Sunday, March 18, 2018

Quarter 3, Week 8, 3/19 to 3/23

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

 Last updated on Sunday, Mar 18, 2018, 9:02pm

1st per - 7:45am to 8:39am
2nd per - 8:43am to 9:37am 
3rd per - 9:41am to 10:35am 
Lunch - 10:35am to 11:05am 
4th per (Eagle Time) - 11:09am to 11:26am 
5th per - 11:30am to 12:24pm
6th per - 12:28pm to 1:22pm
7th per - 1:26pm to 2:20pm
(Click here to see Late Start/Early Release Day Schedules)
6th-grade Science

Monday to Wednesday - Teams need to finish up their water pollution research and begin the design phase of their Hydro Dynamics Challenge. 

HW - Monday students received a field trip permission packet. We have three field trips coming up this spring and I am sending all the permission slips at once! There are also two photo release forms from the Ocean School Guardian NOAA program and from North Olympic Salmon Coalition (NOSC) in case they take photos of your child at the different events. Please get them all filled out and returned to school with your child as soon as you can.

Thursday and Friday - We will have guests from the North Olympic Salmon Coalition (NOSC) to teach students about Chimacum Creek. Students will also get to identify creek bugs to determine the biological integrity of our creek.
8th-grade Science

Monday to Friday - Eighth graders are wrapping up their Sphero Chariot reflections to figure out all the physical science that took place.

Once they finish they will begin to learn a little rocket science! Adding the force of gravity lends itself perfectly to designing and launching bottle rockets! :)

HW - None if you are all caught up.
6th-grade Keyboarding

Monday to Friday - Our daily routine is as follows:
  1. Check Classcraft.
  2. Practice Keyboarding with Typing.Com.
  3. Students then play World of Warcraft to continue leveling up their character and playing through the story.
  4. Some days students will be working on assignments based on the game. 
    HW - None
    Email me with any questions.


    Sunday, March 11, 2018

    Quarter 3, Week 7, 3/12 to 3/16

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

     Last updated on Sunday, Mar 11, 2018, 6:31pm


    Students can bring in money collected for the Choose-A-Thon all week. Students can give their money to their Eagle Time advisor or to the middle school office.

    1st per - 7:45am to 8:39am
    2nd per - 8:43am to 9:37am 
    3rd per - 9:41am to 10:35am 
    Lunch - 10:35am to 11:05am 
    4th per (Eagle Time) - 11:09am to 11:26am 
    5th per - 11:30am to 12:24pm
    6th per - 12:28pm to 1:22pm
    7th per - 1:26pm to 2:20pm
    (Click here to see Late Start/Early Release Day Schedules)
    6th-grade Science

    Monday - Today teams will continue to research the Human Water Cycle to learn about the human impacts on our waters as part of the Hydro Dynamics Challenge.

    HW - None if you are all caught up.

    Tuesday - Late Start/Early Release Schedule today for 1st, 3rd, and 6th period classes only.

    Students will continue to work on their Hydro Dynamics Challenge research.

    Wednesday - Late Start/Early Release Schedule today for 2nd, 5th, and 7th period classes only.

    Students will continue to work on their Hydro Dynamics Challenge Research. 

    Thursday and Friday - As teams complete their research and choose a topic, they will brainstorm some designs to their topic using their EV3 robots. Once their design is approved they will begin building.
    8th-grade Science

    Monday - Today teams will race their Sphero Chariots!

    Once all the races are done, teams will meet to make any necessary changes to their chariots.

    HW - None if you are all caught up.

    Tuesday - Late Start/Early Release Schedule today for 1st, 3rd, and 6th period classes only so my 8th graders will not have Science class today.

    Wednesday - Late Start/Early Release Schedule today for 2nd, 5th, and 7th period classes only so 8th graders will have Science!

    Teams will continue making any changes to their Sphero Chariots to race them again.

    Thursday and Friday - We will finish the races then students will reflect on what they learned. 

    Once we share and connect back to our essential question, How Will It Move, we will begin to research the next project - Rocketry and the force of gravity!
    6th-grade Keyboarding

    Monday to Friday - Our daily routine is as follows:
    1. Check Classcraft.
    2. Practice Keyboarding with Typing.Com.
    3. Work on the WoW in Schools curriculum using 3D GameLab, OR Continue playing the game to level up your character!
      HW - No homework is assigned unless a student falls behind. If your child falls behind, he or she can catch up on their Keyboarding and on their 3D GameLab assignments using any device that has an Internet connection. To practice keyboarding, a device with a full keyboard is best. Kids can also do their keyboarding practice and 3D GameLab assignments from home if they want to get ahead.
      Email me with any questions.


