Quarter 2, Week 6, 12/11 to 12/15

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

 Last updated on Sunday, Dec 10, 2017, 10:12pm

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

 Daily Schedule

1st per - 7:45am to 8:39am

2nd per - 8:43am to 9:37am 
3rd per - 9:41am to 10:35am 

Lunch - 10:35am to 11:05am 

4th per (Eagle Time) - 11:09am to 11:26am 

5th per - 11:30am to 12:24pm
6th per - 12:28pm to 1:22pm
7th per - 1:26pm to 2:20pm
(Click here to see Late Start/Early Release Day Schedules)

6th-grade Science Monday - Today students will begin learning how the EV3 brick works and what kind of data the sensors send to the brick (the Port View assignment). HW - If you are one of the students going on the field trip tomorrow, bring a lunch and be at school by 6:45am. Tuesday - Today the students who were selected will be going to the Galaxy Theaters to hear Astronaut Mark Vande Hei talk to us from the International Space Station - LIVE! Students who are at school will work on their 3D GameLab quests with my substitute teacher. Wednesday to Friday - Students will be working with the EV3 brick and the sensors. Once students complete the Port View activity they will begin to design the sensor experiment.  This week period 3 will set the fish traps one day, then return the next day to ID and count any fish we catch in the traps. We always return the fish to the creek.

8th-grade Science Monday - Today we will complete the Punnett Squares Pear Deck activity then students will take a Punnett Squares quiz. HW - If you are one of the students going on the field trip tomorrow, bring a lunch and be at school by 6:45am. Tuesday - Today the students who were selected will be going to the Galaxy Theaters to hear Astronaut Mark Vande Hei talk to us from the International Space Station - LIVE! Students who are at school will work on their 3D GameLab quests with my substitute teacher. Wednesday - Once we are done with the Punnett Squares quiz, students will learn about Mitosis. If we have time we will learn about Meiosis!  Thursday and Friday - Laura Tucker returns to continue the Human Growth and Development course.

6th-grade Keyboarding Monday to Friday - Our daily routine is as follows: Check Classcraft. Practice Keyboarding with All The Right Type. Play World of Warcraft to level up your character! OR Work on the WoW in Schools curriculum using 3D GameLab. HW - No homework is assigned unless a student falls behind. If your child falls behind, he or she can catch up on their Keyboarding and on their 3D GameLab assignments using any device that has an Internet connection. To practice keyboarding, a device with a full keyboard is best. Kids can also do their keyboarding practice and 3D GameLab assignments from home if they want to get ahead.

Have a great Winter Break and Holidays and have a great New Year!

Email me with any questions.

Quarter 2, Week 5, 12/4 to 12/8

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

 Last updated on Sunday, Dec 3, 2017, 9:04pm

Spirit Week: Monday - Blanket Day Tuesday - Fandom Day Wednesday - Color Day (6th - Maroon, 7th - Black, 8th - Grey) Thursday - Ugly Sweaters Day Friday - Santa Day

 Daily Schedule

1st per - 7:45am to 8:39am

2nd per - 8:43am to 9:37am 
3rd per - 9:41am to 10:35am 

Lunch - 10:35am to 11:05am Pu

4th per (Eagle Time) - 11:09am to 11:26am 

5th per - 11:30am to 12:24pm
6th per - 12:28pm to 1:22pm
7th per - 1:26pm to 2:20pm
(Click here to see Late Start/Early Release Day Schedules)

6th-grade Science Monday to Friday - This week we will finish learning about circuits and switches. Then students will practice the robotics vocabulary they have learned so far. By the end of the week we should be practicing with the EV3 sensors to learn how they work and what types of data they collect. And since this is the official Hour of Code week, students will get one class period to participate for Chimacum Middle School!  HW - None unless you fall behind and need to catch up. Those who need to fix the Faraday Golfing Machine blog post or those who need to finish it, you need to do so for homework because we will not have any more time in class for you to finish it. This week period 2 will set the fish traps one day, then return the next day to ID and count any fish we catch in the traps. We always return the fish to the creek.

