Sunday, June 7, 2015

Week 10, 6/8 to 6/12

(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 Sunday, June 7, 2015, 8:24pm

1st per - 7:45am to 9:08am 
2nd per - 9:12am to 10:35am 
Lunch - 10:35am to 11:05am 
3rd per - 11:09am to 12:31pm 
4th per - 12:35pm to 1:25pm 
6th grade Science

Monday and Tuesday - Students will be taking their end of year survey to reflect on all they've learned this year and assess their work on the recent environmental stewardship project.

 Then teams will work on completing their environmental stewardship final websites.

 HW - Parents, I have a favor to ask of you. Can you please complete a survey for me as well? It's waaay shorter than the student's survey! Here it is: goo.gl/Dwc9nH

Wednesday - Today, in honor of studying ancient Greece, students will get to participate in a Greek Olympics track and field event! 

 In Science students will work on completing their final project websites. Students who are done can also work on any incomplete 3D GameLab quests.

Thursday - This morning we will finish our Greek Olympics! Those students who get Science will be working on their final project websites.

HW - Don't bring anything but your Yearbook, a pen, and your lunch. No backpacks, please.

Friday - Today in the morning students will have time to sign yearbooks. Then we will have the staff vs students game. If it's nice out we will play softball. If it's rainy then we'll play volleyball in the HS gym.

 Monday, June 15 - Today will be a half day! Those who need to make any finishing touches on their websites can do so today. Otherwise, students can sign yearbooks.		6th grade Exploratory
WoW in Schools

(This is my 3rd period class staying for 4th period.)


Monday - Today students will be playing World of Warcraft, their Horde characters.

Tuesday and Wednesday - Students will be taking their final keyboarding test to see how much they've improved. Students will also take the end of course survey to reflect on how they did in this course and what they learned by playing a game instead of reading a book story. Once students finish all of the above they can work on their 3D GameLab WoW in Schools assignments!

 Thursday - Last day to play World of Warcraft (unless you will be coming to school Monday, 6/15)!

Friday - Today we will be having awards, the talent show, and the end of the year slideshow at this time.

 Monday, June 15 - We will be playing World of Warcraft today. Any students who got their Horde character to level 15 can try out the Horde dungeon!
Email me with any questions.







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Sunday, May 31, 2015

Week 9, 6/1 to 6/5

(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 Sunday, May 31, 2015, 8:36pm

1st per - 7:45am to 9:08am 
2nd per - 9:12am to 10:35am 
Lunch - 10:35am to 11:05am 
3rd per - 11:09am to 12:31pm 
4th per - 12:35pm to 1:25pm 
6th grade Science

Monday - Today teams will present to the class to practice their Youth Summit presentation for Thursday. I'm still collecting permission slips from those who didn't get them signed last week.

HW - Prepare and perfect your presentation for the Youth Summit on Thursday.

Tuesday - Today students will take their last SBAC test! It's the English Language Arts (ELA) test based on the performance task they discussed in Humanities class yesterday.

 After lunch I will have each class for about 30 minutes to continue practice presentations.

Wednesday - Today teams will continue practicing their presentations and making finishing touches in preparation for tomorrow's field trip.

HW - Remember to bring a sack lunch for tomorrow's field trip.

Thursday - Today we will be in Belfair at the Salmon Center for the GreenSTEMs Youth Summit field trip. We should return by the end of 5th period.

Friday - Today we will have Market Day during 1st and 2nd periods. Then my 3rd period class will have Science where they will continue working on their environmental stewardship final project websites.

HW - None		6th grade Exploratory
WoW in Schools

(This is my 3rd period class staying for 4th period.)


Monday through Wednesday - Students will be playing their Horde characters on World of Warcraft as they learn the story of the enemy of the Alliance.

Thursday - Today we will be on the GreenSTEMs Youth Summit field trip so we won't have 4th period.

Friday - Today students will work on practicing their typing and working on their WoW in Schools 3D GameLab assignments.
Email me with any questions.







