Week10, 2/18 to 2/11

(This may change from day to day depending on how much we actually get done in class so check back often to make sure something wasn't changed at the last minute.) 

 Last updated on Thursday, Feb 21, 2013, 3:44pm 

 Daily Schedule 

1st per - 7:45am to 8:37am 

2nd per - 8:41am to 9:33am 

3rd per - 9:37am to 10:29am 

Eagle Time - 10:33am to 11:00am 

Lunch - 11:00am to 11:32am 

4th per - 11:36am to 12:28pm 

5th per - 12:32pm to 1:24pm 

6th per - 1:28pm to 2:20pm

6th grade Science Monday - No School Today - President's Day. HW - None Tuesday - Today students will have time to finish their Lesson 13 blog as well as to put badges on their blogs to show which standards they are figuring out. HW - Have your parents sign the student release forms, the National Board one and the WA GreenSTEMs one. Wednesday - Many students still need time to finish their Lesson 13 blog so I will give them one more day to work on it. Those who are done will be engaging in some other simple machine activities. HW - None, unless you still need to finish Lesson 13 blog. Thursday - Today I will have periods 1, 3, and 5 (plus Eagle Time) for a two hour block. I helped wrap up the Energy, Machines, and Motion social network prompts and shared the results the Work and Power prompts.  Then we started our Environmental Education unit. I began by having students draw a stream or river in their notebooks then we watched some videos to see what this project is going to look like (including tree planting and water quality testing). We ended the class today by starting the first part of this project, the Water Pollution Webquest (all this can be found on the Moodle, the 5th block). HW - None Friday - Today I will have periods 2, 4, and 6 (plus Eagle Time) for a two hour block. I helped wrap up the Energy, Machines, and Motion social network prompts and shared the results the Work and Power prompts.  Then we started our Environmental Education unit. I began by having students draw a stream or river in their notebooks then we watched some videos to see what this project is going to look like (including tree planting and water quality testing). We ended the class today by starting the first part of this project, the Water Pollution Webquest (all this can be found on the Moodle, the 5th block). HW - Please remember to ask your parents to sign the student release forms, the National Board one and the WA GreenSTEMs one if you haven't already.

8th grade Science Monday - No School Today - President's Day. HW - Anything that you didn't finish last week was your homework including catching up on missing assignments. Tuesday - Today students will continue to write what is happening in all six stages of cell mitosis. 2nd per will be setting the fish traps today.  HW - Have your parents sign the National Board student release form for me. Wednesday - Today students will finish writing what is happening in all six stages of cell mitosis. 2nd per will get the traps to id and count any fish we caught.  HW - None Thursday - Today I will have periods 1, 3, and 5 (plus Eagle Time) for a two hour block. Today I will show students how to create either animations on the iPads or Glogs on the Netbooks and iMacs to share what they are learning. They have to animate the process of mitosis (iPad) or create a digital poster showing how mitosis works (iMac or Netbooks) including the written descriptions they've been working on this week for each phase of mitosis. HW - None Friday - Today I will have periods 2, 4, and 6 (plus Eagle Time) for a two hour block. Today I will show students how to create either animations on the iPads or Glogs on the Netbooks and iMacs to share what they are learning. They have to animate the process of mitosis (iPad) or create a digital poster showing how mitosis works (iMac or Netbooks) including the written descriptions they've been working on this week for each phase of mitosis. HW - Please remember to ask your parents sign the National Board student release form for me if you haven't already.

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Week 9, 2/11 to 2/15

(This may change from day to day depending on how much we actually get done in class so check back often to make sure something wasn't changed at the last minute.) 

