Another awesome week in the Piney Point STEM Lab with Ms. Allende's Kinder, Ms. Leal's 1st grade (with visits from Ms. Thormodsgaard's Monarch Heroes!), Ms. Mehaffey's 2nd grade (with G/T students from Ms. Lugo & Ms. James), Mr. Briceno's 3rd grade (with their partners from Ms. Mallona's class and some students from Ms. Noell, Ms. Welch's 4th grade, and Ms. Lavergne's 5th grade!
Stem lab wk7 from Kimberly Boyce-Quentin on Vimeo.
Kinder Cubs did a fantastic job with their Eco-Schools Green Hero chores! The rock garden and vegetable beds look great! They also quickly mastered the STEM lab procedures, basic computer vocabulary, and got acquainted with Code.org Course 1. If that weren't enough they also went to a recycling assembly and spent a day working on extra Marathon Kid miles!
Ms. Leal's 1st grade had their hands full! They worked in Code.org, rehearsed their play and worked on their costumes for Mini Reading Fair, brought in empty milk and water jugs to transform into Monarch $ containers for every classroom. They have already started distributing the jugs and collecting donations! They managed this and attended the recycling assembly and put in one day on adding miles to their Marathon Kids tracker!
Ms. Mehaffey's class showed leadership in the recycling assembly - which was good because this was their Eco-Schools Green Hero week! They also dedicated one day to Marathon Kids and earned an extra mile for their class tracker. Would you believe they also found time to learn about the Scratch programming language and began coding their own projects? We also had visits from Ms. James and Ms. Lugo's students who were finishing up their Mini Reading Fair projects!
Mr. Briceno's 3rd grade got started on Code.org Course 2 and finished their work on Mini Reading Fair with their partners from Ms. Mallona's class. Their interactive poetry exhibits feature programs written in Scratch and made interactive with Makey Makeys! They also attended the recycling assembly and put in a day adding to their Marathon Kids mile tally!
4th graders from Ms. Welch's class started the week with the recycling assembly and put in two days building their Marathon Kids mile totals! That made their STEM lab projects pretty intense as they also went to their Leader In Me campus jobs! Somehow they crammed 4 days of learning about Scratch into two fast-paced days. They did a great job and really love the creativity and flexibility that Scratch allows them!
Ms. Lavergne's 5th grade was back for their second session in the STEM lab. It was a good thing they made such a strong start last time because they only had 2 days to work on their programming! They also attended the recycling assembly, put in 2 days on Marathon Kids and went to their Leader In Me campus jobs!
Whew! I am worn out just thinking about all the wonderful work our Panthers put in last week! Can't wait to see what adventures, explorations, and bold innovations our students have in store for me next week!
Saturday, October 8, 2016
Sunday, October 2, 2016
Sensational Sixth Week
Another awesome week in STEM lab! This week the lab hosted: Ms. Caro's Kinder, Ms.Flores' 1st grade, Ms. Lugo's 2nd grade, Ms. Ancona's 3rd grade, Ms. Gentry's 4th grade, and Mr. Torres' 5th grade.
STEMlab wk 6 from Kimberly Boyce-Quentin on Vimeo.
Ms. Caro's Eco-Schools' Green Heroes did a fantastic job on their Campus Clean-Up days! In the STEM lab, they mastered the vocabulary: mouse, keyboard, monitor, CPU, icon, program and bug! They made tremendous progress in their code.org course as well!
Ms. Flores' 1st graders were programming powerhouses! Several students completed stages 1-13 in just one week! They also learned about the different parts of a computer and honed their "Navigator/ Driver" skills for collaborative coding.
Ms. Lugo's Eco-Schools' Green Heroes handled their Recycling Team job like pros and began drafting plans for Phase 2 of the awareness and education plan. They began working with Scratch and LOVE it!
Ms. Ancona's students started work on Code.org Course 2. It was a big jump from Blockly Pictures to Blockly words, but they did a great job! It was wonderful to see the collaborative problem solving and hear such effective communication as they worked through challenges together!
4th grade worked their way through a ton of material! They set up their personal Scratch accounts, completed the introductory lessons to learn the blocks, and began creating and sharing their own digital projects!
