Date Homework
12/3/07
Warm up: Writing in journal:  Reflect on Friday when Miss Stern substituted
Continue Adjectives WBW pp. 44-45;
       Materials check for WBW workbook; points for those who completed the follow-up
Finish presentations on U.S. regions;
Finish writing summary paragraphs about regions
Homework:  Study for a test tomorrow on U.S. regions. 

Per. 2: Computer Lab for Reading Counts/SRI
Per. 3: Pass out reports for Reading Counts and eslreadingsmart.com.  Get a parent signature

Test tomorrow: Test on regions.  When given a map of the United States, be able to identify the 7 regions and tell something about each region.  Know the following vocabulary:
region, climate, products, industry, coast, economy, resources, landforms, coast, similar
 
12/4/07 WBW pp. 44-45 Review using transparencies; oral testing
Regions quiz
Get in groups; Red and Green: Turn in Visions Q & A; Do Steck Vaughn pp. 8-9 in the Writer's Log
                         Blue: directed clothing vocabulary (DLM cards); Visions pp. 42-43
Homework for all: Clothing WBW pp. 66-67 and workbook
                         Red and Green: Finish writer's log pp. 8-9
 
12/5/07 Per. 1:
   Return regions posters and tests.  Reflection: Compare your test to your poster.  Did you give complete information on your test?  What did you do well? What could be better?  Turn in your written evaluation.
Steck Vaughn vocabulary from lesson 2
           Word Chat, synonyms and antonyms chart
Per. 3: Computer Lab for www.eslreadingsmart.com
Homework:   Study the Steck Vaughn lesson 2 vocab. and the clothing.

         postponed: Per. 2: Clothing in WBW (pp. 66-67) Correct workbook
                Access History  The Thirteen Colonies, Skim/review quickly pp. 42-45 for overview;
                                          Jamestown, p. 46;  review pp. 48-49:
                        Brand new info:  Growth of the Colonies p. 50 & Slavery p. 51
                        Finish the workbook p. 21 & do pp. 22-23
12/6/07 (See substitute plans for details)
Review clothing WBW p. 66; correct workbook exercises
Steck-Vaughn lesson 2: Four Square and Word Map; Rev It Up books for lesson 2
(Story Starter on the back of the cards in groups
Reading: Blue Jeans
If time: Making Big Words: a-e-e-l-o-b-c-l-n-r-t
12/7/07 Last day of the trimester
warm up: narrator; ways to be pesuasive
Oral clothing test with partners; written clothing quiz
Blue group: Phonics: long & short vowel sounds; listening quiz
Green and Red Groups:  Visions Unit 1 test from the green book: Reading comprehension and writing.

Postponed:
                Steck-Vaughn Writer's Log
                Analogies
                Access History (See Wed. plans)