8th-grade Science Monday to Wednesday - This week students will see if plant reproduction has anything in common with human reproduction. We will begin by dissecting flowers to learn how flowering plants reproduce. Then students will finish practicing how to make Punnett Squares. That will lead to learning about the difference between mitosis and meiosis. And since this is the official Hour of Code week, students will get one class period to participate for Chimacum Middle School!  HW - If you have not fixed your incorrect answers on the Weather Final Exam, you still need to do so. Thursday & Friday - Laura Tucker from the Public Health Department will be hosting the Human Growth and Development class for 8th graders start Thursday and continuing through Friday.

6th-grade Keyboarding Monday to Friday - Our daily routine is as follows: Check Classcraft. Practice Keyboarding with All The Right Type. Play World of Warcraft to level up your character! OR Work on the WoW in Schools curriculum using 3D GameLab. HW - No homework is assigned unless a student falls behind. If your child falls behind, he or she can catch up on their Keyboarding and on their 3D GameLab assignments using any device that has an Internet connection. To practice keyboarding, a device with a full keyboard is best. Kids can also do their keyboarding practice and 3D GameLab assignments from home if they want to get ahead.

Email me with any questions.

Quarter 2, Week 4, 11/27 to 12/1

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

 Last updated on Sunday, Nov 26, 2017, 8:41pm

 Daily Schedule

1st per - 7:45am to 8:39am

2nd per - 8:43am to 9:37am 
3rd per - 9:41am to 10:35am 

Lunch - 10:35am to 11:05am 

4th per (Eagle Time) - 11:09am to 11:26am 

5th per - 11:30am to 12:24pm
6th per - 12:28pm to 1:22pm
7th per - 1:26pm to 2:20pm
(Click here to see Late Start/Early Release Day Schedules)

6th-grade Science Monday to Thursday - Many students have not yet completed their Faraday Golfing Machine blog posts so they need time to work on those.  Then we will begin the second unit where students will learn about Circuits and Switches!  This is when students will get to actually use the robotic EV3 Brick and practice using the sensors. HW - None unless students start falling behind. Homework is not assigned unless students need more time to complete classwork. Friday - I will have a sub today while I travel to Spokane to work with teachers there showing them how I use Classcraft and 3D GameLab with students!  Today, students will work on their 3D GameLab quests. This week period 1 will set the fish traps one day, then return the next day to ID and count any fish we catch in the traps. We always return the fish to the creek.

8th-grade Science Monday to Wednesday - We will continue working on Lesson 2, part 1, on pages 13 to 15. Then we will do the reading on pages 16 to 19. Then we will spend some time practicing using Punnett Squares! Students will learn how to figure the probability of having offspring with certain traits based on trait dominance, incomplete dominance, and codominance. :) HW - Students need to fix the answers that they got wrong on their Weather Exams. Students can also complete any missing 3D GameLab quests at home. Thursday and Friday - I will have a sub both of these days while I travel to Spokane to work with teachers there showing them how I use Classcraft and 3D GameLab with students!  While I am gone students will work on their 3D GameLab quests including fixing their Weather Exams.

6th-grade Keyboarding Monday to Friday - Our daily routine is as follows: Check Classcraft. Practice Keyboarding with All The Right Type. Play World of Warcraft to level up your character! OR Work on the WoW in Schools curriculum using 3D GameLab. HW - No homework is assigned unless a student falls behind. If your child falls behind, he or she can catch up on their Keyboarding and on their 3D GameLab assignments using any device that has an Internet connection. To practice keyboarding, a device with a full keyboard is best. Kids can also do their keyboarding practice and 3D GameLab assignments from home if they want to get ahead.

Email me with any questions.

Quarter 2, Week 3, 11/20 to 11/24

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

 Last updated on Sunday, Nov 19, 2017, 9:45pm

 Monday, I am sending home permission slips for students who got selected to participate in a live telecast from the International Space Station (ISS) at the Galaxy Theaters in Gig Harbor on Tuesday, December 12! Students applied and Mrs. Stvartak and I selected 77 to attend! Five of them even got their questions selected to represent Chimacum Middle School! If your child cannot go or the permission slip doesn't get back to us this week, we will offer the seat to students on the waiting list so please fill out and sign that permission as soon as you can and have your child bring it to school. We will also need six parent chaperones so be on the lookout for a chance to sign up on Bloomz. We only have room for 77 students and six parents so we'll take those whose child was invited on a first come, first served basis.

