Good Bye and Good Luck, Emma!

What we did in class today:

Language Arts:

We worked on new essays and narratives related to the nicest adult we know.

Creative Communications is an optional poetry and essay contest for our kids. Extra credit will be given. I'm available to edit.

Social Studies:

We examined different word patterns and families and played school Scrabble.

Homework

Language Arts

1. Read 20 minutes. Post your reading to the reading log on http://56reading.wikispaces.com/

2. R&E #3 - Due week of January 5. Practice your book commercial at least three times.

Social Studies

Current Events Week 1'ers. Post to Moodle by Wednesday December 17. Responses by December 19. Ask your student for details. The assignment is clearly explained on Moodle.

Wonderful Wednesday

What we did in class today:

Language Arts:

We celebrated our work as essayists by sharing our writing in our author's celebration. I am very proud of our students and their writing.

Creative Communications is an optional poetry and essay contest for our kids. Extra credit will be given. I'm available to edit.

Social Studies:

We examined different word patterns and families and played school Scrabble.

Homework

Language Arts

1. Read 20 minutes. Post your reading to the reading log on http://56reading.wikispaces.com/

2. R&E #3 - Due week of January 5. Practice your book commercial at least three times.

Social Studies

Current Events Week 1'ers. Post to Moodle by Wednesday December 17. Responses by December 19. Ask your student for details. The assignment is clearly explained on Moodle.

Totally Terrific Tuesday

Tomorrow we will have our author's celebration. Please feel free to send a snack to school if you like.

What we did in class today:

Language Arts:

We continued to write and podcast in anticipation of our author's celebration tomorrow.

Creative Communications is an optional poetry and essay contest for our kids. Extra credit will be given. I'm available to edit.

Social Studies:

We reviewed the guidelines for current events and examined some examples.

Homework

Language Arts

1. Read 20 minutes. Post your reading to the reading log on http://56reading.wikispaces.com/

2. R&E #3 - Due week of January 5. Practice your book commercial at least three times.

Social Studies

Current Events Week 1'ers. Post to Moodle by Wednesday December 17. Responses by December 19. Ask your student for details. The assignment is clearly explained on Moodle.

Marvelous Monday!!

What we did in class today:

Language Arts:

We finished the first draft of our essays and emailed them to Mr. Joe. We are also posting the text to the Language Arts page of our Weebly site and along with a podcast of ourselves reading the text.

Creative Communications is an optional poetry and essay contest for our kids. Extra credit will be given. I'm available to edit.

Social Studies:

We continued our study of ancient India and different aspects of Hinduism.

Homework

Language Arts

1. Read 20 minutes. Post your reading to the reading log on http://56reading.wikispaces.com/

2. R&E #3 - Due week of January 5. Practice your book commercial at least three times.

Social Studies

Current Events Week 1'ers. Post to Moodle by Wednesday December 17. Responses by December 19. Ask your student for details. The assignment is clearly explained on Moodle.

Wear Red Tomorrow!

Wear Red for QPC Tomorrow!

What we did in class today:

Language Arts:

We learned about effective ways to craft both leads and conclusions in our essay writing.

Creative Communications is an optional poetry and essay contest for our kids. Extra credit will be given. I'm available to edit.

Social Studies:

We continued our study of ancient India and the topography of various regions of the country.

Homework

Language Arts 

1. Read 20 minutes. Post your reading to the reading log on http://56reading.wikispaces.com/

2. R&E #3 - Due week of January 5. Practice your book commercial at least three times.

3. Practice You'll Never Walk Alone for the QPC:

Jordan Sparks version
Gerry and the Pacemakers version (original)
Liverpool Football Match version
Memorize Lyrics Here

4. Study for spelling test Friday.

Social Studies

Current Events Week 4'ers. Post to Moodle by Wednesday December 10. Responses by December 12. Ask your student for details. The assignment is clearly explained on Moodle. 

