Basic Information

Contact: nradke@petk12.org

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

3rd Period R&E 12/19/18

iPad, get kit and robot
1. Sumo Wrestling Final!
2. Disassemble kits
_______________________________________
Monday January 7 at 9:00 AM: come help Mr. Radke inventory robotics kits and he'll buy you lunch!

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

USH 12/18/18

Sit with your project partner.  iPad, pencil, colored pencils.
1. Last day to turn in missing work
2. Lewis and Clark Expedition Front Page News Story
______________________________________
Party next class!

Monday, December 17, 2018

2nd Period R&E 12/17/18

1. Last day before party day!  Finish all work to participate in the party.

  • Advanced Circuits
  • Plan a Computer
  • Check Google Classroom for missing assignments.
2. Finished with everything?  Break out your jokes and puns with Circuit Piskel Puns

Friday, December 14, 2018

USH 12/14/18

iPad, pencil
1. Pictorial Input Quiz
2. Finish Lewis and Clark: Great Journey West
3. Lewis and Clark: Front Page News Story
_____________________________________
HW: Last day to turn in missing work is TUESDAY

Thursday, December 13, 2018

3rd Period R&E 12/13/18

SSR book, iPad
1. SSR
2. Sumo Finals Jobs
3. 2 classes remaining to complete rikishi design and programming
4. Battle Testing Log due next class
_____________________________________
Monday January 7 at 9:00 AM: come help Mr. Radke inventory robotics kits and he'll buy you lunch!

2nd period R&E 12/13/18

1. Plan a Computer
2. If finished, complete any incomplete work for this class.
_____________________________________
Monday January 7, 9:00 AM: come help Mr. Radke inventory robotics kits and he'll buy you lunch!

Wednesday, December 12, 2018

USH 12/12/18

Pencil
Pictorial Input Quiz Friday
1. Louisiana Purchase
2. The Great Journey West
__________________________
HW: Missing assignments deadline next Tuesday

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

3rd period R&E 12/11/18

iPad
1. 3 classes remaining to finish rikishi design and programming
2. Final will be Wednesday, December 19 at 8:25 AM
3. Work on Battle Testing Log 

2nd Period R&E 12/11/18

Sign in to Google Chrome, load up Advanced Circuits on Google Classroom, also open the circuit simulator
1. Circuit Warm-Up
2. Advanced Circuits
_____________________________
Advanced Circuits due today

Monday, December 10, 2018

USH 12/10/18

iPad, Actions and Conflict Pictorial Input, Binder paper, pencil
1. Osceola
2. The Revolutionary War Part 2
3. Pictorial Input: Actions and Conflict Questions
_______________________________________
HW: Study for Actions and Conflict Quiz Wednesday, unfinished work.

Friday, December 7, 2018

3rd Period R&E 12/7/18

SSR book, iPad
1. SSR
2. Sumo: Battle Testing Log

3 classes left after today to build

2nd Period R&E 12/7/18

Computer notes, iPad
1. (4 min study time) Computers Quiz
2. Electric Circuit Notes Continued
3. Advanced Circuits (Google Classroom)
_________________________________

Thursday, December 6, 2018

USH 12/6/18

iPad, half sheet of binder paper, pencil
1. Washington Warm-Up (Video)
2. IKTD:NA Matrix
3. The Great Tekamthi
4. Osceola
5. The Revolutionary War Part 2
________________________________
HW: Only missing work; no new homework.

Wednesday, December 5, 2018

3rd Period R&E 12/5/18

iPad
1. Sumo Bot Goal: Drive in ring without falling off.
2. Next goal: Start filling out the Battle Testing Log: What did you learn from your battle?
______________________________________
January 7th: Come help Mr. Radke organize kits!  Lunch for volunteers!

2nd Period R&E 12/5/18

iPad, pencil, 2 binder papers
1. Electric Circuits
_____________________________
HW: Study for Computers Quiz next class (use kahoot on Google Classroom)

Tuesday, December 4, 2018

USH 12/4/18

iPad, pencil, appointment clock, Peace Out! 8th Grade
1. G-Dub with the Appointment Clock
2. Pictorial Input Actions and Conflict
3. Main Players of Westward Expansion Venn Diagram
_____________________________________
HW: Peace Out! 8th Grade Final Draft

Monday, December 3, 2018

3rd Period R&E 12/3/18

SSR book, iPad
1. SSR
2. Rikishi Goal for the day: Get your robot driving around the ring
3. Sumo Wrestling Journal: Slide 7 due today
____________________________________
End of class: check SWJ Slide 7

2nd Period R&E 12/3/18

iPad
1. Finish Computer Notes (PPT)
2. Computers Quiz Friday
3. Finish Computer Parts Visual Dictionary (due today)
___________________________________
HW: Study for Computers Quiz

Friday, November 30, 2018

USH 11/30/18

Have homework out, iPad
1. Homework check:

  • IKTD:NA turned in to Classroom
  • American Expansion Infamous
  • Vocab cards
____________________________________
HW: Peace Out! 8th Grade

Thursday, November 29, 2018

3rd Period R&E 11/29/18

SSR book, iPad
1. SSR
2. Building your rikishi
3. Complete slide six of the journal
_______________________________
End of class: Check slide six

2nd Period R&E 11/29/18

iPad
1. Continue computer notes
2. Computer Parts Visual Dictionary (PPT)

  • Guidelines for handling electronic components
___________________________________
CPVD due end of next class.

