Sunday, February 2, 2025

RV Computer Science, Robotics, Science, & ELD Week 2/3 - 7/2025

 Hello Everyone!

Welcome to the first week of February!  Make sure to check out the monthly calendar as we have a few days off and some minimum days.

Keep up with your daily work so you don't get behind.  The second trimester ends on February 28.  

The last day to turn in late work will be February 26 for all of my classes.

Watch this when you can, the  Planet Parade is beautiful!

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Period 2 - Robotics

Tinkercad sign-up link - use your first name

Typing Class Link

Sphero Class Code - VG9Z3R

Monday - Morning Routine

Keyboarding Test after your warm up:

  • Warm up for 5 minutes
  • Take 2 - 1 minute tests
  • Take a screenshot of your test results and the graph
  • Post the screenshot and write a reflection comparing your improvement or lack of improvement using specific vocabulary and direct & descriptive examples.
  • Due 2/5


Due now:

  • Laptop Disassembly/reassembly Project - LDRP
    • Due - ongoing - Final date is 2/7 posted in your Portfolio - 
      • Daily Journal - pictures and notes regarding the take apart and put together
      • Laptop Labeled Parts List - Image with all major parts labeled and a reflection regarding what the parts do.
      • LDRP final video showing working computer & reflection.  When posting, include a reflection about the project.  Include a clear description of what you did, what you learned, and how you feel about the project.
  • Student Portfolio Website
    • Due 2/4
      • Home page of your portfolio
        • include an introduction to you, modified theme, Achievements, Strengths, & Goals.
    • Due 2/14 
      • Parent Review of your Portfolio
        • Your parents need to review your portfolio and give me confirmation  that they viewed your portfolio.  I will send out a Parent Square message to advise them.  They can respond on that message.
        • They can also comment on your portfolio.  We'll look at this in class.



Tuesday - Morning Routine

Wrap up LADP project & website reflection posts


Wednesday - Morning Routine

Robotics Choice Board - for our next unit, we are going to get some choices.  Here are some details:

  • Goal - Build and/or control a machine/robot using code to run autonomously
  • Due dates - There will be checkpoints along the way.  A required journal post at least weekly, probably more frequently, will be graded along the way.
  • Duration - This project will last into March
  • Teams - You can choose your partner.  There will also be a larger group that you will be part of.
  • Choice Board - Under Construction


Thursday - Morning Routine

Looking at Choice Board



Friday - Morning Routine




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Period 3 Computer Science on the Wheel

Join our typing team.  Click here

Tinkercad sign up link - use your first name

Create your Project STEM Account -  Use the following code - 5D23C3

Monday - Morning Routine

Keyboarding Test after your warm up:

  • Warm up for 5 minutes
  • Take 2 - 1 minute tests
  • Take a screenshot of your test results and the graph
  • Post the screenshot and write a reflection comparing your improvement or lack of improvement using specific vocabulary and direct & descriptive examples.
  • Due 2/5


Amazon Virtual Field Trip - 



Tuesday - Morning Routine

Complete Amazon Virtual Field Trip - 



Wednesday - Morning Routine

Designing in Scratch


Thursday - Morning Routine

Designing in Scratch



Friday - Morning Routine




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Period 4 - Science



Seat Work - Google Drawing - Make a GWS in it's environment as a cover for your book

Monday - Morning Routine

Finish Task 4 Scatter Plot - GWS Length & Weight


Tuesday - Morning Routine

Task 5 Pie Chart - Develop ideas and create a data table 

What is a pie chart used for?




Wednesday - Morning Routine

Task 5 - Pie Chart - GWS Gender and Age Percentages



Thursday - Morning Routine

Task 5 - Pie Chart - GWS Gender and Age Percentages



Friday - Morning Routine

Task 5 - Pie Chart - GWS Gender and Age Percentages


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Period 5 - Science

POTMSS - Padlet

Tinkercad sign up link - use your first name

Seat Work - Google Drawing - Make a GWS in it's environment as a cover for your book

Monday - Morning Routine

Finish Task 4 Scatter Plot - GWS Length & Weight


Tuesday - Morning Routine

Task 5 Pie Chart - Develop ideas and create a data table 

What is a pie chart used for?




