graders had another period to complete all their Lesson 7 quests, including the reflection blog quest. HW - None Friday - Today 6th graders will begin lesson 8, The Work of a Motor, to determine how much work, and calculate it, their motors can do. We started today by learning what is the scientific definition of Work and how to calculate Work. HW - None

8th grade Science Monday - Today students continued to work on their classification projects. HW - Skyward grades and Online Standards Progress Reports are ready! Check them out if you haven't already.  Tuesday -  Early Release today and I don't see any of my 8th grade classes. HW - None Wednesday - Early Release today and there will be Science for both my 2nd and 4th period classes. Students are working to complete their classification projects so we can move on to our study of cells. HW - None Thursday - Continue working on classification projects. HW - None Friday - Deadline, extended to today, to complete the classification projects. HW - None if you completed your project. Otherwise, finish your classification project.

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