I wanted to say thank you to all of my students for working with my substitutes over the week prior to and after Spring Break as there were was a death in my family as well as a wedding. From what I can tell we are continuing to tick along mostly on schedule. Remember that …
Category Archive: Tom Baines School
March 30, 31, & April 1
All Students Please check HomeLogic regarding your Name Tag Assignment. If it says “NHI” that means I did not receive it (either you did not hand it in, or that you forgot to put your name or block on it), “I” means that you likely did not hand in everything that was needed (the explore, …
March 11, 14, & 15
All Students Please hand in all of the explore, plan, and design work including your prototype for your name tag if you have not already done so. Grade 7 Once students feel comfortable using Scratch they will be doing one of the following: Create a presentation that is all about you. The purpose of this …
March 3, 4, & 5
I apologize as I have and will be a way a bit in the next few weeks as we deal with a death in the family. Thank you for your understanding. Grade 7 Most students have finished, are are close to finishing, their name tags. Once this is completed students will begin exploring the visual programming …
February 29, March 1, & 2
Grade 7 Students continued working on the name tag project. Most students are beginning to create based on their prototypes though a few students are still completing their prototypes. Grade 8 Students continued working on the name tag project. Most students are beginning to create based on their prototypes though a few students are still …
February 19, 22, & 23
Grade 7 The students continued working through the design thinking process to create a name tag representing who they are. For next class please have your prototype finished so that we can begin / continue working on the final version of the name tag. Below are the requirements as discussed in class. Draw you your plan/design …
Feb 16, 17, & 18
Points of Reflection Appraise our Learning = Thinking about: what worked; what did not work; changes you made; what can I / should I do next; general thoughts; and what I still need to learn Communicate / Demonstrate our Learning = explaining / showing what happened or what I did; provide reasons / rationale for your …
February 5, 8, & 9
Grade 7 We completed our tallest structure challenge today. Some were much more successful than others though as the students found out the real purpose of this challenge had nothing to do with building. Please reflect on what you did and saw by responding to the following questions: What did you contribute to supporting your …