Friday, June 13, 2014

Lesson Plans for the Week of June 9, 2014- June 13, 2014


Lesson Plans for Mr. Bish
Science and Literacy
Grade 6 STEM


Project: Agbotics - Students are working closely in corporations with the assistance from Clarkson University to design a robot that completes three tasks.

Note: Daily Students will work on writing and testing their code on their individual robots during corportation time and during department times.

Journaling Daily to show Evidence of Work

Monday, June 9, 2014  B Day

Objective for the Day

Students in programming with work to further research their crops.
Students will work together to research how the tasks their robot is completing have traditionally been done.
Students will write three coded programs for their Robot to perform during a simulation.

Lesson Overview: Students will research on line to gain a deeper understanding of how their tasks are completed traditionally in fields, orchards, and groves.

Evidence of Learning Students will share their research with corporations and programmers.

Tuesday, June 10, 2014 C- Day

9:00 Presentation Grade 6 Thompson Bros Pro Lacrosse

Students in programming with work to further research their crops.
Students will work together to research how the tasks their robot is completing have traditionally been done.
Students will write three coded programs for their Robot to perform during a simulation.

Lesson Overview: Students will research on line to gain a deeper understanding of how their tasks are completed traditionally in fields, orchards, and groves.

Evidence of Learning Students will share their research with corporations and programmers.

Wednesday, June 11, 2014  D- Day
Students in programming with work to further research their crops.
Students will work together to research how the tasks their robot is completing have traditionally been done.
Students will write three coded programs for their Robot to perform during a simulation.

Lesson Overview: Students will research on line to gain a deeper understanding of how their tasks are completed traditionally in fields, orchards, and groves.

Evidence of Learning Students will share their research with corporations and programmers.

Thursday, June 12, 2014 E Day  - Presenation 8:45 Drug and Alcohol Presentation


Students in programming with work to further research their crops.
Students will work together to research how the tasks their robot is completing have traditionally been done.
Students will write three coded programs for their Robot to perform during a simulation.

Lesson Overview: Students will research on line to gain a deeper understanding of how their tasks are completed traditionally in fields, orchards, and groves.

Evidence of Learning Students will share their research with corporations and programmers.

Friday, June 13, 2014
Students in programming with work to further research their crops.
Students will work together to research how the tasks their robot is completing have traditionally been done.
Students will write three coded programs for their Robot to perform during a simulation.

Lesson Overview: Students will research on line to gain a deeper understanding of how their tasks are completed traditionally in fields, orchards, and groves.

Evidence of Learning Students will share their research with corporations and programmers.


Monday, June 2, 2014

Lesson Plans for the Week of 6/2/14-6/6/14

Lesson Plans for Mr. Bish
STEM Grade 6
Science and Literacy

Project Time: Agbotics

Monday, June 2, 2014 C- Day


Field Trip to Clarkson University

Objective for Day : Students will..
1.) Attend a field trip at Clarkson University to get a tour of the different programs offered at Clarkson Univeristy.
2.) Students will tour and get an overview of the robotics program available at Clarkson University.
3.) Students will ask questions and gain insight on the design process from Clarkson Robotics students.

Overview of the Day: Students will attend Clarkson University and receive a tour of the C.A.M.P. building at Clarkson University. Students will then get an overview of the different programs being offered at Clarkson University from First Lego League to High School Level of Robotics. Students will then get a tour of the SPEED programs and learn about the design process.  In addition students will see first hand an actual agbot being constructed at Clarkson. Students will then ask questions to the designers and learn about the different steps needed to create a robot.


Tuesday, June 3, 2014 D-Day

Objective for the Day: Students will....
1.) Work in cooperative groups to start writing the three programs for each of their assigned tasks for their corporations.
2.) Students will produce three mission plans for their tasks.
3.)Students will then learn how to write programming for three motors.

Wednesday, June 4, 2014 E- Day

Objective for the Day: Students will....
1.) Work in cooperative groups to start writing the three programs for each of their assigned tasks for their corporations.
2.) Students will produce three mission plans for their tasks.
3.)Students will then learn how to write programming for three motors.

Thursday, June 5, 2014 F- Day
ELA Field Test

Students will work for forty minutes to complete a New York State Field Test .




Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Lesson Plans for the Week of 5/26- 5/30

Lesson Plans
Mr. Bish
Grade 6 STEM
Science and Literacy

Project: Agbotics

Monday, May 26, 2014

NO SCHOOL in Observance of Memorial Day.

Thank you to those brave men and women who have served and gave their lives for our liberties.