Wonderful Wednesday

Progress reports went home today. Please sign and return.

What we did in class today:

Language Arts:

We learned about effective ways to craft both leads and conclusions in our essay writing.

Creative Communications is an optional poetry and essay contest for our kids. Extra credit will be given. I'm available to edit.

Social Studies:

We continued our study of ancient India and the topography of various regions of the country.

Homework

Language Arts

1. Read 20 minutes. Post your reading to the reading log on http://56reading.wikispaces.com/

2. R&E #3 - Due week of January 5. Practice your book commercial at least three times.

3. Practice You'll Never Walk Alone for the QPC:

Jordan Sparks version
Gerry and the Pacemakers version (original)
Liverpool Football Match version
Memorize Lyrics Here

4. Study for spelling test Friday.

Social Studies

Current Events Week 4'ers. Post to Moodle by Wednesday December 10. Responses by December 12. Ask your student for details. The assignment is clearly explained on Moodle. Posted by Rick Joseph at 4:47 PM 0 comments

Too Terrific Tuesday

QPC: I am asking that each student please bring in $2.00 by Wednesday December 10 (if you haven't already) to cover costs for the QPC. Ask your child for details.


What we did in class today:

Language Arts:

We continued keyboarding our essays in Word.

Creative Communications is an optional poetry and essay contest for our kids. Extra credit will be given. I'm available to edit.

Social Studies:

We created real estate ads that illustrated the reasons why people would want to settle in certain geographic areas.

Homework

Language Arts

1. Read 20 minutes. Post your reading to the reading log on http://56reading.wikispaces.com/

2. R&E #3 - Due week of January 5. Practice your book commercial at least three times.

3. Practice You'll Never Walk Alone for the QPC:

Jordan Sparks version
Gerry and the Pacemakers version (original)
Liverpool Football Match version
Memorize Lyrics Here

4. Study for spelling test Friday.

Social Studies

Current Events Week 4'ers. Post to Moodle by Wednesday December 10. Responses by December 12. Ask your student for details. The assignment is clearly explained on Moodle.

Mag Monday!

QPC: I am asking that each student please bring in $2.00 by Wednesday December 10 to cover costs for the QPC. Ask your child for details.


What we did in class today:

Language Arts:

We continued keyboarding our essays in Word.

Creative Communications is an optional poetry and essay contest for our kids. Extra credit will be given. I'm available to edit.

Social Studies:

We studied the geography of India and the extent to which different land forms contribute to human settlement.

Homework

Language Arts

1. Read 20 minutes. Post your reading to the reading log on http://56reading.wikispaces.com/

2. R&E #3 - Due week of January 5. Practice your book commercial at least three times.

3. Reflections Contest. Due Tuesday December 9, 2008. This is a requirement for students in Mr. Joe's LA/SS class this year. Students may enter any or all of the six categories. The students all received a hard copy of the entry form, or you may access it here. All entries must have a copy of the registration form with the parent/guardian attached.

4. Practice You'll Never Walk Alone for the QPC:

Jordan Sparks version
Gerry and the Pacemakers version (original)
Liverpool Football Match version
Memorize Lyrics Here

5. Study for spelling test Friday.

Social Studies

Current Events Week 4'ers. Post to Moodle by Wednesday December 10. Responses by December 12. Ask your student for details. The assignment is clearly explained on Moodle.

Wondrous Wednesday

QPC: I am asking that each student please bring in $2.00 on Monday December 8 to cover costs for the QPC. Ask your child for details.

Mr Joe at Conference in Lansing: Mr Joe will be out the next two days but back on Monday the 8th. I will be online and on my cell at 248-224-2039 if you need me.

What we did in class today:

Language Arts:

We conducted our class spelling bee and presented our Response and Explorations. Congratulations to 5th graders Maria Graham and Andrew Arpasi and 6th graders Emma Lietz and Aaron Levett who will represent the Joberts homerooms at the BCS Spelling Bee on January 9, 2009.

