Date Homework
6/2/08  Substitute today.
WBW Geography and Science.
Steck-Vaughn Read Aloud lesson # 4 (Lance Armstrong story): eliminate, stationary, incredulous, contender, grimace, fatigue, stamina, foil
Work on essay
6/3/08 Election Day; voting in the MPR.
Brain Bender logic puzzle: Class president election.  Who voted for whom?
Continue with Steck Vaughn.  Photo vocabulary cards, including definitions and synonyms for:
eliminate, stationary, incredulous, contender, grimace, fatigue, stamina, foil
Reading: Rev it Up, lesson 4: "Buried Treasure"
Writing: Taking it Further pp. 20-21.
HOMEWORK: Study vocabulary.  Do pages 20, 21, and 23.
Tomorrow we type in the Computer Lab per. 1-2.  Make sure note cards are completed.  Bring all materials; (headphones)
6/4/08  Computer Lab Per. 1-2 for typing
Collect Steck-Vaughn homework (pp. 20-21, 23)
Per. 3: Steck-Vaughn lesson 4: Word Chat (TE p. 17); 1/2 page handout, p. 22.
Homework: Study the vocab. & do p. 22.
6/5/08 Blue and Gold Dress Up Day
Warm-up Dictation: Author visit next Tuesday (Jennifer Anne Kogler will visit next Tuesday.  She is the author of The Otherworldlies, set in Orange County, Ca.)

Review Steck-Vaughn vocab., lesson 4: Do Word Chat, p. 17.

Homework (1/2 sheet vocab. in context), and
Word Organizers, p. 19: transparencies 1 & 4.

Rev Up your writing (TE p. 18) Rev it Up p.  23-25
6/6/08  Computer Lab Per. 1-3 for typing.  Final research paper due Monday: typed & double-spaced