RV Computer Science, Robotics, & ELD Week 9/5 - 8/2023

  Hello Everyone!

We will continue practicing our routines while we start getting into our content in each class.

Upcoming dates:

Laptop distribution this week.  More info to come.

9/23 - California Coastal Cleanup - Beach Cleanup for all Vista students

9/21 Peace Day Celebration at Vista

All classes - Thursday - Tech Day

• Build a shortcut folder with all important sites
• gmail, tinkercad, scratch, typing.com, Rio Vista Home, ASB, Class blog, AFE, Pixton, Clever, CoderZ
• Period 5 typing.com class code

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Period 3 - ELD

Everyday - Question of the Day - Answer the question of the day in your writing journal.  You can include illustrations to explain your answer.  

Monday - Morning Routine

Question - 

Tuesday - Morning Routine

Question - How do you sleep?  Explain how you sleep.  

• Include details like you sleep all through the night or you wake up.  
• Are you a light sleeper (wakes up at any sound) or a heavy sleeper?  
• Do you dream a lot or not much?  
• How many hours do you sleep?

Morning Keyboarding/Email Routine

Log into typing.com and start your 10 minutes of keyboarding practice

Check your email when the timer sounds

Go to our class blog - riovistatech.blogspot.com

Reading Maniac Magee

Wednesday - Morning Routine

Question - Prediction - Using one of your four squares, make a prediction about what you think the image is.

Thursday - Morning Routine

Question - What time do you eat dinner?  Do you eat any snacks or drinks before after dinner?  Do you have a routine to get ready for bed?

Sleep Research - 

Row 2 - Research

Row 3 - Research

Row 4 - Research

Friday - Morning Routine

Question - Where is your favorite place to sleep.  Explain why.

Or, do you have a memory of a great sleep?  Explain.

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Period 4 - ELD

Everyday - Question of the Day - Answer the question of the day in your writing journal.  You can include illustrations to explain your answer.  

Monday - Morning Routine

Question - 

Tuesday - Morning Routine

Question - Question - How do you sleep?  Explain how you sleep.  

• Include details like you sleep all through the night or you wake up.  
• Are you a light sleeper (wakes up at any sound) or a heavy sleeper?  
• Do you dream a lot or not much?  
• How many hours do you sleep?

Morning Keyboarding/Email Routine
Log into typing.com and start your 10 minutes of keyboarding practice
Check your email when the timer sounds
Go to our class blog - riovistatech.blogspot.com

Reading Maniac Magee

Wednesday - Morning Routine

Question - Prediction - Using one of your four squares, make a prediction about what you think the image is.

Thursday - Morning Routine

Question - What time do you eat dinner?  Do you eat any snacks or drinks before after dinner?  Do you have a routine to get ready for bed?

Sleep Research - 

Row 2 - Research

Row 3 - Research

Row 4 - Research

Friday - Morning Routine

Question - Where is your favorite place to sleep.  Explain why.

Or, do you have a memory of a great sleep?  Explain.

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Period 5 - Computer Science

Monday - Morning Routine

Tuesday - Morning Routine

Morning Keyboarding/Email Routine

• Log into typing.com and start your 10 minutes of keyboarding practice
• Check your email after the timer sounds
• Go to our class blog - riovistatech.blogspot.com

Coding - Cup Stacking

Wednesday - Morning Routine

Morning Keyboarding/Email Routine

• Log into typing.com and start your 10 minutes of keyboarding practice
• Check your email after the timer sounds
• Go to our class blog - riovistatech.blogspot.com

Thursday - Morning Routine

Morning Keyboarding/Email Routine

• Log into typing.com and start your 10 minutes of keyboarding practice
• Check your email after the timer sounds
• Go to our class blog - riovistatech.blogspot.com

Go to nasa.gov and find this coding game in the NASA Audiences tab, Grades 5 - 8 grade, play it section.  Keep scrolling to the right till you get to:

Friday - Morning Routine

Morning Keyboarding/Email Routine

• Log into typing.com and start your 10 minutes of keyboarding practice
• Check your email after the timer sounds
• Go to our class blog - riovistatech.blogspot.com

Typing.com class link - https://www.typing.com/join#5F5125E3B68B2

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Periods 6 Computer Science on the Wheel

Monday - Morning Routine

Tuesday - Morning Routine

Morning Keyboarding/Email Routine

• Log into typing.com and start your 10 minutes of keyboarding practice
• Check your email after the timer sounds
• Go to our class blog - riovistatech.blogspot.com

