Quarter 3, Week 4, 2/17 to 2/21

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 - President's Day HW - None Tuesday to Friday - Students are still researching and writing scripts for the first podcasts as part of the Student Podcasting Challenge.

6th-grade Science Monday - No School - President's Day HW - Choose-A-Thon handouts including the Pledge Sheet went home with students Tuesday. Tuesday, students also found out how they did on last Friday's Physics Test! Ask your child how she or he did on the test. Tuesday and Wednesday - Teams will run heat energy transfer experiments and collect data with the EV3 bricks using the Data Logging part of the Lego Mindstorms software then write conclusions on their blogs. Thursday and Friday - Once we are done with the heat energy transfer data logging experiments, we will analyze the data so that students can write their Claims, Evidence, Reasoning conclusions. 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 3, Week 3, 2/10 to 2/14

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 - Second Step Lesson Today! Tuesday - Students are working on planning their first Podcast for the Student Podcast Challenge. HW - None Wednesday - Library Day! Thursday - Continue working on Podcasts. Friday - No School - Snow Make-Up Day

6th-grade Science Monday - Today students need to write and publish their Potential Energy Design Challenge blog posts. HW - Study for Thursday's Test. Tuesday and Wednesday - Students will be reviewing for the test with a self-paced Pear Deck and then a Classcraft Boss Battle to see how ready they are for Thursday's test. Thursday - Test Day! Those who finish their test before class ends can work on energy and forces Classcraft assignments. Friday -  No School - Snow Make-Up Day 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 3, Week 2, 2/3 to 2/7

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 Mrs. Kaster will begin a series of Second Step lessons with our homeroom class! HW - None Tuesday - Today is our Garden Day! Wednesday to Friday - We are going to vote on the Minecraft Story Scene designs and the best ones will get printed!  Then we will begin working on the Student Podcast Challenge.

6th-grade Science Monday to Friday - This week teams should finish their Potential Energy Design robots, run the programs and collect data as well as calculate the potential energy and kinetic energy of their robot designs! This week we will also be responding to blog posts written by classes in New Mexico who are participating in this year's RiverXchange project. HW - Only on assignments that were not completed in class. 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 3, Week 1, 1/27 to 1/31

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 - Semester Break - No School Today. Tuesday - Students should be finishing up their Minecraft story scenes. The goal is to turn their story scene into a 3D Model as well as to download photos of their scene for their Book Creator books. HW - None Wednesday - Library Day. Thursday and Friday -  As students finish their Minecraft story scenes they can begin planning their Podcasts for the Student Podcast Challenge.

6th-grade Science Monday - Semester Break - No School Today. Tuesday to Friday - Teams will get their Potential Energy Design Challenge idea approved this week so that they can begin building, programming, running their programs, calculating, and collecting data. HW - None unless you need to catch up on missing assignments. Energy Transformations Flipgrid Gravity Newton's 3rd Law Projectile in Orbit Projectiles on Earth 3D Model Train Still waiting for safer weather. Let's see if it will be this week! 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 10, 1/20 to 1/24

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

1st Semester ends this Friday, January 24. No school Monday, January 27 - Semester Break for report cards to get done.

Mr. G's 6th-grade Homeroom Monday and Tuesday - Students should be finishing their Minecraft 3D models of their story scene.  HW - None Wednesday - Library Day Thursday and Friday - Those who finish their 3D scene models will export them as a 3D model so that we can vote on the best ones. Once students finish their 3D Models we can start working on the Student Podcast Challenge!

6th-grade Science Monday to Friday - This week teams are going to begin planning their project for the Potential Energy Design Challenge. Students can make use of any of the materials we have at school as well as bringing things from home. Students will also learn how to design in 3D in case they create something to use in their project that we can print on our 3D printer.  HW - Students can finish any of the following assignments that they did not finish last week: 1. Energy Transformations Flipgrid 2. Gravity 3. Newton's 3rd Law 4. Projectile in Orbit 5. Projectiles on Earth Students who showed interest in joining the CES Minecraft eSports Club got permission slips today. Since there are more students interested than there is space in the club, students will be chosen randomly from those who can attend all the meetings every week and have their permission slip signed. Those who do not make it will be put on a wait list just in case space opens up. 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 9, 1/13 to 1/17

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 - Students are making 3 dimensional versions of scenes from the stories they are writing in Minecraft Education Edition. HW - None

6th-grade Science Monday to Friday - This week we will continue playing the Gimkit energy and forces vocabulary practice game a few more times.  Students will also continue taking sketchnotes of energy transfers. We sketched an electrical energy transfer, three heat energy transfers, and saw a motion energy transfer. This week we will focus on Newton's Three Laws of Motion. Once we are done learning about the laws of motion, teams will begin the next robotics project - the Potential Energy Design Challenge! HW - None No fish trapping this week due to weather.

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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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