 Last updated on Thursday, Feb 14, 2013, 3:35pm 

 Daily Schedule 

1st per - 7:45am to 8:37am 

2nd per - 8:41am to 9:33am 

3rd per - 9:37am to 10:29am 

Eagle Time - 10:33am to 11:00am 

Lunch - 11:00am to 11:32am 

4th per - 11:36am to 12:28pm 

5th per - 12:32pm to 1:24pm 

6th per - 1:28pm to 2:20pm

6th grade Science Monday - Today students will continue working on the second part of their lever lab, Inquiry 13.2, to finish collecting data and to graph their results. HW - None Tuesday - Lesson 13.2 on the lever is proving to be quite challenging so most teams still need to finish collecting data. Once teams are done they can answer question 8 on page 124 and graph their data.  Once teams are done with the above we can figure out how to use the lever to make the motor lift the load. HW - None Wednesday - Today teams will try and see if they can get the motor to lift the sled with 10 washers using a lever. Then students will complete their Lesson 13 blog assignment. HW - None Thursday - Today we will take a little time to leave comments on the Arden School blog. Today students will work on completing their lesson 13 work and blog. HW - None Friday - No school today if we didn't use our Snow Day making this a non-student day!  HW - Enjoy the long weekend! :)

8th grade Science Monday - Today we will take a little time to leave comments on the Arden School blog. Then students need to finish their conclusions to publish them on their Bacteria blog assignment. HW - Finish your ribbon of life test for homework if you did NOT finish it last week (I can't spare anymore class time). Tuesday - Students still need time to finish their Bacteria blog assignment.  Students are also working on any missing assignment they have. HW - See Monday's. Wednesday - Students will get more time to complete any of their missing assignments and to put the new badges on their blogs. HW - None Thursday - Today students will be learning about mitosis. HW - None Friday - No school today if we didn't use our Snow Day making this a non-student day!  HW - Enjoy the long weekend! :) And take the opportunity to make up all your missing work (check your blog and social network to see what you're missing and email me if you're not sure).

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Week 8, 2/4 to 2/8

(This may change from day to day depending on how much we actually get done in class so check back often to make sure something wasn't changed at the last minute.) 

 Last updated on Thursday, Feb 7, 2013, 3:03pm 

Progress reports are ready! This round of progress reports has information from students giving each other feedback. Because it's different from the usual progress report I'm going to give each child his or her own paper copy on Thursday so watch out for it at home if you can't check it online.

Also be sure to visit your child's blog to see how she or he is doing in Science. 

If you want to know how your child is doing with the Social Network Science Prompts, just email me so that I can check for you (I can explain what it is too if you don't know).

 Daily Schedule 

1st per - 7:45am to 8:37am 

2nd per - 8:41am to 9:33am 

3rd per - 9:37am to 10:29am 

Eagle Time - 10:33am to 11:00am 

Lunch - 11:00am to 11:32am 

4th per - 11:36am to 12:28pm 

5th per - 12:32pm to 1:24pm 

6th per - 1:28pm to 2:20pm

6th grade Science Monday - Today we will take some time to comment our next Quadblogging school in Vermont. Then we will begin lesson 13 of Energy, Machines, and Motion to learn about the Lever. (This is going to be our last lesson out of that series.) HW - None Tuesday - Today we're on an Early Release schedule for periods 1, 3, and 5 (each period will be about an hour long). Today's classes will be working on the first part of their lab on Levers. HW - None Wednesday - Today we're on an Early Release schedule for periods 2, 4, and 6 (each period will be about an hour long). Today's classes will be working on the first part of their lab on Levers. HW - Eagle Night tonight! I'll have my room open so that you can stop and show your parents the work you've been doing in Science! We'll be starting at 7pm. Thursday - Today teams will finish the first part of the lab on levers. We will share data and then begin the second part of the lab if we have time. HW - Show your parents the paper copy of your progress reports! Friday - Today those teams who are ready will begin Inquiry 13.2, which is part 2 of our lever lab. HW - None

