Week 9, 6/1 to 6/5

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 Last updated on Sunday, May 31, 2015, 8:36pm

 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 teams will present to the class to practice their Youth Summit presentation for Thursday. I'm still collecting permission slips from those who didn't get them signed last week. HW - Prepare and perfect your presentation for the Youth Summit on Thursday. Tuesday - Today students will take their last SBAC test! It's the English Language Arts (ELA) test based on the performance task they discussed in Humanities class yesterday. After lunch I will have each class for about 30 minutes to continue practice presentations. Wednesday - Today teams will continue practicing their presentations and making finishing touches in preparation for tomorrow's field trip. HW - Remember to bring a sack lunch for tomorrow's field trip. Thursday - Today we will be in Belfair at the Salmon Center for the GreenSTEMs Youth Summit field trip. We should return by the end of 5th period. Friday - Today we will have Market Day during 1st and 2nd periods. Then my 3rd period class will have Science where they will continue working on their environmental stewardship final project websites. HW - None

6th grade Exploratory WoW in Schools (This is my 3rd period class staying for 4th period.) Monday through Wednesday - Students will be playing their Horde characters on World of Warcraft as they learn the story of the enemy of the Alliance. Thursday - Today we will be on the GreenSTEMs Youth Summit field trip so we won't have 4th period. Friday - Today students will work on practicing their typing and working on their WoW in Schools 3D GameLab assignments.

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Week 8, 5/25 to 5/29

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 Last updated on Sunday, May 24, 2015, 12:30pm

 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 - Memorial Day HW - If you need me to print something for your Youth Summit poster here are the links you need. Tuesday - Today teams need to get their poster done and their notecards so you can practice your presentation next week before we go to the Youth Summit. HW - Get your Youth Summit field trip permission slip signed today and turn it in tomorrow so that you don't forget. Wednesday - Finish your posters and notecards! We will start practicing when everyone is done. Thursday - SBAC Testing today during 1st and 2nd periods. It's the Math follow up from yesterday's performance task. I will see my second period class after lunch so they can continue working on their posters to begin practice presenting next week before we go to the summit. Friday - SBAC testing today during 1st and 2nd periods again. Today students will take the English Language Arts (ELA) test. After lunch I will see my 3rd period class so they can finish their posters. HW - Permission Slip is due today so that I know who is going and if anyone needs a new partner to present with.

6th grade Exploratory WoW in Schools (This is my 3rd period class staying for 4th period.) Monday - No School - Memorial Day Tuesday - Today students will work on their WoW in Schools assignments that have to do with digital citizenship, the journey of a hero, and other awesome themes.  Students will also continue their keyboarding practice today. Wednesday to Friday - For the rest of the week students will get a chance to play the Horde side of our adventure! The reason we are playing the other side is to learn the story of our enemy. To them, they are the heroes and the Alliance is the enemy.

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Week 7, 5/18 to 5/22

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 Last updated on Saturday, May 16, 2015, 2:51pm

 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 6th graders will be testing in the morning during our 1st and 2nd period time. We will have our regular 3rd period classes after lunch. HW - None if you are all caught up. See below. Tuesday to Thursday - This week student teams need to graph and analyze all the data we've been collecting from the fish trapping data to the water quality data. Here are the other deadlines: Teams need to finish learning what their water quality parameter means. Teams need to start learning about the salmon life cycle. Teams need to learn what all the benthic macroinvertebrate bugs we found in our creek mean about our creek's biological integrity. Teams need to work on adding their new learning to the team's final project website. NEXT WEEK teams will make a poster to share their learning and data at the June 4th GreenSTEMs Youth Summit. The first week of June students will practice their presentations so they are ready for the June 4th GreenSTEMs Youth Summit! (We need parent chaperones for this field trip. We could use nine to twelve parents to chaperone groups of six to nine 6th graders each. More info coming as June 4th approaches.) Friday - Today Reed from the North Olympic Coalition will return to visit our Science classes. Reed will conduct watershed activities with students to show them how pollution enters our waters.

6th grade Exploratory WoW in Schools (This is my 3rd period class staying for 4th period.) Monday - Today students will practice their keyboarding and work on the WoWinSchools 3D GameLab assignments. Tuesday to Friday - This is the last week for students to play their Alliance characters. Next week we will learn the story of our enemies, The HORDE!

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Week 6, 5/11 to 5/15

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 Last updated on Monday, May 11, 2015, 5:11pm

 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 to Thursday - If it's dry we will start class by walking to the creek to collect all our water quality data. Deadlines are as follows: Teams need to finish learning what their water quality parameter means and what the data is telling us about our creek. Teams need to start learning about the salmon life cycle. Teams need to learn what all the benthic macroinvertebrate bugs we found in our creek means about our creek's biological integrity. Teams need to work on adding their new learning to the team's final project website. By the end of May teams will make a poster to share their learning and data at the June 4th GreenSTEMs Youth Summit. The first week of June students will practice their presentations so they are ready for the June 4th GreenSTEMs Youth Summit! (We need parent chaperones for this field trip. We could use nine to twelve parents to chaperone groups of six to nine 6th graders each. More info coming as June 4th approaches.) HW - Do catch up work at home if you are falling behind! Friday - NO SCHOOL TODAY as CSD protests our state legislature NOT fully funding education for our children! Join us! Read my personal blog for more information on what we're doing this. Parents, students and community members can join us so please do if you can! We're all in this together and we're doing this for our kids and our schools.

6th grade Exploratory WoW in Schools (This is my 3rd period class staying for 4th period.) Monday - Today students will practice their typing and work on WoWinSchools assignments that deal with the themes we are learning by playing World of Warcraft. HW - You can do your WoWinSchools quests at home too! No need to play the game to get those done. Tuesday to Thursday - Continue playing World of Warcraft to learn more of the story as your character advances in the game. Friday - NO SCHOOL TODAY as CSD protests our state legislature NOT fully funding education for our children! Join us! Read my personal blog for more information on what we're doing this.

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Week 5, 5/4 to 5/8

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 Last updated on Monday, May 4, 2015, 9:10pm

 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 Reed and Kendra from the North Olympic Salmon Coalition will be visiting to teach the kids about biological integrity. Reed and Kendra will bring benthic macros from HJ Carroll for kids to identify. HW - None Tuesday to Friday - For the rest of the week I will finish training teams on how to use the water quality testing equipment. Once all teams are ready we will begin going to the creek to collect DO, pH, temp, turbidity, and flow rate data. After collecting data we will finish using the benthic macro data to determine the biological integrity of our creek. Students will also continue studying their water quality parameters to make sense of the data we will be collecting.

6th grade Exploratory WoW in Schools (This is my 3rd period class staying for 4th period.) Monday - Today students practiced their typing by taking lessons on Typing.Com then they worked on 3D GameLab WoWinSchools assignments. HW - None Tuesday to Friday - The rest of the week students will be playing World of Warcraft continuing their character's story.

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