Quarter 1, Week 5, 9/30 to 10/4

Daily Schedule (M, T, Th, F) Homeroom - 8:50am to 9:32am Specialist - 9:35am to 10:25am  Period 1 - 10:28am to 11:50am  Lunch - 11:50am to 12:35pm Period 2 - 12:38pm to 2:00pm Period 3 - 2:02pm to 3:25pm

Daily Schedule (Wed) Homeroom - 8:50am to 9:32am Specialist - 9:35am to 10:25am  Period 1 - 10:28am to 11:28am Period 2 - 11:31am to 11:50am  Lunch - 11:50am to 12:35pm Period 2 - 12:35pm to 1:16pm Period 3 - 1:19pm to 2:20pm

Mr. G's 6th-grade Homeroom Monday - Students will read the article, "Amazon rain forest is ablaze, turning day into night in Sao Paulo." HW - None Tuesday - Today students will take the Language MAP Test until lunch (students will still get PE today at their regular time). Wednesday - Today students will take the Math MAP test until lunch (students will still get Band or Choir today at their regular time). Thursday - Today students will take the Reading MAP test until lunch (students will still get PE today at their regular time). Friday - Today I will have a sub while I attend a Growing Elementary Science training. Once students are done reading the Amazon fires article they started reading on Monday, they will begin to draft an Amazon 2019 wildfire blog post. Next week students will begin working on a blogging challenge and the Amazon wildfires blog post will be their first official post.

6th-grade Science Monday - This week I will introduce a series of Classcraft assignments that have a Star Trek theme. Then students will complete a Classroom Climate Pear Deck activity. After that we will work on more Mt Saint Helens research. HW - None unless you are falling behind and can catch up on some Classcraft work at home. Tuesday - After lunch students in Periods 1 and 2 will have Science. See Monday for what we'll be doing. Wednesday - After lunch students in Periods 1 and 3 will have Science. See Monday for what we'll be doing. Thursday - After lunch students in Periods 2 and 3 will have Science. See Monday for what we'll be doing. Friday -  Today I will have a sub while I attend a Growing Elementary Science training. All three periods will have Science today like normal. These are the Classcraft Assignments that should already be done and are quick assignments in case they aren't done yet: Lab Safety Notebooking Blogging in Science. Tech Use Cispus These are the Classcraft assignments that students should work on today in class: Start Your Blog Blog Link Mt Saint Helens Explanations Seismic Activity If students are done with all the above assignments, these are available: Images on Blog Youtuber Widgets Anyone? Passion Post Screencasting Commenter

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Quarter 1, Week 4, 9/23 to 9/27

Daily Schedule (M, T, Th, F) Homeroom - 8:50am to 9:32am Specialist - 9:35am to 10:25am  Period 1 - 10:28am to 11:50am  Lunch - 11:50am to 12:35pm Period 2 - 12:38pm to 2:00pm Period 3 - 2:02pm to 3:25pm

Daily Schedule (Wed) Homeroom - 8:50am to 9:32am Specialist - 9:35am to 10:25am  Period 1 - 10:28am to 11:28am Period 2 - 11:31am to 11:50am  Lunch - 11:50am to 12:35pm Period 2 - 12:35pm to 1:16pm Period 3 - 1:19pm to 2:20pm

Mr. G's 6th-grade Homeroom Monday - Today we have our Exoplanets field trip. Before we go students will have time to finish their Cispus Thank You Letters. Then we will begin some research into the Amazon Rainforest and the summer 2019 fires. 11:00 am - Kids will have their sack lunch then recess. 11:45 am - Leave campus. 12:00 pm - Library Tour 1:10 pm - WSU Tour 2:20 pm - Back at School For the remainder of the day students will work on their Science Classcraft assignments. HW - None Tuesday to Friday - This week we will work on our Amazon Rainforest research so that students can write their first blog post.

6th-grade Science Monday - Due to the Exoplanets field trip I will only see my Homeroom/Period 1 class today. They will work on their Classcraft assignments at the end of the day. HW - None if you are all caught up. Tuesday to Friday - Students will get a little more class time to complete the following Classcraft assignments that are now due: Lab Safety Notebooking Blogging in Science. Tech Use Start Your Blog Cispus Mt Saint Helens Trip Book Page 12 Then we will work on the Observation vs Inference activity.

