Agenda: March 31-April 4th
Posted on March 28th, 2008 at 2:23 pm by garciaa and
Upcoming Events:
Monday, March 31st- REPORT CARD DAY!! Parents-Please sign and return your child’s report card envelope.
Parents: I have attached a copy of our class t-shirt order form. I will send a paper copy home on Monday (with report cards), but if you want to go ahead and turn it in Monday, feel free to print the attached form. All money will be due by Friday, April4th. Thank you for your cooperation.
Quote of the week: “People who have given up are ruled by their darkest mistakes, worst failures, and deepest regrets. If you want to be successful, then be governed by your finest thoughts, your highest enthusiasm, your greatest optimism, and your most triumphant experiences.”
John C. Maxwell
Language Arts:
*Enriched Lang. Arts: you should be reading your two AR books. You must turn in a test on each book……please write (1st or 2nd book on the AR test printout). Compare and contrast essay and AR tests will be due April 30th.
*Regular Language Arts: You should be reading your AR book. You must turn in the AR test by April 30th.
Monday: TLW analyze how and why stories (folk tales)
Tuesday: TLW Review capitalization.
Wednesday: TLW review punctuation and types of sentences (brain pop)
Thursday: TLW complete grammar think link
Friday: TLW show mastery of comprehension of “How the Snake got Poison”
Social Studies:
Monday: TLW participate in a Spanish review lesson
TLW: create vocabulary webs with Chapter 15 vocab
Tuesday: TLW analyze the ways people of China and Japan saw themselves in relation to the rest of the world.
Wednesday: TLW analyze the ways the policies of the Ottoman and Mogul empires affected the people they conquered.
Thursday: TLW read and make a Population Pyramid
Friday: TLW show master of vocabulary for Chapter 15. TLW-review content from Chapter 15.
Agenda: Week of March 10th
Posted on March 7th, 2008 at 12:27 pm by garciaa and
Upcoming Events:
*Thursday, March 13th: Parent Teacher Conferences (If you have not received notice, we do not need to meet with you at this time).
*Spring Break: March 17-21st
Happy Birthday: Evan J. (3-14)
Quote of the week: Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall!!
Language Arts:
Enriched: Check out 2 AR books of the same genre
Regular: Check out one AR book.
Monday: TLW orally read and discuss “He Lion, Bruh Bear, and Bruh Rabbit” (An African American folk tale).
TLW: analyze cause and effect
Enriched: Present two fables in a reader’s theater.
Regular: TLW display main events of story through story panel.
Tuesday: TLW identify the correct use of commas within context
Wednesday: TLW choose the correct use of quotation marks
Thursday: Enriched: TLW present two fables in a reader’s theater
TLW: review commas/quotation marks
Friday: TLW show master of vocabulary and comprehension from “He Lion”
Social Studies:
Library/Guidance Week
*Enriched: Check out 2 AR books of same genre
*Regular: check out 1 AR book
Monday: TLW participate in a Spanish lesson
TLW: show mastery of vocab and comp. for chapter 14
Tuesday: TLW create vocabulary web for chapter 11
Wednesday: TLW analyze reasons the peoples of West African empires traded with other peoples
Thursday: TLW compare maps with different projections
Friday: TLW analyze ways in which the growth of unified empires led to trade among the peoples of Africa, Asia, and Europe.
Agenda: Week of March 3rd
Posted on March 3rd, 2008 at 3:01 pm by garciaa and
Happy Birthday!!:
Ian Bardes, March 4th
Language Arts:
*Cartoon Vocab Unit 8-test will be Tuesday, March 11
Monday: TLW orally read and discuss “Medusa’s Head” pg. 352
TLW clarify word meaning using vocab. words
Tuesday: TLW distinguish the difference between fact and opinion
Wednesday: TLW choose the correct use of quotation marks within context
Thursday: TLW identify the correct use of colons TLW review Medusa’s Head
Friday: TLW show mastery of vocab. And comprehension from “Medusa’s Head”
TLW view greek myths
Social Studies:
Monday: TLW participate in a Spanish lesson
TLW compare and contrast the Native American and European ideas and reactions.
*Study for Chapter 14 vocab test….test is tomorrow
Tuesday: TLW show mastery of vocabulary for chapter 14
TLW compare information on a double line graph
Wednesday: TLW review material from Chapter 14
Thursday: TLW show mastery of comprehension of material from Chapter 14
Friday: TLW create webs using Chapter 11 vocabulary