Date Homework
3/3/08 WBW: Weather WBW p. 14 and workbook
Reading: "Tornado" and exercises
Wizard of Oz Bulletin board:  Use character word maps to illustrate your chosen character; Then write a Point of View story. Place these on the yellow brick road.
Homework:
1. Finish the WBW workbook for Weather (goes with WBW dictionary page 14).
2. Finish your Point of View story
3. Get 8 or more hours of sleep tonight; Eat breakfast.
4. Bring 2-3 books for quiet reading tomorrow.  You will need them for after the test. We will have 1 1/2 to 2-hours of quiet testing time.
3/4/08

7th Grade STAR Writing Assessment for 7th Graders, periods 1-2;
8th Graders go to Mrs. Trigueros in room G-3 for Matriculation testing (for 9th grade placement)

3/5/08 Warm up:  Weather Cloze;  Volunteers help put up the Wizard of Oz Bulletin board
Homework check & stamp
Get in groups; peer edit Point of View story; collect all stories for correcting
1. Oral quiz on Weather vocab.
2. Correct Tornado exercises
3. Wizard of Oz follow-up
Homework: Comprehension questions (They are difficult.  Try your best. We will discuss them tomorrow.)
 
3/6/08 "Where's My Partner?" Activity (matching Q & A from "The Wizard of Oz")
Stamp & correct Q & A homework in 2 groups
Pass back Point of View Stories; recopy on yellow paper for the yellow brick road bulletin board

Homework: Read 30 minutes.
3/7/08 Time: WBW;  This Sunday we start Daylight Savings Time.  ***Set your clock ahead one hour on Saturday night before you go to bed. ***
Cooperative Crosswords
Reader's Theatre (Pass out, examine which characters are in which scenes, Partner Reading; Bring it back Monday.)
                                 Did not: Finish, correct, and collect the Q & A
Game Day
HOMEWORK:
1. On Monday bring your Reader's Theater script and your book for your book report.
2. Set your clock one hour ahead Saturday night.