Quarter 2, Week 6, 12-14 to 12-18

 

Cohorts A & B & C! Monday & Tuesday - Morning Zoom Meeting with all three teachers from 8:45 am to 9:15 am Monday AND Tuesday! Monday at 1:30 students will have a Science Zoom Lesson.  Tuesday at 1:30 students will have an ELA/SS Zoom Lesson. I sent every student a message on Classcraft with the assignments they need to finish and I updated all their behavior eggs on Bloomz for parents to know what's due for each of your children. Here are the assignments due this week (click here for a list of the assignments that were due last week): Graph Your Data (students will make two graphs) Teach It! An Hour of Code game from the Learning Through Play quest (it's not too late). Fridays students can work on their Passion Project, it's the Mad Skills quest! Wednesday - Today we will not have any Zoom or Google Meets unless students request one. I am also checking Classcraft for students who message me for help. Parents can message me on Bloomz or email me anytime as well. Thursday & Friday - Morning Zoom Meeting with all three teachers from 8:45 am to 9:15 am Thursday AND Friday!  Thursday at 1:30 students will have a Math Zoom Lesson.  Friday at 1:30 students will have a Passion Project session (we might have students presenting/sharing today)! Have a great Winter Break and Happy Holidays to all! May you be safe and healthy. See you in 2021!

Email Mr. Gonzalez with any questions or parents contact Mr. G via Bloomz and students message Mr. G on Classcraft.

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Quarter 2, Week 5, 12-7 to 12-11

 

Cohorts A & B & C! Monday & Tuesday - Morning Zoom Meeting with all three teachers from 8:45 am to 9:15 am Monday AND Tuesday!  Monday at 1:30 students will have a Science Zoom Lesson.  Tuesday at 1:30 students will have an ELA/SS Zoom Lesson. Students should use the following updated sample daily schedule to plan their day so they can complete some ELA/SS, Math, and Science work everyday. Students can message me on Classcraft if they need help, like always, and we can schedule a Google Meet if needed. Here are the assignments students should have completed last week (keep working on these this week if you have NOT completed them yet): Project Survey Water Quality Research The Parameters Then students will complete the ONE parameter EdPuzzle assigned to them, either Dissolved Oxygen, pH, Temperature, Conductivity, Turbidity, or Flow Rate. Water Quality Vocab Watershed Here are the assignments students will complete this week (only if they are done with all the above assignments): Graph Your Data Teach It! An Hour of Code game from the Learning Through Play quest. Fridays students can work on their Passion Project. Wednesday - IT WOULD BE GREAT IF KIDS KEPT THE SAME SCHEDULE TODAY SO THEY CAN WORK ALL DAY LIKE A REGULAR SCHOOL DAY. Today we will not have any Zoom or Google Meets unless students request one. I am also checking Classcraft for students who message me for help. Parents can message me on Bloomz or email me anytime as well. Thursday & Friday - Morning Zoom Meeting with all three teachers from 8:45 am to 9:15 am Thursday AND Friday!  Thursday at 1:30 students will have a Math Zoom Lesson.  Friday at 1:30 students will have a Passion Project Zoom session!

Email Mr. Gonzalez with any questions or parents contact Mr. G via Bloomz and students message Mr. G on Classcraft.

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Quarter 2, Week 4, 11-30 to 12-4

 

Cohorts A & B & C! Monday & Tuesday - Morning Zoom Meeting with all three teachers from 8:45 am to 9:15 am Monday AND Tuesday!  Monday at 1:30 students will have a Science Zoom Lesson.  Tuesday at 1:30 students will have an ELA/SS Zoom Lesson. Students should use the following updated sample daily schedule to plan their day so they can complete some ELA/SS, Math, and Science work everyday. Students can message me on Classcraft if they need help, like always, and we can schedule a Google Meet if needed. This week students are working on the Environmental Stewardship quest. The assignments that students need to complete this week are (some of these were due last week so students should already be done with some of these): Project Survey Water Quality Research The Parameters Then students will complete the ONE parameter EdPuzzle assigned to them, either Dissolved Oxygen, pH, Temperature, Conductivity, Turbidity, or Flow Rate. Water Quality Vocab Watershed Wednesday - Today we will not have any Zoom or Google Meets unless students request one. I am also checking Classcraft for students who message me for help. Parents can message me on Bloomz or email me anytime as well. Thursday & Friday - Morning Zoom Meeting with all three teachers from 8:45 am to 9:15 am Thursday AND Friday!  Thursday at 1:30 students will have a Math Zoom Lesson.  Friday at 1:30 students will have a Passion Project kick off event!