8th grade Science Monday - Today we will take some time to comment our next Quadblogging school in Vermont. Then students will continue to work on, and finish, the exam we started last week by completing their two ribbon of life blogging questions and their three ribbon of life social network prompts. HW - None Tuesday - Today we're on an Early Release schedule for periods 1, 3, and 5 (each period will be about an hour long). Students are still working on the exam we started last week by completing their two ribbon of life blogging questions and their three ribbon of life social network prompts. If they finish today then we will prepare to do a bacteria lab to see what surfaces have the most bacteria. HW - None Wednesday - Today we're on an Early Release schedule for periods 2, 4, and 6 (each period will be about an hour long). Students are still working on the exam we started last week by completing their two ribbon of life blogging questions and their three ribbon of life social network prompts. If they finish today then we will prepare to do a bacteria lab to see what surfaces have the most bacteria. HW - Eagle Night tonight! I'll have my room open so that you can stop and show your parents the work you've been doing in Science! We'll be starting at 7pm. Thursday - Today we will start the bacteria lab to see what kinds of bacteria there are in our school.  HW - Show your parents the paper copy of your progress reports! And finish your ribbon of life test for homework (I can't spare anymore class time). Friday - Today teams will check their petri dishes to see what bacteria they got to grow. Students will write their conclusions on the Bacteria blog assignment. HW - Finish your ribbon of life test for homework (I can't spare anymore class time).

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Week 7, 1/28 to 2/1

(This may change from day to day depending on how much we actually get done in class so check back often to make sure something wasn't changed at the last minute.) 

 Last updated on Thursday, Jan 31, 2013, 2:13pm

This is the midterm week. I will have progress reports ready by early next week. In the meantime be sure to visit your child's blog to see how she or he is doing in Science. If you want to know how your child is doing with the Social Network Science Prompts, just email me so that I can check for you (I can explain what it is too if you don't know).

 Daily Schedule 

1st per - 7:45am to 8:37am 

2nd per - 8:41am to 9:33am 

3rd per - 9:37am to 10:29am 

Eagle Time - 10:33am to 11:00am 

Lunch - 11:00am to 11:32am 

4th per - 11:36am to 12:28pm 

5th per - 12:32pm to 1:24pm 

6th per - 1:28pm to 2:20pm

6th grade Science Monday - Today we are going to watch a couple of videos to get some ideas about how to leave great comments and how feedback can help us improve the quality of our work.  Students are also checking their blogs to check for comments from our Quadblogging pals. It's our turn to read and comment on the next school's work.  HW - None Tuesday - Today students will take a halfway through the year survey. Then they  continue to work on their Newton's Laws  projects. HW - None, unless you need to catch up on your Newton's Laws project. Wednesday - Today I will show students how to upload their projects onto their blogs. I am expecting most students to have a product ready for uploading today (at least that's the goal). HW - None Thursday - Well, we are still working on having a finished product to upload to our blogs today. Only a few got done yesterday. HW - None Friday - Today I will give students a peer assessment survey to see how they rate each other. I've heard some teams are getting along great while other teams are not working so well together.  Then students will have the rest of the period to get their Newton's Laws of Motion animations or glogs onto their blogs. Those who are done will investigate simple machines. HW - None

8th grade Science Monday - Today we are going to watch a couple of videos to get some ideas about how to leave great comments and how feedback can help us improve the quality of our work.  Students are also checking their blogs to check for comments from our Quadblogging pals. It's our turn to read and comment on the next school's work.  HW - None Tuesday - Today students will take a halfway through the year survey.  Then they will continue to work on their ribbon of life assignment. 5th period will set the fish traps today. HW - None, unless you need to catch up on your ribbon of life assignment. Wednesday - Students are still working on the ribbon of life. If they are ready they can take the test today. If they need one more day then we'll take the test tomorrow. 5th period will check traps to identify and count any fish we caught. HW - None Thursday - Today we will start the ribbon of life assessment. HW - None Friday - Today I will give students a peer assessment survey to see how they rate each other. I've heard some teams are getting along great while other teams are not working so well together.  Then students will complete yesterday's assessment by finishing the two blog questions and the three social network prompts. HW - None

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Week 6, 1/21 to 1/25

(This may change from day to day depending on how much we actually get done in class so check back often to make sure something wasn't changed at the last minute.) 