Wednesday - Morning Routine

Task 5 - Pie Chart - GWS Gender and Age Percentages



Thursday - Morning Routine

Task 5 - Pie Chart - GWS Gender and Age Percentages



Friday - Morning Routine

Task 5 - Pie Chart - GWS Gender and Age Percentages
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Period 7 - ELD


Starfall - English practice for groups 1 & 2


Monday - Morning Routine
Keyboarding - 10 min - (13 on the clock)

Keyboarding Test after your warm up:

  • Warm up for 5 minutes
  • Take 2 - 1 minute tests
  • Take a screenshot of your test results and the graph
  • Post the screenshot and write a reflection comparing your improvement or lack of improvement using specific vocabulary and direct & descriptive examples.
  • Due 2/5


Tuesday - Morning Routine

Group Work
Station 1 - With Mr. Garcia - 

Station 2 - Writing Book - 

Station 3 - IXL

Station 4 - Typing.com - 20 minutes weekly

Station 5 - Newsela - Reading, responding, & writing



Wednesday - Morning Routine
 
Group Work
Station 1 - With Mr. Garcia - 

Station 2 - Writing Book - 

Station 3 - IXL

Station 4 - Typing.com - 20 minutes weekly

Station 5 - Newsela - Reading, responding, & writing



Thursday - Morning Routine
 
Group Work
Station 1 - With Mr. Garcia - 

Station 2 - Writing Book - 

Station 3 - IXL

Station 4 - Typing.com - 20 minutes weekly

Station 5 - Newsela - Reading, responding, & writing


Friday - Morning Routine

Group Work
Station 1 - With Mr. Garcia - 

Station 2 - Writing Book - 

Station 3 - IXL

Station 4 - Typing.com - 20 minutes weekly

Station 5 - Newsela - Reading, responding, & writing


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Space Out Friday








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Work Due Trimester 2

All Periods


P3 & P4


P5


P6
  •  

P7


Sunday, January 26, 2025

RV Computer Science, Robotics, Science, & ELD Week 1/27 - 31/2025

 Hello Everyone!

Looking forward to closing the first month of 2025 with all of you wonderful people.  Thanks for your hard work and responsibility.  

We have Minimum Days on 1/28 - 30 for Parent Conferences.


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Period 2 - Robotics

Tinkercad sign-up link - use your first name

Typing Class Link

Sphero Class Code - VG9Z3R

Class Survey - Please fill out this survey for ASB

Monday - Morning Routine

Laptop Disassymbly - Label an Image

Finishing disassembly will be when all the major parts of the laptop are removed from the frame.  Lay them out, take a picture, and label the parts using what ever software you like.  Some suggestions are Google Draw, Canva, Google Slides, or other.


Notice in this picture, they are missing the WIFI adaptor, the CPU (Central Processing Unit), the coin battery, the touchpad card, the audio card, and the RAM memory sticks.   




Tuesday - Morning Routine

Label an Image    


Wednesday - Morning Routine

Label an image



Thursday - Morning Routine

Laptop Reassembly
  1. Reassemble - Watch this video before you start
    1. Follow the same safety procedures as above


Friday - Morning Routine

Laptop Reassembly
  1. Reassemble - Watch this video before you start
    1. Follow the same safety procedures as above


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Period 3 Computer Science on the Wheel

Join our typing team.  Click here

Tinkercad sign up link - use your first name

Create your Project STEM Account -  Use the following code - 5D23C3

Class Survey - Please fill out this survey for ASB

Monday - Morning Routine

Project STEM - Unit 0 Lesson 0.3


Tuesday - Morning Routine

Project STEM - Unit 0 Lesson 0.4


Wednesday - Morning Routine

Project STEM - Unit 0 Lesson 0.5


Thursday - Morning Routine

AFE Project STEM Virtual Field Trip - Amazon Wherehouse Tour



Friday - Morning Routine

AFE Project STEM Virtual Field Trip - Amazon Wherehouse Tour



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Period 4 - Science



Shark Unit Research Padlet - include a brief summary of the information, a link to your best source, and your name and period.