Coding - Cup Stacking

Wednesday - Morning Routine

Morning Keyboarding/Email Routine

• Log into typing.com and start your 10 minutes of keyboarding practice
• Check your email after the timer sounds
• Go to our class blog - riovistatech.blogspot.com

Thursday - Morning Routine

Morning Keyboarding/Email Routine

• Log into typing.com and start your 10 minutes of keyboarding practice
• Check your email after the timer sounds
• Go to our class blog - riovistatech.blogspot.com

Go to nasa.gov and find this coding game in the NASA Audiences tab, Grades 5 - 8 grade, play it section.  Keep scrolling to the right till you get to:

Friday - Morning Routine

Morning Keyboarding/Email Routine

• Log into typing.com and start your 10 minutes of keyboarding practice
• Check your email after the timer sounds
• Go to our class blog - riovistatech.blogspot.com

typing.com class link - https://www.typing.com/join#5FD9063B2F404

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Periods 7 - Robotics

Monday - Morning Routine

Tuesday - Morning Routine

Morning Keyboarding/Email Routine

• Log into typing.com and start your 10 minutes of keyboarding practice
• Check your email after the timer sounds
• Go to our class blog - riovistatech.blogspot.com

Coding - Cup Stacking

Wednesday - Morning Routine

Morning Keyboarding/Email Routine

• Log into typing.com and start your 10 minutes of keyboarding practice
• Check your email after the timer sounds
• Go to our class blog - riovistatech.blogspot.com

Go to nasa.gov and find this coding game in the NASA Audiences tab, Grades 5 - 8 grade, play it section.  Keep scrolling to the right till you get to:

Thursday - Morning Routine

Morning Keyboarding/Email Routine

• Log into typing.com and start your 10 minutes of keyboarding practice
• Check your email after the timer sounds
• Go to our class blog - riovistatech.blogspot.com

Friday - Morning Routine

Morning Keyboarding/Email Routine

• Log into typing.com and start your 10 minutes of keyboarding practice
• Check your email after the timer sounds
• Go to our class blog - riovistatech.blogspot.com

typing.com class link - https://www.typing.com/join#605CCAEA99715

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Space Out Friday

What's Up In the September Night Sky?

A Million Miles Away - Movie Trailer

RV Computer Science, ELD, & Robotics Week 8/28 - 9/1/2023

  Hello Everyone!

For this week, we will be getting started on our class routines while still getting to know each other.  

ELD - Routines & Beginning of Year Assessments

Computer Science & Robotics - What is CS & activities?

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Period 3 - ELD

Everyday - Question of the Day - Answer the question of the day in your writing journal.  You can include illustrations to explain your answer.  

Monday - Morning Routine

Question - What do you see in this image?

Writing Response - La Luna

Tuesday - Morning Routine

Question - 

Wednesday - Morning Routine

Question - 

Thursday - Morning Routine

Question - Name an adult who has helped you learn something that is important to you.  Explain your answer.

Friday - Morning Routine

Question - 

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Period 4 - ELD

Everyday - Question of the Day - Answer the question of the day in your writing journal.  You can include illustrations to explain your answer.  

Monday - Morning Routine

Question - What do you see in this image?

Writing Response - La Luna

Tuesday - Morning Routine

Question - 

Wednesday - Morning Routine

Question - 

Thursday - Morning Routine

Question - Name an adult who has helped you learn something that is important to you.  Explain your answer.

Friday - Morning Routine

Question - 

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Period 5 - Computer Science

Monday - Morning Routine

What is Computer Science? - Can you ...?

Tuesday - Morning Routine

Wednesday - Morning Routine

Thursday - Morning Routine

Typing.com class link - https://www.typing.com/join#5F5125E3B68B2

Friday - Morning Routine

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Periods 6 Computer Science on the Wheel

Monday - Morning Routine

What is Computer Science? - Can you ...?

Tuesday - Morning Routine

Wednesday - Morning Routine

Thursday - Morning Routine

typing.com class link - https://www.typing.com/join#5FD9063B2F404

Friday - Morning Routine

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Periods 7 - Robotics

Monday - Morning Routine

What is Computer Science? - Can you ...?

