news and notes 12/19/07

Upcoming Events:

12/21 Avis Talent Show and Last Day before Winter Break

Homework:

Writing: 15 minutes, 4 nights a week.

Reading Buddies: 20 minutes 4 nights a week + entries in reading log everytime + post-it notes. Use the new Reading Log 2.0

Math: Test corrections, Unit 3 work, Estimation and PS Packet, due Friday.

Humanities:
Typed Sumer paragraphs, due 12/20.
Timelines due 12/20

Notes:

Wow!! You all were great teachers today!!! Your Sumer projects showed off your creativity and your abilities as researchers. I'm so proud of the great work you did.

Joke of the Day:

An Antartian was taking a tour of a national park. The ranger mentioned to the tour group that dinosaur fossils had been found in the area. The Antartian exclaimed, "Wow. I can't believe the dinosaurs would come this close to the highway!"

Hot Choco:
1/7 Rikki

news and notes 12/18/07

Upcoming Events:

12/19 Sumer Celebration
12/21 Avis Talent Show and Last Day before Winter Break

Homework:

Writing: 15 minutes, 4 nights a week.

Reading Buddies: 20 minutes 4 nights a week + entries in reading log everytime + post-it notes. Use the new Reading Log 2.0

Math: SMJ 123 and 124, due tomorrow

Humanities: Hands on Projects due 12/20.
Typed Sumer paragraphs, due 12/20.
Timelines due 12/20

Notes:

We are having a serious ant problem in our classroom. We are going to have to institute some changes to help to get rid of them.

Joke of the Day:

Q: What did the first stoplight say to the second stoplight?
A: Don’t look I’m changing!!

Hot Choco:
1/7 Rikki

news and notes 12/17/07

Upcoming Events:

12/19 Sumer Celebration
12/21 Avis Talent Show and Last Day before Winter Break

Homework:

Writing: 15 minutes, 4 nights a week.

Reading Buddies: 20 minutes 4 nights a week + entries in reading log everytime + post-it notes. Use the new Reading Log 2.0

Math: SMJ 122, hare and turtle graph

Humanities: Typed Sumer paragraphs, due 12/20. Timelines due 12/20

Notes:

Don't forget about your secret buddies!!

Joke of the Day:

A young child walked up to her mother and stared at her hair. As mother scrubbed on the dishes, the girl cleared her throat and sweetly asked; "Why do you have some grey strands in your hair?"
The mother paused and looked at her daughter. "Every time you disobey, I get one strand of grey hair. If you want me to stay pretty, you better obey."
The mother quickly returned to her task of washing dishes. The little girl stood there thinking. She cleared her throat again. "Mother?" She sweetly asked again.
"Yes?" Her Mother replied. "Why is Grandma's hair all grey?"

Hot Choco:
1/7 Rikki

news and notes 12/14/07

Notes:

We had an intense conversation about name calling today inspired by the book The Misfits. We were all heartbroken to hear the kinds of things our friends and classmates have been called, and we were also inspired to take action. I hope that in the coming weeks I'll be able to tell you about the steps we will take to discourage name calling at Prospect Sierra.

Art of the Day:

by Lisa Alisa.

Hot Choco:
12/17 Rikki

news and notes 12/13/07

Homework:

Writing: 15 minutes, 4 nights a week.

Reading Buddies: 20 minutes 4 nights a week + entries in reading log everytime + post-it notes. Use the new Reading Log 2.0

Math: SMJ 120-121 and SL 3.10, due tomorrow

Humanities: Typed Sumer paragraphs, due 12/20. Timelines due 12/20

Notes:

We've reached a great part of our literature book The Misfits. The author, James Howe, writes in a way that captures the agony and the ecstasy of being a middle school student. It's got serious bits, as well as humor and melodrama. It's a great book and most student seem to really be enjoying it.

Joke of the Day:

Q. What do you get if you cross a centipede with a parrot?
A. A walkie-talkie!

Hot Choco:
12/17 Rikki

news and notes 12/11/07

Homework:

Writing: 15 minutes, 4 nights a week. Keep gathering stories that support your thesis!

Reading Buddies: 20 minutes 4 nights a week + entries in reading log everytime + post-it notes. Use the new Reading Log 2.0

Math: SMJ 113-115 and SL 3.8, due tomorrow

Humanities:
NEW DUE DATE **Timelines due 12/20 **

Spanish: Reports, due tomorrow

Science: Science review packet, due 12/13.

Notes:

I'm writing this note in the computer lab today during 7th period. I'm here because 6S earned free time this afternoon by keeping their desks neat and the room organized. Well done 6S, I can't wait for our next free period!

