Week of: January 25, 2016 from the desk of Mrs. DuBois
English Interventions 8:15-9:05
Monday
Lesson 14 activity A |
Tuesday
Lesson 14 activity B iPad spelling activity flextime to study |
Wednesday
Activity 14 activity C and D. If time start lesson E interactive comprehension site study ladder A Mysterious Discovery part 1 |
Thursday
Lesson 14 activity E, F, G study ladder A Mysterious Discovery part 2 |
Friday
Lesson 14, finish activity G and complete H study ladder A Mysterious Discovery part 3 |
U.S. History 8 9:10-10:00 and 10:05-11:00
Monday
Focus Question: What was the Chesapeake-Leonard affair and why did the incident not lead immediately to war? Warm Up yourchildlearns US Mega Geo Read/discuss p. 368-371 Activity 11-3 If extra time watch: View Marbury V Madison video https://www.awesomestories.com/asset/view/Marbury-v-Madison-Story-Behind-the-Famous-Case |
Tuesday
Focus question:Who were the War Hawks? Quiz 11-3 Read and discuss p. 372-376 Activity 11-4 |
Wednesday
Focus Question: What was the result of the War of 1812? Warm Up yourchildlearns Geo 1100?s Quiz 11-4 Read and discuss p. 377-381 compare and contrast U.S. v British point of view of the War of 1812 Complete online assessment of 1812 at http://mrnussbaum.com/readingcomp/1812comp/ http://www.history.com/topics/war-of-1812/videos/americans-and-british-face-off-in-war-of-1812 British view of 1812 http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/british-view-war-1812-quite-differently-americans-do-180951852/?no-ist |
Thursday
create a keynote, 4 sq concept sheet with Marbury v Madison and War of 1812 Rubric/Requirement: Main characters What was the conflict Resolution Impact it has had on our country image or video link |
Friday
Scholastic interactive site http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3749996 |
Geography 7 11:00-11:50 and 11:55-12:45
Monday
Warm up: your child learns -practice Middle East then Africa Read and discuss p. 312-313 4th hour Junior Scholastic/visit Mesopotamia site http://mesopotamia.lib.uchicago.edu/ 5th hour finish project presentation, then junior scholastic or Mesopotamia site |
Tuesday
Warm Up: iPad activity yourchildlearns - Middle East then Africa Read and discuss p. 305-311...partner activity: Break into groups of ten. Fill out Ch 11 history and religion summary together. (Each group starts at a different number to complete it.) View my PowerPoint for answers. |
Wednesday
Warm Up: Choose two religions to compare and contrast. Yourchildlearns Middle East and Africa online puzzle Finish group activity from yesterday Read and discuss p. 314-319 and begin filling out Cultures and Lifestyles 1-7 |
Thursday
Warm Up: What would your living standard be if you were in North Africa, Southwest Asia or Central Asia? Read and discuss p. 320-322. Finish yesterday's sheet. Complete 1-10 on page 324-325 |
Friday
On-line chapter 11 assessment vocab sheet glencoe.com sectional videos part one of test if time, finish de-mining Afghanistan TEST Monday... |
Current Events 1:20 - 2:10
Monday
pretest Draw a map of the world from memory (oceans and continents) N. America, S. America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia/Oceania, Antarctica) Pacific, Atlantic , Indian, Arctic |
Tuesday
work on world map skills Student will have to draw an accurate map by Friday Mesopotamia interactive site |
Wednesday
practice drawing maps Finish the morning's geography lesson |
Thursday
Practice drawing map Junior Scholastic Flextime |
Friday
Draw map from memory for first grade Five themes of geography newspaper activity Break into five groups. Find an article about each theme of geography and paste it on paper Present findings defending why you chose each article |