Day 71: Friday, December 23rd, 2016 - ZOMGCHRISTMASISTHEDAYAFTERTOMORROW!

Good Friday Morning, little elf people!  It's Friday, so TGIF and only 2 more days until Christmas!

Today is a E Day, and that means that you have Art for your Special today.

Things to take care of NOW:

• Sign up for Lunch. WYATT is our Lunch Slip Runner today.  Please sign up so that he can take the slip down to the office.
• Double-check that you have ALL of your materials for the morning classes.
• If you have any unfinished homework from last night, now would be an awesome time to work on that.
• If you brought breakfast in, quickly eat and take of your garbage.
• Sit and get organized for class.

In Social Studies today:

• We have shortened periods today, so all that we will be doing is writing/typing our essays.

We have a wackadoo schedule today.  Please see below.

HR                         8:40 - 9:00

1st Class                9:00 - 9:28

2nd Class               9:30 - 9:58

3rd Class              10:00 - 10:28

4th Class              10:30 - 10:58

Lunch                   11:00 - 11:30

Locker Clean Out   11:30 - 11:45

HR/Chill Out/Relax 11:45 - 1:48

Specials​                1:50 - 2:30

Polar Express         2:30

Day 70: Thursday, December 22nd, 2016 - OMG IT'S THURSDAY!!!

Good morning, boys and girls!  It's already Thursday, and we only have 3 more days until Christmas! WOOOOOO-HOOOOOOO!

Today is a D Day, and that means that you have PE for your Special today.  Bring your sneakers!

Things to take care of NOW:

• Sign up for Lunch.  BLAINE is our Lunch Slip Runner today.  Please sign up so that he can take the slip down to the office.
• Double-check that you have ALL of your materials for the morning classes.
• If you have any unfinished homework from last night, now would be an awesome time to work on that.
• If you brought breakfast in, quickly eat and take of your garbage.
• Sit and get organized for class.

Today in Social Studies:

• We will be continuing on with our essay on the Agricultural Revolution.
• I will begin with some clarification of what I'm expecting for the body paragraphs.

Day 69: Wednesday, December 21st, 2016 - Happy Middle of the Week

Good morning, kiddos!  It's already Wednesday!  We have 4 days left until Christmas! OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG


Today is a C Day, so you get to visit Mrs. Ruffels for FCS during Specials time.  If you are required to bring a folder, please do so.

Things to take care of NOW:

• Sign up for Lunch. ADRIANNA is our Lunch Slip Runner today.  Please sign up so that she can take the slip down to the office.
• Double-check that you have ALL of your materials for the morning classes.
• If you have any unfinished homework from last night, now would be an awesome time to work on that.
• If you brought breakfast in, quickly eat and take of your garbage.
• Sit and get organized for class.

Today in Social Studies:

• We will first re-watch the two short video clips on the Agricultural Revolution to help us understand a little bit more about your essay.
• Then we will continue working on our essays.

Day 68: Tuesday, December 20th, 2016 - Happy Tuesday!

Good morning, boys and girls!  It's Tuesday, and we only have 5 more days until Christmas! WOOOOOO-HOOOOOOO!

Today is an B Day, and that means that you have Music for your Special today. Don't forget your folders!

Things to take care of NOW:

• Sign up for Lunch. DOMINIQUE is our Lunch Slip Runner today.  Please sign up so she can do her job.
• Double-check that you have ALL of your materials for the morning classes.
• If you have any unfinished homework from last night, now would be an awesome time to work on that.
• If you brought breakfast in, quickly eat and take of your garbage.
• Sit and get organized for class.

Today in Social Studies:

• We will continue our essay on the Agricultural Revolution.  
• Yesterday/last night, you worked on the INTRODUCTION.
• Today we we will continue with the remaining paragraphs, hopefully finishing our rough copies before Christmas Break.

Day 67: Monday. December 19th. 2016 - Welcome Back!

Good morning, boys and girls!  It's Monday, and we only have 6 more days until Christmas! WOOOOOO-HOOOOOOO!

Today is an A Day, and that means that you have PE for your Special today. Don't forget your sneakers!

Things to take care of NOW:

• Sign up for Lunch. We need a Lunch Slip Runner for today.  Please sign up.
• Double-check that you have ALL of your materials for the morning classes.
• If you have any unfinished homework from last night, now would be an awesome time to work on that.
• If you brought breakfast in, quickly eat and take of your garbage.
• Sit and get organized for class.

In Social Studies today:

• We are going to begin writing our Agricultural Revolution Essays.  We'll discuss the layout of the essay first.
• Then, we'll start looking at how I'd like you to tackle the Introduction paragraph.

Day 64: Wednesday, December 14th, 2016 - Happy Middle of the Week!