 Daily Schedule

1st per - 7:45am to 8:39am

2nd per - 8:43am to 9:37am 
3rd per - 9:41am to 10:35am 

Lunch - 10:35am to 11:05am 

4th per (Eagle Time) - 11:09am to 11:26am 

5th per - 11:30am to 12:24pm
6th per - 12:28pm to 1:22pm
7th per - 1:26pm to 2:20pm
(Click here to see Late Start/Early Release Day Schedules)

6th-grade Science Monday and Tuesday - Students need to finish their Faraday Golfing Machine Blog Posts this week so that we can start the next STEM Robotics unit after Thanksgiving. HW - Finish your Robots Blog Post and/or your Faraday Golfing Machine Blog Post for homework if you did not finish those this week. Wednesday - Today we will be on our Early Release/Late Start Schedule.  Have a great Thanksgiving everyone! This week we will not go fish trapping because we need to finish the Faraday Golfing Challenge and we don't have enough days to do it all.

8th-grade Science Monday and Tuesday - This week students will finish Lesson 1 of our What Makes Organisms Look The Way They Do unit. Instead of assigning the end of lesson reading form homework we will do it together in class to review how to annotate (Reading 1.3, pages 8 to 11). We will start Lesson 2 by completing the first activity to see whether some tastes can be inherited traits. HW - None if you are all caught up. If you don't finish fixing the questions you got wrong on your Weather Exam then you need to do that for homework. Wednesday - Today we will be on our Early Release/Late Start Schedule.  Have a great Thanksgiving everyone!

6th-grade Keyboarding Monday to Wednesday - Our daily routine is as follows: Check Classcraft. Practice Keyboarding with All The Right Type. Play World of Warcraft to level up your character! OR Work on the WoW in Schools curriculum using 3D GameLab. HW - No homework is assigned unless a student falls behind. If your child falls behind, he or she can catch up on their Keyboarding and on their 3D GameLab assignments using any device that has an Internet connection. To practice keyboarding, a device with a full keyboard is best. Kids can also do their keyboarding practice and 3D GameLab assignments from home if they want to get ahead.

Email me with any questions.

Quarter 2, Week 2, 11/13 to 11/17

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

 Last updated on Sunday, Nov 12, 2017, 9:46pm

 Daily Schedule

1st per - 7:45am to 8:39am

2nd per - 8:43am to 9:37am 
3rd per - 9:41am to 10:35am 

Lunch - 10:35am to 11:05am 

4th per (Eagle Time) - 11:09am to 11:26am 

5th per - 11:30am to 12:24pm
6th per - 12:28pm to 1:22pm
7th per - 1:26pm to 2:20pm
(Click here to see Late Start/Early Release Day Schedules)

6th-grade Science Monday to Wednesday - This week students will complete their Faraday Golfing Machine challenge, including the blog post. Then students will have time to work on their 3D GameLab quests. HW - None if you are all caught up. Look here for a list of assignments that need to be done by now. Thursday - Parent/Teacher/Student conferences! Come in between 8am and 12noon, or 1pm to 4:30pm, or 5:30pm to 8pm to see all your child's teachers. Friday - For conferences today, teachers will be available from 8am to 12noon only. Stop by if you didn't make it yesterday. This week period 1 might set the fish traps if the weather is safe. If it's too windy we might wait until next week.

8th-grade Science Monday to Wednesday - This week we are going to complete the Why Do Organisms Look the Way They Look Lesson 1, pages 1 to 11. If we have time students will get to work on their 3D GameLab assignments. HW - Fix the questions that you did not get correct on your Weather test. Also, read, annotate, and answer the questions on Reading 1.3, Where did you get those eyes, pages 9 to 11 in our new workbook. Thursday - Parent/Teacher/Student conferences! Come in between 8am and 12noon, or 1pm to 4:30pm, or 5:30pm to 8pm to see all your child's teachers. Friday - For conferences today, teachers will be available from 8am to 12noon only. Stop by if you didn't make it yesterday.

6th-grade Keyboarding Monday to Wednesday - Our daily routine is as follows: Check Classcraft. Practice Keyboarding with All The Right Type. Play World of Warcraft to level up your character! OR Work on the WoW in Schools curriculum using 3D GameLab. Thursday and Friday - Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences in the middle school commons. HW - No homework is assigned unless a student falls behind. If your child falls behind, he or she can catch up on their Keyboarding and on their 3D GameLab assignments using any device that has an Internet connection. To practice keyboarding, a device with a full keyboard is best. Kids can also do their keyboarding practice and 3D GameLab assignments from home if they want to get ahead.