Email Mr. Gonzalez with any questions or parents contact Mr. G via Bloomz and students message Mr. G on Classcraft.

In case you missed it on Bloomz:

Quarter 2, Week 3, 11-23 to 11-27

Monday - Cohort A comes to school only today for our last face-to-face check-in before going fully remote next week. We can do this, we just need kids to do their school work every day, a little every day, and they will be just fine. I will be getting kids ready today for our upcoming work on the Ocean Guardian School Environmental Stewardship Project.  

Ms. Berg, Mr. Brennan, and I are going to develop a schedule for 6th graders and we will share that on Monday, Nov 30. We would like to each have a 30 minute Zoom or Google Meet session every day to keep students focused on working every day.

Tuesday - Cohort B comes to school only today.

Wednesday - Today everyone works online at home for half a day as this our early release schedule day before Thanksgiving. Our esports meeting is cancelled for today and I will let students know when we will be meeting next week.

Thursday and Friday - Thanksgiving Holiday! Have a happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Quarter 2, Week 2, 11-16 to 11-20

 

Cohort A & B Monday & Tuesday - Cohort B works on the following assignments from home. This week I will reveal the response to the Disease Detectives once everyone is done and students will finish their Disease Report if they did not do it at home (Cohort B students need to finish Disease Detectives and Disease Report before Thursday). Then we will focus on the Environmental Stewardship quest. The assignments that students need to work on this week are: Water Quality Research (this assignment provides students with the organizing document where they will take notes on a water quality parameter) Project Survey The Parameters (this is where students see what parameter everyone is responsible for learning and taking notes on) Then students will study the parameter assigned to them (students will watch a video on EdPuzzle to get the information they need to take their notes). Wednesday - Today I will drop the next set of assignments. Thursday & Friday - Cohort A works on the same assignments above from home (including the ones added on Wednesday).

Cohort C Week's Science Work - This week I will reveal the response to the Disease Detectives once everyone is done and students will finish their Disease Report if they have not done so yet. (Here's the video message I recorded for students.) Then we will focus on the Environmental Stewardship quest. The assignments that students need to work on this week are: Water Quality Research (this assignment provides students with the organizing document where they will take notes on a water quality parameter) Project Survey The Parameters (this is where students see what parameter everyone is responsible for learning and taking notes on) Then students will study the parameter assigned to them (students will watch a video on EdPuzzle to get the information they need to take their notes). Wednesday I will post the next set of assignments for those students who are all done with the Disease Detectives, the Disease Report, and the Environmental Stewardship assignments listed above!

Email Mr. Gonzalez with any questions or parents contact Mr. G via Bloomz and students message Mr. G on Classcraft.

Quarter 2, Week 1, 11-9 to 11-13

 

Cohort A & B Monday & Tuesday - Cohort A2 on Mondays and Cohort A1 on Tuesdays.  Cohort B works on the same assignments listed here from home.  For those who have not completed all their Zombie Apocalypse assignments, they have until Friday to still earn XP and gold even though they can no longer earn food and water. Students will get to spend their food and water in class this week so we can roll the dice and see who survives the apocalypse and wins the game! Students need to make sure they have all of these done:  CDC Graphic Novel  Emergency Prep West Coast on Fire Disease Disease, A History The Disease Triangle Updated Game Rules Vocabulary Pear Deck Vocabular Quizizz Review Game The Immune System Commenting New: Disease Detectives New: Disease Reports Wednesday - Veteran's Day Observed - No School Today From Home. Thursday & Friday - Cohort B2 on Thursdays and Cohort B1 on Fridays doing the same as Cohort A did above.  Cohort A works on the same assignments above from home. Finish any overdue Zombie Apocalypse assignments.

