6th Grade Weekly Plans & Homework
The 10/24/7 Rule
Studies show that reviewing new material in 10 minutes, after 24 hours, and a week later can strengthen memory. Check this page on my website frequently to have access to all weekly plans, including links to presentations and important documents, as well as reminders about homework.
6/21 End of Year Poster
6/20 End of Year Poster
6/19 Open Note Test on Earth's Changing Climate
6/18 Greek Olympics Field "Trip"
6/17 Lesson 3.2 Climate Change Solutions (abridged version of lesson)
Week 40 June 17 - 21
6/14 2.1 Simulation on Energy Exiting and Entering
6/13 Google Expedition VR on Climate Change
6/12 WECARE; Lesson 1.5
6/11 Bill Nye: Climates
6/10 Finish Lesson 1.4 Testing Changes to Atmosphere
Week 39 June 10 - 14
6/7 AM ASSEMBLY SCHEDULE; SUB; Lesson 1.4
6/6 Earth's Changing Climate 1.3/1.2 combo
6/5 WARM UP QUIZ 12; Earth's Changing Climate 1.2
6/4 Review prior learning targets and probe; Set up notebook for new unit Earth's Changing Climate
6/3 Finish Friday's Writing Assignment
Week 38 June 3 - 7
5/31 Lesson 2.4 Analyzing New Data & Writing to Galetown Assessment
5/30 Lesson 2.3 Simulating a Large Storm
5/29 Google Expeditions Atmosphere Activity
5/28 Finish lesson 2.1 Cooling Air Parcels Sim Part 2, HW, and Key Concepts
Week 37 May 28 - 31
5/24 Lesson 2.1 Warm Air Parcel and Cooling Air Parcel
5/23 Lesson 1.6 Explaining Surface Water and Rain
5/22 Lesson 1.5 Simulations and Vocabulary (investigate impact of temperature and amount of water vapor on clouds/rain)
5/21 Wrap up 1.4
5/20 1.4 Cloud Presentations & Foldable Notes (cloud formations & precipitation)
Week 36 May 20 - 24
5/17 SUB; Lesson 1.4: What are Clouds Reading (not presentations) & Weather Map Gizmo
5/16 Continue Lesson 1.3 Reading & Key Concepts
5/15 WECARE; Open Note vocabulary quiz; Warm Up Quiz #11; Finish 1.3 Simulations
5/14 Lesson 1.3 Hands-on Activity & Simulation
5/13 Finish Weather Patterns Lesson 1.2; Simulation
Week 35 May 13 - 17
5/10 Weather Lesson 1.2 - Water Cycle Foldable
5/9 Clean out binder; Start new Weather unit
5/8 Ocean, Atmosphere, Climate Test
5/7 Go over Review
5/6 Christchurch paragraph due; Work on Review
Week 34 May 6 - 10
5/3 Finish Written Argument and start to Review for Test
5/2 Continue 3.4 Reasoning Tool; Begin Written Argument
5/1 3.4 Change in Christchurch Air Temperature Write and Share Activity
4/30 SUB Finish Lesson 3.3
4/29 3.3 Christchurch Temp. During Normal Years
Week 33 April 29 - May 3
4/26 Finish lesson 3.2
4/25 3.2 Currents Tank Investigation
4/24 Warm Up Quiz; 3.1 The Gulf Stream Reading & Sim
4/23 Finish Gizmo; Study for Warm Up Quiz
4/22 Finish Winds Presentations & continue Gizmo
Week 32 April 22 - April 26
4/12 Ocean Currents Gizmo Simulation
4/11 Glue in foldables; Winds Presentations
4/10 Lesson 2.4 Modeling Ocean Currents
4/9 Finish Lesson 2.3
4/8 O.A.C. Lesson 2.3 Currents and Air Temperature
Week 31 April 8 - April 12
4/5 Talent Show; Lesson 2.2 Ocean Temps at Different Locations
4/4 Lesson 2.1 The Ocean in Motion; Start Lesson 2.2 if time
4/3 WECARE; Lesson 1.5 Air Temperature in Christchurch
4/2 Wrap up lesson 1.3; Lesson 1.4 Air Temperatures Around the World
4/1 Continue Lesson 1.3: Layers of the Atmosphere; Electromagnetic Waves & Energy in the Atmosphere
Week 30 April 1 - April 5
3/29 Continue Lesson 1.3: Layers of the Atmosphere; Electromagnetic Waves & Energy in the Atmosphere
3/28 Warm Up Quiz #9; Rock Experiment for Lesson 1.3; Sim activity for Lesson 1.3
3/27 Finish 1.2
3/26 Clean Out Binders; Introduce Ocean, Atmosphere, and Climate Unit - Glue in, learning targets, probes; 1.2 What Determines Air Temperature
3/25 Rock Cycle Presentations; Wrap Up Unit
Week 29 March 25 - March 29
3/22 Finish and Practice Rock Cycle Rap
3/21 Work on Rock Cycle Rap
3/20 Work on Rock Cycle Rap
3/19 Finish Final Report & Start Rock Cycle Rap (due Monday 3/25)
3/18 Rock Transformations Lesson 3.4 Preparing the Final Report
Week 28 March 18 - March 22
3/15 NO SCHOOL
3/14 Rock Transformations Lesson 3.3 Plate Motion and Rock Formations Activity
