Date Homework
10/8/07 Library Orientation cancelled (The computer system is down.)  We will do SRI's in the B-wing when the system is back up.
Homework check, including a check on Shadow Spinner ch. 1-8
Review & guided reading up through the end of ch. 8.  Preview of chapter 9. 
Homework: Review vocabulary (ch. 1-8) for a quiz; Do ch. 9.
10/9/07 Quiz on ch. 1-8 vocab. (individual)
10/10/07 Return SS quiz.  (If your score was low, your homework is to study the words you missed and be ready to take  a make-up test.)
SRI using computers in the middle of the B-wing.  After taking SRI, students receive a parent letter and reading list of books at their level
Parent letters (Get a parent signature for homework); and overview of Reading Counts program and lexile levels.
Read 30 minutes daily using books on your lexile list.  Take Reading Counts quizzes to increase your reading level. (Required)
Homework: Study TCI Ch. 3 vocab. for a test tomorrow.
10/11/07 Test on Ch. 3 TCI vocab;   cooperative test on similes and metaphors.
Did not get time for: SS Ch. 9: Review & discuss answers. 

Do SS ch. 10
Spelling List # 1001-1015
Write an interesting sentence with your word.

 

10/12/07 Grammar: Examine & edit last night's sentences. (Students write them on the board)
Correct simile & metaphor cooperative tests.
SS
: Discuss ch.  9 & 10; Review answers.  Homework: Do ch. 10  (Correction made after class:  Do ch. 11)

Monday:
Review SS Ch. 10; Students should have done ch. 11 for weekend homework.
In class:  TCI  Ch. 6 "The Byzantine Empire"