Wednesday April 20

1. Big Writing check and repair (Publish to Edmodo if you want)

• Read and response while you are waiting (online articles, books etc)
  

2. Florida Adventures (prepare a speech to explain 1-2 places you think will be best for us to go to - it must be on the list already)

3. Independent Projects:

• Trae - How to build a foxhole radio
• Jack - History of the Radio
• William - topload calculations and make it
• Anastasia - Pick an animal - do a project on it
  
• Ellee -
• Hanna - out today
  

4. Math lessons - continue - traditional or inquiry

Tuesday April 18

1. Math math math!!! (What are you on? How to find a lesson? How to take the test the lazy way.)

2. Big Writing

3. Florida Adventures

Ocean Day April 17

1. Ocean Trip - fun and sun!!

2. Shark Superhighway Video - write response in your blog

3. Ocean math - TBA

Friday April 15

1. "How Smart are Animals" video with writing reflection.

• Write about which animals you think are the smartest.
• What does it mean to be "smart"?
• Summarize the order of events in the video
  

2. Make a chart to rate what animals are the smartest in your opinion.

• You could give them a score between 1-10
• Pick 6-8 animals and post your chart on your blog

3. Reading and response - should be posted on your blog

Thursday April 14

0. Skype 9:15 - How to prepare for a hurricane - what they can do (Trae in charge)

1. Finish GEP - Send emails after posting on Wiki

2. Do you next math lesson (you should know what you are on or check with Mr. Randy)

3. Post on Edmodo - need to make up work

4. Afternoon projects:

Jack - Work on powerpoint of invention of the Radio
Trae - Help Jack (it is part of your project also) and then look up how to construct a receiver (we have many of the parts!)
William - saw grooves for secondary coil, place secondary coil, practice using TeslaMap
Anastasia - Work on pluses and minuses for your powerpoint on aquarium creatures
Hanna and Ellee - make more HeHes

Monday April 11

Happy Birthday Jack!

1. Math Lessons (how to find answers, where are you?)
2. PBL projects to do with Randy and Jonathan
3. Continue project work
4. Post comments on Edmodo
5. Geospy
   

Friday April 8

1. Geospy - OR prepare (you don't have to write it) a hurricane story about one of your experiences

2. Skype with Wisconsin

3. Destination math tests and lessons

4. Reading and Response

5. PBL work (see Mr. Randy or yesterday's agenda)

Thursday April 7

1. Geospy warm up - Make sure you blog about the score - this will show improvement

2. Skype with SC - GEP, send emails

3. Phylums - Know the phylums - study and pass this test : http://quizlet.com/2837889/animal-phylums-flash-cards/ -- If you pass this quiz, you can go down to the beach today or tomorrow to look for animal types

4. Individual goals:
William - Learn what a capacitor does and what they are used for. Also, find directions on how to make one and how they're made.
Jack and Trae - Find out why your electromagnet did not work. Fix the problem and prove that it can work.
Ellee - Finish your record player project - take metric system test (emailed to you)
Hanna - Continue to build your website
Anastasia - Finish your list of suggestions and do a survey (paper or computer) to the students at OH and what they think. Put a graph on your blog.

5. Destination Math and math lessons - what do you need?

Wednesday April 6

1. Warm-up - choose one or more

• Pipeline
• Grow your garden
• Magnetism
• Dominoes (this one is kinda weird, but maybe you can figure it out)
  

2. Times Attack (Jack, Hanna, Anastasia, William)
3. Math lessons and tests depending on what you are on
4. Afternoon -

• Trae and Jack - electromagnetic motor (take pictures of each of your steps) - geospy when you are done and Timez Attack
  
• Elle and Hanna - geospy and work on your business (this must be blogged to count)
• Anastasia - Pick your top 3 choices for the aquarium and make a "care sheet" about them - you list what you need to do to take care of them - 0r - geospy and timez attack
• William - prepare for your tesla coil parts test by studying. Help Cale and Mason on primary or secondary coils as needed. Blog about what you have learned (pictures, video etc) - also, use your circuit board to show Cale and Mason the difference between a parallel circuit and series circuit
  

Tuesday April 5

0. Start with a warm up of geospy or Times Attack. Put your score in your blog.

1. Big writing today based on your topic. (Ms. Sylvia will sit with you tomorrow and go over your writing)

2. Email composition to school and send today

3. Inquiry Math - Build a cage or habitat for any animal of your choice (pretend or real). Buy your building supplies (list price), measure area and make it happen. Let's see how amazing they turn out. Have fun

4. Talk about the weather last night or today. Post your thoughts on Edmodo (make sure your writing is good quality, as it is public)

Monday April 4

Happy Birthday Anastasia (at the zoo today yay!)

1. Triops research
   

• List your essenttial questions
• Find the research answers and CITE YOUR SOURCES

1. Math lessons and destination tests
2. "What is Creativity" project
3. Reader's workshop afternoon
4. Have each of your emails composed to your schools (you should already have your questions list)
   

Friday April 1

1. Geospy - blog your score and destination

1.5 - Times Attack

1.8 Destination Math

2. Cruising Friday

3. GEP

4. After Lunch - find critters on the beach trip (you must put them in the proper kindom, phylum and class - we won't go unless you know these levels)

5. REP Theater group