Kettner - Science - 9/30/2016

What We Did Today

Students got back their Daily Science quiz and then went over the different forms of energy and made corrections to our notes.

Homework

Make sure your Energy notes are completed - except for the last question about Law of Conservation of energy. We will have a vocabulary quiz on Thursday of next week. I will discuss the format on Wednesday. Enjoy the holiday weekend.

La Framboise - Individuals & Societies - 09/30/2016

What We Did Today
We talked about map distortions (and had our first GeoChallenge involving straight lines on a map) and satellite images/aerial photographs, then had our classroom meetings.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
Map distortions; in which direction would you head if you wanted to take the most direct line to Tokyo, Japan from Detroit, Michigan by airplane?

Special announcement
A group of our students decided to raise money to purchase an AirBeam to measure air quality in our neighborhoods.  Please consider supporting their effort! https://www.crowdrise.com/airbeam-for-room-201

Math 6

In Class

3.2 Exponents & prime factorization

Homework

None

Quiz corrections due Thurs. 10/7

 

La Framboise - Individuals & Societies - 09/29/2016

What We Did Today
We finished talking about maps as a tool for geographers to acquire geographic information, and started talking about globes and other tools.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
Maps; globes.

Kettner - Science - 9/29/2016

What We Did Today

We went over the video worksheet answers and started to talk about energy conversions.

Homework

Complete your Energy notes - except for the last question about Law of Conservation of energy.

Werber - ELA - 09/28/2016

Werber - ELA - 09/28/2016

What We Did Today

The students worked on plotting their personal narratives on a story mountain. We analyzed narrative text structure with Tuck Everlasting.

Homework

Finish your story mountain - make sure your story has a theme - how did you change - what lesson did you learn from your conflict?

Read.

Discussion Starters

Can I see your story mountain? What is your theme?

Math 6

In Class

3.1 Factor strings & prime factorization

Homework

Move tag to pg 54

#1-4

 

La Framboise - Individuals & Societies - 09/28/2016

What We Did Today
We continued looking at different types of maps.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters.
Maps.

Kettner - Science - 9/28/2016

What We Did Today

We watched a Bill Nye video on Energy. Following the video, students were given a set of questions, these are due tomorrow.  If you want to watch the video, just Google "Bill Nye Energy video".

Homework

Complete the video worksheet.

Math 6

In Class

Inv. 2 Quiz

Progress reports

Homework

Read (only) pgs 44 & 45

V 3.2

 

La Framboise - Individuals & Societies - 09/27/2016

What We Did Today
We watched CNN Student News (focusing on the debates last night); then began focusing closely on tools and technologies that geographers use (starting with maps).  We shared and compared the maps we brought in, then started looking at a variety of maps.

Homework
None, but if you didn't bring in a map, you still need to do so.

Discussion Starters
CNN Student News; tools and technologies for acquiring information; maps.

Math 6

In Class

Inv. 2.3 GCF/LCM 

Product puzzles

Homework

WS GCF & LCM

Inv. 2 Quiz Wed. 9/28

B.Y.O.D. WED

 

Kettner - Science - 9/27/2016

What We Did Today

We took our first Daily Science quiz. Following the quiz, the students started working on the Energy worksheet. We then started to fill out the top notes.

Homework

Define the six forms of energy and give two examples of each on the Energy worksheet. If you left it at school, you can find a copy in the Science Files on this page.

Werber - ELA - 09/27/2016

Werber - ELA - 09/27/2016

What We Did Today

We began "round 2" of our narrative writing unit. Students selected one topic, from all the generating we've done, to begin a published piece.  They were assigned writing partners and told their stories to each other. They learned about leads and wrote 2 different leads - using detail, inner thinking, and/or dialogue.

For reading, we debated the question, "If you could drink a potion that would magically make you live forever, would you drink it?" 

I began reading Tuck Everlasting.

Homework

Read!

Discussion Starters

Tell me your narrative story.

Would you drink a potion that would make you live forever?

Kettner - Science - 9/26/2016

What We Did Today

We defined potential and kinetic energy. We made sketches of the marble activity and labeled where the potential and kinetic energy were the greatest. We learned that potential energy converts/transfers to kinetic energy. 

Homework

Read "Introduction to Energy" and highlight the key terms, definitions and examples.

La Framboise - Individuals & Societies - 09/26/2016

http://www.bls.gov/ooh/images/3276.jpg

What We Did Today
We finished talking about the five steps of geographic inquiry (for now) and took a follow-up assessment.

Homework
Bring in a map to share with the class.  It can be a stand-alone map (one that folds up, for example), a map from a book, downloaded from the internet, a digital photo of a map (taken on a phone), a map found in the community (such as one found on a hiking trail, from the zoo, from the mall, from an airport, from an amusement park), etc.

Discussion Starters
Five steps of geographic inquiry; map homework.

Rossiter/Werber - ELA - 09/26/2016

Rossiter/Werber - ELA - 09/26/2016

What We Did Today

Students continued presenting their IB posters. We also brainstormed childhood games and wrote about one - using both expressive and reflective techniques.

Homework

Choose a narrative topic you will publish.

Read!

Sign in to AR Home Connect if you have not already.

Discussion Starters

Tell me about some of your favorite childhood games. What did these games teach you, beyond the game itself?

 

Math 6

In Class

Inv. 2.3 GCF  - Greatest Common Factor

Homework

# 25, 26, 28, 62*

Inv. 2 Quiz Wed. 9/28

Amy Carter
Math Teacher
Norup International School
acarter@berkleyschools.org
248-837-8343