 Last updated on Thursday, Jan 24, 2013, 1:57pm 

 Daily Schedule 

1st per - 7:45am to 8:37am 

2nd per - 8:41am to 9:33am 

3rd per - 9:37am to 10:29am 

Eagle Time - 10:33am to 11:00am 

Lunch - 11:00am to 11:32am 

4th per - 11:36am to 12:28pm 

5th per - 12:32pm to 1:24pm 

6th per - 1:28pm to 2:20pm

6th grade Science Monday - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. No School. HW - None unless you didn't finish the 10 test questions we worked on all week last week. Tuesday - Today students continued working on typing their test answers on the Lesson 10 Blog. There were some kids in each class who finished. Many students in each class still need to finish their test by typing their answers onto their blog so that we can correct them. HW - None Wednesday - Today I will have Ms. Cordz sub for me while I am naturemapping with the 8th graders.  Students will finish typing the answers to their test on their Lesson 10 Blog so that we can start correcting them. Those who are done will be working on their social network prompts. If they are done with those prompts then they will work on an activity of Newton's Laws of Motion. HW - None Thursday - Today we will go over the responses to the test questions. Then we will continue to work on the Newton's Laws activity. HW - None Friday - Today students will continue to work on their Newton's Laws work onto their blogs. HW - None

8th grade Science Monday - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. No School. HW - If you didn't get your permission slip signed DO IT NOW! That way you won't forget to turn it in tomorrow. Tuesday - Today we are going to learn what Naturemapping is to prepare ourselves for tomorrow's field trip. There are some apps that students can download at home to use on this field trip tomorrow. We also looked at some of Washington state's birds, amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and invertebrates so that we can familiarize ourselves with what we might see. HW - If you have a plant field guide, please bring it. Also remember to bring your sack lunch unless you ordered one from the cafeteria through me. Wednesday - Today we will spend most of the day at Tamanowas Rock (Big Rock) learning how to naturemap and then mapping the area. When we return 5th period will start to identify as many plants, fungi, and animals as we saw, heard or found evidence. HW - None Thursday - Today 2nd period will start to identify as many plants, fungi, and animals as we saw, heard or found evidence. 2nd period also will be setting fish traps today. 5th period will finish identifying as many living things as they can so they can begin uploading their data to Project Noah. HW - None Friday - Today we will finish any uploading of data from the naturemapping field trip. Then students will continue to work on their ribbon of life assignment. 2nd period will retrieve the fish traps to identify and count any fish we catch. HW - None

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Week 5, 1/14 to 1/18

(This may change from day to day depending on how much we actually get done in class so check back often to make sure something wasn't changed at the last minute.) 

 Last updated on Thursday, Jan 17, 2013, 1:46pm 

 Daily Schedule 

1st per - 7:45am to 8:37am 

2nd per - 8:41am to 9:33am 

3rd per - 9:37am to 10:29am 

Eagle Time - 10:33am to 11:00am 

Lunch - 11:00am to 11:32am 

4th per - 11:36am to 12:28pm 

5th per - 12:32pm to 1:24pm 

6th per - 1:28pm to 2:20pm

6th grade Science Monday - Today we will read and leave feedback in the form of comments on the Arden School from the UK, one of Quadblogging pals. Then students will have time to finish the lesson 9 blog assignment and their class social network prompts. HW - None Tuesday - Early release, only periods 1, 3 and 5 today. Today we will begin Lesson 10, which is the assessment for the first unit of Energy, Machines, and Motion! HW - None Wednesday - Early release, only periods 2, 4 and 6 today. Today we will begin Lesson 10, which is the assessment for the first unit of Energy, Machines, and Motion! HW - None Thursday - Today students will finish the Lesson 10 Assessment questions with their teams (some didn't finish the lab part of their performance assessment so they will get time to do that). Then we will take the short, multiple choice test. HW - None Friday - Today we will work on finishing the Lesson 10 Assessment questions. Then students will type their responses onto their blog so that we can check the answers. HW - Students who have not answered the 10 test questions need to finish them this coming weekend. They had three full class periods to answer 10 questions so if they aren't done they are behind. And yes, they can work on those at home.

