 Directions: Greetings RLES families. Our second graders were working on a research report about coyotes, or Wiisagi-ma'iingan. Students should write down facts they learn from the resources below. Lastly, take the quiz  Click on the Image! Use PebbleGo to complete the first page of your research project! Coyote video Standards: 2.6.7.7 Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., read a number of books on a single topic to produce a report; record science observations).
 Today We Will: 1. Borrow Books! 2. Review what we know about wiisagi-ma'iingagn. 3. Research two facts about coyotes using the resources below. Websites   Videos Standards: 2.6.7.7 Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., read a number of books on a single topic to produce a report; record science observations).
Who did their Research? We'll see! Click on the link to take the coyote quiz. You can take the quiz from a tablet, phone, or computer.  Standards: Standards: 2.6.7.7 Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., read a number of books on a single topic to produce a report; record science observations).
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Today we'll learn how to create our own unique art and backgrounds. It is not something you have to do, but it can make your game special. Once finished, continue working on your game! Do not try to make more than one.
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Last week we created and animated characters. Today we will begin making the levels for our characters to play in. Below you'll find charts for how the cubes work when designing levels with a Bloxels board.
For the next few weeks, we will be designing and sharing our own video games! To use your account, enter the class code: RLES38. Today, we'll create our heroes! Next week, we'll start working on our games!
Step One: Create your Hero!Step two: Animate your Character
ISTE STANDARDS: Students use a variety of technologies within a design process to identify and solve problems by creating new, useful or imaginative solutions.Students critically curate a variety of resources using digital tools to construct knowledge, produce creative artifacts and make meaningful learning experiences for themselves and others.
 Today We will: 1. Read "Earth: My first 4.54 Billion Years" 2. Borrow books and read! 3. Create a defense plan for the zombie invasion! Battle Plan! We saved our town once...can we pull together as a class to do it again? Our town is slightly damaged and our food supplies are running low. Do we turn our village into a fortress? Do we arm ourselves for defense?     2.1.10.10 By the end of the year, select, read and comprehend literature including stories and poetry for personal enjoyment, interest, and academic tasks, in the grades 2–3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
 Today Will Will: 1. Carefully checkout books and read! 2. Make emergency plans for the volcano! 3. Attempt to save our village from a natural disaster! Today our community is fighting for its very existence! Lava will soon come pouring down from the mountain. How will we stop it from ruining our homes and taking our lives? Who will put out the fires that spring up from the heat?
 Play TOGETHER! The village has almost enough houses for the entire class. How will we share them? How will we share resources? Who will keep the gardens alive? Who will make this village beautiful and fun to live in? Who will protect it? Who will remind about the rules? But beware - all have agreed to stay off the mountain, which is dangerous too all. Also - all in the village agree that nobody can dig beneath the mountain, but must mine away. 3.2.2 Show social responsibility by participating actively with others in learning situations and by contributing questions and ideas during group discussions.
 1. Read "Snack Attack" by Terry Border 2. Borrow Books! 3. Learn crafting and farming in Minecraft! Minecraft Skills of the day  1. Read "Ella McKeen Kickball Queen" by Beth Mills 2. Borrow books! 3. Train to hone our skills for the Great Minecraft Adventure! The Media Center Training Ground! Today we need to re-learn basic skills in order to be prepared for our great game starting soon. You should be able to: 1. Place Blocks. 2. Break blocks 3. move in every direction and jump 4. Open your inventory 5. Use tools like the axe, sword, pickaxe, and shovel. 6. Grow food! 7. Share items 8. open and close chests 2.1.10.10 By the end of the year, select, read and comprehend literature including stories and poetry for personal enjoyment, interest, and academic tasks, in the grades 2–3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
 1. Read "Ultrabots's First Playdate" by Josh Sneider 2. Borrow books! 3. sign in to MackinVia! 4. Choice time in the lab if time allows.  2.1.10.10 By the end of the year, select, read and comprehend literature including stories and poetry for personal enjoyment, interest, and academic tasks, in the grades 2–3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
 Today We Will: 1. Review our seating chart! 2. Read "Sheep Dog and Sheep Sheep" by Eric Barclay 3. Review Book Checkout Rules! 4. Borrow Books 5. Review computer lab rules! Standards: 1.2.10.10 With prompting and support, read informational texts appropriately complex for grade 1, as well as select texts for personal enjoyment.