Good morning, boys and girls!  It's the middle of the week again already!  11 more days until Christmas gets here!

Today is a D Day, and that means that you have PE for your Special today.  Bring your sneakers!

Things to take care of NOW:

• Sign up for Lunch.  WYATT is our Lunch Slip Runner today.  Please sign up so that he can take the slip down to the office.
• Double-check that you have ALL of your materials for the morning classes.
• If you have any unfinished homework from last night, now would be an awesome time to work on that.
• If you brought breakfast in, quickly eat and take care of your garbage.
• Sit and get organized for class.

In Social Studies today:

• We'll finally be starting our discussion of an essay about the Agricultural Revolution.

Day 63: Tuesday, December 13th, 2016 - High Five For Tuesday!

Good morning class!  How is everybody doing today?  Only 12 days until Christmas!

Today is a C Day but it appears (at least right now) that you will not be having Special today.

Things to take care of NOW:

• Sign up for Lunch.  REBECCA is our Lunch Slip Runner today.  Please sign up so that she can take the slip down to the office.
• Double-check that you have ALL of your materials for the morning classes.
• If you have any unfinished homework from last night, now would be an awesome time to work on that.
• If you brought breakfast in, quickly eat and take care of your garbage.
• Sit and get organized for class.

Today in Social Studies:

• I will return your graded QUIZZES for you to make corrections. The cool thing about the corrections is that a lot of people got 100s!  Yeah baby!
• We'll be discussing an essay assignment about comparing the PALEOLITHIC ERA vs. the NEOLITHIC ERA.  

We have another WACKY schedule today because of concert practice and dress rehearsal viewing:

HR  8:40 - 8:58

CORE 1  9:00 - 9:28

CORE 2  9:30 - 9:57

CORE 3   9:59 - 10:26

CORE 4   10:28 - 10:56

LUNCH 11 - 11:30

BAND STUDENTS 11:30

BAND and CHORUS STUDENTS 12:00

Any students not in band or chorus will go to their Homeroom and will work on missing assignments for all of their CORE classes or on enrichment/fun stuff for the holidays :-) from 11:30 - 2:00

Day 62: Monday, December 12th, 2016 - Welcome Back!

Good morning, boys and girls!  It's Monday, and we only have 13 more days until Christmas! WOOOOOO-HOOOOOOO!

Today is an B Day, and that means that you have Music for your Special today. Don't forget your folders!

Things to take care of NOW:

• Sign up for Lunch. We need a LUNCH SLIP RUNNER for today.  Please sign up.
• Double-check that you have ALL of your materials for the morning classes.
• If you have any unfinished homework from last night, now would be an awesome time to work on that.
• If you brought breakfast in, quickly eat and take of your garbage.
• Sit and get organized for class.

Our WACKY schedule today:

Quiz Study Time    10:46 - 11:13

Lunch                      11:15 - 11:45

CORE 1                  11:47 - 12:27

CORE 2                  12:29 - 1:09

CORE 3                    1:11 - 1:53

Specials                     1:55 - 2:20

CORE 4                    2:22 - 3:02

RTI                            3:04 - 3:20

In Social Studies today:

• We will be having a short QUIZ based on the PALEOLITHIC VS. NEOLITHIC card sort that we did last Wednesday, and reviewed on Friday.
• Then, we will be starting a writing assignment where you will be discussing these ages in our history as human beings.

Day 61: Friday, December 9th, 2016 - TGIF!

Good morning, boys and girls!  It's Friday, and we only have 16 more days until Christmas! WOOOOOO-HOOOOOOO!

Today is an A Day, and that means that you have PE for your Special today. Don't forget your sneakers!

Things to take care of NOW:

• Sign up for Lunch. DOMINIQUE is our Lunch Slip Runner today.  Please sign up so that she can take the slip down to the office.
• Double-check that you have ALL of your materials for the morning classes.
• If you have any unfinished homework from last night, now would be an awesome time to work on that.
• If you brought breakfast in, quickly eat and take of your garbage.
• Sit and get organized for class.

In Social Studies today:

• We'll be going over the card sort that you did on Wednesday in class (homework if it wasn't done), and organizing that into a chart in your ISN.
• We'll be having a QUIZ on Monday on the facts contained in the card sort, so having an organized, correct listing will help you study.
• We'll be getting our ISN ready for the 20 week ISN check by indicating where that period starts (you know, with a line 😉😉😉

Day 60: Thursday, December 8th, 2016 - Yep, it's Thursday!

Good morning, boys and girls!  It's Thursday, and we only have 17 more days until Christmas!  WOOOOOO-HOOOOOOO!

Today is a E Day, and that means that you have Art for your Special today.