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Sunday, May 24, 2015

Week 8, 5/25 to 5/29

(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 Sunday, May 24, 2015, 12:30pm

1st per - 7:45am to 9:08am 
2nd per - 9:12am to 10:35am 
Lunch - 10:35am to 11:05am 
3rd per - 11:09am to 12:31pm 
4th per - 12:35pm to 1:25pm 
6th grade Science

Monday - No School - Memorial Day

HW - If you need me to print something for your Youth Summit poster here are the links you need.

Tuesday - Today teams need to get their poster done and their notecards so you can practice your presentation next week before we go to the Youth Summit.

HW - Get your Youth Summit field trip permission slip signed today and turn it in tomorrow so that you don't forget.

Wednesday - Finish your posters and notecards! We will start practicing when everyone is done.

Thursday - SBAC Testing today during 1st and 2nd periods. It's the Math follow up from yesterday's performance task.

 I will see my second period class after lunch so they can continue working on their posters to begin practice presenting next week before we go to the summit.

Friday - SBAC testing today during 1st and 2nd periods again. Today students will take the English Language Arts (ELA) test.

 After lunch I will see my 3rd period class so they can finish their posters.

HW - Permission Slip is due today so that I know who is going and if anyone needs a new partner to present with.		6th grade Exploratory
WoW in Schools

(This is my 3rd period class staying for 4th period.)


Monday - No School - Memorial Day

Tuesday - Today students will work on their WoW in Schools assignments that have to do with digital citizenship, the journey of a hero, and other awesome themes. 

 Students will also continue their keyboarding practice today.

Wednesday to Friday - For the rest of the week students will get a chance to play the Horde side of our adventure! The reason we are playing the other side is to learn the story of our enemy. To them, they are the heroes and the Alliance is the enemy.
Email me with any questions.







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Saturday, May 16, 2015

Week 7, 5/18 to 5/22

(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 Saturday, May 16, 2015, 2:51pm

1st per - 7:45am to 9:08am 
2nd per - 9:12am to 10:35am 
Lunch - 10:35am to 11:05am 
3rd per - 11:09am to 12:31pm 
4th per - 12:35pm to 1:25pm 
6th grade Science

Monday - Today 6th graders will be testing in the morning during our 1st and 2nd period time.

 We will have our regular 3rd period classes after lunch.

HW - None if you are all caught up. See below.

Tuesday to Thursday - This week student teams need to graph and analyze all the data we've been collecting from the fish trapping data to the water quality data.

 Here are the other deadlines:
  • Teams need to finish learning what their water quality parameter means.
  • Teams need to start learning about the salmon life cycle.
  • Teams need to learn what all the benthic macroinvertebrate bugs we found in our creek mean about our creek's biological integrity.
  • Teams need to work on adding their new learning to the team's final project website.
  • NEXT WEEK teams will make a poster to share their learning and data at the June 4th GreenSTEMs Youth Summit.
  • The first week of June students will practice their presentations so they are ready for the June 4th GreenSTEMs Youth Summit! (We need parent chaperones for this field trip. We could use nine to twelve parents to chaperone groups of six to nine 6th graders each. More info coming as June 4th approaches.)
Friday - Today Reed from the North Olympic Coalition will return to visit our Science classes. Reed will conduct watershed activities with students to show them how pollution enters our waters.		6th grade Exploratory
WoW in Schools

(This is my 3rd period class staying for 4th period.)


Monday - Today students will practice their keyboarding and work on the WoWinSchools 3D GameLab assignments.

Tuesday to Friday - This is the last week for students to play their Alliance characters. Next week we will learn the story of our enemies, The HORDE!
Email me with any questions.







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Monday, May 11, 2015

Week 6, 5/11 to 5/15

(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 Monday, May 11, 2015, 5:11pm

1st per - 7:45am to 9:08am 
2nd per - 9:12am to 10:35am 
Lunch - 10:35am to 11:05am 
3rd per - 11:09am to 12:31pm 
4th per - 12:35pm to 1:25pm 
6th grade Science

Monday to Thursday - If it's dry we will start class by walking to the creek to collect all our water quality data.

