Week3 (f14): Sep 8th–Sep 12th

Highlights for the week: 

  • View the BMS Public Calendar for this weeks events!
  • Tip: Use ctrl+F and enter the date (like 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc.) to jump quickly to the Blog entry for today!
  • Some notes for Parents/Guardians who view this Blog:
    • Everything we do in this class is listed on this Blog (so students who are absent can easily find what they’ve missed and even complete it while they are absent!)
    • Nearly every assignment can be completed at home or anywhere with an internet connection using https://classroom.google.com
    • Friday’s are makeup days so students who have trouble completing assignments have this extra time every week to get caught up!
    • You can see examples of every project we do at this Public Examples Folder Link

Monday 8th:

- Part 1) Review   (click-to-comment)

  1. Please check your workstation for damages and report problems to me!
  2. Logon here to get to your Gmail: use @student.bisdtx.org
  3. Here’s what your assignments should look like: (view example folder here)
  4. Daily Warmup Activity: 
  5. Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/TU5uol

- Part 2) Objectives: Today students will… (click-to-comment)

  1. Here’s how you rated last week’s programs and activities: 
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  2. Create your own StudyStack account for use with vocabulary-related activities 
  3. View Demonstration video for our next assignment 
  4. View the list of words which describe feelings from a French Class. Notice how the cartoon faces help you to understand the words? We will be using animated GIFs to do the same thing (examples below the cartoons) 
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  5. Open Google Classroom to find the links and materials you’ll need for our 1.5 (m) Labeled Vocab GIFs assignment 

- Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

  1. Here are the links you’ll need for todays assignment

- Part 4) Through?   (click-to-comment)

  1. Checkout our UIL Chess Practice announcement slide:

    Tuesday 9th:

    - Part 1) Review (click-to-comment)

    1. Please check your workstation for damages and report problems to me!
    2. Logon here to get to your Gmail: use @student.bisdtx.org
    3. Here’s what your assignments should look like: (view example folder here)
    4. Daily Warmup Activity: 
    5. Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/TU5uol

    - Part 2) Objectives: Today students will… (click-to-comment)

    1. View special interest video clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRTNvWcx9Oo
    2. Test the GIFMaker site for use in an assignment we will start soon 
    3. Continue working on our 1.5 (m) Labeled Vocab GIFs assignment 

    - Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

    1. Here are the links you’ll need for todays assignment

    - Part 4) Through?   (click-to-comment)

    1. Checkout our Website calendar for some important announcements for this week:

      Wednesday 10th: UIL Chess Practice meets after school in our library today!

      - Part 1) Review   (click-to-comment)

      1. Please check your workstation for damages and report problems to me!
      2. Logon here to get to your Gmail: use @student.bisdtx.org
      3. Here’s what your assignments should look like: (view example folder here)
      4. Daily Warmup Activity: 
      5. Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/TU5uol

        - Part 2) Objectives: Today students will… (click-to-comment)

        1. Here are a couple of cool no-tech video clips sent to me by a student through click-to-comment last night with 2 awesome endangered animals featured:
          • http://youtu.be/ZL0z6A9imIU (watch for the crocs waiting by the side of the pool!)
          • http://youtu.be/g7rZTZBOrqQ  (probably not a good idea for a pet, but fascinating to watch how well they get along!)
          • Note: starting today, the click-to-comment form will automatically collect your email address so I can give extra credit to contributers when they need it!
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        2. Begin our 1.6 (m) Picture Quotes assignment 
        3. Complete your 1.5 (m) Labeled Vocab GIFs or any other assignments in Google Classroom if you haven’t already done so!

        - Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

        1. Here are the links you’ll need for today

        - Part 4) Through?   (click-to-comment)

        1. Check your grades in all core classes by logging on here (the 1st Progress Reporting period ends Friday!):

          Thursday 11th: Open House @BMS 5-6:30pm

          - Part 1) Review   (click-to-comment)

          1. Please check your workstation for damages and report problems to me!
          2. Logon here to get to your Gmail: use @student.bisdtx.org
          3. Here’s what your assignments should look like: (view example folder here)
          4. Here’s a link to this evening’s Open House YouTube video for those who can’t make it
          5. Daily Warmup Activity: 
            • Create a few more Flamepaintings for todays GIFMaker activity… write words  like ‘Friends, Food, Movies, Music, Fun’. You’ll need a total of at least 4 paintings (including ‘Family from yesterday) 
            • Here are some examples 
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          6. Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/TU5uol

            - Part 2) Objectives: Today students will… (click-to-comment)

            1. View video clips 
              • Elephant swimming
              • Stop-motion animation
            2. Explore how to create and split/edit GIFs
              • GIFMaker site: http://gifmaker.me/  
                • Create a GIF with your warm-up Flamepaintings (Start your GIF with the Family Flamepaint)
              • GIFMaker splitter site: http://gifmaker.me/exploder/ 
                • Split and edit a GIF
              • Add your GIFs to the 1.7 GIFs assignment template
              • Here’s my example:
            3. Complete our 1.6 (m) Picture Quotes assignment or any other assignments which are due tomorrow!

            - Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

            1. Links for today

            - Part 4) Through?   (click-to-comment)

            1. Practice for UIL Chess (which meets every Wednesday afternoon in the library)

              Friday 12th: Last day of the 1st Progress Reporting Period!

              - Part 1) Review   (click-to-comment)

              1. Please check your workstation for damages and report problems to me!
              2. Logon here to get to your Gmail: use @student.bisdtx.org
              3. Here’s what your assignments should look like: (view example folder here)
              4. Friday Warmup Activity: 
                • Please complete the Weekly Reflections Form for this week! 
                • Go to Google Classroom for the link to the form: https://classroom.google.com/h
                • The form should look like this:
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              5. Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/TU5uol

                - Part 2) Objectives: Today students will…(click-to-comment)

                1. Complete the following assignments in Google Classroom which are due Today!   
                2. Help someone who hasn’t completed their assignments! 
                3. Try any of these activities: 

                - Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

                1. Here are the links you’ll need for this week’s assignments

                - Part 4) Through?   (click-to-comment)

                1. Checkout the forecast for the next few days… looks like we might get some much-needed rain Umbrella
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