1. Go to thinklinklearning.com and click on the progress zone. You will then be instructed to type in your code. The code changes each week.

2. Answer the 10 practice questions.

3. Once finished answer the 10 questions, print or write the results on a sheet of paper and have a PARENT SIGN IT EACH WEEK. Practice Probes will not be accepted that do not have a parent signature.

4. Students will not be graded on the number correct or incorrect, but just on completing the probe.

5. Students can not go back and make up missed probes unless they were absent due to illness or some other type of extenuating circumstance.

6. We will do one each week until TCAP time in April.

7. These probes are designed to help increase your child’s TCAP scores and please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

2/18/09 Wednesday- Chapter 13 Section 2 “What is Heat?”

HW-Science in the News due Friday and Practice Probe #1 due Friday. To start the practice probe go to thinklinklearning.com, click on the yellow progress zone, and type in the code. The code for this week is QC3813. I also sent home an instructional sheet and this is information is also located on my blog site.

2/19/09 Thursday- Chapter 13-2 and 13-3 on Heat and Heat and Matter

HW- Science in the News due tomorrow and Practice Probe #1

2/20/09 Friday- Present Science in the News Articles and turn in the results of Practice Probe #1.

HW- None. DAD’S DAY FOR 6TH GRADE IS WEDNESDAY MORNING 2/25/09. YOUR CHILD SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT HOME AN INVITATION BY NOW.