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

USH 11/28/18

iPad, Infamous assignments, IKTD:NA
1. Tests and assignments returned.
2. IKTD:NA (sources)
3. American Expansion Infamous + Vocab cards
_________________________________
Homework: Am. Exp. Infamous list, vocab cards, and IKTD:NA due Friday

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

3rd Period R&E 11/27/18

SSR Book, iPad
1. SSR
2. Sumo Robot building
3. Sumo Wrestling Journal: complete slide five at end of class.
______________________________________
End of Class: Slide check slide five

2nd Period R&E 11/27/18

iPad (have a note-taking app downloaded)
1. Computers Unit Teams
2. Computer Part Notes (PPT)
3. Computer Part Visual Dictionary
______________________________________
End of Class: Slide check: have all seven part slides created (not finished)

Monday, November 26, 2018

USH 11/26/18

Have out Infamous list and vocab card
1. Homework check: Infamous 1-30 and 1 vocab card
2. I Know That Dude: NA (names/sources)
3. American Expansion Infamous list and vocab cards
____________________________________
HW: IKTD: NA, Infamous list, and vocab cards due Friday

Thursday, November 15, 2018

USH 11/15/18

iPad, half sheet of paper, pencil
1. Warm-Up: What'd I Miss?
2. American Expansion Infamous 60
3. Vocab Cards
_________________________________
HW: 30 Infamous terms and one vocab card complete

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

3rd Period R&E 11/14/18

iPad, paper, pencil
1. Sumo Wrestling Groups
2. The Sumo Wrestling Journal
3. Sumo bot plans
______________________________________
Due today: Slide 4 of the Sumo Wrestling Journal

2nd Period R&E 11/14/18

iPad, Sumo Bot, Kit box
1. Sumo Finals today in room 6
2. During the finals:

  • Take your final pictures for the last slide.
  • Check every slide in your Sumo Wrestling Journal for completeness.
  • TURN IN on Google Classroom when finished.

Thursday, November 8, 2018

USH 11/8/18

Study Guide, pencil
1. 5 min study time
2. Constitution Unit Exam
3. Who Won and Who Wrote the Constitution?
_________________________________
No homework

Wednesday, November 7, 2018

3rd Period R&E 11/7/18

No SSR
1. Finish Advanced Circuits assignment
2. When finished:
  • Reassemble computer if you took one apart a 2nd time.
  • Circuit Piskel Puns on Google Classroom

2nd Period R&E 11/7/18

iPad/laptop
1. Last day to get your Rikishi ready.
2. Slide 8: Battle Test Log must be done today.  
3. Slide 9: Weigh your Rikishi.  Add final pictures once your design is finished.
______________________________________
Sumo Final Friday

Tuesday, November 6, 2018

USH 11/6/18

Take nothing out of your backpack.

Constitution Role Play

_______________________________
HW: Study for Constitution Unit Exam Thursday

Monday, November 5, 2018

3rd Period R&E 11/5/18

Pencil, NO SSR
1. (SSR time) Life Skills: Responsibility
2. Advanced Circuits assignment due today
3. When finished: try making some pixel art

2nd Period R&E 11/5/18

Sumo Wrestling Final: Jobs
1. Battle Testing Log needs to be finished by end of Wednesday.
2. Two more days to get ready for the final!
3. Sumo Wrestling Final Friday

Friday, November 2, 2018

USH 11/2/18

iPad, pencil, appointment clock
New Seats
1. 3 min study time
2. How a Bill Becomes a Law Quiz
3. Assignments returned
4. Constitution Unit Study Guide
____________________________________
HW: Download and play the app "Do I Have a Right?" from Self Service
Review your study guide for at least 10 minutes every day.

Thursday, November 1, 2018

3rd Period R&E 11/1/18

1. Start Advanced Circuits (Google Classroom)

2nd Period R&E 11/1/18

iPad

  • Three classes remaining to get your Rikishi ready!
  • Battle Testing Log Entries
  • Rikishi name due to Mr. Radke by the end of class

Tuesday, October 30, 2018

3rd Period R&E 10/30/18

Have backpack with you
1. SSR
2. Electric Circuits
______________________

2nd Period R&E 10/30/18

iPad
4 building/testing days remaining
Goal: fill out at least two battle test log entries today: how can you improve your program and your rikishi?