Monday - Morning Routine

Turn in Task 3 Bar Graph - Shark Distance Swam
look over last 5 questions

Review GWS Book - Start to finish

Look over next task - Task 4 Scatter Plot




Tuesday - Morning Routine

Create your Scatter Plot Graph 


Wednesday - Morning Routine

Create your Scatter Plot Graph 



Thursday - Morning Routine

Finish your Scatter Plot Graph 



Friday - Morning Routine

Look at task 5 - Line Graph


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Period 5 - Science

POTMSS - Padlet

Tinkercad sign up link - use your first name

Shark Unit Research Padlet - include a brief summary of the information, a link to your best source, and your name and period.

Monday - Morning Routine

Turn in Task 3 Bar Graph - Shark Distance Swam
look over last 5 questions

Review GWS Book - Start to finish

Look over next task - Task 4 Scatter Plot




Tuesday - Morning Routine

Create your Scatter Plot Graph 


Wednesday - Morning Routine

Create your Scatter Plot Graph 



Thursday - Morning Routine

Finish your Scatter Plot Graph 



Friday - Morning Routine

Look at task 5 - Line Graph


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Period 7 - ELD


Starfall - English practice for groups 1 & 2


Monday - Morning Routine
Keyboarding - 10 min - (13 on the clock)

Groups in E101

I will be testing all students with a simple vocabulary test this week.  While I am with a student, you will be doing the following work on your own.  Thank you for working independently.

Group 1 - 4 - 
IXL - Rhyming Words & short Vowel sounds
Reading - Newsela - Chinese New Year
Writing -  Describe What is Happening in the Image - " I see the ...."
Vocabulary - High Frequency Word list & classroom vocabulary

Group 5
IXL - Main Idea & Combining Main Ideas
Reading - Newsela - Chinese New Year
Writing - Describe What is Happening in the Image - "There are several things happening in this image.  First, ........."
Vocabulary - 






Tuesday - Morning Routine

Groups in E101

Finish Monday's work




Wednesday - Morning Routine
 
Groups in E101

Tech Day in C205



Thursday - Morning Routine
 

Writing Journal - Describe what is happening in the image below:



All groups continue IXL and Newsela until you are complete



Friday - Morning Routine


Groups in E101

Station 1 - With Mr. Garcia

Station 2 - 

Station 3 - 

Station 4 - Typing.com

Station 5 - Independent Time (Use this time to finish any work you need to get done)


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Space Out Friday








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Work Due Trimester 2

All Periods


P3 & P4


P5


P6
  •  

P7


Monday, January 20, 2025

RV Computer Science, Robotics, Science, & ELD Week 1/21 - 24/2025

Hello Everyone!

I hope you had a great Martin Luther King Jr. day with your families

I'll be out today, I caught the flu.

You all have work to do so check your class period on this blog.

Please treat your Guest Teacher with respect and he or she will give you respect.  Remember, respect is earned.  Be good to each other.

I'll be looking at your work during the day so stay on task.

See you by Thursday.
Mr. Garcia


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Period 2 - Robotics

Tinkercad sign-up link - use your first name

Typing Class Link

Sphero Class Code - VG9Z3R

Monday - Morning Routine

Tuesday - Morning Routine - NO Typing This week.  Work on posting your latest pictures in your portfolio.  Write a journal entry of how the process is proceeding.  Include notes like...There were many screws were missing, Some of the screws were hidden by the keyboard, and any other notes of interest. 

Continue disassembly of your laptop

  • take pictures of the parts you are taking apart.  Do not abuse the phone privilege or it will be confiscated.
  • make notes in your portfolio of what each part does
  • Have fun learning how to put these together!

I may be gone until Thursday.  Finishing disassembly will be when all the major parts of the laptop are removed from the frame.  Lay them out, take a picture, and label the parts using what ever software you like.  Some suggestions are Google Draw, Canva, Google Slides, or other.


Notice in this picture, they are missing the WIFI adaptor, the CPU (Central Processing Unit), and the RAM memory sticks.   






Wednesday - Morning Routine

Laptop Disassambly



Thursday - Morning Routine

Laptop Disassambly



Friday - Morning Routine

Laptop Disassambly



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Period 3 Computer Science on the Wheel

Join our typing team.  Click here

Tinkercad sign up link - use your first name

Create your Project STEM Account -  Use the following code - 5D23C3

Monday - Morning Routine

Tuesday - Morning Routine

Hi all, Because I am out for a couple of days, I would like all of you to start working in Amazon Future Engineers Project STEM Unit 0 Lesson 1


Here are the directions.
1 . 0.1 - Click on View Lesson

This will take you to the 3 parts of the lesson.  
  • A is an introduction to the unit.  
  • B is the lesson.  
  • C is an activity that supports the lesson.
  • Each lesson has a video that you will need to watch.  
  • You will need to use your headphones.  There are 3 volumes to adjust - 1 on the headphone, 1 on the computer, and one on the video player.  Make sure your headphones are plugged in.

