Date Homework
Monday
3/10/08		 Two groups:
Green Group: Finish Q & A from Wizard of Oz; then collect.  Collect animal outline/writing assignment from "Rain Forest Creatures"; (If you didn't do it, do the writing for homework.)
Interview assignment from p. 144. Get in pairs with an interviewer and an interviewee.  Prepare questions, including advice for newcomers.
Blue Group:  Visions 2.2 (Unit 2, Chapter 2)

Whole Class:  Assign Book Report.  Due Wed. March 19th.
Emergencies PVB #31;Emergencies Matching; Oz Crossword Puzzle; School Items word search

HOMEWORK:
Blue Group  Activity Book pp. 96-97.
Green Group:  Practice your interview. 
All students:  Work on your book report. Double space your rough draft.  Start it today. Bring it (and your book) to school everyday.                 
                        
Tuesday 3/11/08 Per. 1: Visions (Green: Interviews; Blue Continue with 2.2)
Per. 2: Book  Report

Per. 3: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Identify conflict and other elements of lit.
PVB # 31: Emergencies; continue work on book report.
HOMEWORK FOR ALL: Oral quiz tomorrow on Emergencies # 31; Do Emergencies Worksheet.  Practice Dictation Sentences. (Practice test Thursday; Dictation Test Friday)
WORK ON YOUR BOOK REPORT.
BLUE GROUP: Visions book p. 132, Reading Comprehension questions 1-10; Activity Book pp. 98-99; Quiz Thursday
GREEN GROUP: Practice your interview. (Volume, Clear Pronunciation)
 
Wednesday 3/12/08 Per. 1-2: Warm up:  Norman Rockwell picture; 5 Questions to practice verb tense.
             Visions: Blue Group:
                            Green Group:  Perform partner interviews
                                                     "We Shall Overcome"
Per. 3:   Emergencies: Correct worksheet (Tomorrow we will do the oral quiz.)
             Work on book report
HOMEWORK: Blue Group: Activity Book pp. 100-101; Study for the quiz tomorrow.
Green group: Do Grammar Book pp. 44-47;
Pejman, Marcos, & Ryo: pp. 8-11

Practice Dictation Test tomorrow on emergencies.
Thursday
3/13/08		 Per. 1: Visions (Blue Group: Quiz); Green Group: Correct Grammar packet; Do Activity pages for Vocabulary, punctuation, syllables, homophones, future tense, and negative (pp. 81-86)
Per. 2: Skills & practice for whole class:  Homographs, Homophones, Syllables
         Oral Testing for VB #31, Emergencies
          Practice Dictation test

Per. 3: Clothing & colors
Reading: "Helen" from I Felt Like I Was From Another Planet
Saint Patrick's Day history and customs
Friday 3/14/08 Monday is St. Patrick's Day; wear green.
Per. 1 and 3: H-4 Computer Lab
Per. 2: in room B-2: St. Patrick's Day customs and history
HOMEWORK:
1. Saint Patrick's Day: 
a)  Read the stories about "Saint Patrick's Day" and "Helen from Cambodia"
b) Write new vocabulary in your Vocabulary Notebook
c) Do the Open Minds
2. Work on your book report.  Get your cereal box; measure the sides, and finish the writing and artwork. We will type in the lab Tuesday, and the box is due Wednesday at the latest.  Late projects will be docked one grade.
   
Monday
3/17/08		 Happy St. Patrick's Day.
"Riverdance selections;
Saint Patrick's Day Vocabulary & puzzle

Groupwork: Both groups: Helen from Cambodia: Check off & correct Open Minds; do Q & A (There are 2 levels)
Green Group Homework: 1. Do questions # 1-10
2. "Telling Your Story", Topic # 2 (Write a complete paragraph on a separate paper.)
Blue Group Homework:
Do questions # 1-10.  Use complete sentences.
HOMEWORK FOR ALL:
Measure your cereal box and bring it to school tomorrow.
Book Report: Instructions and Questions
St. Patrick's Day word search and writing prompt
 
Tuesday 3/18/08
 		 H-4 Computer Lab Per. 1-3
Turn in Q & A from "Helen from Cambodia"; Stamp.
Cereal Box Book Report due tomorrow.  BRING YOUR ASSIGNMENT SHEET WITH YOUR BOOK REPORT.
Extra activities to do when finished: Word search; Leprechaun writing assignment;
Wednesday 3/19/08 CEREAL BOX BOOK REPORT DUE TODAY
Peer Assessment of cereal box book reports

 
Thursday 3/20/08 Collect the Helen from Cambodia packet
VB #12: Sports and Recreation
"Right Field" written and sung by Paul Stookey
Homework: 1. Answer the questions with complete sentences
Practice the sports vocabulary (#12) for a listening quiz
BRING ALL BOOKS TOMORROW.

 
Friday 3/21/08 Today is the last week of the trimester. Miss Stern substitutes.
PERIOD 1: 
1.  Review sports vocabulary (VB #12)
2. WBW p. 134 Hobbies and workbook page
3.  Sports equipment  (with DLM Photo cards).
4. Listen again to "Right Field" on the Peter, Paul & Mary CD. (Students have the lyrics.)
5. Correct questions from homework. Trade papers and have neighbor correct. (Write "corrected by" at the bottom of the paper.) Then turn in.
PERIOD 2:
6. "Who's on First" video clip by Abbott and Costello. (Have students use the picture of the baseball field they drew on the back of their worksheet #12.)  Read to them the written script slowly enough to discuss it. Then draw the field as shown on the back of the video box. Have them abel the field positions with the players' names.  Once they understand the idea, play the VHS tape of the Abbott and Costello routine.  (It's pretty fast!)
Mid-period 2 to per. 3: Game time.  Clean up well before dismissal.

Students moving to Sheltered and/or home schools: Turn in books today to all teachers (every book except the WBW picture dictionaries)