Monday, October 29, 2018

USH 10/29/18

iPad, Infamous #2 vocab cards
1. Review and turn in How a Bill Becomes a Law
2. Vocab Inside Outside Circles
3. The Judicial Branch
4. I was a Supreme Court Justice
_____________________________________
HW: I was a Supreme Court Justice

Friday, October 26, 2018

3rd Period R&E 10/26/18

SSR book
1. SSR
2. Computer Quiz
3. Complete Plan a Computer

2nd Period R&E 10/16/18

iPad
1. Building and programming Rikishi.
2. Goal for the day: get your Rikishi to drive around the ring without driving itself off.
3. If you are at the stage where you can battle, don't forget to fill in your battle test slide.
___________________________________

Thursday, October 25, 2018

USH 10/25/18

iPads, pencil, binder paper
1. Review and turn in A Day in the Life
2. Papers returned
3. The Executive Branch
4. How a Bill Becomes a Law Video
________________________________
HW: How a Bill Becomes a Law

Wednesday, October 24, 2018

3rd Period R&E 10/24/18

iPad
1. Kahoot: computer quiz practice
2. Plan a Computer
__________________________________
Homework: Study for quiz on computer notes Friday

2nd Period R&E 10/24/18

iPad
1. Sumo Wrestling Journal: Battle Testing Log
2. Remember to make sure your Rikishi fits inside a sheet of paper!
_________________________________

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

USH 10/23/18

iPad, pencil
1. A Day in the Life of a President
2. Watch Revolution
___________________________________
HW: A Day in the Life of a President due next class

Monday, October 22, 2018

3rd Period R&E 10/22/18

SSR book, iPad
1. Computer History Notes
2. Computer Kahoot
3. Finish the Computer Parts Visual Dictionary

2nd Period R&E 10/22/18

iPad
1. Sumo Wrestling Bots must fit within the size of a sheet of paper!
2. Building/Programming your Rikishi
3. Slide 7 of the Sumo Wrestling Journal due end of class
________________________________________

Thursday, October 18, 2018

USH 10/19/18

iPad, pencil, 1/2 sheet binder paper
1. Cabinet Battle #1
2. Turn in Legislative Job Posters
3. A Day in the Life of the President
_____________________________________
HW: No homework

3rd Period R&E 10/18/18

SSR book, iPad
SSR
1. Computer notes
2. Computer Part Visual Dictionary
_____________________________

2nd Period RE 10/18/18

iPad (laptop if no iPad)
1. Review sumo regulations
2. Building your rikishi
3. Slide 6 of Sumo Wrestling Journal due end of class

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

USH 10/17/18

iPad, Preamble notes
1. Preamble quiz
2. 3/5 Compromise (ppt)
3. Finish Legislative Job Posters
_______________________________________
HW: Legislative Job Poster

Tuesday, October 16, 2018

3rd Period R&E 10/16/18

SSR Book, iPad (have a note-taking app downloaded)
1. Computers Unit Teams
2. Computer Part Notes
3. Computer Part Visual Dictionary
______________________________________
End of Class: Slide check: have all seven part slides created (not finished)

2nd Period R&E 10/16/18

iPad, paper, pencil
1. Sumo Wrestling Groups
2. The Sumo Wrestling Journal
3. Sumo bot plans
______________________________________
Due today: Slides 4 and 5 of the Sumo Wrestling Journal

Friday, October 12, 2018

USH 10/12/18

pencil, iPad (download Notability), Reading Questions
1. The Preamble / Preamble Video
2. The Great Compromise Revisited
3. The Legislative Branch
4. Legislative Job Posters
_____________________________________
Study for Preamble Quiz next class

Thursday, October 11, 2018

3rd Period R&E 10/11/18

Have Kit, Drag Racer, iPad
1. Drag Racing Tournament
2. Disassemble racers

2nd Period R&E 10/11/18

No earbuds/headphones today
Game day!
1. Class game exhibition
2. Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

Tuesday, October 9, 2018

3rd Period R&E 10/9/18

SSR, iPads
Last day to get drag racers ready!  Do you:

  • have your robot driving straight and stopping in the green zone?
  • have all but your last slide done on the DRC?
  • have a 5 second wait at the start of your drag racing program?
  • have the program downloaded to your drag racer with a clear name?
  • know how to start the program using the command brick file system? (Not on the iPad!)

2nd Period R&E 10/9/18

Last class to complete your class game.

  • Do you have instructions?
  • Have you fixed or found a work-around for all of your bugs/problems?
If you are finished:
  • Work on a side/personal Scratch project.
  • Help other people who need help
    • This is not social time or time to play each others' game for fun!
  • Try out Piskel: making pixel gifs!
  • Read or work on homework from another class

Monday, October 8, 2018

USH 10/8/19

iPad, pencil, Articles of Confederation notes from last class
1. Complete CLOSE Shays' Rebellion
2. Shays' Rebellion Cause and Effect Paragraph
3. Shays' Rebellion Timeline
______________________________________
Homework: Complete Timeline if not finished in class

Friday, October 5, 2018

3rd Period R&E 10/5/18

iPad, Laptop if you need it
1. Drag racer testing and improving
2. If your racer is performing perfectly and you cannot improve it further, Google Classroom has extension challenges for you!
_____________________________________
Slide 7: due at end of class Tuesday
Slide 8: due by the end of the final on Thursday

2nd Period R&E 10/5/18

Earbuds/headphones

  • Working on Class Game
  • Things to remember:

    • Instructions
    • Make sure players can reset the game fully
    • Communicate the goal of the game to players

  • 2 class periods remaining!
  • Thursday, October 4, 2018

    USH 10/4/18

    one binder paper per pair (split in half)
    iPad, pencil, turn in I Know That Dude!
    1. Shays Rebellion Warm-Up
    2. Articles of Confederation Notes (Reading)
    3. Shays' Close Reading Exercise
    4. Shays' Rebellion Exit Ticket
    ______________________________
    Homework: Check Aeries/Google Classroom and complete missing assignments!

