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Classroom Phone Number: (562) 944-3307
E-mail: [email protected]

Thank you, Ms. Riisager
 

Posts

Week 1/20/2014 - 1/24/2014

Monday 1/20

No School

Tuesday 1/21

  • Middle Ages Vocabulary List # 3
    • Solve Crossword Puzzle (Discover Vocabulary)
    • Create a study sheet/flashcards for yourself

Homework: Create a study sheet/flashcards for yourself

Wednesday 1/22

  • Middle Ages Magazine Project
    • Assign groups
    • Begin gathering information from the articles provided

Homework: Handout for Gathering information for your section

Thursday 1/23

  • Middle Ages Magazine Project
    • IPad Research Day – Add at least one website to your research for each topic

Homework: Organize information

Friday 1/24

  • Middle Ages Magazine Project
    • IPad Research Day – Add at least one website to your research for each topic
    • Organize Information and write articles for your section of the magazine

Homework: Work on Magazine pages (Due: Thursday 1/30)

Week 1/13/2014 - 1/17/2014

Monday 1/13

  • Middle Ages Vocabulary List # 2
    • Solve Crossword Puzzle (Discover Vocabulary)
    • Create a study sheet/flashcards for yourself

Homework: Create a study sheet/flashcards for yourself

Tuesday 1/14

  • Review vocabulary
  • Read group poster article (4 article options)

Homework: 10 sentences using at least 10 of your vocabulary words. Underline or Highlight the words in your sentences

Wednesday 1/15

  • Gather information from your article (Handout)

Homework: 1-2 paragraph summary of your article (Handout)

Thursday 1/16

  • Work in groups to create your poster

Homework: Study for the quiz!!!!

Friday 1/17

  • Quiz
  • Finish Poster

Homework: Missing Work

Week 1/6/2014 - 1/10/2014

Monday 1/6

No School

Tuesday 1/7

  • What do you KNOW? What do you WANT to know? What did you LEARN?
  • What do you know about Medieval Times, King Arthur, The Plague, Lords and Ladies, Serfs and Peasants, etc.?

Homework: Missing Work

Wednesday 1/8

  • Middle Ages Vocabulary List # 1
    • Solve Crossword Puzzle (Discover Vocabulary)
    • Create a study sheet/flashcards for yourself

Homework: Create a study sheet/flashcards for yourself

Thursday 1/9

  • Gathering Information Practice
    • Article: After the Snow, comes the mud for Syrian Refugees in Lebanon
    • Gathering Information Practice Handout Questions

Homework: Study Vocabulary for Quiz

Friday 1/10

  • Middle Ages Quiz # 1
  • Continue to work on Gathering Information Practice Handout

Homework: Finish Gathering Information Practice Handout

Week 12/16/2013 - 12/20/2013

Monday, 12/16/2013

  • Discuss Characters
  • Discuss Project
  • Bubble Maps

Homework: Journal – Bubble Map for each of your TWO characters

Tuesday 12/17/2013

  • Answer the Character questions from the worksheet

Homework: Journal – Finish the questions about both of your TWO characters

Wednesday 12/18/2013

  • IPad – Trading Card Creation
  • Watch The Nightmare Before Christmas

Homework: Missing/Late Work

Thursday 12/19/2013

  • IPad – Trading Card Creation
  • Watch The Nightmare Before Christmas

Homework: Missing/Late Work

Friday 12/20/2013

  • IPad – Finish Trading Card Creation
  • Finish The Nightmare Before Christmas

Homework: Missing/Late Work

Week 12/9/2013 - 12/13/2013

Monday, 12/9/2013

  • Pre-Lesson
    • Discuss holiday traditions. – Circle Map
    • Pg. iv (#1)
  • Read Chapter 1-2

Homework: 1 page journal Double Bubble: (Compare and Contrast: Halloween to Christmas)

Tuesday, 12/10/2013

  • Read Chapters 3-4
  • Questions pg. 8-9 (2.2 and 2.3)

Homework: 1 page summary of chapters 1-4 of A Nightmare Before Christmas

Wednesday, 12/11/2013

  • Read Chapters 5-7
  • So / Because Language Lesson
    • Questions pg. 18-19 (3.3)

Homework: 1 page summary of chapters 5-7 of A Nightmare Before Christmas

Thursday, 12/12/2013

  • Discuss the story so far
  • Read Chapters 8-10

Homework: 1 page summary of chapters 8-10 of A Nightmare Before Christmas

Friday, 12/13/2013

Choice Day (Choose one of these options/you will do the other on Monday):

  • Read the rest of the story
  • Begin Trading Card Project

Homework: Missing Work Weekend

Week 11/18/2013 - 11/22/2013

Monday 11/18

  1. Compare and Contrast Double Bubble Map - Partner work comparing two Bradbury stories.

Homework: Missing Work - Scary Story Narrative Booklet

Tuesday 11/19

  1. Read Hyperloop article
  2. Fill in the Tree Map with information from the text and prior knowledge

Homework: Finish Tree Map and Missing Work - Scary Story Narrative Booklet

Wednesday 11/20

  1. Use the Tree Map to do Part 2 on the handout of turning your notes from the Tree Map into paragraph answers.

Homework: Finish Part 2

Thursday 11/21

  1. MobyMax.com Day

Homework: Missing Work - Scary Story Narrative Booklet

 

Friday 11/22

  1. MobyMax.com Day

Homework: Missing Work - Scary Story Narrative Booklet