Tuesday - Morning Routine

Wednesday - Morning Routine

Thursday - Morning Routine

typing.com class link - https://www.typing.com/join#605CCAEA99715

Friday - Morning Routine

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Space Out Friday

Why The Moon?

Click on the image to view the video

The Artemis Project

Rio Vista Computer Science, ELD, & Robotics Week 8/23 - 25/2023

 Welcome back all,

I hope you all had a great summer.

This week we'll be getting to know each other, our class, and our school.  I'm looking forward to get to know all of you and having some fun working with Computer Science, English Language Arts, and Robotics!

Wednesday - Introductions & ?

Thursday - Get to know the Tech Lab

View the Solar System & More

Look over our class syllabus - highlight important information

Take our class survey 

• ELD
• Computer Science/Robotics

Friday - 

RV Computer Science, Robotics, & ELD Week 6/12 - 15/2023

  Hello Everyone!

We have arrived to the last week of the 2022/2023 School Year!

Congratulations!  

Below is a brief schedule of the big events happening this week.  

Most of all, however, is what you make of this week.  Spending time with friends & enjoying the routines you have made this year is better than making a poor choice and not being here.  

Please think before you act and make a choice that you can live with instead of one you will regret.  Remember, words do hurt.

I'm looking forward to a game-filled week with you all.  Thanks for a great year!

Mr. Garcia

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Period 2 - Computer Science

Monday - Morning Routine

Check grades - file discrepancy

Wrap up Community Service Project - 

Tuesday - Morning Routine

Wednesday - Morning Routine

Thursday - Morning Routine

Friday - Morning Routine

The last day to turn in any work is 6/7/2023

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Period 3 - Robotics

Monday - Morning Routine

Check grades - file discrepancy

Tuesday - Morning Routine

Wednesday - Morning Routine

Thursday - Morning Routine

Friday - Morning Routine

The last day to turn in any work is 6/7/2023

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Period 5 - English Language Development

Everyday - Question of the Day - answer the question of the day on your Google Doc.  

Quote of the Week

Monday - Morning Routine

Question - What could you do if you had 4 arms and 4 hands?

Check grades - file discrepancy

Finish Project ID

Tuesday - Morning Routine

Question - 

Wednesday - Morning Routine

Question - 

Thursday - Morning Routine

Question - 

Friday - Morning Routine

Question - 

Link to Tinkercad class

The last day to turn in any work is 6/7/2023

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Periods 6 & 7 - Computer Science on the Wheel

Monday - Morning Routine

Check grades - file discrepancy

Finish Project ID

Tuesday - Morning Routine

Wednesday - Morning Routine

Thursday - Morning Routine

Friday - Morning Routine

Period 6 link to Tinkercad Class

Period 7 link to Tinkercad Class

The last day to turn in any work is 6/7/2023

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Space Out Friday

What is the Fastest Man Made Object & Why is It Touching The Sun?

RV Computer Science, Robotics, & ELD Week 6/5 - 9/2023

Hello Everyone!

I'll be assisting with the Technology collection this week.

Please follow the directions below and keep working on your projects.

Any problems will be dealt with immediately and without discussion.  So please, keep focused on your work & not disturb others in the class.

I'll be dropping by when I can.

Mr. G

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Period 2 - Computer Science

Continue working on the Community Service Project for the rest of the week

with our guest teacher.

• limited movement
• stay focused
• no gum - teacher will give me names for detention
• rude, unfocused, distractive behavior - no questions, just detention

Tuesday - Morning Routine - typing, Tinkercad designs, Scratch projects, digital portfolio - 13 min

Lost & Found Extravaganza - 

• Finish your poster & share it with Garcia for printing
• Put up posters along library & window displays
• Create a plan for the actual day.  Write it in your journal.
• Post your work in your portfolio
• I need Period 5 class release forms ASAP(copies on my desk)

RV Trash Collection

• Put up posters along library & window displays
• Prepare announcement for ASB bulletin ASAP
• Prepare what you will be needing
• Create a plan for the actual day.  Write it in your journal.
• Post your work in your portfolio
• I need Period 5 class release forms ASAP(copies on my desk)

Beach Clean Up

• Put up posters along library & window displays
• Prepare announcement for ASB bulletin ASAP
• Prepare what you will be needing
• Create a plan for the actual day.  Write it in your journal.
• Post your work in your portfolio
• I need parental consent forms ASAP(copies on my desk)

