Quarter 4, Week 3, 4/27 to 5/1

6th-grade Science:

Week of April 27 to May 1, 2020 - 

This week for our Science Zoom Meeting we will have Rian Plastow from the North Olympic Salmon Coalition teaching a lesson to 6th graders on benthic macroinvertebrates in Chimacum Creek! Parents, feel free to join us this Thursday, April 30, at 12:30 pm!

Details and the Zoom Meeting link will be shared on Classcraft Thursday a few minutes before we start!

To keep our Zoom Meetings safe from Zoom Bombers we need everyone to use their real name or they may not be admitted from the Waiting Room. It also helps to have cameras turned on so we can be sure only our students and their parents are joining. In order to keep the distracting sounds out of our meeting, everyone will be automatically muted. You can type questions in the chat room and wait until Mr. G unmutes you to ask a question. You can also use the Raise Hand feature. Thank you.

In order to get some background knowledge for the guest presentation, kids need to start the Climate Change unit! (Kids are getting this YouTube Playlist on the Classcraft Climate Change assignment to help guide them!)

If your kids need help have them message me on Classcraft or you can message me on Bloomz. By now kids should be finishing their Hydro Dynamics Public Service Announcement blog post so they can focus all their Science attention on the current unit of Climate Change!

Quarter 4, Week 2, 4/20 to 4/24

6th-grade Science:

Week of April 20 to April 24, 2020 - 

Wednesday is Earth Day and I'll be doing an Earth Day special Zoom session at 11:00 am. I'll record it like I did last week for those who miss it. In honor of Earth Day this week we are starting our Climate Change unit! (Kids are getting this YouTube Playlist to start the Unit!)

Students who aren't finished with their Hydro Dynamics Challenge Public Service Announcement (PSA) blog post can still work it and turn it in late (Here are sample PSA Blog Posts). That's okay. Their Water Pollution PSA and their Climate Change PSA work are all part of our Ocean Guardian School Environmental Stewardship Project!

Note: I jumped the gun on choosing Wednesdays at 11:00 am for my Science Zoom office hours. The elementary is currently working on a schedule to accommodate the entire school and Wednesdays might be the day for staff meetings. To that end, I might be moving my weekly Science Zoom meetings to Thursdays at 12:30 pm. I'll let your kids know on Classcraft and Google Classroom when that happens, and I will always post the Zoom Meeting link on Classcraft right before I start the meeting. That way we won't get Zoom Bombed!

BTW, if your kids are missing any of the Google Classroom classes, here are the codes again:

6th-grade Band Google Classroom Join Code: l7jksl6

6th-grade Choir Google Classroom Join Code: h5hrnlu

Mrs. Moriarty's Library Google Classroom Class Join Code for 6th grade: p3mp4lx

Mr. Meacham's P.E. Google Classroom Join code: zsvkjhe

Mr. Haddenham's PE Google Classroom Join code: w4pcyil

Mrs. Kaster's Counselor Google Classroom Join Code: ydz5zjb

Also, here's Mrs. Kaster's phone number if you need to contact her: 360-302-0041

Quarter 4, Week 1, 4/13 to 4/17

6th-grade Science:

Week of April 13 to April 17, 2020 - 

By now I'm sure you know that school is going to continue virtually for the rest of the year, until June 19. As much as I am sorry that I will not get to work with your children face-to-face I am hopeful that we can keep the coronavirus away from our community by staying at home. All this physical distancing will keep us healthy but we can maintain our social interaction using Bloomz and Classcraft.  I hope everyone managed to have a nice spring break and a wonderful Easter.

I am also available to meet with students online via Zoom by appointment. I will also have office hours every Wednesday at 11 am via Zoom to check-in, answer questions, and connect with any 6th graders who can tune in. I will post the Zoom link every Wednesday in the Classcraft message area. ALL OF THIS IS FOR FAMILIES TO USE AS THEY SEE FIT. EVERYTHING HERE IS FLEXIBLE. I PROVIDE DUE DATES FOR THOSE WHO PREFER STRUCTURE. IF THE DUE DATES DON'T SUIT YOUR NEEDS, CHANGE THEM. 

Here's my video playlist to help students finish the Hydro Dynamics Challenge and Public Service Announcement this week as we get ready to start the next unit of study.

In addition to the Hydro Dynamics Challenge and Public Service Announcement students can also be doing the following (also on my video playlist):

1. Play the review Gimkit games. 
2. Play the Kahoot games.
3. Play any of the Science games on the Gonzalez Legends of Learning Playlists.
4. Leave comments on each other's blog posts.
5. Watch the Classdojo videos.
6. Finish the Star Trek class story.
7. Bonus: Play any of the many Hour of Code Games!
8. Bonus: The Great Optional Science Reading Classcraft quest assignment.

Spring Break, 4/6 to 4/10

Week of April 6 to April 10, 2020

Chimacum Schools will be having Spring Break this week. I will continue to check Bloomz and Classcraft for anyone who needs me. I will provide students feedback on any work they complete and turn in this week.