    Wednesday, October 3, 2018

    3rd Period R&E 10/3/18

    iPads, laptop if iPad is dead or you are working on the Advanced Acceleration Program

    Drag Racing Finals parent forms
    1. Work check: Slide 5 (Time Trials)
    2. Drag Racing Chronicle: Complete Slide 6 before continuing tests/modifications
    3. Show Mr. Radke your Slide 6
    4. Clean-up at 1:10

    2nd Period R&E 9/3/18

    Earbuds/headphones

  • Working on Class Game
  • Things to remember:
    • Instructions
    • Make sure players can reset the game fully
    • Communicate the goal of the game to players
  • 3 class periods remaining!
  • Monday, October 1, 2018

    USH 10/2/18

    Welcome to October! New seats!
    Economy map, Infamous vocab cards, Appointment clock, iPad
    1. Turn in homework
    2. Vocab card Inside Outside circles
    3. I Know That Dude
    ________________________________________
    Homework: Complete I Know That Dude

    3rd Period R&E 10/1/18

    Backpacks on counter; iPad, check iPad charge
    1. Upcoming new procedure
    2. Room 17
    3. Slide 5 due at end of class

    2nd Period R&E 10/1/18

    Earbuds/headphones

    • Working on Class Game
    • Things to remember:
      • Instructions
      • Make sure players can reset the game fully
      • Communicate the goal of the game to players
    • 4 class periods remaining!

    Friday, September 28, 2018

    USH 9/28/18

    Infamous list/cards, Pictorial Input Questions, iPad
    1. Infamous list/vocab card check
    2. 5 min study time -> Government Pictorial Input Quiz
    3. Economy Map of the 13 United States
    ________________________________________
    Homework: Economy Map if not finished

    Thursday, September 27, 2018

    3rd Period R&E 9/27/18

    1. SSR
    2. Building and testing robots
    3. If your robot is ready to test, complete Slide 4 right away.
    4. End of class: Slide 4 check
    _______________________________________

    2nd Period R&E 9/27/18

    Earbuds/headphones
    1. Working on your class game!

    • Accessing tutorials for code
    • The "Backpack"
    ________________________________

    Wednesday, September 26, 2018

    USH 9/26/18

    1. Counselor visit
    2. Correct Gov't Pictorial Input Q's
    3. Gov't Pictorial Input Studying
    4. Pass back assignments
    5. Time for Infamous?
    6. Gov't Pictorial Input Quiz Friday
    _________________________________
    Homework: Study for Gov't Pictorial Input Quiz
    Infamous #2 1-60 and Vocab cards due Friday

    Tuesday, September 25, 2018

    3rd Period R&E 9/25/18

    Be seated with your backpack.
    1. Room 17 - SSR
    2. Basic drag racing program
    3. Building racers - goal: first track test today

    2nd Period R&E 9/25/18

    No headphones/earbuds today.
    1. Class Game Introduction + Questions
    2. Start Class Game if finished with tutorials (including Pong Game and Fashion Game)

    Monday, September 24, 2018

    USH 9/24/18

    Infamous #2 work, pencil, colored pencils
    1. Homework check: Infamous #2 1-30
    2. Government Pictorial Input
    3. Gov. Pictorial Input Questions
    4. Infamous #2 / vocab cards work time
    ___________________________________
    Homework: Infamous #2 31-60, vocab cards due Friday

    Friday, September 21, 2018

    3rd Period RE 9/21/18

    Backpacks with you
    1. SSR in room 17
    2. What is drag racing?
    3. Using the LEGO Command brick
    4. Continue building your drag racer
    5. End of class: slide 3 of DRC due

    2nd Period R&E 9/21/18

    Earbuds/headphones
    1. Scratch tutorial #3: Race to the Finish

    • Follow the instructions to make it work!
    • Remember to name and turn in all three tutorials to the appropriate class studio

    2. If finished with all three starter tutorials, do the "Fashion Game" and "Pong Game" tutorials
    ____________________________________
    Next class: Introduction to the Class Game

    Thursday, September 20, 2018

    USH 9/20/18

    iPad, pencil, 1 sheet binder paper per group of two people
    1. Warm Up: Guns and Ships
    3. Exit Ticket: The Battle of Yorktown
    ____________________________________
    Homework: Infamous 1-30 complete.  Work on Vocab Cards.  Late work accepted until midnight Friday.