Cohort C Monday and Tuesday - For those who have not completed all their Zombie Apocalypse assignments, they have until Friday to still earn XP and gold even though they can no longer earn food and water. Students have until Wednesday to spend any food and water they've earned on special items that will help them survive and win the game! Students need to make sure they have all of these done:  CDC Graphic Novel  Emergency Prep West Coast on Fire Disease Disease, A History The Disease Triangle Updated Game Rules Vocabulary Pear Deck Vocabular Quizizz Review Game The Immune System Commenting New: Disease Detectives New: Disease Reports Wednesday - Veteran's Day Observed - No School Today From Home. I will still be posting the results of the dice roll from the Zombie Apocalypse quest TODAY in the afternoon so that students can see how they did. Thursday and Friday - Finish any overdue Zombie Apocalypse assignments.

Email Mr. Gonzalez with any questions or parents contact Mr. G via Bloomz and students message Mr. G on Classcraft.

Quarter 1, Week 9, 11-2 to 11-6

 This is the last week of the quarter so we have already had one fourth of our school year!

Cohort A & B Monday & Tuesday - Cohort A2 on Mondays and Cohort A1 on Tuesdays. Cohort B works on the same assignments listed here from home.  This week all students are getting the final two assignments of the Zombie Apocalypse quest! This is the last week to work on this quest and earn food and water to use next week when we roll the dice to see who survives the Zombie Apocalypse! :) Parents feel free to message me on Bloomz if you want to know which assignments, if any, your child still has due. These are the Starship Equinox quest assignments, which have been due for about a month now:  The Introduction  Introduce Yourself  Personality Types Personality Types in the Movies Tell Your Parents (Bloomz) At-Home Daily Work Schedule Star Trek or Star Wars  Start Your Blog (This assignment is a prerequisite required before students can begin the next quest.) Blog Link  Blogging in Science Images on Blog  YouTuber  Widgets Anyone?  Passion Post  Time to Advance  These are the Zombie Apocalypse quest assignments that are due this week:  Intro assignment with a video students need to watch. Pear Deck (most students completed this one in class) Pear Deck Takeaway  Supply List (Watch the video for now.) CDC Graphic Novel  Emergency Prep West Coast on Fire Disease Disease, A History The Disease Triangle Updated Game Rules Vocabulary Pear Deck Vocabular Quizizz Review Game The Immune System Commenting New: Disease Detectives New: Disease Reports Wednesday - Everyone works from home today. Students are still working on the assignments listed above. If students need help they can message me on Classcraft. If that's not enough we can make an appointment to have Google Meet. Thursday & Friday - Cohort B2 on Thursdays and Cohort B1 on Fridays doing the same as Cohort A did above.  Cohort A works on the same assignments above from home.

Cohort C Week's Science Work - This week all students are getting the final two assignments of the Zombie Apocalypse quest! This is the last week to work on this quest and earn food and water to use next week when we roll the dice to see who survives the Zombie Apocalypse! :) Parents feel free to message me on Bloomz if you want to know which assignments, if any, your child still has due. These are the Starship Equinox quest assignments, which have been due for about a month now:  The Introduction  Introduce Yourself  Personality Types Personality Types in the Movies Tell Your Parents (Bloomz) At-Home Daily Work Schedule Star Trek or Star Wars  Start Your Blog (This assignment is a prerequisite required before students can begin the next quest.) Blog Link  Blogging in Science Images on Blog  YouTuber  Widgets Anyone?  Passion Post  Time to Advance  These are the Zombie Apocalypse quest assignments that are due this week:  Intro assignment with a video students need to watch. Pear Deck (most students completed this one in class) Pear Deck Takeaway  Supply List (Watch the video for now.) CDC Graphic Novel  Emergency Prep West Coast on Fire Disease Disease, A History The Disease Triangle Updated Game Rules Vocabulary Pear Deck Vocabular Quizizz Review Game The Immune System Commenting New: Disease Detectives New: Disease Reports

Email Mr. Gonzalez with any questions or parents contact Mr. G via Bloomz and students message Mr. G on Classcraft.

Quarter 1, Week 8, 10-26 to 10-30

Monday (Cohort A) and Tuesday (Cohort B) is dress up like your favorite Book Character day (no weapons and no gore).

