QUICK LINKS:
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CESAR CHAVEZ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
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SPHERO

RVR Raspberry Pi Build

​Sphero Communication

Teach Engineering

Elementari.io

Best Breakfast Meals
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MAKERSPACE:

​Reindeer Card

Winter Home Pop Up

Makerspace Halloween LED Cards

Makerspace Bristlebot Artist

2020 Journal

Khan Academy Code for 2020:
SWKHUYGQ

Current Writing Information page:

Plastic in the Oceans

A Sound of Thunder

The Veldt

STEAM:

The Scientific Method

Which Way Does Electricity Flow?

SOFTWARE FOR ROBOTS:

​ROBOTIS

PE RESEARCH

High Intensity Interval Training (Tabata)


​ELD:
Quizlet Design Process

NOVEMBER ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Our next FIND FOOD distribution will be announced soon. PLEASE BRING BAGS!

PLEASE HAVE TWO NEW NOTEBOOKS ON TUESDAY

11/11 Monday. No school, Veterans' Day
11/12 - 11/15 Book Fair in the Library

11/13 Wednesday, Parent Conferences and Early Release.
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11/14 Thursday, Parent Conferences
Minimum Day: Dismiss at 12:45

11/15 Minimum Day. Dismiss at 12:45

11/19 Science Night from 6 - 7 PM in the cafeteria.

11/25 - 12/1 THANKSGIVING BREAK

PATHFINDER
$225 total cost.
5 installments starting October 1, 2019
Second installment due November 1, 2019

BACKPACK CHECKLIST
_______ Healthy snacks (almonds, apple)
_______ Reusable water bottle
_______ Towel
_______ Pens, pencils, colored pencils.
_______ Tissues
______ Math standards practice book
______ Sketchbook
______ Band aids
______ Bandana (for covering head, filtering water in case of an earthquake.)
Sunscreen
Extra socks
______ Art/magic markers (fine point)
Factors affecting self-efficacy. Bandura identifies four factors affecting self-efficacy.
  1. Experience, or "enactive attainment" – The experience of mastery is the most important factor determining a person's self-efficacy. Success raises self-efficacy, while failure lowers it. According to psychologist Erik Erikson: "Children cannot be fooled by empty praise and condescending encouragement. They may have to accept artificial bolstering of their self-esteem in lieu of something better, but what I call their accruing ego identity gains real strength only from wholehearted and consistent recognition of real accomplishment, that is, achievement that has meaning in their culture."
  2. Modeling, or "vicarious experience" – Modeling is experienced as, "If they can do it, I can do it as well". When we see someone succeeding, our own self-efficacy increases; where we see people failing, our self-efficacy decreases. This process is most effectual when we see ourselves as similar to the model. Although not as influential as direct experience, modeling is particularly useful for people who are particularly unsure of themselves.
  3. Social persuasion – Social persuasion generally manifests as direct encouragement or discouragement from another person. Discouragement is generally more effective at decreasing a person's self-efficacy than encouragement is at increasing it.
  4. Physiological factors – In stressful situations, people commonly exhibit signs of distress: shakes, aches and pains, fatigue, fear, nausea, etc. Perceptions of these responses in oneself can markedly alter self-efficacy. Getting 'butterflies in the stomach' before public speaking will be interpreted by someone with low self-efficacy as a sign of inability, thus decreasing self-efficacy further, where high self-efficacy would lead to interpreting such physiological signs as normal and unrelated to ability. It is one's belief in the implications of physiological response that alters self-efficacy, rather than the physiological response itself.

Time to Build!
​Room 514!
“Provide opportunities for success and teach perseverance through struggle.” Coach Dan Pfaff @ALTISEdu

Your life is about to change! Again!
MISTY: The New Reality for School
Farmbot: The Agricultural/Technological Revolution
“No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training… what a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength of which his (or her) body is capable.” – Socrates

METACOGNITION:
(Thinking about your own thinking.)
What’s your purpose?
How will you contribute to the class?
​What are my learning goals? How will I learn this? How will I double-check that I have it right? How does this new content fit in with what I already know? How well do I know this? Can I apply this new knowledge or skill in other subject areas or situations?
WHAT DO I WANT TO KNOW?
HOW DO I WANT TO KNOW IT?
WHEN WILL I KNOW THAT I KNOW IT?

Dear Parents:

If you have not yet heard, your kids are changing the school. Watch the above video and see the influence your sixth grade student has with the kindergarten students. Witness how the kids in Room 514 learn the skills of tomorrow:, robot construction, robot coding, presentation skills, and teamwork. I'm extremely proud of this group. 

Nevertheless, there are more goals to meet, and the process is the most important part. Please make sure your child gets enough sleep and the proper nutrition. There's no need to buy sports equipment and robots. We are providing those opportunities at school.

Thanks for your support!

GFuzzy
Skillshare.com
Look in the mirror. You chose the wrong people.