    Wednesday, September 19, 2018

    3rd Period R&E 9/19/18

    Have your backpack with you.
    1. Room 17
    2. Building structure and not bending
    3. The Drag Racing Chronicle - slide 2 due end of class.
    ______________________________________

    2nd Period R&E 9/19/18

    Earbuds/headphones out but not on.
    Turn on computers and get signed in to Chrome.
    1. Turning in Scratch tutorials
    2. Second Scratch tutorial: Make it Fly 
           Make sure to name your projects
    3. Third tutorial: Race to the Finish
    __________________________________

    Tuesday, September 18, 2018

    USH 9/18/18

    Appointment clock sheet, iPad, any study materials you should go over.
    1. 5 minutes study time
    2. Declaration Unit Exam (digital)
    3. Rebels
    ______________________________________
    No homework

    Monday, September 17, 2018

    3rd period R&E 9/17/18

    SSR book, iPad
    Take Robotics Survey on Google Classroom.
    1. SSR
    2. Drag Racing Teams
    3. Gear Ratios
    _____________________________

    2nd Period R&E 9/17/18

    New seats
    1. Set up Scratch


    2. First tutorial: Animate a Name

    • Each letter needs a unique action

    Friday, September 14, 2018

    USH 9/14/18

    iPad, Boston Massacre questions, pencil
    1. TURN IN your edited Boston Massacre Paragraph AND Questions
    2. Work returned
    3. Declaration Unit Study Guide
    4. Petaluma Declaration due today
    ___________________________________
    Homework: Study for Declaration Unit Exam next class

    Thursday, September 13, 2018

    3rd Period R&E 9/13/18

    SSR book.  NO EARBUDS/HEADPHONES TODAY.
    1. SSR
    2. Game Day!
    3. Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
    ____________________________________

    2nd Period R&E 9/13/18

    iPads - get kits and racers too
    Drag Racing Chronicle Due Complete TODAY
    1. Rules for the Multi
    2. iPads, kits, and racers to the Multi
    3. Kit disassembly
    _________________________________

    Wednesday, September 12, 2018

    USH 9/12/18

    Pencil, have iPad ready for paragraph grading
    1. Boston Massacre paragraph peer grading
    2. Junk on the floor
    2. It's Too Late to Apologize
    3. Petaluma Declaration
    4. Declaration Unit Study Guide
    _____________________________________
    Homework: Edit your Boston Massacre paragraph

    Tuesday, September 11, 2018

    3rd Period R&E 9/11/18

    NO SSR TODAY.  Earbuds/headphones.

    1. Last day to finish Class Game!

    ____________________________________

    2nd Period R&E 9/11/18

    iPads/laptops, charged racers
    1. Room 17
    2. Last day to get racers ready!
    3. Get your gear ratio to Mr. Radke
    4. Get all but the final slide of the Drag Racing Chronicle finished today
    ______________________________________

    Monday, September 10, 2018

    USH 9/10/18

    Infamous Vocab Cards, pencil
    Unit Test Tuesday September 18
    1. Return Infamous #1
    2. Vocab card inside-outside circles
    3. SHEG Boston Massacre
    4. Were the British Redcoats at fault in the Boston Massacre?
    _________________________________
    Homework: Complete paragraph, start reviewing Infamous terms.

    Friday, September 7, 2018

    3rd period R&E 9/7/18

    Earbuds/headphones, NO SSR
    1. Class game!  Two more classes to complete yours!

    • Clear instructions!
    • Test for bugs/weirdness and fix it!
    • Feel like you're done?  Increase complexity/add more!

    2nd Period R&E 9/7/18

    iPad
    1. Room 17
    2. Drag Racing Chronicle

    • Evaluation #1 due today at end of class
    • Drag Racer Mk. II time trials due end of next class
    2 more classes to get your racer going!  Ask for help if you are behind!

    Thursday, September 6, 2018

    Back to School Night 2018

    Welcome to Robotics!
    Mr Radke: nradke@petk12.org
    Class website: radkesensei.blogspot.com
    Important Dates:
    Drag Racing finals:
              2nd period - Sept. 13
              3rd period - Oct. 11
    Sumo Wrestling finals:
              2nd period - Nov. 9
              3rd period - Dec. 17

    USH 9/6/18

    iPad, pencil/pen, homework out
    1. Review Stamp Act Guiding Questions
    2. Grading Stamp Act Paragraph 
    3. Video: Adams
    ____________________________________
    NO HOMEWORK (please still write this down!)

    Wednesday, September 5, 2018

    3rd Period R&E 9/5/18

    Earbuds/headphones
    1. Class Game
    3 remaining days to complete your game!
    ______________________________________

    2nd Period R&E 9/5/18

    iPad
    1. Room 17 (bring charged robots)
    2. Drag Racing Chronicle:

    • Slide 5 - Time Trials
    • Slide 6 - Evaluation #1


    3 remaining days to get drag racer working on the track!  Ask Mr. Radke for help if you feel behind.
    _______________________________________

    Tuesday, September 4, 2018

    USH 9/4/18

    New Seats
    Infamous List + Vocab Cards, Pencil, Pen, iPad
    1. Check Infamous homework
    2. Grade   Triangle Trade   paragraph
    3. SHEG Stamp Act
    ________________________________________
    Homework: Paragraph: Did the Rich Colonists Rile up the Poor Colonists? 