Thursday and Friday we will be having our parent/teacher/student conferences via Zoom. Please find a time slot on Bloomz where you and your child can meet with the 6th grade teachers. 

Mr. Brennan will be meeting with all Cohort C families, Ms. Berg will be meeting with all Cohort A1 and B1 families, and I will be meeting with all Cohort A2 and B2 families. Mr. Brennan, Ms. Berg, and I are leaving notes on progress reports for each student so that we can give you information about Math, ELA/SS, and Science during your conference.

Monday - Cohort A comes to school only today.

Tuesday - Cohort B comes to school only today.

Wednesday - I have an esports team meeting at 11 am today, then we'll have our practice. Aside from that, I have one conference at 6 pm and the rest of the day I can schedule conferences for parents who need a different day.

Thursday - Cohort B2 conferences today. If you can't make any of my time slots today, message me on Bloomz to schedule a Wednesday time slot. I will not be available from 3 to about 5:30 pm today because I will be hosting our second esports match with Lakeside Middle School at 4 pm.

Friday - Cohort A2 conferences today. Just like Cohort B2 above, if you can't make any of my time slots, message me on Bloomz to schedule a time on Wednesday. 

Quarter 1, Week 7, 10-19 to 10-23

 

Cohort A & B Monday & Tuesday - Cohort A2 on Mondays and Cohort A1 on Tuesdays. Cohort B works on the same assignments listed here from home.  As students complete all the work assigned I have been adding more assignments in preparation for our next unit on Environmental Stewardship. We are not quite ready to start that unit yet but kids who are getting ahead can work on it if they want to and if they are caught up with the all their Starship Equinox and Zombie Apocalypse Classcraft quests. Assignments that are being added in the Classcraft quests, Science Fiction & Fact, Mojo's Lessons, and the 2020 Blogging Challenge are for students who are done with all their Starship Equinox and Zombie Apocalypse assignments and want more to do.   During face-to-face class time students get very little time to work on late assignments. In class we play a Gimkit quiz game together, we go out for fish trapping together, and we go out for water quality testing together. The following pre-requisite assignments should be all done by now:  The Introduction  Introduce Yourself  Personality Types Personality Types in the Movies Tell Your Parents (Bloomz) At-Home Daily Work Schedule Star Trek or Star Wars  Start Your Blog (This assignment is a prerequisite required before students can begin the next quest.) Blog Link  Blogging in Science Images on Blog  YouTuber  Widgets Anyone?  Passion Post  Time to Advance  All students should be working on these assignments this week:  Intro assignment with a video students need to watch. Pear Deck (most students completed this one in class) Pear Deck Takeaway  Supply List (Watch the video for now.) CDC Graphic Novel  Emergency Prep West Coast on Fire Disease Disease, A History The Disease Triangle Updated Game Rules Vocabulary Pear Deck Vocabular Quizizz Review Game The Immune System Commenting Wednesday - Everyone working from home. Students are still working on the assignments listed above.  Thursday & Friday - Cohort B2 on Thursdays and Cohort B1 on Fridays doing the same as Cohort A did above.  Cohort A works on the same assignments above from home.

Cohort C Week's Science Work - As students complete all the work assigned I have been adding more assignments in preparation for our next unit on Environmental Stewardship. We are not quite ready to start that unit yet but kids who are getting ahead can work on it if they want to and if they are caught up with the all their Starship Equinox and Zombie Apocalypse Classcraft quests. Assignments that are being added in the Classcraft quests, Science Fiction & Fact, Mojo's Lessons, and the 2020 Blogging Challenge are for students who are done with all their Starship Equinox and Zombie Apocalypse assignments and want more to do.  By now all Cohort C students should be finished with all the Starship Equinox assignments (students who are NOT done with all of the following assignments need to work on these first): The Introduction  Introduce Yourself  Personality Types Personality Types in the Movies Tell Your Parents (Bloomz) At-Home Daily Work Schedule Star Trek or Star Wars  Start Your Blog (This assignment is a prerequisite required before students can begin the next quest.) Blog Link  Blogging in Science Images on Blog  YouTuber  Widgets Anyone?  Passion Post  Time to Advance This week, just like last week, all Cohort C students should be working on the following Zombie Apocalypse assignments (completing two to three assignments per day should be sufficient so that students are working on Math, ELA/SS, and Science every day): Intro assignment with a video students need to watch. Pear Deck (most students completed this one in class) Pear Deck Takeaway  Supply List (Watch the video for now.) CDC Graphic Novel  Emergency Prep West Coast on Fire Disease Disease, A History The Disease Triangle Updated Game Rules Vocabulary Pear Deck Vocabular Quizizz Review Game The Immune System Commenting

