Week of January 3rd, 2022

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Announcements/Reminders  8/24 - 8/28

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MONDAY

*MATH 503/1

*Mathematical Disciplinary Processes 

RDG 503

Engineering English By Design and Trains of Thought

WRT 503

Writing with Patterns of Power

Tools and Routines

 

SCI 503

Scientific Processes/Routines

SOC503

Social Sciences: Tools and Routines

TUESDAY

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WEDNESDAY * See Lesson Plans for Content and Cross Cutting Disciplinary Concepts
THURSDAY *" See Canvas for Content and Cross Cutting Disciplinary Concepts
FRIDAY *"See Canvas for Content and Cross Cutting Disciplinary Concepts

WEEK AT A GLANCE 

Week of August 30, 2021

INTEGRATED STEM THEMES RELATING EACH DISCIPLINE TO ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS CONCERNING INVENTION:

Issues of pattern, process and scale when invention allows for a solution to a problem. 

 

Reading:  How can circumstances push us to create new inventions and to build our abilities to try again?

 

 

What can we learn about design processes from the sketches of inventors-- from the U.S., Honduras, Mexico and other places?  What mental and/or creative processes do they share?  How have scientific processes and inventions changed the lifestyle and environment of Galveston (both currently and historically)? 

 

What can social sciences teach us about how to reframe and reimagine our mindsets about  innovation and location - both academic and personal?

WEEK AT A GLANCE 

Week of September 7th, 2021

INTEGRATED STEM THEMES RELATING EACH DISCIPLINE TO ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS CONCERNING INVENTION:

Invention as a Design Improvement Process - for Self and Society

How might inventions both Ancient and Modern help me improve upon the educated me?   

 

 

 

Engineering English By Design:  Expository Patterns of Power  

Mathematics:  More  Patterns of Power Underlying the Invention of Properties (ACD and GPVAN) Properties - The Power of Scientific Properties for Engineering Change:  Galveston as Laboratory

Social Studies and Self-Invention:  Drawing upon Ideas and patterns found in flags, maps and Social Studies Language to Engineer My Own Sense of Place

WEEK AT A GLANCE

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

(BILITERACY)

(INTEGRATED DAILY WORK PLANS

INVENTION AS A DESIGN IMPROVEMENT PROCESS FOR SELF AND SOCIETY:  STEM and BILITERACY AS DESIGN IMPROVEMENT

Engineering Language By Design:  Expository Patterns of Power (in S/E)  

Mathematics:  More  Patterns of Power Underlying the Invention of Properties (ACD and GPVAN) (S/E) Properties - The Power of Scientific Properties for Engineering Change:  Post-Seawall Galveston as Laboratory (Tiny Houses: S&E)

Social Studies and Self-Invention:  Drawing upon Ideas and patterns found in maps and Social Studies Language to Re-Invent My Linguistic Sense of Place (S&E)

WEEK AT A GLANCE

Week of September 20, 2021

INTEGRATED DAILY WORK PLANS (WITH SCAFFOLDS FOR RESPONSE)

ARCHITECTURE AS INVENTION AND DESIGN IMPROVEMENT PROCESS FOR SELF AND SOCIETY:  STEM AS DESIGN IMPROVEMENT

Engineering Language by Design:  Patterns of Power (Atomic English and Multisensory Grammar)

Properties:  Math and Geometric Properties as Catalysts for Architectural Design Improvement Properties - The Power of Scientific Physical Properties for Designing Structural Change:  Great Minds from Moody to Monticello  (Tiny Houses: S&E)

SOCIAL ARCHITECTURE AS INVENTION AND DESIGN IMPROVEMENT PROCESS FOR SELF AND SOCIETY:  CONSITTUTIONS AS SOCIAL DESIGN IMPROVEMENT

Week of September 27th

BILINGUAL NWEA-MAPS TESTING ENDS SO THAT MY MIND MAP EXTENDS...

