Quarter 2, Week 8, 1/6 to 1/10

Daily Schedule (M, T, Th, F) Homeroom - 8:50am to 9:32am Specialist - 9:35am to 10:25am  Period 1 - 10:28am to 11:50am  Lunch - 11:50am to 12:35pm Period 2 - 12:38pm to 2:00pm Period 3 - 2:02pm to 3:25pm

Daily Schedule (Wed) Homeroom - 8:50am to 9:32am Specialist - 9:35am to 10:25am  Period 1 - 10:28am to 11:28am Period 2 - 11:31am to 11:50am  Lunch - 11:50am to 12:35pm Period 2 - 12:35pm to 1:16pm Period 3 - 1:19pm to 2:20pm

Mr. G's 6th-grade Homeroom Monday - Today I will introduce the podcasting portion of our homeroom work so that students can start practicing how to make their own podcasts! Students can also begin illustrating a scene from their stories.  HW - None Tuesday - Today we will visit the school garden to meet and work with our new farmer, Farmer Corey! Wednesday to Friday - For the rest of the week we will continue to work our scene illustrations. If student accounts are ready students can begin creating Minecraft scenes of their illustrations.

6th-grade Science Monday - Today we will review where we left off before winter break so that student teams can get back into the swing of things. By now teams should have their first robots built and have practiced/reviewed how to program them using the Lego Mindstorms software tutorials. Teams should also either be done with the Sensabot Challenge or at starting it. HW - None if you are all caught up. Some students might need help finishing their How Sensors Work Lab Write-ups and blog posts. Tuesday to Friday - This week we will begin learning the physics vocabulary that teams will need for the next challenge, the Potential Energy Design Challenge! 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.

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Quarter 2, Week 7, 12/16 to 12/20

Daily Schedule (M, T, Th, F) Homeroom - 8:50am to 9:32am Specialist - 9:35am to 10:25am  Period 1 - 10:28am to 11:50am  Lunch - 11:50am to 12:35pm Period 2 - 12:38pm to 2:00pm Period 3 - 2:02pm to 3:25pm

Daily Schedule (Wed) Homeroom - 8:50am to 9:32am Specialist - 9:35am to 10:25am  Period 1 - 10:28am to 11:28am Period 2 - 11:31am to 11:50am  Lunch - 11:50am to 12:35pm Period 2 - 12:35pm to 1:16pm Period 3 - 1:19pm to 2:20pm

Mr. G's 6th-grade Homeroom Monday and Tuesday - This week students will continue working on their stories. HW - None Wednesday - Library Day (in the new library!). Thursday and Friday - Same as Monday.

6th-grade Science Monday - Today 6th graders will be taking the MAP Reading Test. Students will have until 2 pm to finish. Those who finish early will either get time to work on Math or Science. From 2:00 to 3:25 my Period 1 class will have Science today. See Wednesday for what they will be doing. HW - None Tuesday - Today 6th graders will be taking the MAP Math Test. Students will have until 2 pm to finish. Those who finish early will either get time to work on Math or Science. From 2:00 to 3:25 my Period 2 class will have Science today. See tomorrow for what they will be doing. Wednesday - Regular Wednesday today. Teams who are done with their Sensors blog post are going to build their team robot, practice programming their robot, and complete their first challenge, the Sensabot Challenge.  Teams who complete the Sensabot Challenge before the end of the week can move on to learning a little bit about how computers work before they begin the next challenge where they will learn how to use the move steering programming block with rotations and degrees mathematically! Thursday - Today 6th graders will be taking the MAP Language Test. Students will have until 2 pm to finish. Those who finish early will either get time to work on Math or Science. From 2:00 to 3:25 my Period 3 class will have Science today. See Wednesday for what they will be doing. Friday -  Regular weekday schedule today. Same as Wednesday.

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Quarter 2, Week 6, 12/9 to 12/13

Daily Schedule (M, T, Th, F) Homeroom - 8:50am to 9:32am Specialist - 9:35am to 10:25am  Period 1 - 10:28am to 11:50am  Lunch - 11:50am to 12:35pm Period 2 - 12:38pm to 2:00pm Period 3 - 2:02pm to 3:25pm

Daily Schedule (Wed) Homeroom - 8:50am to 9:32am Specialist - 9:35am to 10:25am  Period 1 - 10:28am to 11:28am Period 2 - 11:31am to 11:50am  Lunch - 11:50am to 12:35pm Period 2 - 12:35pm to 1:16pm Period 3 - 1:19pm to 2:20pm

Mr. G's 6th-grade Homeroom Monday to Friday - This week students will be working on writing stories that have well developed characters (a main protagonist and a good antagonist), the setting and genre, and an idea for a problem/issue. HW - None unless you want to catch up or get ahead.

6th-grade Science Monday - Some teams are still finishing the Sensor labs. Today teams who are done will share what they learned with the rest of the class. HW - None Tuesday to Friday - Teams who are done with their Sensors blog post are going to build their team robot, practice programming their robot, and complete their first challenge, the Sensabot Challenge.  Teams who complete the Sensabot Challenge before the end of the week can move on to learning a little bit about how computers work before they begin the next challenge where they will learn how to use the move steering programming block with rotations and degrees mathematically! 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.

