Mr. González' Classes Homework/ Daily Activities Week 6, 3/7 to 3/11

Math Monday - We're going to work on one more Math WASL question today. HW - None Tuesday - The plan for this week is to practice for the ITBS as well since we'll be taking the ITBS first. We will be using the Test Alert booklet Level D. HW - Will be sending home the Ballard Locks field trip permission slip. They need to get that slip signed by this Thursday so I know who's coming. Parents, let me know if you can join us because we need six parents to come with us so the kids can be chaperoned. It's coming up next Friday and students who wish to skate need to bring $4 for skate rental. (Please make checks out to Highline Ice Arena only.) Wednesday - From 8am to 10am we will be off campus doing tree planting with the North Olympic Salmon Coalition (NOSC). HW - None Thursday - We will continue with ITBS practice. We will start the ITBS next week! HW - None Friday - Staff Learning Improvement Day (LID), NO SCHOOL FOR KIDS! HW - None Future plans: For now we will continue practicing for the math ITBS and the math WASL. Once we are done with those we will have a review quiz for Covering and Surrounding Investigations 1 through 4. We will then move on to Investigation 5, finish the book and have the final test. I figure this whole process will take us well into April. ITBS will happen during March 14 to March 25, while the WASL will take place during April.

Science Monday - Today we will work on the water quality websites. Students will use the information off of the science test to improve upon what they've already got on their websites. Check out the Hood Canal Youth Summit (we will be attending that on June 2 to participate in a water quality day of sharing with other schools). HW - None Tuesday - Work on water quality websites, deadline for these websites is this Thursday! HW - None Wednesday - From 8am to 10am we will be off campus doing tree planting with the North Olympic Salmon Coalition (NOSC). HW - None Thursday - Today is the deadline for the water quality websites! We will start scoring these websites today. HW - None Friday - Staff Learning Improvement Day (LID), NO SCHOOL FOR KIDS! HW - None Future plans: I am giving kids until the end of March to finish their water quality websites and their water quality documentary movies. We will also take a day to correct the water quality final test. Once we are done with water quality we will begin the Science & Technology Concepts for Middle School (STC/MS) kit on Organsisms: From Macro to Micro. It will be great and I am piloting this kit to see if we want to buy it for next year. My class is fortunate enough to be the ones who actually get to try it (I spent Friday, 3/4, going through the teacher's guide and it looks like a great kit!

Language Arts Monday - Today I will collect all the students' poetry. We will start our practice for the Reading WASL. HW - Reading log for this week! Tuesday - We are going to finish the Reading WASL problem that we started yesterday. HW - None Wednesday - Today we will work out of the Test Alert Level D booklet to practice for the ITBS. HW - None Thursday - Project Alert with Heidi Dodd. HW - Complete the Alternatives to Drinking handout and turn it in to Mr. González on Monday. Friday - Staff Learning Improvement Day (LID), NO SCHOOL FOR KIDS! HW - None, unless you haven't turned in your reading log. Future plans: We will finish our poetry unit and then practice for the Language ITBS and the Reading WASL. Once we are done with test prep we will begin a detailed study of the three of the six writing traits we are studying this year, ideas, organization, and word choice. Then we will score each others Big6 research papers. After that we should have time to start our next novel. We will vote on which novel to start reading, either The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien, The Cay, Theodore Taylor, or The Black Pearl, Scott O'Dell. While reading, we will review our PAR reading strategies.

Social Studies Monday - We are going to finish Mimi #11. HW - None Tuesday - Today we will do Mimi #12, the LAST ONE!! HW - None Wednesday - Today we will start a Panama Canal activity in preparation for our Ballard Locks field trip. HW - None Thursday - Panama Canal activity continued. HW - None Friday - Staff Learning Improvement Day (LID), NO SCHOOL FOR KIDS! HW - None   Future plans: Once we are done with the Mimi, we will begin a Panama Canal project in preparation for our Ballard Locks field trip. After Ballard we will be ready to leave Central and South America behind and begin our study of Canada with a study of the Inuit.

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