 Deadlines are as follows:

  • Teams need to finish learning what their water quality parameter means and what the data is telling us about our creek.
  • Teams need to start learning about the salmon life cycle.
  • Teams need to learn what all the benthic macroinvertebrate bugs we found in our creek means about our creek's biological integrity.
  • Teams need to work on adding their new learning to the team's final project website.
  • By the end of May teams will make a poster to share their learning and data at the June 4th GreenSTEMs Youth Summit.
  • The first week of June students will practice their presentations so they are ready for the June 4th GreenSTEMs Youth Summit! (We need parent chaperones for this field trip. We could use nine to twelve parents to chaperone groups of six to nine 6th graders each. More info coming as June 4th approaches.)

HW - Do catch up work at home if you are falling behind!

Friday - NO SCHOOL TODAY as CSD protests our state legislature NOT fully funding education for our children! Join us!

 Read my personal blog for more information on what we're doing this.

 Parents, students and community members can join us so please do if you can! We're all in this together and we're doing this for our kids and our schools.		6th grade Exploratory
WoW in Schools

(This is my 3rd period class staying for 4th period.)


Monday - Today students will practice their typing and work on WoWinSchools assignments that deal with the themes we are learning by playing World of Warcraft.

HW - You can do your WoWinSchools quests at home too! No need to play the game to get those done.

Tuesday to Thursday - Continue playing World of Warcraft to learn more of the story as your character advances in the game.

Friday - NO SCHOOL TODAY as CSD protests our state legislature NOT fully funding education for our children! Join us!

 Read my personal blog for more information on what we're doing this.
Email me with any questions.







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Monday, May 4, 2015

Week 5, 5/4 to 5/8

(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 Monday, May 4, 2015, 9:10pm

1st per - 7:45am to 9:08am 
2nd per - 9:12am to 10:35am 
Lunch - 10:35am to 11:05am 
3rd per - 11:09am to 12:31pm 
4th per - 12:35pm to 1:25pm 
6th grade Science

Monday - Today Reed and Kendra from the North Olympic Salmon Coalition will be visiting to teach the kids about biological integrity. Reed and Kendra will bring benthic macros from HJ Carroll for kids to identify.

HW - None

Tuesday to Friday - For the rest of the week I will finish training teams on how to use the water quality testing equipment. Once all teams are ready we will begin going to the creek to collect DO, pH, temp, turbidity, and flow rate data.

 After collecting data we will finish using the benthic macro data to determine the biological integrity of our creek. Students will also continue studying their water quality parameters to make sense of the data we will be collecting.		6th grade Exploratory
WoW in Schools

(This is my 3rd period class staying for 4th period.)


Monday - Today students practiced their typing by taking lessons on Typing.Com then they worked on 3D GameLab WoWinSchools assignments.

HW - None

Tuesday to Friday - The rest of the week students will be playing World of Warcraft continuing their character's story.
Email me with any questions.







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Sunday, April 26, 2015

Week 4, 4/27 to 5/1

(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 Sunday, Apr 26, 2015, 7:52pm

1st per - 7:45am to 9:08am 
2nd per - 9:12am to 10:35am 
Lunch - 10:35am to 11:05am 
3rd per - 11:09am to 12:31pm 
4th per - 12:35pm to 1:25pm 
6th grade Science

Monday - Today my 1st period class will be taking their performance task and test based on that task as part of their test preparation.

 After lunch my 3rd period class will have Science. They will continue working on learning their water quality parameters.

HW - None if you're all caught up, which means you finished your water pollution public service announcement (if you haven't finished it, then it's homework).

Tuesday to Thursday - Teams will be learning their water quality parameters this week. If I can train all the teams on how to use their water quality testing probes and sensor interface devices then we can start going to the creek to collect data.

Friday - No School Today - Snow Make-Up Day that was never used.

HW - None 		6th grade Exploratory
WoW in Schools

(This is my 3rd period class staying for 4th period.)


Monday - Today all 6th graders will be going to the auditorium to meet author Martha Brockenbrough during 4th period.

HW - None 

Tuesday to Thursday - This week students who are playing WoW will continue to play to both level up their character and learn the story. Those who are still working on their 3D GameLab assignments will work on completing those so they can take their typing test and begin playing the game.

Friday - No School Today - Snow Make-Up Day that was never used.

HW - None
Email me with any questions.







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