Sunday, October 11, 2026

RV Robotics, Science, Computer Science, & STEAM ELD Week 10/12 - 16/2026

 Hello Everyone!

We will be half way through October by the end of this week, WOW!  How time flies!

Aviation Career Day is coming up for Robotics, CS, & STEAM ELD.

Wednesday is our last day to turn in travel permission forms for the Aviation Career Day Field Trip, don't delay! 

Happy Indiginous Peoples Day! - Here is a video explaining both Columbus Day and Indiginous Peoples Day.


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Period 1 - Robotics


Monday - Morning Routine

Sphero Robots - Where are you at?


Tuesday - Morning Routine

The Great California Shakeout - Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 10:15 a.m.


Wednesday - Morning Routine - Minimum Day

Camarillo Aviation Career Day - Airport Career Discovery


Thursday - Morning Routine

Camarillo Aviation Career Day - Airport Career Discovery - Complete



Friday - Morning Routine

Camarillo Aviation Career Day - Airport Career Discovery - Complete

Student presentations to class.
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Period 2 Advisory

Weekly Schedule and Lessons

Leader In Me website


Monday - Morning Routine


Tuesday - Morning Routine

The Great California Shakeout - Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 10:15 a.m.


Wednesday - Morning Routine - Minimum Day



Thursday - Morning Routine



Friday - Morning Routine

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Period 3 Science

Join our typing team.  Click here

Tinkercad sign-up link  - If you have a Tinkercad account, you may need to add this code - ELY98AXG5


Monday - Morning Routine

Introduction to The Energy and Climate Unit 

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Tuesday - Morning Routine

The Great California Shakeout - Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 10:15 a.m.


Wednesday - Morning Routine - Minimum Day



Thursday - Morning Routine




Friday - Morning Routine



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Period 4 - Science


Tinkercad sign-up link  - If you have a Tinkercad account, you may need to add this code - C5GFEQ2SV


Monday - Morning Routine

Introduction to The Energy and Climate Unit 

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Tuesday - Morning Routine

The Great California Shakeout - Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 10:15 a.m.


Wednesday - Morning Routine - Minimum Day



Thursday - Morning Routine




Friday - Morning Routine


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Period 6 - Computer Science


Monday - Morning Routine

Sphero Robots - Where are you at?


Tuesday - Morning Routine

The Great California Shakeout - Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 10:15 a.m.


Wednesday - Morning Routine - Minimum Day

Camarillo Aviation Career Day - Airport Career Discovery


Thursday - Morning Routine

Camarillo Aviation Career Day - Airport Career Discovery - Complete



Friday - Morning Routine

Camarillo Aviation Career Day - Airport Career Discovery - Complete

Student presentations to class.Monday - Morning Routine

Sphero Robots - Where are you at?


Tuesday - Morning Routine

The Great California Shakeout - Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 10:15 a.m.


Wednesday - Morning Routine - Minimum Day

Camarillo Aviation Career Day - Airport Career Discovery


Thursday - Morning Routine

Camarillo Aviation Career Day - Airport Career Discovery - Complete



Friday - Morning Routine

Camarillo Aviation Career Day - Airport Career Discovery - Complete

Student presentations to class.
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Period 7 - Tech Tales ELD


Monday - Morning Routine

Check your Language Test Records


Descriptive Language - What is it, How do I use it, What will it do?


Tuesday - Morning Routine

The Great California Shakeout - Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 10:15 a.m.


Wednesday - Morning Routine - Minimum Day

Camarillo Aviation Career Day - Airport Career Discovery


Thursday - Morning Routine

Camarillo Aviation Career Day - Airport Career Discovery- Complete



Friday - Morning Routine

Camarillo Aviation Career Day -  Airport Career Discovery - Complete

Student presentations to class.
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Space Out Friday





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Sunday, October 4, 2026

RV Robotics, Computer Science, Science, & STEAM ELD Week 10/5 - 9/2026

Hello Everyone!

Welcome to a HOT October week at Rio Vista.  Stay hydrated by drinking water at home and at school.  