      Sunday, March 4, 2018

      Quarter 3, Week 6, 3/5 to 3/9

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

       Last updated on Sunday, Mar 4, 2018, 9:08pm

      1st per - 7:45am to 8:39am
      2nd per - 8:43am to 9:37am 
      3rd per - 9:41am to 10:35am 
      Lunch - 10:35am to 11:05am 
      4th per (Eagle Time) - 11:09am to 11:26am 
      5th per - 11:30am to 12:24pm
      6th per - 12:28pm to 1:22pm
      7th per - 1:26pm to 2:20pm
      (Click here to see Late Start/Early Release Day Schedules)
      6th-grade Science

      Monday - This week teams will finish their Potential Energy Challenge projects. Students are designing robots that can perform a job using the least amount of power possible. 

      By Wednesday we should be starting the next challenge, the Hydro Dynamics Challenge. If it turns out that teams need more time to finish the Potential Energy Challenge, I might extend that project. We'll see.

      HW - None if you are all caught up. If you need to finish something that you didn't have time to complete in class, finish it at home for homework.

      Friday - Today for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd period Chimacum Middle School students will be completing their Choose-A-Thon events as they help raise money to keep our amazing Outdoor Education field trips! Once students complete their events they need to collect money from their sponsors and bring the money to the office.

      Here's a copy to the Choose-A-Thon packet students got in their Eagle Time classes.
      8th-grade Science

      Monday to Friday - This week 8th graders are going to finish the Sphero Chariot Challenge! Students are designing chariots for the Sphero robots, some will be 3D Printing their designs! Teams will then program their chariots to race around the classroom!

      HW - None if you are all caught up. Here are the 3D GameLab quests that 8th graders should have completed by now for the 3rd quarter:
      1. Electronic Portfolio
      2. Time to Add to Your ePortfolio
      3. Time to Assess Your Progress in Science
      4. ePortfolio Reflection
      5. Magnetic Cannon
      6. Question Formulation Technique (QFT)
      7. Magnetic Cannon Inquiry Boards
      8. Magnetic Cannon Lab
      9. Newton's Cradle
      Students should have close to, and some have more than, 30 quests completed in 3D GameLab so far this year.
      6th-grade Keyboarding

      Monday to Friday - Our daily routine is as follows:
      1. Check Classcraft.
      2. Practice Keyboarding with Typing.Com.
      3. Work on the WoW in Schools curriculum using 3D GameLab, OR Continue playing the game to level up your character!
        HW - No homework is assigned unless a student falls behind. If your child falls behind, he or she can catch up on their Keyboarding and on their 3D GameLab assignments using any device that has an Internet connection. To practice keyboarding, a device with a full keyboard is best. Kids can also do their keyboarding practice and 3D GameLab assignments from home if they want to get ahead.
        Email me with any questions.

        Choose-A-Thon Info

        This Friday, March 9, from 8am to 10:30am, during Periods 1, 2, and 3, students in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade will be participating in this year’s Choose-A-Thon Outdoor Education Fundraising Event! Your child can participate in any of nine fun activities (minimum of one, maximum of three for each student). All your child needs to do is get pledges for completing their activity. Sponsors can pledge money per item your child completes, such as number of free throws in 20 minutes, or they can give your child a flat fee to support Outdoor Education. All monies collected must be delivered to the Chimacum Middle School office. Kids can bring cash or checks made out to Chimacum Middle School. Money can be brought in prior to the actual event this Friday or by Monday. If your child can’t collect their pledges by Monday they can still bring in the money at any time. If we raise more than $2,000 we will celebrate with ice cream (everyone)! And the grade level that raises the most money will get a little something special.


        Chimacum Middle School must be one of the only schools in the world that offers its students an outdoor education experience at each grade level! These trips do cost more than the fees families pay and through fundraising and generous donations we can keep offering Cispus, Long Boats, and Odyssey to all of our students. This fundraising event was organized by two Chimacum High School students as part of their senior project!


        If your child does not wish to participate we will have a study hall available for kids to work on homework or missing work. If your child wishes to participate as a spectator we ask that they bring a donation to support Outdoor Education (minimum of $5, please).


        Sunday, February 25, 2018

        Quarter 3, Week 5, 2/26 to 3/2

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

         Last updated on Sunday, Feb 25, 2018, 8:52pm

        1st per - 7:45am to 8:39am
        2nd per - 8:43am to 9:37am 
        3rd per - 9:41am to 10:35am 
        Lunch - 10:35am to 11:05am 
        4th per (Eagle Time) - 11:09am to 11:26am 
        5th per - 11:30am to 12:24pm
        6th per - 12:28pm to 1:22pm
        7th per - 1:26pm to 2:20pm
        (Click here to see Late Start/Early Release Day Schedules)
        6th-grade Science

        Monday - Time to clean up the kits to get into new teams for the rest of the Robotics Challenges!