Email Mr. Gonzalez with any questions or parents contact Mr. G via Bloomz and students message Mr. G on Classcraft.

Quarter 1, Week 6, 10-12 to 10-16

 

Cohort A & B Monday & Tuesday - Cohort A2 on Mondays and Cohort A1 on Tuesdays. Cohort B works on the same assignments listed here from home.  Students should be doing some Science, Math, ELA/SS every day they are at home. Students are continuing to go to the creek every day they are in Science class to collect water quality data on Dissolved Oxygen, Temperature, pH, Turbidity, Flow Rate, and Conductivity. This week we are also going to go to the creek to set fish traps so that we can identify and count the fish in Chimacum Creek! In order to be able to take advantage of our one day a week in Science class time together, students must complete Science work when they are at home. Two to three assignments per day will keep students caught up. And if they are falling behind, they can do more per day to catch up. The following pre-requisite assignments should be all done by now:  The Introduction  Introduce Yourself  Personality Types Personality Types in the Movies Tell Your Parents (Bloomz) At-Home Daily Work Schedule Star Trek or Star Wars  Start Your Blog (This assignment is a prerequisite required before students can begin the next quest.) Blog Link  Blogging in Science Images on Blog  YouTuber  Widgets Anyone?  Passion Post  Time to Advance  All students should be working on these assignments this week:  Intro assignment with a video students need to watch. Pear Deck (most students completed this one in class) Pear Deck Takeaway  Supply List (Watch the video for now.) CDC Graphic Novel  Emergency Prep West Coast on Fire Disease Disease, A History The Disease Triangle Updated Game Rules Vocabulary Pear Deck Vocabular Quizizz Review Game The Immune System Commenting Wednesday - Everyone working from home. Students are still working on the assignments listed above.  Thursday & Friday - Cohort B2 on Thursdays and Cohort B1 on Fridays doing the same as Cohort A did above.  Cohort A works on the same assignments above from home.

Cohort C Week's Science Work - By now all Cohort C students should be finished with all the Starship Equinox assignments (students who are NOT done with all of the following assignments need to work on these first): The Introduction  Introduce Yourself  Personality Types Personality Types in the Movies Tell Your Parents (Bloomz) At-Home Daily Work Schedule Star Trek or Star Wars  Start Your Blog (This assignment is a prerequisite required before students can begin the next quest.) Blog Link  Blogging in Science Images on Blog  YouTuber  Widgets Anyone?  Passion Post  Time to Advance This week, all Cohort C students should be working on the following Zombie Apocalypse assignments (completing two to three assignments per day should be sufficient so that students are working on Math, ELA/SS, and Science every day): Intro assignment with a video students need to watch. Pear Deck (most students completed this one in class) Pear Deck Takeaway  Supply List (Watch the video for now.) CDC Graphic Novel  Emergency Prep West Coast on Fire Disease Disease, A History The Disease Triangle Updated Game Rules Vocabulary Pear Deck Vocabular Quizizz Review Game The Immune System Commenting

Email Mr. Gonzalez with any questions or parents contact Mr. G via Bloomz and students message Mr. G on Classcraft.