Tuesday, May 27, 2014 E- Day Band Day

Objectives:  Students will

1.) Create a mission assignment for another programming group to complete.
2.) Work in cooperative groups to program the NXT Mindstorm Robot to complete.
3.) Analyze and evaluate programming to make sure that all moments complete the mission. Record trials in their mission notebooks.
4.) Measure and cut mission mats for simulation.

Lesson Overview: Students work together to create a program for another programming team.  Program will have six programming moves for the robot to complete.  Students will swap programming assignments and work as teams to complete missions. Students will write up mission report and make observational notes to help them complete their assigned missions.

Evidence of Learning:  Students complete mission assignment and mission plan.

Tuesday, May 28, 2014

Objectives for Lesson : Students will.....
1.) create a mission that uses seven commands that incorporate the use of a touch sensor.
2.) write out commands and assign different variables to each command.
3.) record observations and changes in scientific notebooks.

Lesson Overview: Teacher will instruct how to make tight turns within a tight location and demonstrate a program where a touch sensor is used to time out commands. Students will work together to come up with a program and a mission plan that gives information based on what programmers want the robot to do.

Evidence of Learning: Completed mission plan and written evidence of change in write up.

Monday, May 19, 2014

Lesson Plans for the Week of 5/19/14-5/23/14

Lesson Plans for  Mr. Bish
STEM Grade 6 

Project Time: Agbotics- Project if focused on linking agriculture in the North Country and using robots to help agriculture boom in the North Country.

Monday, May 19, 2014   F- Day 

Monday Morning Meeting Protocol:
Objective for the Meeting:
- Students will learn their job placements four Agbotics project.
-Students will give feedback about the interviewing process.
- Students will listen to feedback about interviews.

Break into Departments- Students will go to assigned departments to establish, procedures, team contracts, write down Need to Know list, generate driving questions.

Afternoon Work Session: Students will write need to know list and establish driving question.

Tuesday, May 20, 2014 A- Day

Objectives for Programmers-Students will...
1. ) Collaborate to write up group and partners work agreements.
2.) Learn and record the format for Mission Planning Sheets.
3.) Create a contract

Summary: Students will partner up with their partner programmer and come up with answers to questions about partner and work expectations.  Students will agree on expectations and write a final contract.
 Students also learned the expectations for mission requirements.

Afternoon Work Session:  Students break into corporations. Share what they learned within their departments and discuss how it will help their corporation.  Student will then select a crop and choose three tasks that the robot must perform.  Students will then do research to see how they can build their knowledge of Apples to assist in the presentation.
Wednesday, May 21, 2014 B- Day

Objectives for lesson: Programming

Students will work in cooperative groups to write up their first mission.
Students will program their robot using the Mind Storm program.
Students will test their programs with demo robots.

Summary of Lesson: Students will watch video tutorial about programming. The students will then write a program mission report. Student will then test the robot on three missions.
Mission 1 : One movement. Robot travels from one end of the mission table to the other end.
Mission 2: Two Movements: Robot travels from one end of the table to the other end of the table, taps the wall and reverses back to the other end and taps the wall.

Students Write Up Mission Forms for each mission.  

Sunday, May 4, 2014

Lesson Plans for Mr. Bish
STEM Grade 6
Science/ Non -Fiction Literacy

Monday, April 28, 2014 D- Day

Monday Morning Meeting Protocol

Objectives for Day

s/w be introduce the students to the Trash Bot Assignment Requirements.
- students must build a trash bot  not bigger than 12" wide by 12" long By 24 " tall.
- Trash Bot can not weight more than five pounds
- students must create a visual of robot ( poster, prezi, power point, video
essay)
- Present robot to group- Presentation includes name of robot, function, demonstration, explanation of building process, design challenges, explanation of who the project will benefit.

Speaker: Linda Durrant- Head X ray Technician and MRI specialist at Alice Hyde Medical Center.
s/w listen to Mrs. Durrant and ask questions about her career choice.

Mrs. Zappia- Master Review with students 13-14 1-28

Tuesday, April  29, 2014  E Day

Objectives for the Day:

Final prep for NYS Math Test- Reviewed Coordinate Plains and Finding Surface Area of shapes create on coordinate plains.

Afternoon Session 15/16 - Trash Bot Driving Question established by students.
Students create a needs to know list for their trash bots to complete before construction is started.

Mrs. Zappia Period 13/14 Pull Students for Final Review question 29-51 NY Math Review


Wednesday, April 30, 2014 F- Day

New York State Math Assessment Day 1 Book 1. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the grade 6 curriculum . Multiple Choice Questions 1-28 in 80 Minutes

Post Test: Trash Bot Project : Students will work in cooperative groups to create a trash bot made out of recycled materials. Dimensions 12" by 12" by 24 ".