Email me with any questions.

Quarter 2, Week 1, 11/6 to 11/10

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

 Last updated on Sunday, Nov 12, 2017, 10:08pm

 Daily Schedule

1st per - 7:45am to 8:39am

2nd per - 8:43am to 9:37am 
3rd per - 9:41am to 10:35am 

Lunch - 10:35am to 11:05am 

4th per (Eagle Time) - 11:09am to 11:26am 

5th per - 11:30am to 12:24pm
6th per - 12:28pm to 1:22pm
7th per - 1:26pm to 2:20pm
(Click here to see Late Start/Early Release Day Schedules)

6th-grade Science Monday to Wednesday- This week student teams will work on the Faraday Golfing Machine challenge. That will complete the first Unit of our STEM Robotics curriculum!  HW - None unless you fall behind. Thursday-  We will have a Veteran's Day assembly today in the morning. Friday - No School - Veteran's Day This week period 3 will set the fish traps one day, then return the next day to ID and count any fish we catch in the traps. We always return the fish to the creek.

8th-grade Science Monday - Today students are still working on their Weather Exams. This is the last day students will have to work on their exam. HW - None unless you have fallen behind. Tuesday to Thursday - This week we are going to start the second IQWST Unit on Heredity and Natural Selection! Students will be learning about genetics and how we get our traits from our parents! Friday - No School - Veteran's Day

6th-grade Keyboarding Monday to Thursday - Our daily routine is as follows: Check Classcraft. Practice Keyboarding with All The Right Type. Play World of Warcraft to level up your character! OR Work on the WoW in Schools curriculum using 3D GameLab. Friday - No School - Veteran's Day HW - No homework is assigned unless a student falls behind. If your child falls behind, he or she can catch up on their Keyboarding and on their 3D GameLab assignments using any device that has an Internet connection. To practice keyboarding, a device with a full keyboard is best. Kids can also do their keyboarding practice and 3D GameLab assignments from home if they want to get ahead.

Email me with any questions.

Quarter 1, Week 9, 10/30 to 11/3

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

 Last updated on Monday, Oct 30, 2017, 7:10am

This is the last week of the quarter! Nov 16 and 17 will be Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences to go over our 1st Quarter.

Spirit Week this week, here are the daily plans: Monday - Inside/Outside or Backward Day, Tuesday - Jocks and Nerds Day, Wednesday - Twin Day, Thursday - Fandom Day, Friday - Blue/Chimacum Colors Day

 Daily Schedule

1st per - 7:45am to 8:39am

2nd per - 8:43am to 9:37am 
3rd per - 9:41am to 10:35am 

Lunch - 10:35am to 11:05am 

4th per (Eagle Time) - 11:09am to 11:26am 

5th per - 11:30am to 12:24pm
6th per - 12:28pm to 1:22pm
7th per - 1:26pm to 2:20pm
(Click here to see Late Start/Early Release Day Schedules)

6th-grade Science Monday to Friday - This week students will have more time to work on their 3D GameLab work as well as choosing samples of their work so far for their electronic portfolios (ePortfolios). This week we will also work on the Faraday Golfing Machine Robotics activity. HW - None unless you have fallen behind. This week period 1 will set the fish traps one day, then return the next day to ID and count any fish we catch in the traps. We always return the fish to the creek. If the weather permits, I'll take 2nd period down later in the week. Maybe Thursday and Friday. We'll see, otherwise, 2nd period will go down next week.

8th-grade Science Monday - Today we will complete page 36 from our class barometer data. Then students can work on their 3D GameLab quests to study for the upcoming weather final exam.  I will also be leading students through an activity where they will be guiding an International Space Station (ISS) digital camera to take digital images for us that WE CHOOSE! Exciting! HW - Do any catch-up work so that you can be ready for the exam.  Tuesday - Last day to study for the exam and complete the 3D GameLab quests. Students must also finish setting up their electronic portfolio (ePortfolio) and adding samples of their Weather work and learning. Wednesday - Weather Unit final exam! Thursday - Today those who did not complete the final exam get a chance to finish. Those who did finish and need to fix any answers will get to do so today. Friday - Last chance to finish weather 3D GameLab quests and to finish the exam.

