Monday, May 31, 2021

Quarter 4, Week 8, 5-31 to 6-4

Daily Schedule

Homeroom - 8:45am to 9:00am
Period 1 - 9:00am to 10:20am 
Recess - 10:20am to 10:40am
Period 2 - 10:43am to 12:03pm
Period 3 - 12:06pm to 12:15pm
Lunch/Recess - 12:15pm to 12:55pm
Period 3 - 12:58pm to 2:20pm

Cohorts 1 (Per 3) and 2 (Per 1)

Monday - No School - Memorial Day

Tuesday to Friday - This week we will begin a unit on robotics using the Lego Mindstorms EV3 robots!
Cohort C (Per 2)

Monday - No School - Memorial Day

This Week's Science Work - This week we will finish our vinegar and baking soda labs. Then students will design a different vinegar and baking soda lab to collect more data!

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

Sunday, May 23, 2021

Quarter 4, Week 7, 5-24 to 5-28

Daily Schedule

Homeroom - 8:45am to 9:00am
Period 1 - 9:00am to 10:20am 
Recess - 10:20am to 10:40am
Period 2 - 10:43am to 12:03pm
Period 3 - 12:06pm to 12:15pm
Lunch/Recess - 12:15pm to 12:55pm
Period 3 - 12:58pm to 2:20pm

Cohorts 1 (Per 3) and 2 (Per 1)

Monday and Tuesday - Guest presenters from Project JUMP will be joining us. Students are going to learn about ocean plankton and Tuesday they will each make a clay figure of a plankton that will be used on a new playground in HJ Carroll park!

NOTE: the clay students will use on Tuesday contains iron oxide, which stains clothes. We have aprons but remind your child to wear something old in case it gets stained. :)


Wednesday and Thursday - Students will finish up our Ocean Guardian School Environmental Stewardship Project work!
  1. Freshwater Ecosystems
  2. Ocean Ecosystems
  3. Marine vs Freshwater Venn Diagram
  4. Salmon
  5. Invaders
Friday - No School - Snow Make-Up Day. (Also no school on Monday for Memorial Day.)
Cohort C (Per 2)

This Week's Science Work - This week students will be finishing up their food web posters. I'm also going to give them the choice of pausing this unit to begin working on the experimentation unit and use the items from the box!

The first set of experiments will use the vinegar and baking soda so students will need some space and plenty of paper towels or wash cloths to clean up. :)

Monday and Tuesday we are switching periods with Ms. Berg's ELA time so students will have Science at 12:55 pm.

Wednesday and Thursday we will back on our regular schedule at 10:43 am.


Friday - No School - Snow Make-Up Day. (Also no school on Monday for Memorial Day.)

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

Sunday, May 16, 2021

Quarter 4, Week 6, 5-17 to 5-21

Daily Schedule

Homeroom - 8:45am to 9:00am
Period 1 - 9:00am to 10:20am 
Recess - 10:20am to 10:40am
Period 2 - 10:43am to 12:03pm
Period 3 - 12:06pm to 12:15pm
Lunch/Recess - 12:15pm to 12:55pm
Period 3 - 12:58pm to 2:20pm

Cohorts 1 (Per 3) and 2 (Per 1)

Monday to Friday - Students will be working on the following assignments this week:
  1. City Challenge
  2. Freshwater Ecosystems
  3. Ocean Ecosystems
  4. Salmon
  5. Invaders
Cohort C (Per 2)

This Week's Science Work - This week students will completing the assignments below. We will be meeting at our regularly scheduled time, every day at 10:43 am. Once we get done with the assignments below, we will be ready to dig into the science materials in the big box!
  1. Benthic Macroinvertebrates
  2. Macro Review
  3. Power a City and the City Challenge require Minecraft Education Edition (free)
  4. Freshwater Ecosystems
  5. Ocean Ecosystems
  6. Salmon
  7. Invaders

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

Saturday, May 8, 2021

Quarter 4, Week 5, 5-10 to 5-14

Daily Schedule

Homeroom - 8:45am to 9:00am
Period 1 - 9:00am to 10:20am 
Recess - 10:20am to 10:40am
Period 2 - 10:43am to 12:03pm
Period 3 - 12:06pm to 12:15pm
Lunch/Recess - 12:15pm to 12:55pm
Period 3 - 12:58pm to 2:20pm

Friday we will be on an Early Release schedule, the day ends at 12:15 pm.

Cohorts 1 (Per 3) and 2 (Per 1)

Monday - Here are the assignments that we will be working on this week:
  1. Power a City
  2. City Challenge
  3. Freshwater Ecosystems
  4. Ocean Ecosystems
  5. Salmon
  6. Invaders
Tuesday - Today 6th graders will take the Math MAP test. Since I had my 1st period class for Science at the end of the day Friday, today I will have my 2nd period class for Science at the end of the day.

