Weekend Homework

Hi, all.

Here's a list of the homework:

1. Tangerine: read to page 133 and complete 3 dialogue journal entries for Monday.

2. River STory: students should complete a fact page with border and a page with a beautiful map with the course of the river also described in beautiful language. These pages will be compiled into a book (ala Lynn Cherry's A River Ran Wild) about an American river. Each student has already chosen their river and have begun researching it. Next week we will focus on the geology of the river.

3. Geography #5--due Thursday (because no school on Friday).

4. Treak-or-Treat for Unicef this weekend: students can use this as a community-based project; information about this will be available tonight at the dance.

Enjoy your weekend,
Sarah

Thursday Homework

Due Friday:

- Read article: Sea Lions Show Salmon What it Really Means to be Endangered and complete notetaking/notemaking notes (jot down notes and summarize in own words)

- Confirmation that parents have seen 'Classwork Results Page'

- Geography Sheet #4

Due Monday:

- Read Tangerine up to Sept. 26 (pgs. 97-133) and complete 3 dialogue journal entries

Due Tuesday:

For the American River Story; final drafts of:

1. THE MAP:

a. a map of the river showing where it begins, where it ends, its entire length, and major tributaries.

b. a paragraph description of the river’s course (this is the caption)

2. THE FACTS: A page of facts about the river you have researched.

Bonneville Pictures

Great pictures from Nicole!
Click here to see pictures from our trip to Bonneville Dam and the Cascade Fish Hatchery. Look for the 2 videos of some aggressive spawning salmon!

Wednesday Homework

Due Thursday:
- Essential question and assignment for Bonneville Dam field study
- Read up to Part I in Tangerine (pg. 94) -- just read, no assignment
- Current Events for Ian, Austin, Andrew, Barbara, Christina, Sienna, Ana, Dawson

Due Friday:
- Geography sheet #4

Tuesday Homework

Well, we had our first rainy field trip of the year! But we had two great tours at Bonneville and at the Cascade Fish Hatchery...plus we got to see Chinook spawning in Eagle Creek!

Due Thursday:
- Read up to Part I in Tangerine (no assignment to go with)
- Field study assignment for Bonneville Dam

Due Friday:
-Geography Sheet #4

The Weekend!

Garden Day is tomorrow at SES, 9-12:00

Due Monday:
- 2nd Draft of Water Cycle Narrative (the students will be using the laptops again tomorrow to work on typing up a copy-- if they have a version started at home they can bring it saved on a thumb drive or email it to themselves in order to access it at school)
- Tangerine, read up to 'September 8' (pgs. 33-64); complete 3 entries in a 'dialogue journal' (direction for this are glued into their reading journals -- email me if your student needs a copy)

Due Tuesday:
- Stream Scene, pages 115-117; for the graph on page 116, the students are asked to graph both dissolved oxygen and temperature versus depth. They need to complete a separate line for dissolved oxygen versus depth and for temperature versus depth -- preferably in different colors

Thursday Homework

We had a painted paper frenzy this afternoon! Students created beautiful colors that will go up on our river mural soon!

Due Friday:
- Geography Sheet #3
- Service Reflection #2

Due Monday:
- 2nd Draft of Water Cycle Narrative (the students will be using the laptops again tomorrow to work on typing up a copy-- if they have a version started at home they can bring it saved on a thumb drive or email it to themselves in order to access it at school)
- Tangerine, read up to 'September 8' (pgs. 33-64); complete 3 entries in a 'dialogue journal' (direction for this are glued into their reading journals -- email me if your student needs a copy)

Due Tuesday:
- Stream Scene, pages 115-117; for the graph on page 116, the students are asked to graph both dissolved oxygen and temperature versus depth. They need to complete a separate line for dissolved oxygen versus depth and for temperature versus depth -- preferably in different colors

Monday Homework

It's so great to have everyone back and be together again. Yeah!
We started a new novel today as a class -- Tangerine by Edward Bloor. An audio version of it can be found on audible.com

Due Tuesday:

• Eagle Fern questions - written in EC journal

• Bring Tangerine to school

• Traveling to Johnson Creek Park! Bring a lunch!

Due Wednesday:

• Tea Party packet for Tangerine (most completed it in class or have just a little to finish up) -- it's some introductory activities/questions about the new novel

Due Thursday:

• Current event assignment for Julia, Zoe, Miette, Janai, Dylan, Elvis, & Amy (Alex B., Isaac, and Rowen to also present)
  

Due Friday:

• Geography Sheet #3
• Service Reflection #2 (the students will be working on a reflection for the Harvest Fair on Wednesday morning)
  

Due Date for Book Report on Choice Novel

We really have spent no time together as a core class this week...so I am moving the due date to October 18th for all students 6-8th grade.

Pics from Willamette River Walk

Click here to see a few pictures from our Willamette River walk!

Long Weekend

Final Novel Project for Choice Novel
Due: October 18 for 6th Grade
Due: October 14 for 7/8th Grade

Geography Sheet #3
Due: October 22

Eagle Fern Review Questions
Due: October 19

Wednesday Homework

If one could measure the success of Eagle Fern by sleepy looks and foggy brains today...I'd say Eagle Fern was 100% a success! We had a great time and learned a lot.

Midterm reports will be sent out Tuesday, October 12th. Because of Outdoor School next week (I will be there just Sunday/Monday) -- any missing/late work must be turned in tomorrow for it to count towards midterms. That doesn't mean I won't continue to accept it and have it apply towards the final grades for the trimester.

Due Tomorrow:
- 1 Service Reflection
- Willamette River Story (a 6 paneled storyboard in the student's EC journals)
- Geography Sheet #2 on US major bodies of water and mountain ranges
- Current events for Devlin, Rowen, Alex H., Tiani, Maya, Haley, Isaac

Novel Project: Due 10/11 for 7/8th grade, Due 10/18 for 6 grade

Friday Announcements

Students have been working on their water cycle inspired narratives. Today we looked at revising our rough drafts for dialogue, blocking, and vivid character and setting descriptions. There are some pretty great stories being told in class!

This week we solidified our understanding of watersheds...ask your student to share with you their 'palm watershed'. Can they point out a tributary? a confluence? We also played with the idea of carrying capacity. Students became deer and had to get their survival needs each year from the habitat. It got more difficult when there was a drought one year and wolves were reintroduced! What is a sustainable carrying capacity for your household? :)

Eagle Fern is Monday!
Students need to be at school by 8:30am. We will meet on the basketball court. Students should put their luggage next to our class's sign and everyone needs to check in with me! If you are not picking up your student on Tuesday evening, please let me know how/who they will be going home with...in a note or otherwise.

Due Oct 7 (Thursday):
- Willamette River Story - we started this storyboard in class yesterday, it is in the student's EC journals
- One Service Reflection: either school, community, or international (a gardening reflection will suffice if a students has not participated in a service event yet)
- Geography Sheet #2 - U.S. rivers and mountains
- We have our class picture on Oct. 7th -- forms were sent home today.