    Friday, August 31, 2018

    3rd Period R&E 8/31/18

    SSR book, earbuds/headphones
    1. SSR
    2. Class Game

    2nd Period R&E 8/31/18

    iPads
    1. Dance permission slips + Drag Racing Finals parent forms
    2. Room 17
    3. Drag Racing Chronicle: Slide four pictures
    4. Building and programming your drag racer!
    ______________________________________
    Homework: Give your parent/guardian the Drag Racing Finals form

    Thursday, August 30, 2018

    USH 8/30/18

    iPad, Infamous #1, Pictorial Input note sheet, pencil, colored pencils
    1. Pictorial Input #1 Quiz
    2. Infamous #1: 21-30 check
    3. Infamous Vocab Cards
    4. Slave and Triangle Trade Reading
    5. Claim Paragraph Format
    6. Class photo
    _________________________________
    Homework: Infamous List & Vocab cards complete, Triangle Trade Paragraph

    Wednesday, August 29, 2018

    3rd Period R&E 8/29/18

    Earbuds/headphones
    1. Class game planning questions due now
    2. Working on class game: 5 days including today to work.
    _________________________________
    No homework

    2nd Period R&E 8/29/18

    iPad
    1. Room 17
    2. Work check on slides 2 & 3 of Drag Racing Chronicle
    3. 5 days to prepare drag racer for the race!
    4. By end of class:
               Prototype built? slide 4
               Prototype working? slide 5

    Tuesday, August 28, 2018

    USH 8/28/18

    Planner, iPad, pencil, colored pencils, Infamous
    1. Infamous #1: 1-20 check
            Infamous due date changed! Now due Tuesday
    2. History Tools Quiz
    3. Indentured Servant Writes Home (Reading)
    4. Infamous #1 work time
    _____________________________________
    Homework: Infamous #21-30, study for Pictorial Input Quiz next class

    Monday, August 27, 2018

    3rd Period R&E 8/27/18

    PLANNER, SSR book, earbuds
    1. SSR
    2. Class photo
    3. Game design
    4. Class Game planning (Google Classroom)
    5. Tutorials or start Class Game.

    • Complete at least "Pong Game" and "Fashion Show" before starting class game.
    ____________________________________
    Homework: Complete questions for Class Game and talk to your parent/guardian about it.

    2nd Period Robotics 8/27/18

    iPad, grab racer from back room
    Class Photo
    1. Room 17
    2. Drag racing requirements and programming
    3. Test track set up
    4. Slide Two of Drag Racing Chronicle
    ________________________________
    No homework

    Friday, August 24, 2018

    USH 8/24/18

    iPad, pencil, binder paper (x1), colored pencils, appointment clock
    1. Review homework
    2. Infamous #1 vocab
    3. An Indentured Servant Writes Home (Reading)
    _________________________________
    Homework: Review for History Tools Quiz next class (Src Con Cor)
    Complete 1-20 on Infamous #1

    Thursday, August 23, 2018

    3rd period R&E 8/23/18

    SSR book and earbuds/headphones
    1. SSR
    2. Scratch: Continue tutorials

    • If you have finished the first three, you may choose the next one to work on.
    • Please remember to name your programs and add them to the class studios.

    2nd Period R&E 8/23/18

    Only iPad is needed today.
    1. Room 17
    2. Full day of building drag racers.
    3. Last 5 minutes: First entry in Drag Racing Chronicle (Google Classroom)
    ____________________________________
    Next class: programming your drag racer.

    Wednesday, August 22, 2018

    USH 8/22/18

    Planner, iPad, pencil, binder paper
    1. Keynote Introduction due/Materials make-up
    2. Sourcing Contextualization Corroboration
    3. Sourcing practice quiz
    4. Pictorial Input #1 with questions
    _______________________________________
    Homework: Pictorial Input #1 with questions

    Tuesday, August 21, 2018

    3rd Period R&E 8/21/18

    SSR book required today
    1. SSR
    2. Audio must be muted or on earbuds today.
    3. Scratch programming (scratch.mit.edu)

    • Animating a Name due today
    • Next assignment: Make It Fly

    2nd Period R&E 8/21/18

    Have your iPad and a pencil out.
    1. Signed syllabi/tech contracts?
    2. Room 17
    3. Gear ratios with LEGO Robotics
    4. Drag Racing Chronicle

    Sunday, August 19, 2018

    USH 8/20/18

    iPad, materials, syllabus out on desk
    1. Materials Check/Syllabus Check
    2. Google Classroom
    3. Website to Home Screen
    4. Lunch Room Fight (PPT)
    5. Green Screen Keynote Intro Assignment
    6. History Quotes
    ___________________________________
    Homework: Submit Greenscreen Keynote assignment to Google Classroom

    Friday, August 17, 2018

    3rd Period R&E 8/17/18

    Find your assigned seat.
    Have out SSR Book, iPad, signed syllabus and tech contract.
    1. Check off signed materials
    2. Computer assignments
    3. Google Chrome setup
    5. First project - Animating a Name
    ___________________________________
    No new homework

    2nd Period R&E 8/17/18

    Find your assigned seat.
    Have out iPad, signed syllabus and tech contract.
    1. Check off signed materials
    2. Room 5
    3. Kit distribution and LEGO talk
    4. What does a drag racer need?
    5. Time to build!
    ______________________________________
    No new homework

    Wednesday, August 15, 2018

    USH 8/16/18

    1. Welcome to United States History!
    2. About Mr. Radke
    3. Why study history?
    4. Syllabus/Class
    5. Appointment Clock and Icebreakers
    6. PJHS Virtual Tour (Last 15 minutes)
    __________________________________
    Homework: Signed Syllabus and Materials Check