Thursday, May 1, 2014 A Day

New York State Math Assessment Day 2 Book 2. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the grade 6 curriculum . Multiple Choice Questions 28-60 in 80 Minutes

Post Test: Trash Bot Project : Students will work in cooperative groups to create a trash bot made out of recycled materials. Dimensions 12" by 12" by 24 ".

Friday, May 2, 2014 B Day

New York State Math Assessment Day 3 Book 3. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the grade 6 curriculum . Extended response questions  in 90 Minutes

Post Test: Trash Bot Project : Students will work in cooperative groups to create a trash bot made out of recycled materials. Dimensions 12" by 12" by 24 ".
Lesson Plans for the Weeks of April 7, 2014 through April 25, 2014
Mr. Bish
Grade 6 STEM

Monday, April 7, 2014 A Day

Monday Morning Meeting Protocol


Tuesday, April 8, 2014 B Day

NYS Math Prep- Students will review for the upcoming NYS Math TEST

Coordinate Plains- Review X and Y axis and plotting coordinates

Wednesday , April 9, 2014   C Day

NYS Math Prep- Students will review for the upcoming NYS Math TEST - Formulas for Area of Rectangle, Triangle, Parallelogram, Squares,

Independent Study- Science Pages 66-69 Key Terms and Concepts

Thursday, April 10, 2014 D- Day
NYS Math Prep- Students will review for the upcoming NYS Math TEST - Review Area formulas  focus on triangles area.

Independent Study- Science Pages 66 - 69 Key Terms and Concepts Due Assessment


Friday April 11, 2014  April 20, 2014 - Spring Break

Monday , April 21, 2014 E Day

Monday Morning meeting Protocol

NYS Math- Review- Surface Area

Science Assessment
 Pages 66-69 Erosion

Tuesday, April 22, 2014 F- Day
NYS review PEMDAS order of operations.

Science Independent Study - Pages 72- 90 Water Erosion Key Terms Concepts

Wednesday April 23, 2014 A Day
NYS Math Review - Volume ( Length x width x height)

Science Indpendant Study Pages 72-90 Water Erosion Due Thursday

Thursday, April 24, 2014 B Day

NYS - REVIEW - Multiplying fractions . Dividing Fractions using the multiplicative inverse.

Science Independent study Due 72-90

Friday, April 25, 2014  C Day

Trash Bot Assignment introduced by Mrs. Kuhn

Students will create a trash bot out of recycled materials design must represent an ancient culture from ancient history.  Must construct a Robot, Visual and Presentation

Assessment Pages 72 - 90 S/w Demonstrate knowledge of Water Erosion on Assessment.

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Lesson Plans for the Week of March 31, 2014- April 4, 2014

Lesson Plans for the Week of March 31, 2014- April 4, 2014
Mr. Bish
Grade  6 STEM  SCIENCE/ Non-Fiction Literacy

Monday, March 31 ,2014 A- Day

Monday Morning Meeting Protocol

GREETING, MORNING BUZZ, WEEK IN REVIEW, OBJECTIVES FOR THE WEEK, SHOUT OUTS FROM TEACHERS AND STUDENTS.

SPEAKER: MR. COOK DEAN OF STUDENTS SALMON RIVER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.

Cooperative Group Activity: TEST preparation. Students shared their answers from their test review with each other. Students justified their answers with evidence from the text.Students argued why their chose their answer and supported it with evidence.

Mrs.Santamore: Poetry Review


Tuesday, April 1, 2014 B-Day- APRIL FOOLS Day

Day One Book One New York State ELA EXAM.

Objective for the Day:
Students will demonstrate their knowledge of the ELA grade six curriculum by reading passages and answering 42 multiple choice questions.
Students will cite evidence, draw conclusions, make inferences, define terms using context clues, interpret authors point of view, and examine text to support answers to questions.

Mini- Lesson - Extended response test prep.

Wednesday, April 2, 2014 C-Day

Day Two  Book Two New York State ELA EXAM.

Objective for the Day:
Students will demonstrate their knowledge of the ELA grade six curriculum by reading passages and answering  multiple choice questions.  Students will write extended response to questions.
Students will cite evidence, draw conclusions, make inferences, define terms using context clues, interpret authors point of view, and examine text to support answers to questions.

Mini- Lesson - Extended response test prep.

Thursday, April 3, 2014  D-Day

Day Three Book Three New York State ELA Exam

Objective for the Day:
Students will demonstrate their knowledge of the ELA grade six curriculum by reading passages and comparing passages in and extended response.
Students will cite evidence, draw conclusions, make inferences, define terms using context clues, interpret authors point of view, and examine text to support answers to questions.