 Today We Will: 1. Get our assigned seats. 2. Read our first book! 3. Go over library rules and expectations. 4. Checkout books!  Directions 1. Click on "Maker Lab" and then "New"
2. Create your Very Own Rube Goldberg Machine! Include AT LEAST SIX INSTANCES! 3. You have 3 class sessions to make your machine before showing it to your classmates. 4. The machines with the most instances and creativity will be published on the school website!  Today We Will: 1. Borrow books. 2. Learn about our Contraption Maker Unit! 4. With a Partner, sign into Contraption Maker and begin solving puzzles! Contraption Maker!  What is Contraption Maker? Contraption maker is a sandbox game for creating and solving puzzles and creating "Rube Goldberg Machines. What is a Rube Goldberg Machine? It is a very complex machine built to do a very simple task. Watch the boy in the video below to see one in action! What will we do? First, we will work as teams to solve as many puzzles as we possibly can! After a few lessons, we will begin to create our very own Rube Goldberg Machines! Audri's Monster Trap! (Standards for the 21st Century Learner: Learning and Innovation Skills: Learning and innovation skills increasingly are being recognized as the skills that separate students who are prepared for increasingly complex life and work environments in the 21st century, and those who are not. A focus on creativity, critical thinking, communication and collaboration is essential to prepare students for the future.
 Today We Will: 1. Borrow Books! 2. Learn Minecraft basics! 3. Prepare for the Great Race! 4. Race through the tutorial world trying to get the best time in the second grade! Race Rules! 1. All students must stay at the starting line until the teacher says go!
2. All structures in the building area must be complete before you can go through the golden door. 3. All students must get to the village to stop the timer!
How to publish 1. Go to the Infinity Wall 2. Tap on an open, grey block. 3. Tap on your game. 4. Write down your game coordinates. How to Become Part of the Second Grade Arcade! 1. Your game must have at least 5 rooms.
2. Your game must be decorated and configured. 3. Your game must be beatable. 4. You must give Mr. B the Title and coordinates of your game.  Capture, Decorate, Configure, Repeat! Our goal is to make a game that is 5 to 10 rooms in length. You should include every type of block, including story blocks. Work together to get it done!
 What is Bloxels? Bloxels is NOT a video game. It is a video game development tool. With Bloxels, you can make the levels, characters, enemies, animations, and stories inside a platformer video game. Here - this video gives you a sneak peek! What will we do with bloxels Over the next four weeks, we will design our own video games. Our games will have our own characters, levels, decorations, animations, enemies, and more. At the end of the unit, we will play our games together! A video game party! Woot! Today's Goals! Today we will:
1. Learn how to sign in to Bloxels with our own accounts! 2. Create our first board - a layout! 3. Begin designing our characters!  Today We Will: 1. Learn how to sign in and navigate through MackinVia! 2. Sign in to MackinVia and put AT LEAST TEN BOOKS in your backpack. 3. READ EBOOKS Standards: 1.2.10.10 With prompting and support, read informational texts appropriately complex for grade 1, as well as select texts for personal enjoyment.
 Today we will: 1. Read "My Awesome Summer by P. Mantis". 2. Borrow books! 3. Choose to continue our contraptions or progress in keyboarding! Lab Choice Time
 Today We Will: 1. Read "The Magic Word" by Mac Barnett 2. Borrow Books! 3. Choose Typing Agent or Contraption Maker for our Lab Time! Lab Time Choices
 Today We Will: 1. Read "A Hungry Lion" by Lucy Ruth Commins 2. Borrow books! 3. Review homerow position and continue keyboarding Game of the Day: Typing Wars - Return of the keyboard  Who will get the highest score? Make sure your settings are set to home for and "beginner". Can you stay in homerow position?
Directions!Make your game unique by adding your own custom art and backgrounds. It is not something you have to do, but it can make your game special. When finished, keep working on your levels!
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