    Robotics and Engineering 8/15/18

    1. Welcome to Robotics and Engineering!
    (3rd period only) Meeting with Mrs. Hill
    2. To room 5!
    3. Class syllabus and Tech Contract
    4. Icebreaker
    5. Incoming Class Survey
    ______________________________________
    Homework: Return signed syllabus and tech contract

    Thursday, May 24, 2018

    USH 5/24/18

    LAST DAY TO TURN IN ALL ASSIGNMENTS

    1. Assignments returned
    2. SHEG: Reconstruction: Day 2
    3. 60 Minutes: Lynching

    Wednesday, May 23, 2018

    Robotics and Engineering 5/23/18

    GET ROBOTS AND LAPTOPS
    1. Room 17
    2. Last day for prep!
    3. Robots brought back with box at end of class.
    ________________________________________
    FINAL TOURNAMENT NEXT CLASS
    Room 5 open at lunch if you need more work time

    Monday, May 21, 2018

    USH 5/22/18

    1. Finish Glory
    2. SHEG: Reconstruction: Day 1
    ______________________________________
    Missing Work due by Thursday

    Robotics and Engineering 5/21/18

    1. Laptops for programming robots
    2. Room 17
    3. Battle test slide complete and final pictures and weighing in due Wednesday.
    ______________________________________
    FINAL TOURNAMENT FRIDAY

    Thursday, May 17, 2018

    Robotics and Engineering 5/17/18

    Have your iPad out
    Three days to build and test!
    1. Room 17
    2. At least two more battle data entries due today
    3. Overall program sequence check
    ________________________________

    Wednesday, May 16, 2018

    USH 5/16/18

    Civil War Advantages due
    Frederick Douglass
    The Emancipation Proclamation
    SHEG: Who Freed the Slaves?
    ______________________________
    HW: Who Freed the Slaves?  Textbooks due Friday.
    Missing assignments.

    Tuesday, May 15, 2018

    Robotics and Engineering 5/15/18

    Have your iPad in hand
    1. Room 17
    2. Field and Battle testing
    3. Due at end of class: At least one row on the "Battle Testing" slide complete.
    _______________________________________
    Four classes until the final!

    Monday, May 14, 2018

    USH 5/14/18

    Textbooks due by Friday!  Early is better!
    Civil War Timeline due on Google Classroom
    1. Political Cartoon Gallery Walk
    2. John Brown's Raid
    3. Scott's Great Snake
    4. Watch Civil War
    5. Civil War Advantages
    ______________________________
    HW: Civil War Advantages
    Textbooks due by Friday, missing work

    Friday, May 11, 2018

    Robotics and Engineering 5/11/18

    iPad out and face down at desk
    1. Room 17
    2. Today's goal: get your robot out and driving in the ring
    3. Next class' goal: practice matches
    4. Third progress slide due at end of class today.

    Thursday, May 10, 2018

    USH 5/10/18

    Textbooks due by next Friday - early is okay!
    1. Civil War Precipitators PPT
    2. Precipitators Matrix and Notes
         a. Bleeding Kansas
         b. Dred Scott Video
         c. Lincoln-Douglas Debates
         d. Pottawatomie Massacre

    3. Create a Political Cartoon for the Civil War Precipitators
    _______________________________________
    HW: Civil War POLITICAL CARTOON
             Civil War Timeline

    Wednesday, May 9, 2018

    Robotics and Engineering 5/9/18

    iPads out and face down at your desk
    1. Room 17
    2. Second building progress slide due at end of class today

    __________________________________
    6 days left to build and test your Sumo bot!

    Tuesday, May 8, 2018

    USH 5/8/18

    Have out iPad, half sheet of binder paper, pencil.
    Would You Rather iMovie Reflection due
    1. The Room Where It Happens
    2. Compromise of 1850 PPT
    3. Civil War Timeline
    Take your HD Projects home today!
    __________________________________
    Homework: Civil War Timeline due next class

    Monday, May 7, 2018

    Robotics and Engineering 5/7/18

    Have your iPad with you.

    Room 17
    First building day slide due at end of class

    Thursday, May 3, 2018

    USH 5/4/18

    New Seats
    1. Missouri Compromise Questions
    ____________________________________
    Homework: Would You Rather iMovie Reflection due next class
    Work on Civil War Timeline

    Robotics and Engineering 5/2/18

    Have out: iPad and pencil

    1. Robotics Kit Assignments
    2. Room 17 with kits, iPad and pencil
    3. How to stay in the ring!
    4. Initial Designs

    Wednesday, May 2, 2018

    Tuesday, May 1, 2018

    Robotics and Engineering 5/1/18

    1. Class Game Exhibition!

    • Turn in your completed Class Game Instructions on Google Classroom

    2. Starting Sumo
    _____________________________
    Sumo Finals: Friday May 25th

    Monday, April 30, 2018

    USH 4/30/18

    1. King Cotton (Examples)
    2. When finished, work on:

    • Missing work
    • History Day sources
    • Work for other classes
    ___________________________________
    Homework: History Day project due next class - NO LATE WORK!