8th grade Science Monday - Today we will read and leave feedback in the form of comments on the Arden School from the UK, one of Quadblogging pals. Then students will begin to work on an activity called the ribbon of life to learn about the organization of living things from the simple to the complex. HW - None Tuesday - Early release, only periods 1, 3 and 5 today. Today students will continue working on the ribbon of life. HW - None  Wednesday - Early release, only periods 2, 4 and 6 today. Today students will continue working on the ribbon of life. HW - None Thursday - Today students will continue working on the ribbon of life. The goal is to finish by tomorrow at the latest. HW - Get your permission slip signed TONIGHT! (For Wednesday's Naturemapping field trip.) Friday - Today students will finish the ribbon of life assignment. If they finish before class is over we will be able to take the Ribbon of Life Quiz. Students can use their work to take the quiz. HW - If you didn't get your permission slip signed DO IT NOW! That way you won't forget by Tuesday.

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Week 4, 1/7 to 1/11

(This may change from day to day depending on how much we actually get done in class so check back often to make sure something wasn't changed at the last minute.) 

 Last updated on Friday, Jan 11, 2013, 1:50pm 

 Daily Schedule 

1st per - 7:45am to 8:37am 

2nd per - 8:41am to 9:33am 

3rd per - 9:37am to 10:29am 

Eagle Time - 10:33am to 11:00am 

Lunch - 11:00am to 11:32am 

4th per - 11:36am to 12:28pm 

5th per - 12:32pm to 1:24pm 

6th per - 1:28pm to 2:20pm

6th grade Science Monday - Today we will start Lesson 9 where students will learn about Power!  HW - None Tuesday - Today students will complete the Lesson 9 lab where they will calculate the power their motors can generate. HW - None Wednesday - Today we will finish the Lesson 9. Students will graph their data, calculate the work work their motors did, then divide that work by the average time to determine the Power. Students will then graph the power data to see how that compares with time.  HW - None Thursday - Today teams will share their time and power graphs so that we can see how they are related. Then students will answer some reflection questions to see if they got it. HW - None Friday - Today students got to finish the eight reflection questions from yesterday. Then they worked on their class social network assignment prompts. HW - Finish anything you didn't finish today.

8th grade Science Monday - Today students will take a short assessment on cell size to see what they know about the sizes of cells. Then they will explore the sizes of cells. HW - None Tuesday - Today we will review what students learned about the typical size of animal and plant cells. Then students will visit a website to learn about tissues since tissues are made of more than one cell (like a liver tissue for example is made up of liver cells). We will play some games online to learn how the body works to heal tissues. Period 5 will be setting the fish traps today. HW - None Wednesday - Today we will finish exploration of tissues and how we heal. 2nd per only: Then students will answer some questions about how form and structure determine function. Ask them about this after several days to see if they can explain to you what that means parents. Period 5 will be retrieving the fish traps to id and count the fish today. HW - None Thursday - Today 2nd period will finish the form vs function discussion by completing a social network prompt and writing a blog. Period 5 will begin the form vs function discussion today so they can get to the social network prompt and the blog question. HW - None Friday - Today both 2nd and 5th period classes worked on catching up. Most students are doing pretty well staying caught up on the blogging assignments but a majority of students are way behind on the class social network assignments. I asked students to finish the two social network prompts form yesterday, finish yesterday's blog assignment and catch up on their missing social network work. HW - Finish anything you didn't finish today, especially if you are not all caught up!

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