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Quarter 2, Week 5, 12/2 to 12/6

Daily Schedule (M, T, Th, F) Homeroom - 8:50am to 9:32am Specialist - 9:35am to 10:25am  Period 1 - 10:28am to 11:50am  Lunch - 11:50am to 12:35pm Period 2 - 12:38pm to 2:00pm Period 3 - 2:02pm to 3:25pm

Daily Schedule (Wed) Homeroom - 8:50am to 9:32am Specialist - 9:35am to 10:25am  Period 1 - 10:28am to 11:28am Period 2 - 11:31am to 11:50am  Lunch - 11:50am to 12:35pm Period 2 - 12:35pm to 1:16pm Period 3 - 1:19pm to 2:20pm

Mr. G's 6th-grade Homeroom Monday to Friday - The week 8 Student Blogging Challenge Google Form will close this Wednesday so students have until then to complete any of the challenges. Those who are done with all 8 challenges will be working on the Saturn's Moon naming activity. We will submit ideas for naming of 20 new moons discovered orbiting Saturn!  Then students will begin to study the Journey of a Hero as they begin to develop their very own story. HW - None unless you want to catch up on any late Student Blogging Challenge posts.

6th-grade Science Monday to Friday - This week teams will be finishing their sensor labs. Once teams collect their data and graph their data they will write conclusions. Their conclusions will become their sensor blog post. Once teams are finished publishing their sensor blog posts they will begin building their EV3 Robot and practicing/reviewing how to program their robot before they begin their first robot challenges! HW - None This week period 1 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.

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Quarter 2, Week 4, 11/25 to 11/29

Daily Schedule (M, T) Homeroom - 8:50am to 9:32am Specialist - 9:35am to 10:25am  Period 1 - 10:28am to 11:50am  Lunch - 11:50am to 12:35pm Period 2 - 12:38pm to 2:00pm Period 3 - 2:02pm to 3:25pm

Mr. G's 6th-grade Homeroom Monday and Tuesday - Students will be working on the Week 8 and Final Week of this year's Student Blogging Challenge! HW - Finish the Student Blogging Challenge if you haven't already. Wednesday - Early Release Schedule. Same as Monday. Thursday and Friday - Thanksgiving Holiday Break!

6th-grade Science Monday and Tuesday - Teams are going to continue working on their Sensor Labs.  HW - None! Have a great Thanksgiving! Wednesday - Early Release Schedule. Same as Monday. Thursday and Friday - Thanksgiving Holiday Break! This week we will skip fish trapping. Period 1 will resume next week.

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Quarter 2, Week 3, 11/18 to 11/22

Daily Schedule (M, T, Th, F) Homeroom - 8:50am to 9:32am Specialist - 9:35am to 10:25am  Period 1 - 10:28am to 11:50am  Lunch - 11:50am to 12:35pm Period 2 - 12:38pm to 2:00pm Period 3 - 2:02pm to 3:25pm

Daily Schedule (Wed) Homeroom - 8:50am to 9:32am Specialist - 9:35am to 10:25am  Period 1 - 10:28am to 11:28am Period 2 - 11:31am to 11:50am  Lunch - 11:50am to 12:35pm Period 2 - 12:35pm to 1:16pm Period 3 - 1:19pm to 2:20pm

Mr. G's 6th-grade Homeroom Monday to Friday - Work on the Week 7 student blogging challenge. Write your week 7 post then comments on students from other classes. HW - None unless you want to catch up on blogging challenge posts if you fall behind.

6th-grade Science Monday to Friday - This week teams will finish exploring the features of the EV3 robot sensors. The assignment is called Port View and once teams are done with the Port View assignment they will begin the How Sensors Work assignment. Teams will design and carry out an experiment on one of the EV3 robot sensors to learn more about the sensor they choose. Then they will write a conclusion sharing what they learned from their experiment.  HW - The only homework so far is for students who have NOT completed their Faraday Golfing Machine blog post and/or their Robots blog post. Those who finished and got those two posts approved have no homework! 😀 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.

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Quarter 2, Week 2, 11/11 to 11/15

Daily Schedule (M, T, Th, F) Homeroom - 8:50am to 9:32am Specialist - 9:35am to 10:25am  Period 1 - 10:28am to 11:50am  Lunch - 11:50am to 12:35pm Period 2 - 12:38pm to 2:00pm Period 3 - 2:02pm to 3:25pm

Daily Schedule (Wed) Homeroom - 8:50am to 9:32am Specialist - 9:35am to 10:25am  Period 1 - 10:28am to 11:28am Period 2 - 11:31am to 11:50am  Lunch - 11:50am to 12:35pm Period 2 - 12:35pm to 1:16pm Period 3 - 1:19pm to 2:20pm

Mr. G's 6th-grade Homeroom Monday - No School - Veteran's Day! HW - Time to begin Week 6! Students who are behind can catch up at home. Tuesday - Today is our garden day. Wednesday to Friday - Finish the Week 6 blogging challenge activity blog post. Then spend the rest of your time reading and commenting on blog posts from kids all over the world!

6th-grade Science Monday - No School - Veteran's Day! HW - Students were emailed their Mt Saint Helens test re-take scores. A minimum of 15 points is required to pass the test with a score 3 or meeting standard.  The Faraday Golfing Machine and Robots blog posts are due (those who didn't finish last week are supposed to complete it for homework). Tuesday to Friday - This week teams will clean up their Lego Mindstorms kits and organize them so that we can switch to new teams.  Then students will get some class time to complete the Circuits and Switches and the EV3 Circuit Pear Deck activities that students who have been done with their Faraday Golfing Machine and Robots blog posts did already. Then we will begin an activity to learn about the EV3 robot sensors, how they collect data, and the kids of data they collect so we can understand how they work. 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.

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