Week 5, 9/29 to 10/3

(This may change from day to day depending on how much we actually get done in class so check back often to make sure something wasn't changed at the last minute.) 

 Last updated on Thursday, Oct 2, 2014, 8:53pm

 Daily Schedule 

1st per - 7:45am to 9:08am 

2nd per - 9:12am to 10:35am 

Lunch - 10:35am to 11:05am 

3rd per - 11:09am to 12:31pm 

4th per - 12:35pm to 1:25pm 

5th per - 1:29pm to 2:20pm
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6th grade Science Monday - Today we will review how to use 3D GameLab to do our work in Science.  Students need to work on their volcano quests (or catch up if they are not there yet). HW - None, if you're all caught up. Tuesday to Friday - Students will be working on any quests/assignments they didn't finish before we left for Cispus.  The four quests above will expire on Sunday, October 5, so get them done before then to get the XP! :) They will also be working on the volcano quests and the Mt Saint Helens quests this week. The volcano quests will be available all year so you can finish them at any time. There are three others that will unlock when you complete some of the above quests. HW - Complete any homework that you still have not done (see week three).

6th grade Exploratory Peace 4 Kids (This is my 1st period class come back for 4th period.) Monday - Today we will go over the goals we set for Cispus. Then we will make new goals. HW - Goal Setting School-Home Link Tuesday - Today students will complete a plan for success based on three goals, a strength goal, a challenge goal and a stretch goal (long term)! HW - None if you finished yesterday's HW. Wednesday - Finish your Plan for Success goals from yesterday. Then we will learn about Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development. HW - None if you are finished with Monday's HW. Thursday - Kohlberg independent practice activity. HW - None if you did Monday's HW. Friday - Finish and check the Kohlberg independent activity. Then begin working on the Kohlberg newspaper activity. HW - None if you're all done.

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Week 4, 9/22 to 9/26

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 Last updated on Saturday, Sept 20, 2014, 1:00pm

 Daily Schedule 

1st per - 7:45am to 9:08am 

2nd per - 9:12am to 10:35am 

Lunch - 10:35am to 11:05am 

3rd per - 11:09am to 12:31pm 

4th per - 12:35pm to 1:25pm 

5th per - 1:29pm to 2:20pm
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6th grade Science Monday - We will be working on Cispus activities all day today here at school. Students can bring their gear to leave here over night and they will take the 2:20pm bus home. Bring gear to your 1st period class! Tuesday - Students can take their regular bus to school and we will leave for camp at about 8:15 or 8:30am. Make sure you have your daypack with a lunch and snacks. Friday - Students need to be picked up from school at about 2pm.

6th grade Exploratory Peace 4 Kids (This is my 1st period class come back for 4th period.) Monday - Today we will not have our Peace4Kids class since we'll be working on Cispus activities. Students will meet with their HS Cispus Counselors during 4th period. HW - Come tomorrow with your daypack ready to go to Cispus! Tuesday to Friday - Camp Cispus!

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Week 3, 9/15 to 9/19

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 Last updated on Saturday, Sept 20, 2014, 12:28pm

 Daily Schedule 

1st per - 7:45am to 9:08am 

2nd per - 9:12am to 10:35am 

Lunch - 10:35am to 11:05am 

3rd per - 11:09am to 12:31pm 

4th per - 12:35pm to 1:25pm 

5th per - 1:29pm to 2:20pm
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6th grade Science Monday - I will have a sub today as I go to a WA STEM conference for the professional development grant we got. We will be learning what we get to do as part of this statewide grant initiative! While I'm away students will log in to their 3D GameLab accounts to continue doing the assignments (which we call quests) we started on Friday. Students will also be reading some cool Science articles to practice commenting on Science blogs. They will comment on posts that I wrote on our class blog. HW - None if you all of the following done:  1. Parents signed up for Remind and Class Dojo, 2. parents visited the Parent's Corner of my website and took the short info survey,  3. got the Informed Consent Agreement and Permission to Publish form signed, and  4. are working on getting all the Cispus paperwork all done. Cispus trip is next week!!! :) Tuesday - Check in on 3D GameLab quests to make sure everyone is logging in well and learning how to use the system. I gave students a lot of feedback today on how to get their Science assignments (quests) approved by me on the first try. The main lesson: read the directions! If I explain it and provide written directions on what to do, students need to read the directions to know what to do and how to complete it. :) I went over the comments students left yesterday on the awesome articles they read yesterday and we learned how to make better comments for Science. Basically, Science blog comments should not look like Facebook comments. :) HW - See Monday's HW. Wednesday - By today the plan is to have students begin blogging using our class blog accounts on Class Blogmeister. I will give students time to learn how to use Class Blogmeister, write their first blog post, and complete that quest along with any others from this week. HW - See Monday's HW. Make sure all Cispus paperwork is complete and turned in and that the fee is paid. Thursday - By today students should begin working on their volcano quests. We will be learning about the different types of volcanoes including the different types of lava and eruptions there are. Here's what you missed if you were absent today. HW - See Mondy's HW. Friday - Today students will continue to work on their volcano quests.  Monday we will be doing Cispus activities all day long as we get ready for our trip! HW - Hopefully all is done by now! :) In preparation for Cispus, remember you can bring your gear on Monday, here's a copy of the Packing List and the Reminders we sent in case you need it.