Things to take care of NOW:

• Sign up for Lunch. ADRIANNA is our Lunch Slip Runner today.  Please sign up so that she can take the slip down to the office.
• Double-check that you have ALL of your materials for the morning classes.
• If you have any unfinished homework from last night, now would be an awesome time to work on that.
• If you brought breakfast in, quickly eat and take of your garbage.
• Sit and get organized for class.

In Social Studies today:

• I'll be doing the 15 Week ISN Check today during class.  Please make sure that you have your notebook and it's ready to go.  

• You'll be working on a pair of Geography A-Zs today while I am doing that.

Day 59: Wednesday, December 7th, 2016 - Happy Middle of the Week

Good morning, boys and girls!  It's already the middle of the week, and we only have 18 more days until Christmas!  WOOOOOO-HOOOOOOO!

Today is a D Day, and that means that you have PE for your Special today.  Bring your sneakers!

Things to take care of NOW:

• Sign up for Lunch.  WYATT is our Lunch Slip Runner today.  Please sign up so that he can take the slip down to the office.
• Double-check that you have ALL of your materials for the morning classes.
• If you have any unfinished homework from last night, now would be an awesome time to work on that.
• If you brought breakfast in, quickly eat and take of your garbage.
• Sit and get organized for class.

In Social Studies today:

• We'll be reviewing what you did for last night's homework (writing SUMMARIES and/or QUESTIONS/CONNECTIONS of the Neolithic (New Stone Age) reading).
• We'll watch a short BrainPOP.com video about the Agricultural Revolution.
• Then finally, you will be doing a card-sort of the characteristics of the Paleolithic Age vs. the Neolithic Age.

Day 59: Tuesday, December 6th, 2016 - Yep, It's Tuesday

Good morning class!  How is everybody doing today?  Only 19 days until Christmas!

Today is a C Day, so you get to visit Mrs. Ruffels for FCS during Specials time.  If you are required to bring a folder, please do so.  One observation that I'd like to make about FCS: last Wednesday when I was working in the Library on school work, the 6th grade HR that was in there for FCS was awfully rude to Mrs. Ruffels, speaking out of turn, making inappropriate comments and generally being disruptive while she was teaching.  I sincerely hope that this HR does NOT act the same way.

Things to take care of NOW:

• Sign up for Lunch.  BLAINE is our Lunch Slip Runner today.  Please sign up so that he can take the slip down to the office.
• Double-check that you have ALL of your materials for the morning classes.
• If you have any unfinished homework from last night, now would be an awesome time to work on that.
• If you brought breakfast in, quickly eat and take of your garbage.
• Sit and get organized for class.

Today in Social Studies:

• We will be reviewing the summaries of yesterday's reading (Paleolithic (Old Stone Age)).
• Then, we will do a similar thing with a reading about the Neolithic time period.  Can you guess what NEOLITHIC means?
• Homework tonight will be to create summaries of the chunks of the text, as well as recording the questions and connections that you might make.

Day 58: Monday, December 5th, 2016 - Welcome Back!

Good morning, kiddos!  I hope you had a relaxing time away from school and were able to play outside a lot.

Today is a B-Day.  In your world, that means that you have MUSIC for your Special. Please make sure that you have a folder with you and, as always, show your teachers the utmost respect.

• Sign up for lunch at the front by the phone.  JACKSON is our Lunch Slip Runner today, so please try to get signed up so he can do his job.
• Please make sure that you have all of your materials (pencils, notebooks, folders, independent reading book, etc.).
• Quickly eat your breakfast and then take care of your garbage.
• Sit at your desk get organized for the day.

Day 57: Friday, December 2nd, 2016 - TGIF!

Hello students!  Another Friday has arrived! 

It's an A Day today, which means you have PE as a Special.  Make sure you have sneakers!

Let's make sure that you have everything taken care of for your Morning Responsibilities:

• Sign up for lunch.  HEATHER is our Lunch Slip Runner today, so please take care of this. 
• Make sure that you have all of your morning materials, including notebooks, folders, pencils and independent reading books.
• If you have breakfast, please hork it down and clean up your mess.
• Stay in your seat and get yourself organized.

Day 56: Thursday, December 1st, 2016 - Yeah THURSDAY!

Good morning everyone!  It's Thursday again, and I'm back in the classroom.  Mr. Mason had a good report to give me about everyone's behavior yesterday, which is very good to hear. 😁

Today is an E day, so you guys have Art for your Special today.  Once again, if you are not sure if you are a "Flynn" or a "Fuller", check your schedule. It will tell where you need to go.

• Please make sure that you have signed up for Lunch. KATIE is the Lunch Slip Runner, so make sure that you are all signed up.
• Make sure that you have all of your materials for the morning.
• Scarf down your breakfast and take care of your garbage.
• Organize your materials and get ready for class.