        HW - None

        Tuesday - Today students are going to learn how to use 3D Builder to make 3D models.

        Wednesday to Friday - Complete the Potential Energy Lego Mindstorms Challenge!
        8th-grade Science

        Monday - Today we will finish Lesson 2 on pages 9 through 13 of the workbook. This is the Lesson 2 quest on 3D GameLab.

        HW - None if you are all caught up. Here are the 3D GameLab quests that 8th graders should have completed by now for the 3rd quarter:
        1. Electronic Portfolio
        2. Time to Add to Your ePortfolio
        3. Time to Assess Your Progress in Science
        4. ePortfolio Reflection
        5. Magnetic Cannon
        6. Question Formulation Technique (QFT)
        7. Magnetic Cannon Inquiry Boards
        8. Magnetic Cannon Lab
        9. Newton's Cradle
        Students should have close to, and some have more than, 30 quests completed in 3D GameLab so far this year.

        Tuesday - Today teams will compete in a Forces and Motion Breakout challenge!

        Wednesday - Today students will learn how to use 3D Builder to make 3D models.

        Thursday and Friday - Students will do a chariot challenge using Sphero robots! They are going to build and race Sphero Chariots!!
        6th-grade Keyboarding

        Monday to Friday - Our daily routine is as follows:
        1. Check Classcraft.
        2. Practice Keyboarding with Typing.Com.
        3. Work on the WoW in Schools curriculum using 3D GameLab, OR Continue playing the game to level up your character!
          HW - No homework is assigned unless a student falls behind. If your child falls behind, he or she can catch up on their Keyboarding and on their 3D GameLab assignments using any device that has an Internet connection. To practice keyboarding, a device with a full keyboard is best. Kids can also do their keyboarding practice and 3D GameLab assignments from home if they want to get ahead.
          Email me with any questions.


          Monday, February 19, 2018

          Quarter 3, Week 4, 2/19 to 2/23

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

           Last updated on Monday, Feb 19, 2018, 8:57pm

          1st per - 7:45am to 8:39am
          2nd per - 8:43am to 9:37am 
          3rd per - 9:41am to 10:35am 
          Lunch - 10:35am to 11:05am 
          4th per (Eagle Time) - 11:09am to 11:26am 
          5th per - 11:30am to 12:24pm
          6th per - 12:28pm to 1:22pm
          7th per - 1:26pm to 2:20pm
          (Click here to see Late Start/Early Release Day Schedules)
          6th-grade Science

          Monday - No School - President's Day!

          HW - None

          Tuesday to Friday - This week we will continue working on the Lego Mindstorms EV3 challenges.

          Teams did not complete the first challenge while I was at the NCCE conference so I need to see what happened.

          We will not go fish trapping this week because there are usually no fish during the winter and it's pretty cold right now!
          8th-grade Science

          Monday - No School - President's Day!

          HW - None

          Tuesday to Friday - This week we will learn about Newton's Cradle as we continue learning about how things move by learning what forces are acting on different objects. 

          I will be checking to see what happened while I was at the NCCE conference because I didn't see any work come in from students.
          6th-grade Keyboarding

          Monday - No School - President's Day!

          Tuesday to Friday - Our daily routine is as follows:
          1. Check Classcraft.
          2. Practice Keyboarding with Typing.Com.
          3. Work on the WoW in Schools curriculum using 3D GameLab. OR
          4. Start playing World of Warcraft and start leveling up your character!
            HW - No homework is assigned unless a student falls behind. If your child falls behind, he or she can catch up on their Keyboarding and on their 3D GameLab assignments using any device that has an Internet connection. To practice keyboarding, a device with a full keyboard is best. Kids can also do their keyboarding practice and 3D GameLab assignments from home if they want to get ahead.
            Email me with any questions.


            Sunday, February 11, 2018

            Quarter 3, Week 3, 2/12 to 2/16

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

             Last updated on Sunday, Feb 11, 2018, 8:27pm

            Spirit Week:
            Monday – Washington Teams         
            Tuesday – Career Day
            Wednesday – Valentines Colors
            Thursday – Twin Day

            Friday – Chimacum Colors

            1st per - 7:45am to 8:39am
            2nd per - 8:43am to 9:37am 
            3rd per - 9:41am to 10:35am 
            Lunch - 10:35am to 11:05am 
            4th per (Eagle Time) - 11:09am to 11:26am 
            5th per - 11:30am to 12:24pm
            6th per - 12:28pm to 1:22pm
            7th per - 1:26pm to 2:20pm
            (Click here to see Late Start/Early Release Day Schedules)
            6th-grade Science

            Monday - Today teams will continue working on their programming lessons. As teams complete their final programming lesson they can start working on the challenges! 

