Quarter 2, Week 7, 12/16 to 12/20

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

Mr. G's 6th-grade Homeroom Monday and Tuesday - This week students will continue working on their stories. HW - None Wednesday - Library Day (in the new library!). Thursday and Friday - Same as Monday.

6th-grade Science Monday - Today 6th graders will be taking the MAP Reading Test. Students will have until 2 pm to finish. Those who finish early will either get time to work on Math or Science. From 2:00 to 3:25 my Period 1 class will have Science today. See Wednesday for what they will be doing. HW - None Tuesday - Today 6th graders will be taking the MAP Math Test. Students will have until 2 pm to finish. Those who finish early will either get time to work on Math or Science. From 2:00 to 3:25 my Period 2 class will have Science today. See tomorrow for what they will be doing. Wednesday - Regular Wednesday today. Teams who are done with their Sensors blog post are going to build their team robot, practice programming their robot, and complete their first challenge, the Sensabot Challenge.  Teams who complete the Sensabot Challenge before the end of the week can move on to learning a little bit about how computers work before they begin the next challenge where they will learn how to use the move steering programming block with rotations and degrees mathematically! Thursday - Today 6th graders will be taking the MAP Language Test. Students will have until 2 pm to finish. Those who finish early will either get time to work on Math or Science. From 2:00 to 3:25 my Period 3 class will have Science today. See Wednesday for what they will be doing. Friday -  Regular weekday schedule today. Same as Wednesday.

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Quarter 2, Week 6, 12/9 to 12/13

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

Mr. G's 6th-grade Homeroom Monday to Friday - This week students will be working on writing stories that have well developed characters (a main protagonist and a good antagonist), the setting and genre, and an idea for a problem/issue. HW - None unless you want to catch up or get ahead.

6th-grade Science Monday - Some teams are still finishing the Sensor labs. Today teams who are done will share what they learned with the rest of the class. HW - None Tuesday to Friday - Teams who are done with their Sensors blog post are going to build their team robot, practice programming their robot, and complete their first challenge, the Sensabot Challenge.  Teams who complete the Sensabot Challenge before the end of the week can move on to learning a little bit about how computers work before they begin the next challenge where they will learn how to use the move steering programming block with rotations and degrees mathematically! 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.

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Quarter 2, Week 5, 12/2 to 12/6

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

Mr. G's 6th-grade Homeroom Monday to Friday - The week 8 Student Blogging Challenge Google Form will close this Wednesday so students have until then to complete any of the challenges. Those who are done with all 8 challenges will be working on the Saturn's Moon naming activity. We will submit ideas for naming of 20 new moons discovered orbiting Saturn!  Then students will begin to study the Journey of a Hero as they begin to develop their very own story. HW - None unless you want to catch up on any late Student Blogging Challenge posts.

6th-grade Science Monday to Friday - This week teams will be finishing their sensor labs. Once teams collect their data and graph their data they will write conclusions. Their conclusions will become their sensor blog post. Once teams are finished publishing their sensor blog posts they will begin building their EV3 Robot and practicing/reviewing how to program their robot before they begin their first robot challenges! HW - None 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.

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