10/4

HW due Thursday:

1. Reminder that we will not be travelling tomorrow. Please bring your choice fiction novel so we can start with silent reading tomorrow.

2. Complete all Camp Collins Essential Questions: Camp Collins Essential Questions Doc
...This is a major assignment that is worth 15 points. Each essential question response should Re-state the question, Answer the question, Cite at least 2 pieces of specific evidence, and explain the evidence. They should also include a connection and observation. Question #4  (the diagram assignment) is more of a task than an actual question. It should have at least 3 images, Mountain, River, and Forest labeled, and at least 3 connections explained.

Don't forget our notes we took in core class the past few days. Did you take any notes during our class conversations??? Camp Collins EQs Student Notes  

Geology Pre-Assessment (in class)

Geology Pre-Assessment Doc

10/3

HW due Wednesday:

1. My Hand Poem:  My Hand Poem - Handout
***Observe, List, Arrange, Create***

In class we observed and listed.  Your work this evening is to take what you wrote in the daily writing section of your WW Journal and to re-arrange it to create a poem. Your poem should have at least 10 lines. It can be done in a list form, using shapes such as your hand, focusing on big then going small, literal to metaphorical... There is no wrong way to do this poem, so long as you have at least 10 lines about your hands. The goals are to practice the powers of observation, use specific detail, and to realize how simple poetry can be. Please complete this on the back of your My Hand handout or on a separate sheet of paper

You do NOT need to work on  your Camp Collins EQs tonight. We will go over them together again in class tomorrow before you need to finish them.

A reminder that we are not traveling this Thursday and will spend the day learning, growing, and being awesome at school. 

10/2

Welcome to the month of October folks! What's your favorite part about October???

HW due Tuesday
1. Camp Collins Creative Reflection Map Camp Collins Creative Reflection Assignment Doc
...We worked on this Friday and Monday in class. Some of you have already finished this. If you are not done, try to finish this tonight and get it turned in tomorrow. That said, don't spend more than 15 minutes working on it tonight. If you spend 15 minutes working on it and don't finish, write me a note and you can turn it in on Wednesday instead.

2. Camp Collins Essential Questions: Camp Collins Essential Questions Google Doc
...There are 4 total essential questions for Camp Collins. Respond to 2 of them tonight.
...Each essential question should Re-state the question, Answer the questions, Cite evidence using at least 2 specific examples from different Camp Collins experiences, and Explain the examples while also including a connection and observation.
...If you spend more than 30 minutes on this tonight and don't finish two essential question responses, stop wherever you are at and let me know where you got to (mjansa@pps.net)

Don't forget to have your choice fiction reading material in class tomorrow because we start every Tuesday morning with silent reading!!!

A head's up that our field study for this Thursday is getting pushed back a week, meaning we will not be traveling on a field study this Thursday. 

9/29

Hope you all have a restful weekend. Many of you missed school today. I hope you are feeling better and that the following is helpful in explaining what you missed and what you need to do this weekend.

The HW assignment due Monday is related to our choice fiction novels. You can access the assignment here: Choice Fiction Novel Assignment #2. You should work on this while you are reading y

HW due Monday:

1. Choice Fiction Novel Assignment #2

2. If you were absent, check out the Camp Collins Creative Reflection that we worked on today in class. It is not required work this weekend, but it will help ease your transition back to school if you spend 15-20 minutes working on this creative reflection this weekend: Camp Collins Creative Reflection 2017

Check out the service opportunity at Mt. Tabor tomorrow at our service blog: servicesunnyside.blogspot.com

Post Camp Collins HW

Thanks for an amazing 3 days and 2 nights together as a community at Camp Collins!!! Enjoy family and being in your own bed tonight!!!

HW due Friday:

1. Rest
2. Relax
3. Share a positive surprise, proud moment, and highlight from Camp Collins with someone from your family

ALSO, bring your choice fiction novel to school tomorrow.

Camp Collins

HW due Tuesday:

1. Get ready for our Camp Collins overnight trip!!!
Here is the packing list: Camp Collins Fall Overnight Packing List
Bring a daypack tomorrow that has a lunch (you can get a lunch from the cafeteria if you need), water bottle, and appropriate layers.
Please make sure you have your name on all your gear, especially your main bags!


When you get to school tomorrow, drop your stuff in the auditorium in our core area then come up to core class. We will get settled together and be on the bus and out the door at 9:15.

We will be back Thursday around 2:00 and will dismiss at normal school dismissal times at 3:15