Week of: May 9, 2016 from the desk of Mrs. DuBois
English Interventions
Monday
Four Perfect Pebbles Chapter 4 start on p. 55, fluency and journal |
Tuesday Four Perfect Pebbles Chapter 5 corresponding journal entries |
Wednesday
Four Perfect Pebbles Chapter 6 Corresponding journal entries |
Thursday
AimsWeb Testing |
Friday Read chapter 7 and corresponding journal pages |
U.S. History 8 9:10-10:00 and 10:05-11:00
Monday
Focus Question: Focus questions for this chapter: What were the advantages and disadvantages of the North and South? Sow parody: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDgbXqxe7SQ Quiz 18-1 Read p.572-581 Activity 18-2 correlating videos Battle of Antietam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HSCcscM8O4 Emancipation Proclamation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt65UV6Fspc Battle of Gettysburg |
Tuesday
Focus Question: this chapter: Explain Emancipation Proclamation, What role did African Americans play in the Civil War? What was the significance of the Gettysburg Address? Correlating video: Role of African Americans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhf4O0xaG-Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSRzOVDjwq0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6UWgqMnY-Y Read and discuss pages 582-587 Begin Civil War keynote:1.Event that started Civil War and date 2.Causes of the War 3.Advantages and disadvantages of both the North and South 4.Goals of both North and South 5.Why Lincoln enforced martial law and if it was constitutional 6.Military strategies |
Wednesday
Read and discuss pages 582-587 Battle of Gettysburg video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ALyq3seK2g Quiz 18-3 Focus Question: Continue keynote project: Groups will be assigned a battle. They are to present it in a newscast format. Battle(s) of Bull Run Main leaders of both North and South Types of Boats- Merrimack and Monitor Battle of Antietam Emancipation Proclamation Taking the Mississippi Valley Shilo Vicksburg Chickamauga and Chattanooga |
Thursday
Read and discuss pages 589-592 and assign Activity 18-4 Continue keynote: Role of African Americans Battle of Gettysburg Gettysburg Address Civil War statistics Copperheads habeas corpus conscription bounty Paying for the War (taxation/greenbacks) |
Friday
Quiz 18-4 |
Geography 7 11:00-11:50 and 11:55-12:45
Warm up
yourchildlearns.com Asia Read and discuss pages 551-553 and answer questions 1-4 Show 2 minute clip of Han Dynasty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS7pKZJ3zPs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23E937CQGSE Show Samurai video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8b6Pls6o_s |
Tuesday
Warm Up: yourchildlearns Asia Map Puzzle MStep |
Wednesday
Warm Up: Your Child Learns Presentation by Mr. Martin Lowenberg, Holocaust survivor |
Thursday
Warm Up: your child learns Watch Angkor Wat as introduction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RscOlSFnM1oint |
Friday
Warm up Asia Map Puzzle Read pages 554-558 finish #6-10 on yesterday's sheet show Forbidden City http://history.howstuffworks.com/7248-china-chinese-architecture-of-the-forbidden-city-video.htm Four Asian Tigers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT6dyzoOs-Q |
Current Events 1:20 - 2:10
Monday
Finish presenting Holocaust project Junior Scholastic, if students are done presenting Channel One |
Tuesday
Catch up |
Wednesday
origame |
Thursday
Secret Annex |
Friday
Junior Scholastic |