| Date | Homework |
| 3/31/08 | Return graded work Review Geography Challenge # 3 and give homework points for completion. TCI: History Alive Early Societies in West Africa, Chapter 12. forest, savannah, sahel, desert, vegetation, fertile, barren, iron, smelt, extended families, nuclear families HOMEWORK: 1.Study the vocabulary from Ch. 12 (See your study guide also). 2. Answer Study guide questions # 1, 3, and 4. 3. Double-check your ISN pp. 76-77 for completion and accuracy. 4. Bring Visions books and your ISN tomorrow. |
| 4/1/08 | April Fool's Day Reading & activity |
| 4/2/08 | Correct ch. 12 Study Guide questions 1, 3, and 4. Classwork & Homework: Revise, check, or redo the Study Guide questions. Due tomorrow. 30 points. * Writing Assignment: Visions p. 249, top. Partner work. a. What did you accomplish? b. What difficulties did you face? c. How did it change you? |
| 4/3/08 | Correct and turn in Study Guide Q & A # 1, 3, and 4 Peer sharing writing about a personal accomplishment; share aloud; turn in stories. Read aloud: The Spider Weaver by Margaret Musgrove * Visions p. 251, bottom: Understanding the Atmosphere and Altitude * Using Informational Text, Activity p. 136; HOMEWORK: Activity p. 133, 134, and 136, (You may do this over spring break.) Not read yet: Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain. |
| 4/4/08 | Literature: "The Cow Tail Switch" Read aloud to students; then have them read in pairs. Highlight and discuss new vocabulary. Make a lit. chart (elements to include: title, setting, conflict, characters and their actions; moral) Clean up before dismissal. When we return from spring break, students should bring all: the red Vision book, workbooks, and Social Studies ISN) When we return from Spring Break: Ch. 13 TCI Ghana, Mali, & Songhai |