We'll be working on Robotics, coding in computer sceince, robotics and ELD.  We'll be finishing up our Fast Fashion essay in science.

Progress report grades will be out in a couple of weeks.  I 'll post grades on Monday.  Let me know  if there are any issues.

We are starting to get ready for the Aviation Career Day at the Camarillo Airport on Oct 30.   What kinds of jobs are there at an airport?


Images


Help your house, donate in some candy!



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Period 1 - Robotics


Monday - Morning Routine

Working With Spheros - 

  • Continue with the lessons 3 - 8 in Sphero EDU


Tuesday - Morning Routine

Working With Spheros - 

  • Continue with the lessons 3 - 8 in Sphero EDU


Wednesday - Morning Routine

Student Portfolio - Build Your Keyboarding Page
  •  Add your keyboarding tests
  • Label them August Keyboarding Test and September Keyboarding Test

Camarillo Aviation Career Day - What's it all about?



Thursday - Morning Routine

Camarillo Aviation Career Day - What's it all about?


Friday - Morning Routine

Making Gargbage Fly - Time to start building your competative airplane

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Period 2 Advisory

Weekly Schedule and Lessons

Leader In Me website


Monday - Morning Routine

Condor News Network Video


Tuesday - Morning Routine

ASCEND Academic Support


Wednesday - Morning Routine

Digital Citizenship Interactive Lessons



Thursday - Morning Routine

ASCEND Academic Support



Friday - Morning Routine

Game Time
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Period 3 Science

Join our typing team.  Click here

Tinkercad sign-up link  - If you have a Tinkercad account, you may need to add this code - ELY98AXG5

NewsEla Link to input your Fast Fashion Writing


Monday - Morning Routine

Fast Fashion Essay Writing -

  • Continue typing transfering your essay from your paper into Newsela
  • Use spelling check and editor check.
  • Reread everything you write to make sure it makes sense
  • Cite your sources - at least 2 sources are needed for this assignment.
  • Use the Newsela support to edit your story

.DO NOT SUBMIT UNTIL Mr. GARCIA RETURNS!


Tuesday - Morning Routine

Fast Fashion Essay Writing - Last day to finish writing in class is Thursday

  • Continue typing transfering your essay from your paper into Newsela
  • Use spelling check and editor check.
  • Reread everything you write to make sure it makes sense
  • Cite your sources - at least 2 sources are needed for this assignment.
  • Use the Newsela support to edit your story

Extra Work Packet available when you are done writing your essay into newsela


Wednesday - Morning Routine

Fast Fashion Essay Writing - Last day to finish writing in class is Thursday

  • Continue typing transfering your essay from your paper into Newsela
  • Use spelling check and editor check.
  • Reread everything you write to make sure it makes sense
  • Cite your sources - at least 2 sources are needed for this assignment.
  • Use the Newsela support to edit your story

Extra Work Packet available when you are done writing your essay into newsela



Thursday - Morning Routine

New Unit  - 




Friday - Morning Routine




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Period 4 - Science


Tinkercad sign-up link  - If you have a Tinkercad account, you may need to add this code - C5GFEQ2SV


Monday - Morning Routine

Fast Fashion Essay Writing -

  • Continue typing transfering your essay from your paper into Newsela
  • Use spelling check and editor check.
  • Reread everything you write to make sure it makes sense
  • Cite your sources - at least 2 sources are needed for this assignment.
  • Use the Newsela support to edit your story

.DO NOT SUBMIT UNTIL Mr. GARCIA RETURNS!


Tuesday - Morning Routine

Fast Fashion Essay Writing - Last day to finish writing in class is Thursday

  • Continue typing transfering your essay from your paper into Newsela
  • Use spelling check and editor check.
  • Reread everything you write to make sure it makes sense
  • Cite your sources - at least 2 sources are needed for this assignment.
  • Use the Newsela support to edit your story

Extra Work Packet available when you are done writing your essay into newsela


Wednesday - Morning Routine

Fast Fashion Essay Writing - Last day to finish writing in class is Thursday

  • Continue typing transfering your essay from your paper into Newsela
  • Use spelling check and editor check.
  • Reread everything you write to make sure it makes sense
  • Cite your sources - at least 2 sources are needed for this assignment.
  • Use the Newsela support to edit your story