Mr. Torres' 5th graders went to their Leadership jobs, started work in Code.org Course 3, and worked on creating a Coding Conundrum Crowd-Sourcing wall.
Thanks to all for a great week of innovation, exploration, collaboration, and outstanding effort!
STEMlab wk 6 from Kimberly Boyce-Quentin on Vimeo.
Ms. Caro's Eco-Schools' Green Heroes did a fantastic job on their Campus Clean-Up days! In the STEM lab, they mastered the vocabulary: mouse, keyboard, monitor, CPU, icon, program and bug! They made tremendous progress in their code.org course as well!
Ms. Flores' 1st graders were programming powerhouses! Several students completed stages 1-13 in just one week! They also learned about the different parts of a computer and honed their "Navigator/ Driver" skills for collaborative coding.
Ms. Lugo's Eco-Schools' Green Heroes handled their Recycling Team job like pros and began drafting plans for Phase 2 of the awareness and education plan. They began working with Scratch and LOVE it!
Ms. Ancona's students started work on Code.org Course 2. It was a big jump from Blockly Pictures to Blockly words, but they did a great job! It was wonderful to see the collaborative problem solving and hear such effective communication as they worked through challenges together!
4th grade worked their way through a ton of material! They set up their personal Scratch accounts, completed the introductory lessons to learn the blocks, and began creating and sharing their own digital projects!
Mr. Torres' 5th graders went to their Leadership jobs, started work in Code.org Course 3, and worked on creating a Coding Conundrum Crowd-Sourcing wall.
Thanks to all for a great week of innovation, exploration, collaboration, and outstanding effort!
Saturday, September 24, 2016
Fantastic Week Five
This week was wildly action-packed, but our Panthers can always pick up the pace and meet any challenge! There were 3 nights of ATPP meetings, a campus visit from Marathon Kids, International Day of Peace and the official start of marathon 1! This week the lab hosted: Ms. Almanza's Kinder, Ms. Pesce's 1st grade, Ms. Keahey's 2nd grade, Ms. Accavallo's 3rd grade, Ms. Nelson's 4th grade and Ms. Hatchell's 5th grade.
STEMLabwk5 from Kimberly Boyce-Quentin on Vimeo.
Several special events took place this week! Our No Place For Hate Kick-Off event, "Be a Piece of the Peace" took place on our early dismissal day. Ms. Giron's Leadership team managed this event for the campus and did an excellent job!
Piney Point No Place For Hate 1 from Kimberly Boyce-Quentin on Vimeo.
We also were visited by our good friends and generous sponsors from Marathon Kids and Nike Run Club; our 2nd grade ambassadors represented the school and made us all very proud! Friday we had the school-wide official Kickoff party for Marathon Kids!
This is Piney Point's third year to participate in this phenomenal program and our commitment to it couldn't be stronger! It is a vital part of our Eco-School's Healthy Living Pathway, a key component of our Fuel Up to Play 60 plan, and an outstanding opportunity for our leaders to hone their Leader In Me 7 Habits! Our Panthers proactively seek out chances to work on their goals (putting first things first and beginning with the end in mind!). They track their miles and pump each other up to achieve class and school-wide targets!
Piney Point Marathon Kids Kickoff from Kimberly Boyce-Quentin on Vimeo.
Ms. Almanza's Kinder Eco-School Green Heroes did a fantastic job with their Campus Clean-Up days! They also very quickly mastered the procedures in the STEM lab and are manipulating the mouse and solving Code.org Course 1 puzzles like champs!
In first grade, Ms. Pesce's Panthers also made lots of progress in their coding course! Several students completed more than half of all the lessons for Course 1 in just 3 days! Looks like Ms. Boyce is going to have to get the robots ready before Winter Break this year!
Ms. Keahey's 2nd graders handled the recycling like pros! They were introduced to the next part of their Eco-Schools job - and education campaign for the whole school. Several students completed Code.org Course 1 and are ready for their next programming challenge! This group was also part of the campus visit from our Marathon Kids sponsors. They made us all Panther Proud!