INTEGRATED DAILY WORK PLANS (WITH SCAFFOLDS FOR RESPONSE)

MAPS DATA in ENG AND SPANISH HELP US PLAN HOW TO BUILD OUR SKILLS AND HELPS EACH THRIVE BY USING STRENGTHS AND MEETING NEEDS IN TINY HOUSES (DIFFERENTIATION)

 

 

T-MAPS USED FOR CROSS-DISCIPLINARY CASE STUDY ANALYSIS: DEFINING WELL

WHY STEM EXPERTS WORK FIRST TO BETTER DEFINE NUMBER CONCEPTS, PATTERNS, PROPERTIES IN CONTEXT 

USING EXPERT TOOLS TO DEFINE WHAT NUMBER CONCEPTS ARISE,  WHEN THEIR PROPERTIES CAN (AND CANNOT) BE APPLIED, AND WHERE WE SEE EXAMPLES IN CONTEXT OF EXPRESSIONS

 

 

 

 

 

WHY STEM  READINGS WORK FIRST TO BETTER DEFINE PURPOSES, CONCEPTS, PATTERNS, & PROPERTIES IN CONTEXT 

USING EXPERT TOOLS TO RECOGNIZE WHAT CONCEPTS CAN BE,  WHAT THEY CANNOT BE, AND WHERE WE SEE EXAMPLES IN THE CONTEXT OF ACTIVE READING 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WHY STEM  SCIENCE PRACTICES WORK FIRST TO BETTER DEFINE CONCEPTS, PATTERNS, & PROPERTIES IN CONTEXT 

USING EXPERT TOOLS TO RECOGNIZE WHAT PROPERTIES IMPACT MATTER and WHAT SOLUTIONS ARISE, AND TO SEE HOW AND WHERE EXAMPLES OCCUR IN THE CONTEXT OF ACTIVE EXPERIMENTATION, INVESTIGATION, OBSERVATION AND RECORDING. 

 

WHY STEM  READING ON HISTORICAL PERSONS, PLACES, PROCEDURES AND IDEAS WORK FIRST TO BETTER DEFINE PURPOSES, CONCEPTS, SOURCES & PATTERNS IN CONTEXT 

USING EXPERT TOOLS TO RECOGNIZE HOW H- CONCEPTS APPLY,  WHAT THEY ARE IN CONTEXT, AND WHERE WE SEE EXAMPLES IN THE CONTEXT OF ACTIVE HISTORICAL READING 

 

WEEK OF OCTOBER 4th, 2021

HOME IMPROVEMENT:

Connecting Our Circuits for Reasoning to Strengthen Home - School Supports

MIND MAPS EXTENDED:

INTEGRATED DAILY WORK PLANS (WITH SCAFFOLDS FOR RESPONSE)

MAPS DATA in ENG AND SPANISH HELP US TO INDIVIDUALLY PLAN TO APPLY OUR STRENGTHS PROGRAMS & TOOLS TO ADDRESS LONGITUDINAL NEEDS [DIFFERENTIATION)

 

T-MAPS USED FOR CROSS-DISCIPLINARY CASE STUDY ANALYSIS: DEFINING WELL

WHY STEM EXPERTS WORK TO MODEL THE SEQUENCE IN ORDER AND LOGIC OF OPERATIONS WITHIN NUMBER CONCEPTS,

HOW PATTERNS OF OPERATIONAL ORDER AND, PROPERTIES FUNCTION IN CONTEXT 

USING EXPERT TOOLS TO SEQUENCE OPERATIONS, AND WHERE WE SEE EXAMPLES IN THE CONTEXT OF EXPRESSIONS AND IN THE REAL WORLD.

