Date Homework
9/22/08 Warm up:  Today is the first day of autumn.  Thursday is Minimum Day and back to School Night.
Point of View story (school item)
Test for calendar vocabulary
HOMEWORK: Finish the school item questions.  Begin writing your 3 paragraphs. (1-7; 8-10; and 11-13).  Use the first person (I, me, my)
Draw and color a picture of your school item.
 
9/23/08 POV story
Peer (and teacher) edit.  Type in the middle room.  Double-space.  Mount your story and picture & hang from the ceiling.
If time, continue rotation in groups.
 Per.1-2
Rotation Times		 Mrs. Thiessen Mrs. Thaker Independent
8:55-9:25

#1

 Blue (4 students) WBW  commands and identifying self Green (12 students): Red (4 students)
Do Q & A # 1-11 from p. 10
9:30-10:00

#2

 Red Visions Unit 1: "The Race". and The Camel Dances Blue: Lesson 1, continued Green

 
10:05-10:35

#3

 Green: Family Photo and Birthday Barbecue Red:

 

 Blue
9/24/08 Group rotation, rows 2 and 3 (Mrs. Thiessen: Red group; then green group)
Independent groups finished typing their point of view story; work on Visions packet.
Blue Group:  colors, prepositions
Green: Read the stories; Do Q & A from p. 10, # 1-9; Do Visions packet pp. 2-6
Red: Do packet pp. 2-6
9/25/08 Minimum Day  Schedule: Dismissal at 12:40.
Tonight is Back-to-School Night for parents.
Post P.O.V. stories
9/26/08 Give Back-to-School-Night handouts to students whose parents were not able to attend last night.
Get in 3 groups: Begin with row # 1
 
 Per.1-2
Rotation Times		 Mrs. Thiessen Mrs. Thaker Independent
 

#1

 Blue (4 students) Shapes and survival info.
Study for homework.		 Green (12 students):  Correct activity packet pp. 2-6. Do writing follow-up at the end of the story.  Use packet p. 7 to check your work. Red (4 students) Correct activity packet pp. 2-6. Do writing follow-up at the end of the story.  Use packet p. 7 to check your work.
 
 

#2

 Red Visions Unit 1: ("The Race". and "The Camel Dances")
Review past tense irregular verbs.  Review grammar packet. Study the chapter and irregular verbs for a quiz.		 Blue: Lesson 1, continued Green

 
       

Per. 3: Get in Scrabble Groups.  Play the game with teacher help.  Earn Rancho Rules tickets for using English during play.  GREAT JOB!!!