Good Morning!
I just wanted to let everyone know that Week 2 Assignments will be posted on Sunday, but probably Sunday evening. I have a family picnic to go to early in the day and I will post after I get home.
Mr. Sokoloski
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Let's Go Mets!
Hello everybody!
Congratulations on all your hard work. We have lots of people working in Study Island earning Blue Ribbon. Discovery Education is sending me emails when folks finish the Science assignments. And we have some people who have submitted quizes. Now I will tell you that NOBODY has answered correctly on the Where in CT is Mr. Sokoloski, yet. Don't forget that you can do some Internet searching to help you figure it out.
A couple of books people are reading this week are:
Mr. Burke is Berserk
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
I got to do something extra special for July 4th. I got to take my family to watch the New York Mets play baseball at Citi Field. They played the Philadelphia Phillies and were doing very well until the 7th inning when the Phillies scored a bunch of runs (two home runs in a row!) and the Mets lost 9-2. It was very hot, but we changed our seats to sit in the shade and drank lots of water. Below is a picture of the scoreboard from our seats.
Keep working hard and Let's Go Mets!
Mr. Sokoloski
Congratulations on all your hard work. We have lots of people working in Study Island earning Blue Ribbon. Discovery Education is sending me emails when folks finish the Science assignments. And we have some people who have submitted quizes. Now I will tell you that NOBODY has answered correctly on the Where in CT is Mr. Sokoloski, yet. Don't forget that you can do some Internet searching to help you figure it out.
A couple of books people are reading this week are:
Mr. Burke is Berserk
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
I got to do something extra special for July 4th. I got to take my family to watch the New York Mets play baseball at Citi Field. They played the Philadelphia Phillies and were doing very well until the 7th inning when the Phillies scored a bunch of runs (two home runs in a row!) and the Mets lost 9-2. It was very hot, but we changed our seats to sit in the shade and drank lots of water. Below is a picture of the scoreboard from our seats.
Keep working hard and Let's Go Mets!
Mr. Sokoloski
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Great Start!
Wow! Two people have posted answers to the Week 1 quiz already! And I got one email confirming a Discovery Education assignment. And I got an email from a student who was working on Summer Skills from California!
I took a quick look at the Study Island activity and we had a lot of people logged in doing Study Island work. I counted about 40 Blue Ribbons earned yesterday.
Now remember, don't get caught in the Study Island Blue Ribbon loop, where if you take the test and don't get a Blue Ribbon, it can actually get harder and harder to earn the Blue Ribbon. Make sure you are doing OK in the games section before you try the test. If the program offers some help, read it over, and maybe even ask a family member to help you if you are not answering the game questions well. Then, when you are ready to take the test, work carefully and make it your best effort. If you don't get a Blue Ribbon after a second or third try, move on to the next skill, but let Mrs. Hovorka and I know that the topic was difficult for you.
Great job by everybody who worked yesterday! The rest of you guys, hope to see your quiz by the end of the week!
Mr. Sokoloski
I took a quick look at the Study Island activity and we had a lot of people logged in doing Study Island work. I counted about 40 Blue Ribbons earned yesterday.
Now remember, don't get caught in the Study Island Blue Ribbon loop, where if you take the test and don't get a Blue Ribbon, it can actually get harder and harder to earn the Blue Ribbon. Make sure you are doing OK in the games section before you try the test. If the program offers some help, read it over, and maybe even ask a family member to help you if you are not answering the game questions well. Then, when you are ready to take the test, work carefully and make it your best effort. If you don't get a Blue Ribbon after a second or third try, move on to the next skill, but let Mrs. Hovorka and I know that the topic was difficult for you.
Great job by everybody who worked yesterday! The rest of you guys, hope to see your quiz by the end of the week!
Mr. Sokoloski
What School Am I In?
We had a comment from Annie from Southeast who wondered why she was showing up in a Study Island class from Vinton. it was such a good question that I wanted to share my answer to her with everyone. Thanks Annie!
Annie:
Thank you for the comment on the blog. I am going to answer
your question here but also make it a blog post so others can understand. You
indeed have been moved to a class Vinton for the summer. Don’t worry you are going
back to Southeast in late August – not that Vinton wouldn't be pretty lucky to
have you!
Study Island organizes itself around a particular teacher
and classes. To make a class for the Summer Skills for students from all the schools,
Vinton, Goodwin and Southeast, I had to move everybody into one school to make
classes with me as the teacher. I just happen to have a teacher account at
Vinton so that is where everybody went. At the end of the summer I will
transfer everybody back to their proper school and actually back to their
proper teacher for next year.
Mr. Sokoloski
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Week 1 Assignments Posted - The Adventure Begins!
Good morning!
I have just posted the assignments for Week 1. You are welcome to start working on them. Parents can expect an email reminder that we are starting a little bit later today.
Good luck everybody!
Mr. Sokoloski
I have just posted the assignments for Week 1. You are welcome to start working on them. Parents can expect an email reminder that we are starting a little bit later today.
Good luck everybody!
Mr. Sokoloski
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Study Island Login Reminders Have Been Emailed
Good Morning!
Early this morning we emailed everyone with a reminder of their Study Island passwords. They are the same ones you used during the school year. Please check your email to see that it arrived. You will login with this information to complete Assignments 2 & 3 each week. You should also try out the login as everyone has been moved into a special summer class. When you login, you will be taken to a class page with assignments for Sample Week. We still have a few folks that have not confirmed their contact email so, a gentle reminder to check your junk email folders and spam filters to make sure our emails are getting through.
Only a few more days until we officially launch on July 1!
Mr. Sokoloski
Early this morning we emailed everyone with a reminder of their Study Island passwords. They are the same ones you used during the school year. Please check your email to see that it arrived. You will login with this information to complete Assignments 2 & 3 each week. You should also try out the login as everyone has been moved into a special summer class. When you login, you will be taken to a class page with assignments for Sample Week. We still have a few folks that have not confirmed their contact email so, a gentle reminder to check your junk email folders and spam filters to make sure our emails are getting through.
Only a few more days until we officially launch on July 1!
Mr. Sokoloski
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Setting Up Students Entering Grade 4 This Morning
Good morning!
There are several steps in getting things ready for Summer Skills. This morning I moved all students entering Grade 4 into the Summer Skills class in Study Island. Couple of more moves will take place today with our students entering Grade 5 (with the weather so nice, it may be until this evening!).
When the classes are all set up will will be sending emails out to the parent contact address that include your Study Island username and passwords.
So, this is just a heads up that if you are an entering Grade 4 and you remembered your Study Island username and password, if you login you now get the class page with the sample assignments.
Enjoy this beautiful day!
Mr. Sokoloski
There are several steps in getting things ready for Summer Skills. This morning I moved all students entering Grade 4 into the Summer Skills class in Study Island. Couple of more moves will take place today with our students entering Grade 5 (with the weather so nice, it may be until this evening!).
When the classes are all set up will will be sending emails out to the parent contact address that include your Study Island username and passwords.
So, this is just a heads up that if you are an entering Grade 4 and you remembered your Study Island username and password, if you login you now get the class page with the sample assignments.
Enjoy this beautiful day!
Mr. Sokoloski
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