6th-grade Keyboarding Monday to Friday - Our daily routine is as follows: Check Classcraft. Practice Keyboarding with All The Right Type. Work on the WoW in Schools curriculum using 3D GameLab. HW - No homework is assigned unless a student falls behind. If your child falls behind, he or she can catch up on their Keyboarding and on their 3D GameLab assignments using any device that has an Internet connection. To practice keyboarding, a device with a full keyboard is best. Kids can also do their keyboarding practice and 3D GameLab assignments from home if they want to get ahead.

Email me with any questions.

Quarter 1, Week 8, 10/23 to 10/27

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

 Last updated on Monday, Oct 23, 2017, 7:06am

 Daily Schedule

1st per - 7:45am to 8:39am

2nd per - 8:43am to 9:37am 
3rd per - 9:41am to 10:35am 

Lunch - 10:35am to 11:05am 

4th per (Eagle Time) - 11:09am to 11:26am 

5th per - 11:30am to 12:24pm
6th per - 12:28pm to 1:22pm
7th per - 1:26pm to 2:20pm
(Click here to see Late Start/Early Release Day Schedules)

6th-grade Science Monday to Friday - This week students will finish their Gear experiments to see how gear arrangement affects how many times a tire turns. They are collecting data to answer that question. Students will then get time to work on their 3D GameLab assignments to catch up on those.  By the end of the week we should be starting the next STEM Robotics 101 activity called the Faraday Golfing Machine! Here are the quests that students need to have completed by this week: Tell Your Parents Lab Safety Notebooking How do we know about something if we can't see, hear, or feel it? Tech Use Blogging in Science Start Your Blog Let's Go Camping Mt Saint Helens Pear Deck Intro to Robotics EV3 Intro EV3 Kit Overview Parts Exploration Gears HW - None if you are all caught up. Period 1, Group B, will try fish trapping this week. The path to the creek should be cleared by Wednesday so we'll try to set the traps on Thursday and check them on Friday.

8th-grade Science Monday to Friday - This week the plan is to finish Lesson 5, What Can Weather Maps Tell Us, and prepare for the end of the quarter by adding work to portfolios. Students will get time to work on 3D GameLab as well before we begin Lesson 6, Does the Storm Model Fit Data From a Storm? Here are the quests that students need to have completed by this week: Lab Safety Notebooking Parent Communication Tech Use Electronic Portfolio Biome Journalism Project What is Weather? What Makes Air Hot? Convection Questions How Do Clouds Form? Weather 101 What Happens to the Hot Air? Weather vs Climate What Can Weather Maps Tell Us? Time to Add to Your Science Portfolio Fronts HW - If you are all caught up on 3D GameLab, then you are good to go there. This week's homework will be the Lesson 5 reading on pages 47 through 50 of your IQWST workbook. Remember to answer the prompts and annotate your reading the way we practiced in class.

6th-grade Keyboarding Monday to Friday - Our daily routine is as follows: Check Classcraft. Practice Keyboarding with All The Right Type. Work on the WoW in Schools curriculum using 3D GameLab. HW - No homework is assigned unless a student falls behind. If your child falls behind, he or she can catch up on their Keyboarding and on their 3D GameLab assignments using any device that has an Internet connection. To practice keyboarding, a device with a full keyboard is best. Kids can also do their keyboarding practice and 3D GameLab assignments from home if they want to get ahead.

Email me with any questions.

Quarter 1, Week 7, 10/16 to 10/20

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

 Last updated on Wednesday, Oct 18, 2017, 6:48pm

 Daily Schedule

1st per - 7:45am to 8:39am

2nd per - 8:43am to 9:37am 
3rd per - 9:41am to 10:35am 

Lunch - 10:35am to 11:05am 

4th per (Eagle Time) - 11:09am to 11:26am 

5th per - 11:30am to 12:24pm
6th per - 12:28pm to 1:22pm
7th per - 1:26pm to 2:20pm
(Click here to see Late Start/Early Release Day Schedules)

6th-grade Science Monday through Friday - This week students will get time to work on their 3D GameLab quests while we do the following STEM Robotics Lessons: Parts Exploration and Gears.  Here are the quests, the minimum ones, that need to be done so far: Tell Your Parents Lab Safety Notebooking How do we know about something if we can't see, hear, or feel it? Tech Use Blogging in Science Start Your Blog Let's Go Camping Mt Saint Helens Pear Deck Intro to Robotics EV3 Intro EV3 Kit Overview HW - None unless you need to catch up and can do 3D GameLab quests at home. This week period 1, Group B, was supposed to set the fish traps but the weather was not safe and after checking the area it needs weed whacking to remove a lot of Blackberry Vines so we will try to get this done next week Thursday and Friday if everything works this time!