Extra Work Packet available when you are done writing your essay into newsela



Thursday - Morning Routine

New Unit  - 



Friday - Morning Routine



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Period 6 - Computer Science


Monday - Morning Routine

Working With Spheros - 

  • Continue with the lessons 3 - 8 in Sphero EDU


Tuesday - Morning Routine

Working With Spheros - 

  • Continue with the lessons 3 - 8 in Sphero EDU


Wednesday - Morning Routine

Student Portfolio - Build Your Keyboarding Page
  •  Add your keyboarding tests
  • Label them August Keyboarding Test and September Keyboarding Test

Camarillo Aviation Career Day - What's it all about?



Thursday - Morning Routine

Camarillo Aviation Career Day - What's it all about?


Friday - Morning Routine

Making Gargbage Fly - Time to start building your competative airplane


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Period 7 - Tech Tales ELD


Monday - Morning Routine

Work on your portfolio

Finish your game in Scratch


Tuesday - Morning Routine

Work on your portfolio

Finish your game in Scratch


Wednesday - Morning Routine

Student Portfolio - Build Your Keyboarding Page
  •  Add your keyboarding tests
  • Label them August Keyboarding Test and September Keyboarding Test

CER - What is it & Why?



Thursday - Morning Routine

Camarillo Aviation Career Day - What's it all about?



Friday - Morning Routine



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Space Out Friday





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Tuesday, September 29, 2026

RV Robotics, Science, Computer Science, STEAM ELD Week 9/28 - 10/2/2026

  Hello Everyone!

Happy last week of September!

That means that Halloween is coming!!

Progress reports will also be coming so get your work done and turned in ASAP or boo hoo to you:)


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Period 1 - Robotics


Monday - Morning Routine

Working With Spheros - Continue with the lessons in Sphero EDU


Tuesday - Morning Routine

Monthly Keyboarding test - Take 2 - 1 minute typing tests.  You will be posting the results in your portfolio

Portfolio - A collection of your best work - starts today


Wednesday - Morning Routine

Portfolios - Building a portfolio to be proud of:)


Thursday - Morning Routine

Working With Spheros - Continue with the lessons in Sphero EDU



Friday - Morning Routine

Working With Spheros - Continue with the lessons in Sphero EDU

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Period 2 Advisory

Weekly Schedule and Lessons

Leader In Me website


Monday - Morning Routine


Tuesday - Morning Routine



Wednesday - Morning Routine



Thursday - Morning Routine



Friday - Morning Routine

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Period 3 Science

Join our typing team.  Click here

Tinkercad sign-up link  - If you have a Tinkercad account, you may need to add this code - ELY98AXG5


Monday - Morning Routine

  • Using the CER format
  • How to annotate
Let's look at some articles and graphs to get a better understanding of the issue.  Focus in on something that interests you and you can write about.

Continue Writing - identifying your point of view and supporting it with data and create a reasonable argument for your writing project

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Tuesday - Morning Routine

Looking over our rough draft.

1 - do I have a strong CLAIM?  A strong claim will give you the focus of your paper and will help you identify the evidence you need to find and cite.

2 - does my evidence support or defend my claim?  

3 - did I use at least 2 quotes and cite them correctly?

4 - Do my reasons connect my claim to my evidence?

5 - Does it sound the way I want it to sound?


Wednesday - Morning Routine

Finishing our rough draft.

1 - do I have a strong CLAIM?  A strong claim will give you the focus of your paper and will help you identify the evidence you need to find and cite.

2 - does my evidence support or defend my claim?  

3 - did I use at least 2 quotes and cite them correctly?

4 - Do my reasons connect my claim to my evidence?

5 - Does it sound the way I want it to sound?



Thursday - Morning Routine

Finishing our rough draft.  Starting my final draft.

1 - do I have a strong CLAIM?  A strong claim will give you the focus of your paper and will help you identify the evidence you need to find and cite.