3rd grade made an impressive start on Code.org Course 2! It is amazing what they were able to get done in a short week! Ms. Accavallo's group was very proactive and wasted no time!
Ms. Nelson's 4th grade created their own accounts in Scratch, started working their way through the assigned challenges, and had time for the MakerSpace too! That is extra impressive when you realize they only had three days!
Last, but not least, Ms. Hatchell's 5th graders started Code.org Course 3, created their own Scratch accounts, completed their first online Scratch challenges, and did some MakerSpace work also!
STEMLabwk5 from Kimberly Boyce-Quentin on Vimeo.
Several special events took place this week! Our No Place For Hate Kick-Off event, "Be a Piece of the Peace" took place on our early dismissal day. Ms. Giron's Leadership team managed this event for the campus and did an excellent job!
Piney Point No Place For Hate 1 from Kimberly Boyce-Quentin on Vimeo.
We also were visited by our good friends and generous sponsors from Marathon Kids and Nike Run Club; our 2nd grade ambassadors represented the school and made us all very proud! Friday we had the school-wide official Kickoff party for Marathon Kids!
This is Piney Point's third year to participate in this phenomenal program and our commitment to it couldn't be stronger! It is a vital part of our Eco-School's Healthy Living Pathway, a key component of our Fuel Up to Play 60 plan, and an outstanding opportunity for our leaders to hone their Leader In Me 7 Habits! Our Panthers proactively seek out chances to work on their goals (putting first things first and beginning with the end in mind!). They track their miles and pump each other up to achieve class and school-wide targets!
Piney Point Marathon Kids Kickoff from Kimberly Boyce-Quentin on Vimeo.
Ms. Almanza's Kinder Eco-School Green Heroes did a fantastic job with their Campus Clean-Up days! They also very quickly mastered the procedures in the STEM lab and are manipulating the mouse and solving Code.org Course 1 puzzles like champs!
In first grade, Ms. Pesce's Panthers also made lots of progress in their coding course! Several students completed more than half of all the lessons for Course 1 in just 3 days! Looks like Ms. Boyce is going to have to get the robots ready before Winter Break this year!
Ms. Keahey's 2nd graders handled the recycling like pros! They were introduced to the next part of their Eco-Schools job - and education campaign for the whole school. Several students completed Code.org Course 1 and are ready for their next programming challenge! This group was also part of the campus visit from our Marathon Kids sponsors. They made us all Panther Proud!
3rd grade made an impressive start on Code.org Course 2! It is amazing what they were able to get done in a short week! Ms. Accavallo's group was very proactive and wasted no time!
Ms. Nelson's 4th grade created their own accounts in Scratch, started working their way through the assigned challenges, and had time for the MakerSpace too! That is extra impressive when you realize they only had three days!
Last, but not least, Ms. Hatchell's 5th graders started Code.org Course 3, created their own Scratch accounts, completed their first online Scratch challenges, and did some MakerSpace work also!
Saturday, September 17, 2016
Fabulous Fourth Week
It is impossible to realize that the first quarter of the year is half over! The students are doing such great work, and we are all so involved, that the time is just flying by! This week the STEM lab hosted: Ms. Tran's Kinder, Ms. Montoya's 1st grade, Ms. Laws' 2nd grade, Mr. Garza's 3rd grade. Ms. Grimaldo's 4th grade, and Ms. Limon's 5th grade.
stemlab4 from Kimberly Boyce-Quentin on Vimeo.
We had an awesome experience with Constitution Day! Ms. Nelson's 4th grade Leader In Me Leadership team took on the responsibility of producing our campus celebration of this important day in our country's history! Ms. Grimaldo and Ms. Nelson's students learned a couple of rap songs and presented those with a digital copy of the constitution for everyone to electronically sign! We were able to celebrate the document that defines America AND maintain our Eco-School's commitment to GREEN Piney Point in any way possible! See clips of their performances here:
4th grade sings Constitution Rap by Smart Songs from Kimberly Boyce-Quentin on Vimeo.
constitution day from Kimberly Boyce-Quentin on Vimeo.