8th-grade Science Monday through Friday - This week students will get time to work on their 3D GameLab quests while they work on IQWST Lesson 4 - Where does the Energy Come From in Storm? We will also start Lesson 5 this week - What Can Weather Maps Tell Us?  Here are the quests that need to be done so far: Lab Safety Notebooking Parent Communication Tech Use Electronic Portfolio Biome Journalism Project What is Weather? What Makes Air Hot? Convection Questions How Do Clouds Form? Weather 101 What Happens to the Hot Air? Weather vs Climate HW - None unless you fall behind. If you can't do 3D GameLab quests at home, Mr. G will be available Tuesday and Friday for students to come in and get help or just use the computers to do their class work.

6th-grade Keyboarding Monday to Friday - Our daily routine is as follows: Check Classcraft. Practice Keyboarding with All The Right Type. Work on the WoW in Schools curriculum using 3D GameLab. HW - No homework is assigned unless a student falls behind. If your child falls behind, he or she can catch up on their Keyboarding and on their 3D GameLab assignments using any device that has an Internet connection. To practice keyboarding, a device with a full keyboard is best. Kids can also do their keyboarding practice and 3D GameLab assignments from home if they want to get ahead.

Email me with any questions.

Quarter 1, Week 6, 10/9 to 10/13

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

 Last updated on Sunday, Oct 8, 2017, 10:23pm

 Daily Schedule

1st per - 7:45am to 8:39am

2nd per - 8:43am to 9:37am 
3rd per - 9:41am to 10:35am 

Lunch - 10:35am to 11:05am 

4th per (Eagle Time) - 11:09am to 11:26am 

5th per - 11:30am to 12:24pm
6th per - 12:28pm to 1:22pm
7th per - 1:26pm to 2:20pm
(Click here to see Late Start/Early Release Day Schedules)

6th-grade Science Monday - Today my 1st Period class will take the English Language Arts (ELA) MAP test in the morning. Then I will have my 3rd-period students. I will check in with my 3rd-period students to see if they are ready to start the robotics unit. Students will have today to complete any quests they didn't complete last week. HW - See last week to see what 3D GameLab quests you still need to do and if you can do them at home then you can catch up! Tuesday - Today I will check in with my 1st and 2nd period classes to see how close they are to starting the robotics unit.  If 3rd period is ready, we will begin with the first lesson on Robotics - what is a robot? Then students will write a blog post sharing what they learned. Wednesday to Friday - For the rest of the week, teams in each class will work on the following lessons: EV3 Intro EV3 Kit Intro (teams will be assigned a kit that they will organize as they put it all together) Parts Exploration Gears!

8th-grade Science Monday - Today we will debrief Friday's sub notes. The sub reported that a lot of students did NOT do any work. Only five students turned in assignments on Friday! That is not acceptable. Once the expectations are made clear we will read an article of cap clouds to learn what those types of clouds tell us about the weather. Then I will check in with students to see how much work they have done. HW - None if you are all caught up. See last week for the 3D GameLab quests you need to have done by now. Tuesday - Today we are going to start Lesson 3, pages 23 to 26. Students will do the lab for Activity 3.1. Wednesday - Today students will work on activity 3.2 on pages 27 and 28. Then students will make sense of what they saw yesterday and today by completing page 29. If we have time we will start activity 3.3 to reach consensus on what students observed on pages 30 and 31. HW - Do the reading and annotating (the way we practiced in class) on pages 32 to 34 in your IQWST workbook. Thursday - Check the HW and complete activity 3.3 if we didn't finish yesterday. Then students can finish up lesson 3 on 3D GameLab. Friday - Today students will finish lesson 3 by completing any 3D GameLab quests they need to finish so they won't have to do any homework this weekend.

6th-grade Keyboarding Monday to Friday - Our daily routine is as follows: Check Classcraft. Practice Keyboarding with All The Right Type. Work on the WoW in Schools curriculum using 3D GameLab. HW - No homework is assigned unless a student falls behind. If your child falls behind, he or she can catch up on their Keyboarding and on their 3D GameLab assignments using any device that has an Internet connection. To practice keyboarding, a device with a full keyboard is best. Kids can also do their keyboarding practice and 3D GameLab assignments from home if they want to get ahead.