Quarter 1, Week 5, 10-5 to 10-9

 

Cohort A & B Monday & Tuesday - Cohort A2 on Mondays and Cohort A1 on Tuesdays. Cohort B works on the same assignments listed here from home.  Students are supposed to be checking Classcraft every day and filling out the attendance form every day along with completing a few assignments each day to get caught up. And if students stay caught up by working on the days they are at home then we can for sure continue to go to the creek to get water quality data. By next week we might even be able to start fish trapping as well! All this is possible if we don't have spend class time catching up on missing work. :) The following pre-requisite assignments are still due and students still have time to complete them:  The Introduction  Introduce Yourself  Personality Types Personality Types in the Movies Tell Your Parents (Bloomz) Star Trek or Star Wars  Start Your Blog (This assignment is a prerequisite required before students can begin the next quest.) Blog Link  Blogging in Science Images on Blog  YouTuber  Widgets Anyone?  Passion Post  Time to Advance  Once all the above are done, students can work on these:  Intro assignment with a video students need to watch. Pear Deck (most students completed this one in class) Pear Deck Takeaway  Supply List (Watch the video to start filling out your supply card with the food and water you are getting.) CDC Graphic Novel  Emergency Prep West Coast on Fire Disease Disease, A History The Disease Triangle Updated Game Rules Vocabulary Pear Deck Commenting Wednesday - Everyone working from home. Students are still working on the assignments listed above.  Thursday & Friday - Cohort B2 on Thursdays and Cohort B1 on Fridays doing the same as Cohort A did above.  Cohort A works on the same assignments above from home.

Cohort C Week's Science Work - Students still need to complete the assignments listed here because they prepare them for all the work coming up this year! Cohort C students are supposed to check Classcraft every day to fill out the attendance form and complete a few assignments each day:  The Introduction  Introduce Yourself  Personality Types Personality Types in the Movies Tell Your Parents (Bloomz) Star Trek or Star Wars  Start Your Blog (This assignment is a prerequisite required before students can begin the next quest.) Blog Link  Blogging in Science Images on Blog  YouTuber  Widgets Anyone?  Passion Post  Time to Advance  Once all the above are done, students can work on these:  Intro assignment with a video students need to watch. Pear Deck (most students completed this one in class) Pear Deck Takeaway  Supply List (Watch the video to start filling out your supply card with the food and water you are getting.) CDC Graphic Novel  Emergency Prep West Coast on Fire Disease Disease, A History The Disease Triangle Updated Game Rules Vocabulary Pear Deck Commenting

Email Mr. Gonzalez with any questions or parents contact Mr. G via Bloomz and students message Mr. G on Classcraft.

Quarter 1, Week 4, 9-29 to 10-2

 

Cohort A & B Monday & Tuesday - Cohort A2 on Mondays and Cohort A1 on Tuesdays. Cohort B works on the same assignments listed here from home. Most students are starting to catch up so students will learn how to use the water quality testing equipment and we will go to the creek and start collecting data this week! The following pre-requisite assignments are still due and students still have time to complete them:  The Introduction  Introduce Yourself  Personality Types Personality Types in the Movies Tell Your Parents (Bloomz) Star Trek or Star Wars  Start Your Blog (This assignment is a prerequisite required before students can begin the next quest.) Blog Link  Blogging in Science Images on Blog  YouTuber  Widgets Anyone?  Passion Post  Time to Advance  Once all the above are done, students can work on these:  Intro assignment with a video students need to watch. Pear Deck (most students completed this one in class) Pear Deck Takeaway  Supply List (Watch the video for now.) CDC Graphic Novel  Emergency Prep West Coast on Fire Disease Updated Game Rules Vocabulary Pear Deck Commenting Wednesday - Everyone working from home. Students are still working on the assignments listed above.  Thursday & Friday - Cohort B2 on Thursdays and Cohort B1 on Fridays doing the same as Cohort A did above.  Cohort A works on the same assignments above from home.

Cohort C Week's Science Work - Here are the assignments that students have been and are still working on.  The following pre-requisite assignments are to be done first:  The Introduction  Introduce Yourself  Personality Types Personality Types in the Movies Tell Your Parents (Bloomz) Star Trek or Star Wars  Start Your Blog (This assignment is a prerequisite required before students can begin the next quest.) Blog Link  Blogging in Science Images on Blog  YouTuber  Widgets Anyone? (Optional assignment.) Passion Post  Time to Advance  Once all the above are done, students can work on these:  Intro assignment with video students need to watch. Pear Deck (most students completed this one on their own) Pear Deck Takeaway  Supply List (Watch the video for now.) CDC Graphic Novel  Emergency Prep West Coast on Fire Disease Updated Game Rules Vocabulary Pear Deck Commenting

Email Mr. Gonzalez with any questions or parents contact Mr. G via Bloomz and students message Mr. G on Classcraft.