Creative Communications is an optional poetry and essay contest for our kids. Extra credit will be given. I'm available to edit.

Social Studies:

We continued our study of Judaism by examining the two exile periods and the diaspora.

Homework

Language Arts

1. Read 20 minutes. Post your reading to the reading log on http://56reading.wikispaces.com/

2. R&E #2 - Due this week. Practice your book commercial at least three times.

3. Reflections Contest. Due Tuesday December 9, 2008. This is a requirement for students in Mr. Joe's LA/SS class this year. Students may enter any or all of the six categories. The students all received a hard copy of the entry form, or you may access it here. All entries must have a copy of the registration form with the parent/guardian attached.

4. Practice You'll Never Walk Alone for the QPC:

Jordan Sparks version
Gerry and the Pacemakers version (original)
Liverpool Football Match version
Memorize Lyrics Here

6. Study for spelling test Friday.

Social Studies

Current Events Week 3'ers. Post to Moodle by Wednesday December 3. Responses by December 5. Ask your student for details. The assignment is clearly explained on Moodle.

Terrific Tuesday

What we did in class today:

Language Arts:

We began to organize and assemble the drafts of our essays

Creative Communications is an optional poetry and essay contest for our kids. Extra credit will be given. I'm available to edit.

Social Studies:

We continued our study of the Jewish Diaspora by viewing a film about the history of Judaism.

Homework

Language Arts

1. Read 20 minutes. Post your reading to the reading log on http://56reading.wikispaces.com/

2. R&E #2 - Due this week. Practice your book commercial at least three times.

3. Reflections Contest. Due Tuesday December 9, 2008. This is a requirement for students in Mr. Joe's LA/SS class this year. Students may enter any or all of the six categories. The students all received a hard copy of the entry form, or you may access it here. All entries must have a copy of the registration form with the parent/guardian attached.

4. Study for Classroom Spelling Bee on Wednesday December 3. If you need more words, search online yourself, or use this site. You really can't memorize every word, it's best to look for patterns. The best way to improve spelling is to read a lot.

5. Practice You'll Never Walk Alone for the QPC:

Jordan Sparks version
Gerry and the Pacemakers version (original)
Liverpool Football Match version
Memorize Lyrics Here

6. Study for spelling test Friday.

Social Studies

Current Events Week 3'ers. Post to Moodle by Wednesday December 3. Responses by December 5. Ask your student for details. The assignment is clearly explained on Moodle.

Marvelous Monday!

What we did in class today:

Language Arts:

We received our Lesson 4 spelling lists for Friday.

The Anthology of Poetry and Creative Communications are two optional poetry contests for our kids. They received a paper with more details today. Extra credit will be given. Also, check out the websites. I'm available to edit.

Social Studies:

We began our study of the Jewish Diaspora

Homework

Language Arts

1. Read 20 minutes. Post your reading to the reading log on http://56reading.wikispaces.com/

2. R&E #2 - Due this week. Practice your book commercial at least three times.

3. Reflections Contest. Due Tuesday December 9, 2008. This is a requirement for students in Mr. Joe's LA/SS class this year. Students may enter any or all of the six categories. The students all received a hard copy of the entry form, or you may access it here. All entries must have a copy of the registration form with the parent/guardian attached.

4. Study for Classroom Spelling Bee on Wednesday December 3. If you need more words, search online yourself, or use this site. You really can't memorize every word, it's best to look for patterns. The best way to improve spelling is to read a lot.

5. Practice You'll Never Walk Alone for the QPC:

Jordan Sparks version
Gerry and the Pacemakers version (original)
Liverpool Football Match version
Memorize Lyrics Here

Social Studies

Current Events Week 3'ers. Post to Moodle by Wednesday December 3. Responses by December 5. Ask your student for details. The assignment is clearly explained on Moodle.