Email me with any questions.

Quarter 1, Week 5, 10/2 to 10/6

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

 Last updated on Sunday, Oct 1, 2017, 6:45pm

 Daily Schedule

1st per - 7:45am to 8:39am

2nd per - 8:43am to 9:37am 
3rd per - 9:41am to 10:35am 

Lunch - 10:35am to 11:05am 

4th per (Eagle Time) - 11:09am to 11:26am 

5th per - 11:30am to 12:24pm
6th per - 12:28pm to 1:22pm
7th per - 1:26pm to 2:20pm
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6th-grade Science Monday - Today all students will be taking the first of three MAP tests to measure where students are at. We will give these MAP tests two more times this year to measure our students' progress.  I will be giving the test to my Period 1 class, then Period 1 will have Science. I will not be seeing my Period 2 or 3 classes today. For Science class, Period 1 will get to work on their 3D GameLab quests. Students need to complete at least the following quests: Tell Your Parents Lab Safety Notebooking How do we know about something if we can't see, hear, or feel it? Tech Use Blogging in Science Start Your Blog Let's Go Camping Mt Saint Helens Pear Deck HW - Bring empty, clean 2L plastic bottles for Tuesday's Museum of Flight Rocketry activity. Tuesday - We are on a Late Start and Early Release schedule today. Today we will have half of our classes so I will see my periods 1 and 3 classes. Students will continue working on their 3D GameLab quests (see Monday for the quests kids need to have completed by the end of this week). Wednesday - We are on a Late Start and Early Release schedule today. Today I will see my period 2 class.  Students will continue working on their 3D GameLab quests (see Monday for the quests kids need to have completed by the end of this week). Thursday - Today all students get to participate in amazing Museum of Flight events at school! Read here for more information! I will get to have my Period 3 class for Science today so they will work on their 3D GameLab quests. Friday - I will have a sub cover my classes today while I am gone to our regional Science Leadership meeting. I will be learning about the new Science assessment given at the 5th and 8th grades. Today all students will be taking the second of three MAP tests to measure where students are at.  The test will be given to my Period 2 class, then Period 2 will have Science. Period 1 and 3 will not have Science today. Once Period 2 students are done testing, they can continue working on their 3D GameLab quests (see Monday).

8th-grade Science Monday - Today we will do the Lesson 2 reading on pages 20 and 21 together, practicing annotating the text. HW - If you have any empty 2L plastic bottles, please bring them in for Thursday's Museum of Flight event. Tuesday - We are on a Late Start and Early Release schedule today. Today we will have half of our classes so I will not see my 8th graders.  Wednesday - We are on a Late Start and Early Release schedule today. Today I will see my 8th graders. Today 8th graders will have time to complete their 3D GameLab assignments. Students need to complete at least the following quests: Lab Safety Notebooking Parent Communication Tech Use Electronic Portfolio Biome Journalism Project What is Weather? What Makes Air Hot? Convection Questions How Do Clouds Form? Weather 101 Thursday - Today I will be taking my 8th grade class to the Museum of Flight's Robot Garage! Friday - I will have a sub today so that I can attend our region's Science Leadership meeting. I will be learning about the new Science test 8th graders will take this year. Eighth graders will continue working on the following quests: Lab Safety Notebooking Parent Communication Tech Use Electronic Portfolio Biome Journalism Project What is Weather? What Makes Air Hot? Convection Questions How Do Clouds Form? Weather 101

6th-grade Keyboarding Monday to Friday - No class on Tuesday due to our two-day Early Release schedule. Our daily routine is as follows: Check Classcraft. Practice Keyboarding with All The Right Type. Work on the WoW in Schools curriculum using 3D GameLab. HW - No homework is assigned unless a student falls behind. If your child falls behind, he or she can catch up on their Keyboarding and on their 3D GameLab assignments using any device that has an Internet connection. To practice keyboarding, a device with a full keyboard is best. Kids can also do their keyboarding practice and 3D GameLab assignments from home if they want to get ahead.