Door Stop Group

• does your doorstop work?  test your prototype
• check your email for form corrections and an email list to send out to all teachers
• Finish C205 Doors as an example
• Start printing the different size doorstops

Student Wellness Club

• Resource list (how did our search filter work, Celeste?)  Post your experience in your portfolio
• Leave everything Evan will need ready for next year.
• Post your work in your portfolio

Cord Organizers 

• Finish the room please - Include the table by the door with the 2 laptops
• take pictures of your work and how it has improved the workstations(Only if allowed by the guest teacher)
• include the headphone cords
• Some students are complaining they can no longer move the keyboards/mouse enough to put them on top of the towers.  Please leave more slack.
• Maybe make a keyboard/mouse hanger for the side of the tower?
• Post your work in your portfolio

Headphone hanger

• I like the taped-down version for the reason that students cannot take them off to play with them.  I already had one student trying to do this.
• Tape them all down on the monitor on the side closest to the computer headphone jack.
• Test out Josue's design
• Post your work in your portfolio

Students with no CSP Project

• Update Portfolio
• Get keyboarding tests done and posted with a reflection
• Finish your Tinkercad design project
• Finish your game in scratch

Wednesday - Morning Routine

Thursday - Morning Routine

Friday - Morning Routine

The last day to turn in any work is 6/6/2023

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Period 3 - Robotics

Continue working on the Robotics Obstacle Course Project for the rest of the week with our guest teacher.

• limited or NO movement
• stay focused
• no gum - the teacher will give me names for detention
• rude, unfocused, distractive behavior - no questions, just detention

Tuesday - Morning Routine- typing, Tinkercad designs, Scratch projects, digital portfolio - 13 min

Continue with the Obstacle course

• Successfully navigate through 2 courses
• Videotape & send the recording to agarcia@rioschools.org so I can upload it to YouTube
• Break down your robot and Inventory your box - organize it so everything fits -Nothing outside
• take out all the small pieces from the top compartment.  Leave ONLY the big pieces.
• Organize ALL the smaller pieces into the drawers
• Complete your digital portfolio

After all this is done:

You have a couple of choices to choose from: 

1. Learn to drive and fly Parrot drones

• You can team up (3 per team) to learn how to drive the rolling drones
• We'll be learning how to race these drones in both indoor and outdoor courses.
• Practice only in the first row until all students are with their robotics project

2. Build in Scratch or CoderZ

• You can work on coding the next video game or robotics challenge in either Scratch or CoderZ

Wednesday - Morning Routine

Thursday - Morning Routine

Friday - Morning Routine

The last day to turn in any work is 6/6/2023

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Period 5 - English Language Development

Everyday - Question of the Day - answer the question of the day on your Google Doc.  

Quote of the Week

Continue working on the Project Identification task for the rest of the week with our guest teacher.

• limited or NO movement
• stay focused
• no gum - teacher will give me names for detention
• rude, unfocused, distractive behavior - no questions, just detention

Tuesday - Morning Routine - Morning Routine- typing, Tinkercad designs, Scratch projects, digital portfolio - 13 min

Project Identification - continue to design your 3 unique designs which will be due on Friday.  The sooner you finish the faster you will get your prints printed.

• When you think you are done, check measurements, check the build plate layout, and look all the way around your design.
• Email me to check your design.
• Be creative & make new shapes that connect to your character

Wednesday - Morning Routine

Question - 

Thursday - Morning Routine

Question - 

Friday - Morning Routine

Question - 

Link to Tinkercad class

The last day to turn in any work is 6/6/2023

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Periods 6 & 7 - Computer Science on the Wheel

Continue working on the Project Identification task for the rest of the week with our guest teacher.

• limited or NO movement
• stay focused
• no gum - the teacher will give me names for detention
• rude, unfocused, distractive behavior - no questions, just detention

Tuesday - Morning Routine - Morning Routine- typing, Tinkercad designs, Scratch projects, digital portfolio - 13 min

Project Identification - continue to design your 3 unique designs which will be due on Friday.  The sooner you finish the faster you will get your prints printed.

• When you think you are done, check measurements, check the build plate layout, and look all the way around your design.
• Email me to check your design.
• Be creative & make new shapes that connect to your character

Wednesday - Morning Routine

Thursday - Morning Routine

Friday - Morning Routine

Period 6 link to Tinkercad Class

Period 7 link to Tinkercad Class

The last day to turn in any work is 6/6/2023

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Space Out Friday