Wednesday - Today 6th graders will take the Reading MAP test. Then I will have my 3rd period class for Science at the end of the day (their normal Science time).

Thursday - Students who missed any of their MAPs tests will make them up today. Otherwise, we will be on our regular schedule working on the assignments listed on Monday.

Friday - We will be on an early release schedule today so school starts at 8:45 am like usual, and ends at 12:15 pm. In that time we will have all three classes so students will all get Science today to work on this week's assignments.
Cohort C (Per 2)

Monday - This week we are going to finish the following, then we will begin working with the Science materials in the box we are preparing for students. We are grateful to the donor who made this possible! :)

Boxes are ready for pick up at the elementary school by TODAY, Monday. May 10.

Here are assignments we'll be working on this week:

  1. Benthic Macroinvertebrates
  2. Macro Review
  3. Power a City and the City Challenge require Minecraft Education Edition (free)
  4. Salmon
  5. Invaders
Tuesday - Today 6th graders will take the Math MAP test. Then Cohort C will have Science from 12:58 to 2:20 pm.

Wednesday - Today 6th graders will take the Reading MAP test. Cohort C will not have Science today but they will have ELA with Ms. Berg from 12:58 to 2:20 pm as usual.

Thursday - Students who missed any of their MAPs tests will make them up today. Otherwise, we will be on our regular schedule working on the assignments listed on Monday.

Friday - We will be on an early release schedule today so school starts at 8:45 am like usual, and ends at 12:15 pm. In that time we will have all three classes so students will all get Science today to work on this week's assignments.

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

Sunday, May 2, 2021

Quarter 4, Week 4, 5-3 to 5-7

Daily Schedule

Homeroom - 8:45am to 9:00am
Period 1 - 9:00am to 10:20am 
Recess - 10:20am to 10:40am
Period 2 - 10:43am to 12:03pm
Period 3 - 12:06pm to 12:15pm
Lunch/Recess - 12:15pm to 12:55pm
Period 3 - 12:58pm to 2:20pm

Cohorts 1 (Per 3) and 2 (Per 1)

Monday to Friday - This week we are going to finish the Chimacum Creek benthic macroinvertebrate catalog! It's going to be amazing once it's complete.

Then students will learn about powering a city and using renewable energy on Minecraft!

  1. Benthic Macroinvertebrates
  2. Macro Review
  3. Power a City
  4. City Challenge
  5. Salmon
  6. Invaders
Cohort C (Per 2)

Monday to Friday - Students will meet with Mr. Gonzalez for Science everyday! From 10:43 am to 12:03 pm students will be working on Science and they will be on Zoom with Mr. Gonzalez just as if we were in school together following a three-period schedule!

Here are the assignments that we are going to work on together (in order to do the Minecraft assignments students will need to have Minecraft Education Edition installed on their computers - email Mr. Gonzalez if you need it installed on a school-issued laptop, otherwise, install it on your personal computers for free and students will use their school accounts!):

  1. Benthic Macroinvertebrates
  2. Macro Review
  3. Power a City and the City Challenge require Minecraft Education Edition (free)
  4. Salmon
  5. Invaders


Group 1 - A1B1

8:45 to 9:00 AM

Homeroom with Ms. Berg

9:00 to 10:20 am

Per 1 ELA/SS with Ms. Berg

10:20 to 10:40 am

Recess

10:43 to 12:03 pm

Per 2 Math with Mr. Brennan

12:06 to 12:15 pm

Per 3 Science with Mr. Gonzalez

12:15 to 12:55 pm

Lunch and Recess

12:58 to 2:17 pm

Per 3 Science Continued

2:17 to 2:20

Clean Up




Group 2 - A2B2

8:45 to 9:00 AM

Homeroom with Mr. Gonzalez

9:00 to 10:20 am

Per 1 Science with Mr. Gonzalez

10:20 to 10:40 am

Recess

10:43 to 12:03 pm

Per 2 ELA/SS with Ms. Berg

12:06 to 12:15 pm

Per 3 Math with Mr. Brennan

12:15 to 12:55 pm

Lunch

12:58 to 2:15 pm

Per 3 Math Continued

2:15 to 2:20

Clean Up




Cohort C

8:45 to 9:00 AM

Homeroom with Mr. Brennan

9:00 to 10:20 am

Per 1 Math with Mr. Brennan

10:20 to 10:40 am

Movement/Snack Break

10:43 to 12:00 pm

Per 2 Science with Mr. Gonzalez

12:00 to 12:55 pm

Lunch and Movement Break

12:55 to 2:20 pm

Per 3 ELA/SS with Ms. Berg


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