Quarter 1, Week 3, 9/21 to 9/25

 

Cohort A & B Monday & Tuesday - Cohort A2 on Mondays and Cohort A1 on Tuesdays. Cohort B works on the same assignments listed here from home. Water quality testing will have to be done next week for both A and B Cohorts because we need the class time for students to do the work they are not doing at home during their three days of work from home. Plus, I need all the students to bring back their permission slips or I can't take anyone down to the creek. I also heard from North Olympic Salmon Coalition that they will be clearning our fish trapping path Oct 5 so the week after that we'll start fish trapping! So we'll try again next week. This week, with the air quality improving and all students turning in their permission slips, 6th graders in Cohorts A and B are going to learn how to use the water quality testing equipment to go down to the creek and collect water quality data! Each cohort will go once a day, hopefully at about the same time of day, and get data that they will put all together on one spreadsheet. We will check the fish trapping section of the creek to see if we can set traps this week as well. These activities are all part of our Ocean Guardian School Environmental Stewardship Project! All students received a message on Classcraft telling them all the assignments they still need to complete from the list below. All the assignments are due this week. Since many students have not completed the week 1 and 2 assignments, they are still due, so students need to work on these:  The Introduction  Introduce Yourself  Personality Types  Tell Your Parents (Bloomz) Star Trek or Star Wars  Start Your Blog (This assignment is a prerequisite required before students can begin the next quest.) Blog Link  Blogger's Contract Images on Blog  YouTuber  Widgets Anyone?  Passion Post  Time to Advance  Week 3 assignments from the Classcraft Quest called Zombie Apocalypse:  Intro assignment with a video students need to watch. Pear Deck (most students completed this one in class) Pear Deck Takeaway  Supply List (Watch the video for now.) CDC Graphic Novel  Emergency Prep West Coast on Fire Disease Wednesday - Everyone working from home. Students are still working on the assignments listed above.  Thursday & Friday - Cohort B2 on Thursdays and Cohort B1 on Fridays doing the same as Cohort A did above. Cohort A works on the same assignments above from home.

Cohort C Week's Science Work - All students received a message on Classcraft telling them all the assignments they still need to complete from the list below. All the assignments are due this week. Since many students have not completed the week 1 and 2 assignments, they are still due, so students need to work on these:  The Introduction  Introduce Yourself  Personality Types  Tell Your Parents (Bloomz) Star Trek or Star Wars  Start Your Blog (This assignment is a prerequisite required before students can begin the next quest.) Blog Link  Blogger's Contract Images on Blog  YouTuber  Widgets Anyone? (Optional assignment.) Passion Post  Time to Advance  Week 3 assignments from the Classcraft Quest called Zombie Apocalypse:  Intro assignment with a video students need to watch. Pear Deck (most students completed this one on their own) Pear Deck Takeaway  Supply List (Watch the video for now.) CDC Graphic Novel  Emergency Prep West Coast on Fire Disease

Email Mr. Gonzalez with any questions or parents contact Mr. G via Bloomz and students message Mr. G on Classcraft.

Quarter 1, Weeks 1 and 2 - 9/8 to 9/18

 

Cohort A & B Monday & Tuesday - Cohort A2 on Mondays and Cohort A1 on Tuesdays. Here is a list of the assignments students will be working on at home when they are not at school. At school, I will show them how to get started on these assignments and I will give them time to work on them in class as well. If you have not signed and had your child return their field trip permission form with the photo release form on the back of the page, please do so this week. That way I will be able to take students to Chimacum Creek next week to collect water quality data as part of our Ocean Guardian School Environmental Stewardship Project!  Here are links to another copy of the permission slip and the photo release form. Read this for details about this project. And parents, if you cannot get your school-issued laptop to connect to the Internet, click here to see if these instructions will work to get you connected. If that doesn't work, contact us, the teachers, so that we can submit a tech request work order.   Week 1 assignments from the Classcraft Quest called The Starship Equinox: The Introduction  Introduce Yourself  Personality Types  Tell Your Parents  Star Trek or Star Wars  Start Your Blog (This assignment is a prerequisite required before students can begin the next quest.) Blog Link  Images on Blog  YouTuber  Widgets Anyone?  Passion Post  Time to Advance  Week 2 assignments from the Classcraft Quest called Zombie Apocalypse (these assignments do NOT have to all be done by Friday, Sept 18; students can work on these next week): Finish any of the Week 1 assignments from The Starship Equinox.  Pear Deck (most students completed this one in class)  Supply List (Watch the video for now.) CDC Graphic Novel  Emergency Prep West Coast on Fire Disease Wednesday - Everyone working from home on the assignments mentioned above. Thursday & Friday - Cohort B2 on Thursdays and Cohort B1 on Fridays. Cohort B1 and B2 will be working on the same assignments as Cohort A above.

