Kettner - Science - 4/24/2017

What We Did Today

Students turned in their "Story of Photosynthesis" comic strip. We read pages 55-59 together and started working on the "Photosynthesis and Respiration Packet".

Homework.

Complete the first three pages in the packet - all of the ones related to photosynthesis.

Math 6

In Class

3.3 Two step equations

Homework -Due Monday

#None

Inv. 2 & 3 quiz Mon. 5/1

No blog or text next week

Kettner - Science -4/20/2017

What We Did Today

Students worked on their "Story of Photosynthesis" comic strip.

Homework.

Complete your comic strip. Make sure the picture directly addresses the specific action within that panel. Be neat, clever and colorful. Make sure that you add a caption as well. .

La Framboise - Individuals & Societies - 04/20/2017

What We Did Today
We finished talking about natural resources.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
Does having many natural resources guarantee that you will be a wealthy country?

Math 6

In Class

3.2 Algebraic equations

Homework -Due Monday

 #6-8, 21, 26, 28, 31, *37*

Friday wear green & blue for spirit points

Stein - Math 6 Plus

What We Did Today:

Students completed a Unit Readiness to review the skills needed to start our first investigation. The problems and the answers are available at http://norupstein.weebly.com/math-6-plus-class-notes

Homework:

None.

Kettner - Science - 4/19/2017

What We Did Today

We watched the "Osmosis Rap" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqKlLm2MjkI to help review osmosis and diffusion. We then worked on writing the hypothesis for the "Egg-speriment". At the end of class, we talked about the expectations for the "Story of Photosynthesis" comic strip.

Homework.

Complete one panel of your comic strip. Make sure the picture directly addresses the specific action within that panel. Be neat, clever and colorful. Make sure that you add a caption as well. We will work on this in class tomorrow - make sure you bring your colored pencils or markers.

La Framboise - Individuals & Societies - 04/19/2017

What We Did Today
We continued talking about natural resources.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
Natural resources; renewable/non-renewable resources.

Math 6

In Class

3.2 Algebraic equations

Homework -Due Monday

Hw tag pg 76

#5

pg 70 problem C

Friday wear green & blue for spirit points

 

MATH 6

In Class

3.2 Algebraic equations

Homework -Due Monday

Hw tag pg 76

#2 & 4

Kettner - Science - 3/26/2017

What We Did Today

We did an activity with Hex-a-link cubes to model photosynthesis and cellular respiration.

Homework.

Complete the Photosynthesis reading and complete the 3 pages attached to it - due tomorrow. A copy can be found under Science Files.

La Framboise - Individuals & Societies - 04/18/2017

What We Did Today
We discussed natural resources.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
Natural resources.

La Framboise - Individuals & Societies - 04/17/2017

What We Did Today
We learned about global problems through informational posters and cartoons, then read a short biographical piece about an environmentalist.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
Environmental problems.

Werber/Rossiter - 04/17/2017

This Week

Monday - Friday:

Reading: We will continue reading All Rise for the Honorable Perry T.Cook and chart examples of literary conflict, as well as look at grammar - the seven capitalization rules.

Writing: Students will free write this week in response to our read aloud to prepare for grammar/mechanics work. We will use writing exercises: the Writer's Eye, and "When I was Little" to free write. We will also read aloud Punctuation Takes a Vacation and create an Editor's Checklist.

Homework

Read!

Kettner - Science - 4/17/2017

What We Did Today

We started learning about the Story of Photosynthesis. Students were given a scrambles story and had to put it in the proper order using pages 50-55 from their textbook.

Homework.

Using the paper handed out in class, cut and paste the story of photosynthesis onto the paper so we can illustrate the steps tomorrow.