    Friday, April 27, 2018

    Robotics and Engineering 4/27/18

    Class game due today!

    If you think you are finished:

    • What is missing?
    • What could I add?
    • How could I make this higher-quality/polish?
    • Seek input from other students - but don't take too much of their time from their own work.
    • CREATE INSTRUCTIONS FOR YOUR GAME! - Have someone else check your instructions.
    If you've done all that...

    Wednesday, April 25, 2018

    USH 4/25/18

    1. HD Pictures and Paragraphs (and Citations!)
    2. King Cotton
    _______________________________
    Homework: HD Project due next Wednesday!  Edit your paragraphs, get the bulk of your work done this weekend so you aren't too rushed next week!

    Robotics and Engineering 4/25/18

    Class game work!

    If you think you are finished:

    • What is missing?
    • What could I add?
    • How could I make this higher-quality/polish?
    • Seek input from other students - but don't take too much of their time from their own work.
    • CREATE INSTRUCTIONS FOR YOUR GAME!
    If you've done all that...
    • Ask Mr. Radke to evaluate your game.

    Tuesday, April 24, 2018

    USH 4/24/18

    English CAT Testing

    ______________________________
    Homework: Continue writing your HD paragraphs.  Aim to be done by the end of the week so you can edit and create your tri-fold

    Monday, April 23, 2018

    Robotics and Engineering 4/23/18

    1. Class Game
              Due at end of class Friday
    ________________________________

    Friday, April 20, 2018

    USH 4/20/18

    History Day Research #3 due
    Civil War Pictorial Input due

    1. History Day Project Examples
    2. Slave Found Poem
    3. King Cotton
    ____________________________________
    Homework: Turn your HD notes into paragraphs.

    Tuesday, April 17, 2018

    USH 4/18/18

    iPad and pencil needed
    1. Using Keynote: Civil War Pictorial Input / Questions (Video)
    2. Slave Found Poem
    ___________________________________
    Homework: History Day Research #3 due Friday, buy your tri-fold and start planning your decorative theme.

    Robotics and Engineering 4/17/18

    1. Game tips
    2. Working on your Class Game!
    _______________________________________
    After today, 4 classes to finish your Class Game

    Monday, April 16, 2018

    USH 4/16/18

    1. Check HD Research #2.  Do you have your tri-fold board yet?
    2. Complete To Be a Slave notes - include slave ship picture and title on first slide
    3. Two Spirituals Juxtaposed
    ____________________________________
    Homework: History Day Research #3 Friday

    Friday, April 13, 2018

    Robotics and Engineering 4/13/18

    1. Check 5 Class Game Ideas
    2. Class Game Instructions
    3. Begin work!  Class game is due Friday April 27 - you have 6 class periods to complete it.
    ________________________________________

    Thursday, April 12, 2018

    USH 4/12/18

    1. Vocab cards out: Inside Outside Circles
    2. Slave Ships/Slave Trade in Two Minutes
    3. To Be a Slave Journal

    • Chapter 1
    • Chapter 2
    • Chapter 3
    _____________________________________
    Homework: History Day Research #2 due Monday April 16.  Go out and buy your trifold board - start planning what the decorative theme will be.

    Wednesday, April 11, 2018

    Robotics and Engineering 4/11/18

    1. Class Game brainstorming - all 5 ideas needed by Friday
    2. Last day of Scratch tutorials - add new skills and try new things that you could include in your game
    __________________________________

    Tuesday, April 10, 2018

    USH 4/10/18

    You need: iPad + HD Research #1 + late Infamous
    1. The Business of Slavery
    2. History Day Research #1 Check 
    3. To Be a Slave Journal (Google Classroom)
    ____________________________________
    Homework: Missing work due Thursday
    History Day Research #2 due Monday April 16

    Monday, April 9, 2018

    Robotics and Engineering 4/9/18

    1. Class Game Brainstorming - have at least two ideas on your doc by the end of the day (need 5 by Friday)
    2. Continue Scratch - choose tutorials to build your game-creating skills
    3. Make sure your first three tutorials are added to the correct Studios on Scratch

    Friday, April 6, 2018

    USH 4/6/18

    1. Collect Infamous #5, check vocab cards

    • Pass back papers while in progress.
    2. Vocab cards 10 minutes
    4. Finish Graphing Cotton Gin Census Data - 15 minutes
    6. To Be a Slave
    • Prologue: Journal
    ______________________________________
    Homework: History Day research #1 due Tuesday

    Thursday, April 5, 2018

    Robotics and Engineering 4/5/18

    1. Class-related game - slow burn
    2. Scratch: Race to the Finish
    3. If done, continue adding to your game-making skills: choose a different tutorial for making a game

    Wednesday, April 4, 2018

    USH 4/4/18

    1. Discuss/collect HD 1-paragraph overview
    2. Civil War Pre-test (Classroom)
    3. Graphing Cotton Gin Census Data (video)
    _______________________________________
    Homework: Infamous #5 and vocab cards due Friday

    Tuesday, April 3, 2018

    Robotics and Engineering 4/3/18

    1. Start thinking of a topic for a game based on something from your favorite class
    2. Scratch: Make It Fly
    3. Next: Race to the Finish
    ___________________________________