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April 02, 2009
Week of April 13,2008
Welcome Back - CRCTs start April 21st
Monday Review Chapters 1-5
Students will have questions and ans. based on information that may be on the CRCT from the 1st five chapters in the "yellow" book and Ga. History Book
Tuesday - Mini quiz/ Review Chapters 6-11 - CRCT questions and ans.
Homework - worksheet/ questions and ans. from Chapters 1 thru Chapter 11
Wednesday - quiz on information from previous night's homework
Homework - Make corrections
Thursday - review Chapters 12-19 Questions and Ans. Work sheets and Bingo
Friday - review Chapters 20-25 Work sheets/ Team Games - to enhance knowledge of the chapters
Homework - 50 questions on Chapters 1- 25 - 2 questions per chapter (take home test grade)
Week of March 30, 2009
Monday - Students will continue working on Chapter 9 Guided Reading
Homework - Study Section #1 & 2 Guided Reading for Quiz
Tuesday - Quiz
Homework - Continue completing Section 3 & 4 - Guided Reading
Wednesday - Reading Yellow Georgia Book Chapter 17 - coincides with Ga. Book
Thursday - work on Open Book test on Chapter 9 - Students will use all notes (including reg. Ga. History book and "yellow" Ga. book) and Guided Reading to help ans. question on the test
Homework - Students can work on the open book test
Friday - Hand in test at the end of the period
No Homework
Have a Great Spring Break!!! Be Happy and Safe
March 29, 2009
Week of March 30, 2009
Remember CRCTs start April 21st 1 week after we come back from Spring Break
Daily Warm-ups will consist of CRCT practice through Crosswords and Word Searches on information which will be on the CRCT in Information and Media literacy.
Homework - Each night will consist of a worksheet - giving students more practice
Quiz on Wednesday and Test on Friday based on work presented during the week/ Information and practice can be found on www.usatestprep.com
Monday - Students will look up and discuss examples based on the glossary that was given to them on Friday. Resources - Reader's Handbook, the Internet, and teacher's notes.
Tuesday - Benchmark practice sheets.
Wednesday - quiz.
Thursday - review quiz and introduce practice on the computer (flash cards/usa testprep) on the areas that the students lacked proficiency.
Friday - Test
Students will be given homework over the break to help them in their areas of weakness.
***** PLEASE try to go to the Library or purchase the book Of Mice and Men
by April 27th - Thanks
Have a Great Spring Break
March 25, 2009
Week of March 23, 2003
Monday - review for test
Tuesday - Test on Chapter 8/ Classwork - complete Section 1
Homework - classwork not finished turns into homework - Section 1
Wednesday - Classwork - Chapter 9 Guided Reading Sections 2, 3 & 4
Students will read the chapter and complete Guided Reading
Homework - Complete all sections
Your Guided Reading will be one of your Study Guides for the quiz on Tuesday 3/31
March 23, 2009
Week of March 23, 2009
CRCT --- Week of April 21st.
Monday - Review Pop Quiz
Tuesday - Jeporady (review for Test)
Wednesday - Test
Thursday - Warm -Ups based on information and Media Literacy
Warm- Ups consists of Vocabulary Worksheets (USA Testprep)
Classwork - Students will work on USA Testprep on the computer
Homework - Students will work on Crossword Puzzles to practice Information and Media Literacy
March 19, 2009
Week of January 20th
Note There is no homework due to short week
Tuesday Students will finish working on vocabulary projects
Wednesday - (Short period due to testing)
Students begin project presentations. Each student selects one area of the project to present to the class
January 26, 2009
Week of January 25, 2009
Class Time: Due to parent-teacher conferences, class periods will be shortened this week
Focus Question: How do we read and interpret information about a different time in history? How do we connect what we read to our lives?
NOTE: Students will work on warm ups 5-7 minutes daily. Warm-ups are reviewed and corrected when complete.
MONDAY: Quiz on Vocabulary words. All words will be taken from students' vocabulary notebooks.
No homework
TUESDAY:Journal writing (5-8 minutes)What important things about life in Atlanta would you share withan Alien? Discuss topic and list suggestions
Organize list of suggestions into categories (entertainment, transportation & sports)
Discuss difficulties different cultures have and difficulties people have understanding lives of people from different countries.
WEDNESDAY:Travel the World magazine, "When in Rome" pgs. 44-49
Preview story and vocabulary (accommodate, lavish, aqueduct, gradient, spectacle)Begin reading selection. Studentsread one section at a time and list as many details as they can recall without referring back to text. Discuss details before moving on to next section.
THURSDAY: Finish reading selection. Complete Open Compare/Contrast to analyze life in ancient Rome and today.
Summarizing - Thought question: Do people today have more or less in common with the people of ancient Romans?
Using index cards, students create multiple choice questions about the selection.
Students must answer own questions on back and be prepared to support answers using the text.
Questions pooled to create practice test on selection.
FRIDAY: Silent Reading. Work on Literature Logs
Note: Literature logs due February 10, 2009
Vocab Boot Camp
Week of January 12 & 18
Students will be working on their Vocab. Project/
Making a Vocab Folder and working on their packets
Looking up the definitions of 42 works
Sentence for each word
Part of Speech
Students will choose from 6 different activities and choose 4 of them to pick 5 different vocab words for each of the 4 activities totaling 20 vocab words of the 42 in their vocab book.
Vocab Booklet = Test Grade
Each activity worth a test grade
January 08, 2009
Welcome Back Happy New Year!!!
Students will be working on Chapter 15 the Government
Monday thru Thursday
Work on Vocab cards and Guided Reading
Friday - Vocab - Quiz (1st 7 words)
Any homework will consist of classwork that was not completed in class.
December 17, 2008
December 19th - end of 2nd 9 weeks
Smart Fair
Enjoy your Winter Break!!!!!!!