Cohort C Week's Science Work - Cohort C students will be working on the following assignments for the first two weeks of school. I plan to push out more Zombie Apocalypse disease throughout the week and students can complete them during week 2, Sept 14 to Sept 18, or wait until the next week if they don't have time to get to them this week. Week 1 assignments from the Classcraft Quest called The Starship Equinox:  The Introduction  Introduce Yourself  Personality Types  Tell Your Parents  Star Trek or Star Wars  Start Your Blog (This assignment is a prerequisite required before students can begin the next quest.) Blog Link  Images on Blog  YouTuber  Widgets Anyone?  Passion Post  Time to Advance  Week 2 assignments from the Classcraft Quest called Zombie Apocalypse (these assignments do NOT have to all be done by Friday, Sept 18; students can work on these next week):  Finish any of the Week 1 assignments from The Starship Equinox.  Pear Deck (most students completed this one in class)  Supply List (Watch the video for now.) CDC Graphic Novel  Emergency Prep West Coast on Fire Disease With regards to the field trip permission slip and photo release form in the packets that went home to Cohort C kids, if you fill that out and send it to me, if in the future I get to work with your kids face-to-face, I can get them down to the creek to test the water quality right away! It's wishful thinking and preparing ahead. :)

Email Mr. Gonzalez with any questions or parents contact Mr. G via Bloomz and students message Mr. G on Classcraft.

Quarter 4, Week 10, 6/15 to 6/19

6th-grade Science:

Week of June 15 to June 19, 2020 - 

This week's Science Zoom Meeting will be happening TODAY at 12 noon along with Ms. Berg and Mr. Brennan so that families can drive through the Primary School and the Elementary School Thursday, June 18, starting at 1:30 pm at the Primary School and starting at 2 pm at the Elementary School for our goodbye waves.

I hope everyone is doing well and that all your families are healthy. I will continue to check Classcraft and Google Classroom for any student who wishes to continue doing any Science activities over the summer. Kids can message me on Classcraft if they want me to re-open a Kahoot, Gimkit, Quizizz, or Legends of Learning game.

All families will be getting an envelope mailed to them by the end of this week with your child's progress report and hopefully a surprise 😄. So the envelope should be getting to you by next week. A report card is included but since we could not provide second-semester grades, the only feedback your child has will be on the progress report. Honestly, all that matters is what your child learns so the score is not important, which is why the 6th-grade teachers plan to continue providing feedback and staying connected to our 6th-grade students during the summer.

With that, I wish you all a great summer. I am grateful that I got to work with you and your children this year.

Quarter 4, Week 9, 6/8 to 6/12

6th-grade Science:

Week of June 8 to June 12, 2020 - 

This week's Science Zoom Meeting will be at 12:30 pm again on Thursday, June 11. This week I will finish teaching the Water Quality topic that many students have started to help them get it done. This week I'll be going over pH, turbidity, and flow rate in Chimacum Creek.

Last week's screening of the movie Microplastic Madness was great! The week before, I covered dissolved oxygen and temperature, and here's the recording in case your child missed it (watching the video below and attending this week's Science Zoom will help kids get their Water Quality assignment done a LOT more easily then if they just do it on their own): 

And I do hope those of you that checked out a school-issued laptop will keep it over the summer because Ms. Berg, Mr. Brennan, and I will continue to check in on students and check their work and provide feedback if they keep working!