The instructions for each section is on the right.


In lesson B you can view the video and see the slides by clicking on the links.

In lesson C, they will introduce the related activity.  You will have a couple of days to work on this activity.  For this lesson, its Robot Island!

Make sure you watch all the videos before getting to the lesson.

You will work on this until Thursday.  You will need to start lesson 0.2 on Thursday.






Wednesday - Morning Routine

continue lesson 0.1


Thursday - Morning Routine

Lesson 0.2 - 



Friday - Morning Routine

continue lesson 0.2



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Period 4 - Science



Shark Unit Research Padlet - include a brief summary of the information, a link to your best source, and your name and period.

Monday - Morning Routine

Tuesday - Morning Routine

Hi all, I'm really bummed about the trip.  Our district Science leader is working on rescheduling the field trip.  More info to follow.


You will continue working on your GWS book tasks.  We are currently on task 3, building a data table of shark speed.   We are calculating the distance each shark travels each day on average.  The instructions are in the book.  


When done with the data table, you will build a bar graph to clearly represent the data table information.

Make sure to complete steps 4, 5, and 6.

Wednesday - Morning Routine


Continue with task 3


If you finish, please have the teacher check your work according to the instructions


If approved, you can start looking at the the next task which will have us building a Scatter Plot graph using an existing data table.  





Thursday - Morning Routine

Continue with task 3 and 4.  



Friday - Morning Routine

Continue with task 3 and 4. 


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Period 5 - Science

POTMSS - Padlet

Tinkercad sign up link - use your first name

Shark Unit Research Padlet - include a brief summary of the information, a link to your best source, and your name and period.

Monday - Morning Routine

Tuesday - Morning Routine

You will continue working on your GWS book tasks.  We are currently on task 3, building a data table of shark speed.   We are calculating the distance each shark travels each day on average.  The instructions are in the book.  


When done with the data table, you will build a bar graph to clearly represent the data table information.

Make sure to complete steps 4, 5, and 6.

Wednesday - Morning Routine


Continue with task 3


If you finish, please have the teacher check your work according to the instructions


If approved, you can start looking at the the next task which will have us building a Scatter Plot graph using an existing data table.  





Thursday - Morning Routine

Continue with task 3 and 4.  



Friday - Morning Routine

Continue with task 3 and 4. 
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Period 7 - ELD


Starfall - English practice for groups 1 & 2


Monday - Morning Routine
Keyboarding - 10 min - (13 on the clock)

Tuesday - Morning Routine

Do typing for 13 minutes to start the class.  Then go straight to IXL.


Hi all, Thank you to those of you who worked hard on your tasks in No Red Ink & IXL.  Several of you are really crushing it.  Not only did you finish many of the task but several of you have mastered some skills.

Thanks to most of our groups for finishing No Red Ink.  Axel, Jose, Saul, and Angel still need to finish.

Damian and Jesus, you are doing great.  I added some higher-level tasks for you today


Several of you have not logged on or have done very little work.  Let me know by email if there is a problem.

I have not seen any work in IXL from Jose, Nataly, Max, Jayleen, Saul, Abraham, Angel, Susana, Alan, Ashly, Elvin, Nataly, & Oswaldo.  It's ok for now because many of you were finishing No Red Ink.  Keep moving forward.

Make sure you log into Clever first and then into IXL.  Damian & Jesus seem to know how to use this program so ask them for help if needed.  You will work on this until Thursday.  Thanks Damian & Jesus:)

I'll be checking your work from home so please think about what you are doing.




Wednesday - Morning Routine
 
IXL today on your own.



Thursday - Morning Routine
 



Friday - Morning Routine




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Space Out Friday

Planetary Alignment - Very cool to see!!!  HAPPENING NOW!!


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Work Due Trimester 2

All Periods


P3 & P4


P5


P6
  •  

P7