 

NOTIONS OF SEQUENCE IN THE CIRCUIT OF ACTIVE READING

WHY STEM  READINGS WORK FIRST TO BETTER DEFINE PURPOSES, CONCEPTS, PATTERNS, & PROPERTIES IN CONTEXT 

USING EXPERT TOOLS TO RECOGNIZE

PATTERNS AND KEY STRUCTURES IN  INFORMATIONAL AND POETIC TEXTS AND CONTEXTS

   

 

Semana de 11 de octubre de 2021

Muchas gracias por su colaboracion continua a lo largo de esta semana y las reuniones bien pasadas con cada entre Uds.  Felicito tanto el poder platicar de metas individualizadas que mejor apoyaran las capacidades y intereses de su alumno.  Muchisimas gracias por su apoyo!

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Muy Estimados Padres: Estoy profundamente agradecido con aquellos de ustedes que donaron lápices a nuestra clase esta semana. Los lápices son un gran invento original dejándonos mostrar la luz de la mente.  ¡Y nuestros muy apreciados estudiantes en Salon 315 tienen muchas ideas geniales!

Además, se puede anunciar esta semana el primer borrador de AUSTEM On Point - nuestro boletín informativo bilingüe de 5 páginas que comienza en los próximos días.  Los niños ya han hablado de varios temas clave sobre los que escribir.  ¡Adelante autores! Esta semana continuaremos integrando el plan de estudios STEM en todo momento, continuaremos discutiendo <<FLOW>> como una metáfora de la electricidad, de la conductividad facilitando conexiones entre ideas, del desarrollo de la fluidez en matemáticas, en la lectura y en el mejoramiento del enfoque para aplicar los mapas de pensamiento en ambos idiomas de manera sistémica. Los estudiantes continúan su revisión en espiral de los conceptos en los TEKS a través de los temas clave del STEM, sobre todo enfocándonos en las ciencias naturales y las matemáticas.  Martes y jueves por la mañanita [a partir de la semana después] se comienza con las tutorías en inglés para los alumnos recién llegados. Sigamos entonces con el calendario de tutorías después de la escuela en grupos pequeños interactivos. 

¡Muchas gracias por el continuo trabajo en equipo! Saludos muy cordiales a Uds.

Atentamente, Camille Jones, Maestra Grado Qto, STEM AMS

WEEK of OCTOBER 18th

MATEMATICAS

ESPIRAL - EXPRESIONES, DECIMALES, RAZONAMIENTO ALGEBRAICO 

APLICADOS A LOS TEMAS de ELECTRICIDAD

 READING (ELAR/SLAR): VARIOUS CROSS DISCIPLINARY STEM READINGS CONNECTING THE CONCEPT OF FLOW

 ENGLISH BY DESIGN: ATOMIC ANALYSIS OF GRAMMAR, 

SPANISH VERBS, ENGLISH SENTENCES

STEM SCIENCE PROPERTIES AS BRIDGES TO UNDERSTANDING SEQUENCE, CAUSALITY and EFFECTS FROM CHANGE:  PROPERTIES OF MATTER (and ELEMENTS) IMPACTING FLOW AND CONDUCTIVITY 

IN FOCUS: EDISON's DISCOVERY IN BRINGING LIGHT TO EVERYDAY WORLDS.  SOCIAL STUDIES READINGS ON ELECTRICITY IN TIME (TIME LINES AND SOURCES)

 WEEK of OCTOBER 25, 2021

SYSTEM THINKING AND STEM - PROPERTIES, POWERS and PRIMARY SOURCES - ALL THE STEM THAT's FIT TO PRINT

 

MATEMATICAS

ESPIRAL - EXPRESIONES, DECIMALES, RAZONAMIENTO ALGEBRAICO 

APLICADOS A LOS TEMAS de ELECTRICIDAD

 READING (ELAR/SLAR): VARIOUS CROSS DISCIPLINARY STEM READINGS CONNECTING TWINDS OF HOPE HE CONCEPT OF FLOW

 