2 - does my evidence support or defend my claim?  

3 - did I use at least 2 quotes and cite them correctly?

4 - Do my reasons connect my claim to my evidence?

5 - Does it sound the way I want it to sound?


Friday - Morning Routine

Finishing our rough draft.  Starting my final draft.

1 - do I have a strong CLAIM?  A strong claim will give you the focus of your paper and will help you identify the evidence you need to find and cite.

2 - does my evidence support or defend my claim?  

3 - did I use at least 2 quotes and cite them correctly?

4 - Do my reasons connect my claim to my evidence?

5 - Does it sound the way I want it to sound?


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Period 4 - Science


Tinkercad sign-up link  - If you have a Tinkercad account, you may need to add this code - C5GFEQ2SV


Monday - Morning Routine

  • Using the CER format
  • How to annotate
Let's look at some articles and graphs to get a better understanding of the issue.  Focus in on something that interests you and you can write about.

Continue Writing - identifying your point of view and supporting it with data and create a reasonable argument for your writing project

Tuesday - Morning Routine

Looking over our rough draft.

1 - do I have a strong CLAIM?  A strong claim will give you the focus of your paper and will help you identify the evidence you need to find and cite.

2 - does my evidence support or defend my claim?  

3 - did I use at least 2 quotes and cite them correctly?

4 - Do my reasons connect my claim to my evidence?

5 - Does it sound the way I want it to sound?


Wednesday - Morning Routine

Finishing our rough draft.

1 - do I have a strong CLAIM?  A strong claim will give you the focus of your paper and will help you identify the evidence you need to find and cite.

2 - does my evidence support or defend my claim?  

3 - did I use at least 2 quotes and cite them correctly?

4 - Do my reasons connect my claim to my evidence?

5 - Does it sound the way I want it to sound?



Thursday - Morning Routine

Finishing our rough draft.  Starting my final draft.

1 - do I have a strong CLAIM?  A strong claim will give you the focus of your paper and will help you identify the evidence you need to find and cite.

2 - does my evidence support or defend my claim?  

3 - did I use at least 2 quotes and cite them correctly?

4 - Do my reasons connect my claim to my evidence?

5 - Does it sound the way I want it to sound?


Friday - Morning Routine

Finishing our rough draft.  Starting my final draft.

1 - do I have a strong CLAIM?  A strong claim will give you the focus of your paper and will help you identify the evidence you need to find and cite.

2 - does my evidence support or defend my claim?  

3 - did I use at least 2 quotes and cite them correctly?

4 - Do my reasons connect my claim to my evidence?

5 - Does it sound the way I want it to sound?

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Period 6 - Computer Science


Monday - Morning Routine

Working With Spheros - Continue with the lessons in Sphero EDU


Tuesday - Morning Routine

Monthly Keyboarding test - Take 2 - 1 minute typing tests.  You will be posting the results in your portfolio

Portfolio - A collection of your best work - starts today


Wednesday - Morning Routine

Portfolios - Building a portfolio to be proud of:)


Thursday - Morning Routine

Working With Spheros - Continue with the lessons in Sphero EDU



Friday - Morning Routine

Working With Spheros - Continue with the lessons in Sphero EDU


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Period 7 - Tech Tales ELD


Monday - Morning Routine

Writing Prompt - Do You Use Cloud Computing?  

CER Writing Format - Informational

Sign into NewsELA through Clever

  • look for your assignment from Garcia
  • look at paper copy
    • Jigsaw read 
    • Report out to class - teacher records on chart paper

Tuesday - Morning Routine

Monthly Keyboarding test - Take 2 - 1 minute typing tests.  You will be posting the results in your portfolio

Portfolio - A collection of your best work - starts today


Wednesday - Morning Routine

Portfolios - Building a portfolio to be proud of:)


Thursday - Morning Routine

Check out your portfolio and keep working on completing the home page.




Friday - Morning Routine

Work on your portfolio

Finish your game in Scratch

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Space Out Friday





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Special Stuff

Here are some Google Chromebook shortcuts that can help you out.  Try them when you can.  You can find a more comprehensive list here.