            The first challenge is the Sensabot Challenge!

            HW - None

            Tuesday - Late Start/Early Release Schedule today for 1st, 3rd, and 6th period classes only.

            Students will continue to work on their programming lessons or the Sensabot challenge.

            Wednesday - Late Start/Early Release Schedule today for 2nd, 5th, and 7th period classes only.

            I will be at the NCCE Education Technology Conference in Seattle for the rest of the week so I will have a sub.

            Students will continue to work on their programming lessons or the Sensabot challenge.

            Thursday and Friday - Teams will continue to work on the EV3 challenges. All teams should be done with the programming lessons by now. 

            Those teams who finish the Sensabot Challenge will move on to a challenge called How Far. If they finish that one, they will move on to the How Fast challenge!

            If the weather permits, this week period 3 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.
            8th-grade Science

            Monday - Eighth graders will continue writing their Magnetic Cannon lab procedures. Those who finish writing their procedure today can start their experiments.

            HW - None

            Tuesday - Late Start/Early Release Schedule today for 1st, 3rd, and 6th period classes only so my 8th graders will not have Science class today.

            Wednesday - Late Start/Early Release Schedule today for 2nd, 5th, and 7th period classes only.

            I will be at the NCCE Education Technology Conference in Seattle for the rest of the week so I will have a sub.

            Eighth graders will finish their Magnetic Cannon labs today. 

            Thursday and Friday - Eighth graders need to finish their Magnetic Cannon lab conclusions if they didn't already. Then they will work on their electronic portfolios.

            Those who finish all their portfolio quests can work on any other 3D GameLab quests.
            6th-grade Keyboarding

            Monday to Friday - Our daily routine is as follows:
            1. Check Classcraft.
            2. Practice Keyboarding with Typing.Com.
            3. Work on the WoW in Schools curriculum using 3D GameLab.
              HW - No homework is assigned unless a student falls behind. If your child falls behind, he or she can catch up on their Keyboarding and on their 3D GameLab assignments using any device that has an Internet connection. To practice keyboarding, a device with a full keyboard is best. Kids can also do their keyboarding practice and 3D GameLab assignments from home if they want to get ahead.
              Email me with any questions.


              Sunday, February 4, 2018

              Quarter 3, Week 2, 2/5 to 2/9

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

               Last updated on Sunday, Feb 4, 2018, 2:28pm

              1st per - 7:45am to 8:39am
              2nd per - 8:43am to 9:37am 
              3rd per - 9:41am to 10:35am 
              Lunch - 10:35am to 11:05am 
              4th per (Eagle Time) - 11:09am to 11:26am 
              5th per - 11:30am to 12:24pm
              6th per - 12:28pm to 1:22pm
              7th per - 1:26pm to 2:20pm
              (Click here to see Late Start/Early Release Day Schedules)
              6th-grade Science

              Monday to Friday - Student teams are going through the Lego Mindstorms lessons to learn how to program their EV3 robots! 

              HW - None unless there are assignments that you did not complete in class. 

              Please message Mr. Gonzalez on Bloomz or email Mr. Gonzalez to find out what your child is missing (if anything).

              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.
              8th-grade Science

              Monday to Friday - This week students are practicing how to ask questions using the Question Formulation Technique (QFT). Students used Magnetic Canons and they are formulating questions so each team can design an experiment to learn more about how the Magnetic Canons work! 

              Teams will use Inquiry Boards to design their experiments and once approved they will conduct their experiments, collect data, graph their data and write conclusions. 

              HW - None unless you fall behind. Anything not finished in class is homework. 

              Please message Mr. Gonzalez on Bloomz or email Mr. Gonzalez to find out what your child is missing (if anything).
              6th-grade Keyboarding

              Monday to Friday - Our daily routine is as follows:
              1. Check Classcraft.
              2. Practice Keyboarding with Typing.Com.
              3. Work on the WoW in Schools curriculum using 3D GameLab.
                HW - No homework is assigned unless a student falls behind. If your child falls behind, he or she can catch up on their Keyboarding and on their 3D GameLab assignments using any device that has an Internet connection. To practice keyboarding, a device with a full keyboard is best. Kids can also do their keyboarding practice and 3D GameLab assignments from home if they want to get ahead.
                Email me with any questions.