ENGLISH BY DESIGN: ATOMIC ANALYSIS OF GRAMMAR, 

SPANISH VERBS, ENGLISH SENTENCES

 STEM SCIENCE PROPERTIES AS BRIDGES TO UNDERSTANDING SEQUENCE, CAUSALITY and SCIENTIFIC EFFECTS FROM CHANGES IN MATTER:  PROPERTIES OF MATTER (and ELEMENTS) IMPACTING FLOW AND CONDUCTIVITY 

 BRINGING LIGHT TO EVERYDAY WORLDS.  SOCIAL STUDIES READINGS ON ELECTRICITY IN TIME (TIME LINES AND SOURCES)

 Week of November 1st, 2021

 

 TRANSFORMERS:  SYSTEMATIZING STEPS for "FLOW"

Spiral Objectives per 5GM TEKS

 WINDS OF HOPE (E/S) and SCIENTIFIC CAUSALITY IN INFORMATIONAL TEXT

ENGLISH BY DESIGN:  SYSTEMATIZING THE D-QUESTIONS THAT SUPPORT  AND TRANSFORM OUR INFORMATIONAL WRITING  ENERGY TRANSFORMATIONS AS CONDUCTOR FOR DISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS:  ENERGY USE in LOCAL and APPLIED CONTEXTS

SOCIAL STUDIES:  HOW THE PROCESSES OF ENERGY TRANSFORMATIONS DEFINE, DESCRIBE AND HELP US CLASSIFY GREAT THEMES IN US HISTORY 

 Week of November 8th, 2021

GALVESTON and the GREAT OBSERVATION (MULTIFLOW MAP AND BRIDGE MAP ANALYSIS OF MATH PATTERNS and PROPERTIES to OUR CITY 

 SCIENCE APPLIED AND LIVED:  THE PLEASURE PIER AND THE PROPERTIES OF ENERGY TRANSFORMATION

 STRANDS OF MEANING: THE TEXTS THAT RETELL and CREATE: GALVESTON IN NARRATIVE, POETIC AND INFORMATIONAL TEXT (WITH ATOMIC ANALYSIS  SCIENCE APPLIED AND LIVED:  THE PLEASURE PIER AND THE PROPERTIES OF ENERGY TRANSFORMATION

 SOURCES:  PROOF AND THEORY IN THE HISTORY OF GALVESTON's MYSTERIES (SOCIAL STUDIES, ARCHITECTURE, HISTORY OF LOCAL SCIENCE)

WEEK OF NOVEMBER 15th, 2021

GALVESTEM:  MATH REVIEW and NEW

GALVESTEM: MATTER/ENERGY REVIEW

GALVESTEM:  LANGUAGE ARTS NEW AND REVIEW GALVESTEM:  WRITING NEW AND REVIEW

GALVESTEM: SOCIAL STUDIES NEW AND REVIEW

WEEK OF NOVEMBER 29, 2021  - THE BRIDGE: REVIEW OF TRANSLANGUAGING BETWEEN SPANISH AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS

THE BRIDGE: REVIEW OF TRANSLANGUAGING BETWEEN MATH DISCIPLINARY CONCEPTS IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH

THE BRIDGE:  TRANSLANGUAGING BETWEEN SPANISH AND ENGLISH DISCIPLINARY CONTENT IN SCIENCE

THE BRIDGE:  TRANSLANGUAGING BETWEEN SPANISH AND ENGLISH DISCIPLINARY CONTENT IN WORD STRUCTURES, ORTHOGRAPHY AND ROOTS THE BRIDGE:  TRANSLANGUAGING BETWEEN SPANISH AND ENGLISH DISCIPLINARY CONTENT IN FICTION WRITING

THE BRIDGE:  TRANSLANGUAGING BETWEEN SPANISH AND ENGLISH DISCIPLINARY CONTENT IN SOCIAL STUDIES AND HISTORICAL ANALYSIS

WEEK OF DECEMBER 6, 2021  - THE BRIDGE:  TRANSLANGUAGING BETWEEN SPANISH AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS - ACADEMIC LANGUAGE