Joke of the Day:

Teacher: Why are you late?
Student: Because, of the sign!
Teacher: What sign?
Student: The one that says, "School Ahead, Go Slow."

Hot Choco:
12/17 Rikki

news and notes 12/10/07

Homework:

Writing: 15 minutes, 4 nights a week.

Reading Buddies: 20 minutes 4 nights a week + entries in reading log everytime + post-it notes. Use the new Reading Log 2.0

Math: SMJ 37 and SL 3.7, due tomorrow

Humanities: First draft paragraph on Sumer, due 12/11. Finished plans for hands on project and the supplies to get started 12/11
NEW DUE DATE **Timelines due 12/20 **


Notes:

We never seem to have enough time together on Mondays. Our class meeting was chock full of stuff today, except my favorite and most important item, What's the News? Is their news that you need to share? Post is here for everyone to see. We can think of this as our cyber couch!

Joke of the Day:
Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Luck.
Luck who?
Luck through the keyhole and you'll find out


Hot Choco:
12/17 Rikki

news and notes 12/07/07

Homework:

Writing: 15 minutes, 4 nights a week.

Reading Buddies: 20 minutes 4 nights a week + entries in reading log everytime + post-it notes. Use the new Reading Log 2.0

Math: SMJ 112 and SL 3.6 (other side), due Monday

Humanities: First draft paragraph on Sumer, due 12/11. Finished plans for hands on project and the supplies to get started 12/11
NEW DUE DATE **Timelines due 12/20 **


Notes:

Happy Weekend!!

Art of the Day:

I love the painting by Josh Keyes, a local artist.

Hot Choco:
12/10 Sophia

news and notes 12/6/07

Upcoming Event:

TONIGHT Anastasia Goldstein, author of Totally Wired in the Avis MPR 7 pm

Homework:

Writing: 15 minutes, 4 nights a week.

Reading Buddies: 20 minutes 4 nights a week + entries in reading log everytime + post-it notes. Use the new Reading Log 2.0

Math: SMJ 108, 110, 111, SL 3.6, due tomorrow.

Humanities: First draft paragraph on Sumer, due Tuesday.
Timelines due 12/12.


Notes:

Yes, it was a rainy day today, but it was nice to spend some time inside listening to the crickets in the toad tank, crick-it away. We are close to finishing our paragraphs on Sumer and will start working on the hands on part of this unit tomorrow.

Joke:

If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you!

Hot Choco:
12/10 Sophia

news and notes 12/5/07

Upcoming Event:

12/6 Anastasia Goldstein, author of Totally Wired in the Avis MPR 7 pm

Homework:

Writing: 15 minutes, 4 nights a week. Work on bullets!

Reading Buddies: 20 minutes 4 nights a week + entries in reading log everytime + post-it notes. Use the new Reading Log 2.0

Math: not on the board

Humanities: Finish boxes and bullets, due tomorrow.
Timelines due 12/12.


Notes:

Happy Wednesday!

Joke:

Q: What does a stamp say to an envelope?
A: Stick with me and we'll go places.

Hot Choco:
12/10 Sophia

news and notes 12/4/07

Upcoming Event:

12/6 Anastasia Goldstein, author of Totally Wired in the Avis MPR 7 pm

Homework:

Writing: 15 minutes, 4 nights a week. Work on writing for the big idea!

Reading Buddies: 20 minutes 4 nights a week + entries in reading log everytime + post-it notes. Use the new Reading Log 2.0

Math: SL 35, SMJ 99-101, due tomorrow.


Notes:

We did a little sharing today about personal service learning projects. Some great ideas were tossed around including creating a website. Arella and Katie created a social networking site using ning.com. We also did a lot of heavy lifting in writing, trying to get to some big ideas in order to create thesis statements for essays about our lives. Strangely enough, we worked on thesis statements in humanities, too. We doing a lot of writing these days so keep thy pen limber.

Joke:


Hot Choco:
12/10 Sophia

news and notes 12/3/07

Homework:

Writing: 15 minutes, 4 nights a week.

Reading Buddies: 20 minutes 4 nights a week + entries in reading log everytime + post-it notes. Use the new Reading Log 2.0

Math: No homework on the board.

Notes:

The 7th grade is away and the 6th graders are spending a week without a few of their favorite teachers. Jay's Spanish class is working on a project doing research on people from Spanish speaking countries. I'm looking forward to seeing what they find out.

Joke:

Knock Knock
Who's there?
Alex
Alex who?
Alexplain later now let me in.

Hot Choco:
12/5 Jasmine