3/13 Rock Transformations Lesson 3.2 Moving Rock Formations
3/12 WARM UP QUIZ #8; Rock Transformations Lesson 2.4 Explaining How Energy Affects Rocks; 3.1 The Oldest Rock Formation
3/11 Finish Lesson 2.3; Start 2.4
Week 27 March 11 - March 14
3/8 Lesson 2.3
3/6 Finish Lesson 2.1 Exploring Energy
3/5 Finish Lesson 1.5; Start Lesson 2.1
3/4 1.5 Examining Evidence About Rocks
Week 26 March 4 - March 8
3/1 Rock Cycle presentation (embedded in lesson 1.4)
2/28 Finish Lesson 1.4 (observe rocks & Beach reading);
2/27 1.4 Modeling How Rocks are Formed
2/26 Clean out Binders; Lesson 1.3 Investigating How Rocks are Formed
2/25 Rock Transformation Unit: Set up notebook and begin lesson 1.2 Observing Rock Characteristics
Week 25 February 25 - March 1
2/15 Root Word Quiz - Quizlet; Day 6 of Internship
2/14 Snow presentation; Finish Day 5 (design and make sure best warning system is submitted in Amplify Futura Workspace)
2/13 SNOW DAY
2/12 SNOW DAY
2/11 SNOW DAY
Week 24 February 11 - February 15
2/1 Finish Engineering Internship Day 2 - Reading and TsunamiAlert Design Tool
1/31 Engineering Internship Day 2 - Tsunami Tub Simulation
1/30 WECARE; Engineering Internship Day 1
1/29 Plate Motion Test
1/28 Go over Review
Week 22 January 28 - February 1
1/24 Review for Test (TEST WILL BE NEXT TUESDAY 1/29)
1/23 Finish Claims Based Reasoning
1/22 Introduce Claims Based Reasoning - Evidence for Mesosaurus
Week 21 January 22 - January 24
1/18 Types of Volcanoes guided notes
1/17 Finish Volcanoes presentation and reading
1/16 Warm Up Quiz; Volcanoes presentation (ring of fire)
1/15 Earthquakes presentation
1/14 Faults presentation and handout
Week 20 January 14 - January 18
1/11 Open Note Quiz Corrections DUE; Amplify 2.2 Reading (Listen to Earth) and plate boundary comparison handout
1/10 Finish Amplify Simulation
1/9 Exploring Plate Motion in the Amplify Simulation
1/8 Boundaries lab; Finish boundaries handout
1/7 Boundaries presentation and handout
Week 19 January 7 - January 11
1/4 Open Note Quiz; Battleship to mimic sonar
1/3 Finish Seafloor Spreading
1/2 Seafloor Spreading Presentation
Week 18 January 2 - January 4
12/19 Analyzing Evidence and Pangaea continent questions - Prefix Test Corrections DUE
12/18 Pacific Science Center demonstration and workshops
12/17 Color, cut and glue Pangaea
Week 17 December 17 - December 19
12/14 Prefix Test (study with this quizlet); Pangaea plate puzzle; Questions; Analyzing Evidence
12/13 Plate tectonics presentation; Finish Gizmo and turn in
12/12 Mrs. Baurichter Guest Teacher; Pangaea Gizmo
12/11 Finish Convection Currents; Review Layers of Earth Handout
12/10 Convection Currents Demonstration and Presentation
Week 16 December 10 - December 14
12/7 AM Assembly; Warm Up Quiz #6; Finish Properties of Earth Layers presentation; Thick/Thin Crust and Landforms of the Ocean presentations and notes
12/6 Properties of Earth Layers foldable
12/5 Open Note Vocabulary Test; Finish Geologic Process foldable
12/4 Mesosaurus and Paleontologist video; Geologic Process foldable
12/3 PM Assembly; Phenomenon, Who Left Last, Introduction Video
Week 15 December 3 - December 7
11/30 Clean out binders; Set up notebook for new unit on Plate Tectonics; Probes and Phenomenon
11/29 Pass back tests; Make corrections; Continue Planets Webquest; Guest Teacher
11/28 Earth, Moon and Sun Test
11/27 Finish and go over Earth, Moon and Sun Review; Update learning targets
11/26 Earth, Moon and Sun Review
Week 14 November 26 - November 30
11/20 Finish Amplify Earth, Moon and Sun Claim, Evidence, Reasoning paragraph
11/19 Amplify Earth, Moon and Sun Lesson 3.4 Reasoning Tool and start Claim, Evidence, Reasoning paragraph
Week 13 November 19 - November 20
11/16 PM ASSEMBLY; Finish lesson 3.2/3.3 (Solar Eclipses)
11/15 Amplify Earth, Moon and Sun Lesson 3.2/3.3 Combo
11/14 Warm Up Quiz #4; Amplify Earth, Moon and Sun Finish Lesson 3.1
11/13 Amplify Earth, Moon and Sun Wrap up 2.4/2.5 (go over homework); Lesson 3.1 Lunar Eclipse
Week 12 November 13 - November 16
11/9 Finish 2.4/2.5 Presentation and activities; Homework: Finish Reading Gravity in Amplify (get through through the portal, science folder, then click Library when in Amplify) and answer questions on handout - Due Tuesday