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Quarter 1, Week 4, 9/25 to 9/29

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

 Last updated on Monday, Sept 25, 2017, 3:01pm

 Daily Schedule

1st per - 7:45am to 8:39am

2nd per - 8:43am to 9:37am 
3rd per - 9:41am to 10:35am 

Lunch - 10:35am to 11:05am 

4th per (Eagle Time) - 11:09am to 11:26am 

5th per - 11:30am to 12:24pm
6th per - 12:28pm to 1:22pm
7th per - 1:26pm to 2:20pm
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6th-grade Science Monday - Today students will work on the Observation vs Inference Cubes Activity.  Tuesday - Today students will complete the cube activity and then work on 3D GameLab quests. HW - Today from 6pm to 8pm is Back to School Night! Parents, come to the auditorium at 6pm with your middle schooler. Wednesday - Today students will complete a Mt Saint Helens Pear Deck activity. Thursday - Today we will continue working on the MSH Pear Deck activity. Once the Takeaway documents are published, I will show students how to correct any parts they got wrong and use the documents as their Mt Saint Helens notes. Friday - Today students will be working on 3D GameLab to complete the beginning of year assignments, including starting their Science blog.

8th-grade Science Monday - Today we will finish Lesson 1 by finishing the Driving Question Board then reading pages 10 through 13 in the workbooks. Students will practice their annotation skills. HW - Those who have not yet completed their Biome Commercial need to submit it this week. I will be available just about every day after school for students to use my laptops and to get help if they need it. Tuesday - We will finish yesterday's reading, then move on to Lesson 2, part 2.1, What Makes Air Hot. Students will construct hand-drawn models of how air on Earth is heated. Once we are done students can work on their 3D GameLab quests. HW - Today from 6pm to 8pm is Back to School Night! Parents, come to the auditorium at 6pm with your middle schooler. Wednesday - Lesson 2, part 2.1, What Makes Air Hot. Students will construct a model of how air on Earth is heated. Thursday - Lesson 2, part 2.2, a lab to see how heat travels. Friday - Finish yesterday's lab, then we will do the reading on pages 20 and 21. We will read together again to practice annotating science text. When we are done, students will be able to work on their 3D GameLab quests.

6th-grade Keyboarding Monday to Friday - Our daily routine is as follows: Check Classcraft. Practice Keyboarding with All The Right Type. Work on the WoW in Schools curriculum using 3D GameLab. HW - Tuesday from 6pm to 8pm is Back to School Night! Parents, come to the auditorium at 6pm with your middle schooler.

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Quarter 1, Week 3, 9/18 to 9/22

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

 Last updated on Saturday, Sept 23, 2017, 12:20pm

 Daily Schedule

1st per - 7:45am to 8:39am

2nd per - 8:43am to 9:37am 
3rd per - 9:41am to 10:35am 

Lunch - 10:35am to 11:05am 

4th per (Eagle Time) - 11:09am to 11:26am 

5th per - 11:30am to 12:24pm
6th per - 12:28pm to 1:22pm
7th per - 1:26pm to 2:20pm
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6th-grade Science Monday - Today students will begin using 3D GameLab for Science. They will begin their first few assignments that include a survey and setting up their notebooks. Periods 1 and 2 will finish the Pear Deck we started last week. HW - Help your parents sign up for Bloomz if you have not already. Tuesday - Today students will complete an Observation vs Inference activity. Wednesday - Observation vs Inference Cube Activity continued. Thursday - Observation vs Inference Cube Activity continued. Friday - Observation vs Inference Cube Activity continued.

8th-grade Science Monday - Checking in today to see how the Biome Commercial scripts are coming along.  HW - Help your parents sign up for Bloomz if you have not already. Tuesday - Today teams should complete their Biome Commercials.  Wednesday - Teams will share their Biome Commercials today! Then students will work on their 3D GameLab assignments, which include setting up their notebooks.  Thursday - Students will get their Earth Science workbooks today, What Makes the Weather Change? We will begin Lesson 1 - What is Weather? Friday - Today we will finish Lesson 1 - What is Weather?

6th-grade Keyboarding Monday - Students will continue to work on their WoW in Schools 3D GameLab assignments until our All The Right Type accounts are set up. Our tech department is busy and it's taking longer than usual to set up the accounts. HW - None Tuesday to Friday - Students will be working on the WoW in Schools assignments until the All The Right Type accounts are set up. Once the accounts are setup students will begin using All The Right Type to practice typing every day.

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