6th Grade Daily Agenda
WEEK 1: 9/6 to 9/8
Wednesday 9/6:
- Welcome & Name Tents
- CW: All About You (*due Friday 9/8)
- Binders
Procedure: Quiet Signal/Attention Grabber
HW: Dixon Creek Permission Slips, All About You HO
Thursday 9/7:
1. What is Science? Discussion
2. LAB: Are You Symmetrical-Day 1
HW: Dixon Creek Permission Slips, All About You HO
Friday 9/8:
***DUE: All About You HO***
1. LAB: Are You Symmetrical - Day 2
HW: Dixon Creek Permission Slips
week 2: 9/11 - 9/15
Monday 9/11:
1. LAB: Are You Symmetrical - graphing & analysis. Due Wednesday if not done
HW: Dixon Creek Permission Slips BY THURS. THIS WEEK!!
Tuesday 9/12:
1. Schoolwide Policies: Binders, Fire Drill Procedures & Practice
HW: Dixon Creek Permission Slips BY THURS. THIS WEEK!! Finish Lab if not done, due tomorrow
Wednesday 9/13:
***Are You Symmetrical Lab due today***
1. Review Question #6 on Lab, turn in lab
2. Dixon Creek Prep.:
- map & exploration
- what will we do out there?
- what do we need?
- being safe, respectful & responsible
HW: Dixon Creek Permission Slips
Thursday/Friday 9/14-15:
1. Dixon Creek Field Trip #1
- Safety, Procedures, & Guidelines at Dixon Creek
- Scavenger Hunt
week 3: 9/18 - 9/22
Monday 9/18:
1. Notes: Metric Prefixes
2. CW: Metric Conversions HO, due Wed.
Tuesday 9/19:
1. iPad Set Up 1
2. CW: Metric Conversions HO, due Wed. - finish for HW
Wednesday 9/20:
***Metric Conversion HO due to turn in box***
1. Set up Notability on iPad
2. Set Up: Ecology Notes in Notability
- Vocab: Riparian, Transect
3. Discuss how to set up transects for tomorrow
Thursday 9/21:
1. Dixon Creek Field Trip #2
- Collecting data on vegetation from transects at Dixon Creek
Friday 9/22: SUB HERE TODAY
1. iPad lesson on Dixon Creek - see Showbie for assignment
week 4: 9/25 - 9/29
Monday 9/25: SUB HERE TODAY
1. Graphing Dixon Creek vegetation transect data
Tuesday 9/26: SUB HERE TODAY
1. Metric Length Lab
Wednesday 9/27:
1. Catch up with Mrs. K
2. Dixon Creek Prep - Trip #3
- Discuss what types of water invertebrates we might discover at Dixon Creek
- Add to Ecology Notes (in Notability): Macroinvertebrate, Tolerant, Intolerant.
- Examine PNW invertebrate species list to identify some common species we might expect to find at the creek.
3. Set Up Notability assignment CW: Riparian Functions (with brochure) (NOTE: per. 6 has completed this assignment, per 7. has set up but not worked on it as of today)
Thursday/Friday 9/28-29:
1. Dixon Creek Visit #3
- Macroinvertebrate sampling!
week 5: 10/2 - 10/6
Monday 10/2
1. CW: Dixon Creek Macroinvertebrate Follow Up Assignment (Notability document. Finish by end of class Tuesday and submit to Showbie).
Tuesday 10/3
1. Work on CW: Dixon Creek Macroinvertebrate Follow Up Assignment from Notability. As a class, we practiced submitting our work to Showbie when done.
2. Add to "Ecology Notes" in Notability document. Added vocabulary words "Ecology" and "Adaptation"
Wednesday 10/4
1. Finish CW: Ecology notes in Notability. Today we talked about Ecosystems, and thing that can limit what types of living things in that place (Limiting Factors).
Thursday 10/5 (ODD) & Friday 10/6 (EVEN -DOUBLE EARLY RELEASE) - NO DIXON CREEK
1. CW: Food Chains & Webs
2. ACT: Niches
HW: Per. 7 - Riparian Area Functions, due BY Wed. of next week.
***Mrs. K will be gone Monday and Tuesday afternoon next week...***
week 6: 10/9 - 10/13
Monday 10/9 (Sub today)
1. CW: Niche Activity (in Showbie or paper copies)
2. Start HW
HW: Niche Activity Practice
Tuesday 10/10 (Sub today)
1. CW: Dixon Creek Niche Assignment (in Showbie or paper copies)
HW: Finish Dixon Creek Niche Assignment
Wednesday 10/11
1. Review Niche assignments
2. iPad Boot Camp (per. 6)
HW: READ Habitat & Niche (in Showbie or paper copies)
Thursday 10/12 AND Friday 10/13
1. ACTIVITY: Dixon Creek Food Webs (in Showbie or paper copies)
- Create a food web using the species from Dixon Creek
HW: Finish Dixon Creek Food Web
week 7: 10/16 - 10/20
Monday 10/16
1. Finish Food Webs & turn in
2. Prep for Food Web Presentations
HW: Review vocabulary, practice Quizlet
Tuesday 10/17 (Mr. Hyde here for 6th per., Mr. Rose here for 7th per.)
1. Energy Pyramids
- notes/discussion
2. Review for Quiz (Quizlet activities)
HW: Review vocabulary, practice Quizlet
Wednesday 10/18
- QUIZ: Ecology
- Read: "Competition/Predation" in Showbie (or paper copy)
Thursday 10/19 AND Friday 10/20
1. ACTIVITY: "Oh Deer" (per. 6 combined w/Rose)
- Open "Oh Deer" assignment into Notability from Ecology folder in Showbie
- Graphing activity in Numbers using data tables. Copy and paste graphs to Notability
HW: Finish first graph, and answer questions # 1-4
week 8: 10/23 - 10/27
Monday 10/23
1. Finish "Oh Deer" graphing & questions, submit to Showbie
2. Tests back and review
3. Test Correction Procedure (See Test Corrections folder in Showbie)
Tuesday 10/24
- CW: Apex Predators Reading
- Marking the Text on 1/2 of the paragraphs, reading the whole article.
- Marking the text means:
- # the paragraphs
- _______________ Underline Key Concepts or definitions
- Circle important vocabulary words
- ? Write questions in the margins
- HW: Apex Predators Questions (from Showbie), finish Marking the Text
Wednesday 10/25 - Friday 10/27
- Parent Teacher Conferences
- FINISH APEX PREDATORS ASSIGNMENTS FROM TUESDAY