Ms. Tran's Kinder stepped up for their week as Eco-Schools Green Heroes doing Campus Clean-Up. In the lab they made a fantastic start with their basic computer vocabulary, learning to manipulate the mouse, and collaborating on solving Code.org puzzles with the Blockly Picture programming language.
1st grade put in a lot of work on mastering new skills in Code.org, such as loops and conditionals. They are masters of collaborative problem solving, and it is amazing to hear them discus and work through the solutions to coding challenges together.
2nd grades Eco-Schools Green Hero Recycling teams were Ms. Laws' and Ms. Lugo's classes this week. They collected the campus bins and continued work on their print awareness campaign. Several of these Panthers have finished Code.org Course 1 and were introduced to Course 2 and Scratch this week!
Mr. Garza's 3rd grade made their first visit to the STEM lab, and were introduced to Code.org Course 2. They handled the increased difficulty of the challenges splendidly! They really took to the Artist Studio and created some spectacularly complex designs. Their favorites were looped designs that they could set to sun at high speed with lots of random color changes! This group really excelled at collaborative problem solving situations.
4th grade completed their second week at their Leader In Me Campus jobs and their employers are reporting tremendous satisfaction! At Piney Point we truly believe that everyone can be a leader and are delighted that are students are stepping up and proving themselves so equal to the challenge! In the STEM lab, Ms. Grimaldo's group worked in Scratch, Code.org Course 2, in the MakerSpace and on a basic engineering challenge.
This week was 5th grade's first opportunity to go to their Leadership jobs, as last week they were away at HISD's amazing outdoor learning facility - Camp Olympia. They really embraced the responsibility and justified our confidence in their abilities! In the STEM lab they were introduced to Code.org Course 3, the MakerSpace, and both cardboard and LEGO engineering challenges.
stemlab4 from Kimberly Boyce-Quentin on Vimeo.
We had an awesome experience with Constitution Day! Ms. Nelson's 4th grade Leader In Me Leadership team took on the responsibility of producing our campus celebration of this important day in our country's history! Ms. Grimaldo and Ms. Nelson's students learned a couple of rap songs and presented those with a digital copy of the constitution for everyone to electronically sign! We were able to celebrate the document that defines America AND maintain our Eco-School's commitment to GREEN Piney Point in any way possible! See clips of their performances here:
4th grade sings Constitution Rap by Smart Songs from Kimberly Boyce-Quentin on Vimeo.
constitution day from Kimberly Boyce-Quentin on Vimeo.
Ms. Tran's Kinder stepped up for their week as Eco-Schools Green Heroes doing Campus Clean-Up. In the lab they made a fantastic start with their basic computer vocabulary, learning to manipulate the mouse, and collaborating on solving Code.org puzzles with the Blockly Picture programming language.
1st grade put in a lot of work on mastering new skills in Code.org, such as loops and conditionals. They are masters of collaborative problem solving, and it is amazing to hear them discus and work through the solutions to coding challenges together.
2nd grades Eco-Schools Green Hero Recycling teams were Ms. Laws' and Ms. Lugo's classes this week. They collected the campus bins and continued work on their print awareness campaign. Several of these Panthers have finished Code.org Course 1 and were introduced to Course 2 and Scratch this week!
Mr. Garza's 3rd grade made their first visit to the STEM lab, and were introduced to Code.org Course 2. They handled the increased difficulty of the challenges splendidly! They really took to the Artist Studio and created some spectacularly complex designs. Their favorites were looped designs that they could set to sun at high speed with lots of random color changes! This group really excelled at collaborative problem solving situations.
4th grade completed their second week at their Leader In Me Campus jobs and their employers are reporting tremendous satisfaction! At Piney Point we truly believe that everyone can be a leader and are delighted that are students are stepping up and proving themselves so equal to the challenge! In the STEM lab, Ms. Grimaldo's group worked in Scratch, Code.org Course 2, in the MakerSpace and on a basic engineering challenge.
This week was 5th grade's first opportunity to go to their Leadership jobs, as last week they were away at HISD's amazing outdoor learning facility - Camp Olympia. They really embraced the responsibility and justified our confidence in their abilities! In the STEM lab they were introduced to Code.org Course 3, the MakerSpace, and both cardboard and LEGO engineering challenges.
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