THE BRIDGE:  TRANSLANGUAGING BETWEEN MATH DISCIPLINARY CONCEPTS IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH

(GEOMETRY and PROPERTIES)

THE BRIDGE:  TRANSLANGUAGING BETWEEN SPANISH AND ENGLISH DISCIPLINARY CONTENT IN SCIENCE

(FORCE, MOTION, WEATHER AND CLIMATE)

THE BRIDGE:  TRANSLANGUAGING BETWEEN SPANISH AND ENGLISH DISCIPLINARY CONTENT IN WORD STRUCTURES, ORTHOGRAPHY AND ROOTS

(ME AND THE BEE)

THE BRIDGE:  TRANSLANGUAGING BETWEEN SPANISH AND ENGLISH DISCIPLINARY CONTENT IN NON-FICTION WRITING

THE GHOST OF SLAR AND ELAR TEKS

THE BRIDGE:  TRANSLANGUAGING BETWEEN SPANISH AND ENGLISH DISCIPLINARY CONTENT IN SOCIAL STUDIES AND HISTORICAL ANALYSIS

(THE PLEASURE PIER)

WEEK OF DECEMBER 13, 2021  - THE BRIDGE:  EOY TRANSLANGUAGING BETWEEN SPANISH AND ENGLISH TEKS - ACADEMIC SPIRAL REVIEW

WEEK OF DECEMBER 13, 2021  - THE BRIDGE:  EOY TRANSLANGUAGING BETWEEN SPANISH AND ENGLISH TEKS - ACADEMIC SPIRAL REVIEW (M)

WEEK OF DECEMBER 13, 2021  - THE BRIDGE:  EOY TRANSLANGUAGING BETWEEN SPANISH AND ENGLISH TEKS - ACADEMIC SPIRAL REVIEW (SC)

WEEK OF DECEMBER 13, 2021  - THE BRIDGE:  EOY TRANSLANGUAGING BETWEEN SPANISH AND ENGLISH TEKS - ACADEMIC SPIRAL REVIEW (ENG)

WEEK OF DECEMBER 13, 2021  - THE BRIDGE:  EOY TRANSLANGUAGING BETWEEN SPANISH AND ENGLISH TEKS - ACADEMIC SPIRAL REVIEW (ESC/W)

WEEK OF DECEMBER 13, 2021  - THE BRIDGE:  EOY TRANSLANGUAGING BETWEEN SPANISH AND ENGLISH TEKS - ACADEMIC SPIRAL REVIEW (T/SS)

WEEK OF JANUARY 3rd, 2022

MAPPING NEW TERRAINS:  WHAT ON EARTH?  HOMELAND(S) and BEYOND - 

WEEK OF JANUARY 3rd, 2022

MAPPING NEW TERRAINS:  WHAT ON EARTH?  HOMELAND(S) and BEYOND: MATH (GEO/PERI/CP/WN)

 

WEEK OF JANUARY 3rd, 2022

MAPPING NEW TERRAINS:  WHAT ON EARTH?  HOMELAND(S) and BEYOND -  PAIRED READINGS (ENGL/SP): INFO TEXT/SCI FI/FANTASY/BIO/REALISTIC FICTION

 

WEEK OF JANUARY 3rd, 2022

MAPPING NEW TERRAINS:  WHAT ON EARTH?  HOMELAND(S) and BEYOND

(CONJUNCTIONS/PREPOSITIONAL USAGES)

 

WEEK OF JANUARY 3rd, 2022

MAPPING NEW TERRAINS:  WHAT ON EARTH?  HOMELAND(S) and BEYOND: LANDFORMS, EROSION, EARTH, SPACE, CLIMATE

 

 

WEEK OF JANUARY 3rd, 2022

MAPPING NEW TERRAINS:  WHAT ON EARTH?  HOMELAND(S) and BEYOND:  WESTWARD EXPANSION AND TRANSFORMATION (& LOCAL HISTORY)

 

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