11/8 Amplify Earth, Moon and Sun 2.4/2.5 Presentation Moon Phases Patterns vocabulary, foldable, write and share, Gravity in the Solar System Reading; Chromebook distribution during Science classes today
11/7 Amplify Earth, Moon and Sun 2.3 Presentation Simulating Moon Phases (whole group)
11/6 Amplify Earth, Moon and Sun 2.2 Presentation Gathering Evidence About Moon Phases (model with golf balls)
11/5 Introduce Latin Prefixes; Amplify Earth, Moon and Sun 2.1 Presentation; Phases of the Moon Reading
Week 11 November 5 - November 9
11/2 Finish Gizmo - Moon Phases
11/1 Gizmo - Moon Phases
10/31 Bill Nye Video
10/30 Amplify Lesson continue 1.3/1.4 - Reading and Simulation
10/29 WeCare; Amplify Lesson 1.3/1.4 Combo - Earth, Moon and Sun model
Week 10 October 29 - November 2
10/26 Warm Up Quiz #3
10/25 No Class
10/24 Finish Amplify Earth, Moon, and Sun Lesson 1.2
10/23 No Class
10/22 Amplify Earth, Moon, and Sun Lesson 1.2
CONFERENCES - EARLY DISMISSAL 11:30 ALL WEEK
Week 9 October 22 - October 26
10/19 Set up notebook for new unit (Earth, Moon and Sun); Turn in notebooks for grading
10/18 Finish Scientific Method & Measurement Test; Make sure notebook is updated and ready to be graded on Friday
10/17 Scientific Method & Measurement Test
10/16 Go over review; Answer last minute questions; Hand out Composition Notebook checklist and explain grading procedure; Give time to update Learning Targets to demonstrate learning; Finish Density PHET simulation if needed extra time
10/15 Work on Review (FINISH FOR HOMEWORK TONIGHT); Finish Density PHET simulation
Week 8 October 15 - October 19
10/12 Density PHET simulation
10/11 Density notes
10/10 Go over skills packet; Density Demonstration
10/9 Volume of an irregular object stations
10/8 No School - Fall Break
Week 7 October 8 - October 12
10/5 Skills Packet and do online investigation
10/4 Stations to practice TBB and liquid volume
10/3 SUB Volume of Irregular Object presentation and notes; practice handout
10/2 Warm Up Quiz #2 (see warm up page on website for quizlet to study); Stations to practice TBB & liquid volume
10/1 Volume of liquid presentation and handout
Week 6 October 1 - October 5
9/28 Measuring Length, Area, Volume presentation and handout
9/27 Wrap up Triple Beam Balance activities and practice
9/26 Gizmo online simulation - Triple Beam Balance Activity A
9/25 Triple Beam Balance presentation & practice worksheet
9/24 Temperature presentation & practice worksheet
Week 5 September 24 - September 28
9/21 Scientific Method presentation
9/20 Hypothesis Probe; Observation Review; Test Taking video clips (scale)
9/19 Saving Sammy Lab
9/18 Observation of an Object
9/17 Warm Up Quiz #1; Observation, Scale, Test Taking presentation and links
Week 4 September 17 - September 21
9/14 (substitute today) Data/Inference review. Warm Up Quizlet practice with computers.
9/13 Qualitative/Quantitative practice.
9/12 Set up notebook for Qualitative/Quantitative presentation. Qualitative/Quantitative presentation notes.
9/11 Who is my lab partner? Lab
9/10 Data/Inference T-Chart and practice worksheet. Log into computers and practice Data/Inference Quizlet. H.W.: Bring in 4-5 personal items tomorrow 9/11
Week 3 September 10 - September 14
9/7 Finish up Lab Stations: Write Conclusion together. Data/Inference T-Chart and practice worksheet.
9/6 Introduce Lab Stations: Who is Mrs. Bossenbroek? Making inferences based on observations.
9/5 Read through and fill out Learning Targets. Data / Inference presentation and notes.
9/4 Turn in name tent. BioGlyph activity. H.W.: Bring in 4-5 personal items by Monday 9/10
Week 2 September 4 - September 7
8/31 Day 2 of warm up #1. Scavenger Hunt. Set up composition notebooks. Turn in signed safety contract and completed name tent.
8/30 Day 1 of warm up #1. Set up binder. Go over classroom website. Work on Name Tent in class.
8/29 Welcome! Procedures, parent letter & safety contract (signed safety contract & name tent assignment due 8/31). Work on name tent in class.