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Quarter 1, Week 3, 9/16 to 9/20

Daily Schedule (M, T, Th, F) Homeroom - 8:50am to 9:32am Specialist - 9:35am to 10:25am  Period 1 - 10:28am to 11:50am  Lunch - 11:50am to 12:35pm Period 2 - 12:38pm to 2:00pm Period 3 - 2:02pm to 3:25pm

Daily Schedule (Wed) Homeroom - 8:50am to 9:32am Specialist - 9:35am to 10:25am  Period 1 - 10:28am to 11:28am Period 2 - 11:31am to 11:50am  Lunch - 11:50am to 12:35pm Period 2 - 12:35pm to 1:16pm Period 3 - 1:19pm to 2:20pm

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Mr. G's 6th-grade Homeroom Monday - Today students will go over the Chimacum School District Student Rights and Responsibilities Handbook. HW - Get the Student Rights and Responsibilities Handbook page signed and return just that page to school tomorrow. Tuesday to Friday - For the rest of the week students will write two thank you letters to anyone who helped them or did something nice for them at Camp Cispus.

6th-grade Science Monday to Friday - This week students will begin working on their first set of Classcraft assignments that they need to get prepared for their year in 6th grade Science. Here are the assignments students need to get done: Lab Safety Notebooking Blogging in Science Tell Your Parents Once students are done with the above assignments we will review what they learned at Camp Cispus about Mt Saint Helens. HW - Get the Science Classroom Management Plan signed by a parent and bring back the bottom part tomorrow. Also, help your parents sign up for Bloomz if they have not signed up already.

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Quarter 1, Week 2, 9/9 to 9/13

Daily Schedule (M, T, Th, F) Homeroom - 8:50am to 9:32am Specialist - 9:35am to 10:25am  Period 1 - 10:28am to 11:50am  Lunch - 11:50am to 12:35pm Period 2 - 12:38pm to 2:00pm Period 3 - 2:02pm to 3:25pm

Daily Schedule (Wed) Homeroom - 8:50am to 9:32am Specialist - 9:35am to 10:25am  Period 1 - 10:28am to 11:28am Period 2 - 11:31am to 11:50am  Lunch - 11:50am to 12:35pm Period 2 - 12:35pm to 1:16pm Period 3 - 1:19pm to 2:20pm

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Mr. G's 6th-grade Homeroom Monday to Friday - No homeroom activities this week since we'll be going to CISPUS!! Woo-hoo!

6th-grade Science Monday - We will be working on Cispus activities all day here at school. Students can bring their gear to leave here overnight and they will take the 3:25 pm bus home. You can bring gear to your homeroom class! HW - Come tomorrow with your daypack with your lunch and water bottle ready to go to Camp CISPUS! Tuesday - Students NEED TO TAKE the EARLY BUS to school so that we can leave for camp at about 8:15 am. Make sure students have a daypack with lunch and snacks. Wednesday and Thursday - Students will be at camp! :) Friday - Students need to be picked up from school at about 2:30 pm or so. See you then!

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Quarter 1, Week 1, 9/2 to 9/6

Daily Schedule (M, T, Th, F) Homeroom - 8:50am to 9:32am Specialist - 9:35am to 10:25am  Period 1 - 10:28am to 11:50am  Lunch - 11:50am to 12:35pm Period 2 - 12:38pm to 2:00pm Period 3 - 2:02pm to 3:25pm

Daily Schedule (Wed) Homeroom - 8:50am to 9:32am Specialist - 9:35am to 10:25am  Period 1 - 10:28am to 11:28am Period 2 - 11:31am to 11:50am  Lunch - 11:50am to 12:35pm Period 2 - 12:35pm to 1:16pm Period 3 - 1:19pm to 2:20pm

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Mr. G's 6th-grade Homeroom Monday - No School - Labor Day! Tuesday - Course Introduction and a review of the school rules and procedures. While the expectations are the same as last year, the building is different so it pays to review. :) HW - None - see Science --> Wednesday to Friday - This week will be spent learning about the fires in Brazil and the devastation to the Amazon Rainforest for our first writing topic. Students will be drafting their first blog posts about this topic!

6th-grade Science Monday - No School - Labor Day! Tuesday - Class Intro today and passing out paperwork to take home for homework (see below for links in case you need a digital copy).  HW - If you did NOT turn in your Cispus Packet today then turn it in tomorrow! The two pages we need right away are the field trip permission slip and the health form.  If your child will need to take any medication at camp, get the authorization for medication form to a doctor so that our camp nurse can dispense the meds. That one is due Friday. Kids also got my class intro sheet with the Bloomz code for parents to sign up for class updates. Wednesday to Friday - Teams will complete the Marshmallow Challenge on Wednesday!  Then students will begin using Classcraft. Digital instructions for our Science assignments, activities, projects, and labs will be on Classcraft. HW - A Cispus reminder was sent home with students. Turn in the field trip permission form and health form of the Cispus Packet tomorrow if you haven't already. Also, sign up for Bloomz if you haven't already. Visit the Parent's Corner if you need more information.

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