6th grade Exploratory Peace 4 Kids (This is my 1st period class come back for 4th period.) Monday - Students will be working on an activity called Making a Complaint to learn a strategy for making complaints! HW - None Tuesday - Today we will go over the Making a Complaint activity. HW - None Wednesday -  We will start off today by having students share their Making a Complaint role plays. HW - None Thursday - We will finish watching the Making a Complaint role plays. HW - None Friday - Today we will review last week's goals from the goal setting activity. Then we will set new goals for next week's Cispus trip! HW - None

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Week 2, 9/8 to 9/12

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 Last updated on Thursday, Sept 11, 2014, 7:14pm

 Daily Schedule 

1st per - 7:45am to 9:08am 

2nd per - 9:12am to 10:35am 

Lunch - 10:35am to 11:05am 

3rd per - 11:09am to 12:31pm 

4th per - 12:35pm to 1:25pm 

5th per - 1:29pm to 2:20pm
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6th grade Science Monday - We will start by reviewing the promises students came up with last week (3rd period is still working on it).  Then we will continue working on the observation vs inference activity. HW - None if you got all of last week's homework done: Parents signed up for Remind and Class Dojo, parents visited the Parent's Corner of my website and took the short info survey, got the Informed Consent Agreement and Permission to Publish form signed, and are working on getting all the Cispus paperwork all done. Tuesday - Finish the observation vs inference activity.  HW - Same as Monday. Wednesday - Second and 3rd period need to finish the Observation vs Inference activity. Then we'll do the following, which 1st period started working yesterday): Paper blogging (for practice) Paper commenting following paper blogging. HW - Check Monday Thursday - Today students wrote their first blog posts on paper. We then passed the paper around so that they could practice commenting as well. Then I chose some at random to show the class under the document camera so that we could evaluate them. We were looking to see what makes a great blog post and what makes a great comment. (First period finished today so I gave them a preview of 3D GameLab and how they will be using it.) HW - Check Monday Friday - Today 2nd and 3rd period will finish evaluating different paper blog posts and comments.  Then students will setup their 3D GameLab accounts. HW - Hopefully none if you're all done with all the things listed on Monday's HW.

6th grade Exploratory Peace 4 Kids (This is my 1st period class come back for 4th period.) Monday - Teams will finish the 15 traits collage posters so they can share them with the class. HW - None Tuesday - Finish trait collages. HW - None Wednesday - Today teams will present/share their collages showing which traits they represented. HW - None Thursday - Today I read a story that focused on the traits self-esteem and goal setting. We had a class discussion. HW - Sept #2, Goal-Setting, School Home Link. Due tomorrow. Friday - Self-esteem and goal setting lesson. HW - None

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Week 1, 9/1 to 9/5

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 Last updated on Sunday, Sept 7, 2014, 9:15pm

  Daily Schedule 

1st per - 7:45am to 9:08am 

2nd per - 9:12am to 10:35am 

Lunch - 10:35am to 11:05am 

3rd per - 11:09am to 12:31pm 

4th per - 12:35pm to 1:25pm 

5th per - 1:29pm to 2:20pm
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6th grade Science Monday - No School - Labor Day HW - Get ready for school! :) Tuesday - Intro to Class  Personality Test - Balance Groups. Setup Notebooks (Lab Safety Contract, Blogger's Contract, Scientific Drawing Guidelines) HW - Read your class paperwork. Get Cispus and other paperwork signed and prepared to turn in! Mr. G's Science Class Intro Informed Consent/Permission to Publish The ClassDojo login information was given to each student to send home. Each student has his or her own personal account code for parents to sign-up so if they lose you'll have to ask me to email you your child's code. Wednesday - Finish Setting Up Notebooks. The marshmallow challenge! HW - Same as Tuesday if you still need to get paperwork signed and turned in. My 1st Period class, which is also my 4th Period Exploratory class, got their Cispus Packet today (I forgot to give it to them yesterday! Sorry!). Make sure you give that to your parents to fill out! Thursday -  Class promises activity three things students promise and teacher promises! HW - Same as yesterday. Friday - Finish class promises activity. Observation vs. Inference Activity (3rd period did not get this far) HW - Make sure you are getting all your Cispus paperwork done and turned in as well as any class paperwork that needs signing.

6th grade Exploratory Peace 4 Kids Monday - No School - Labor Day HW - Get ready for school! :) Tuesday - Class intro including intro to Classcraft. The traits! (Our first Peace4Kids activity.) HW - None yet for this class. Wednesday - Choose Classcraft teams and sign up for accounts. HW - Show parents the class (and Classcraft) information sheet. Thursday - Today we ran into some technical difficulties as we tried to start using Classcraft. I think we got everyone started. HW - None Friday - Today we spent the period still figuring out how to use the Classcraft accounts. HW - None

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