February 21 - 24, 2012

February 21 – 24, 2012
Reading:
Tuesday-
• Overview “All Aboard with Thomas Garrett”
• Make the tie to “A Glory Over Everything”
• Listen to the audio while reading the story
• Add highlighted words to the flash card word sheet
• Complete Practicing the Standards on page 541
Wednesday-
• Overview John Brown
• Possible video on John Brown
• Read John Brown (p562), Harriet Tubman (p564), Three Pets (P567)
• Complete Literary skills P566, Informational skills P568, Vocabulary skills P56
Thursday-
• Overview The Global Classroom
• Read The Global Classroom
• Complete the Wrap Up p587
• Correct
Friday-
• Overview Stay In School
• Read Stay in School p590
• Complete Apply Your Skills p595
• Correct
Language:
Tuesday-
• Overview simple tenses
• Complete worksheet L26P194
• AR reading
• AR tests
• Correction
Wednesday-
• Read Chapters 11 and 12 of Ghost Canoe
• Summarize each chapter in a paragraph
• Share summaries
Thursday-
• Overview verbs, direct objects, and subject compliments
• Complete worksheet L27P196
• AR reading
• AR testing
• Correction
Friday-
• Overview Action or Linking Verbs
• Complete Worksheet L28P198
• AR reading
• AR testing
• Correction
History Seventh Grade:
Tuesday-
• Overview the geography of Europe, the Fall of Rome, and Charlemagne
• Read Chapter 15 Section 1
• Add highlighted words to flashcard word sheet
• Complete Section 1 review
Wednesday-
• Video on the geography of Europe
• Complete movie worksheet
Thursday-
• Overview Feudalism
• Read section 2 Chapter 15
• Complete Section 2 review
• Experiment in chivalry
Friday-
• Video on Feudalism
• Complete movie worksheet
History Sixth Grade:
Tuesday-
• Overview of life in ancient Rome and its culture
• Read Section 1 Chapter 9
• Complete Section 1 Review p310
• Correct
Wednesday-
• Video on Roman culture
• Complete movie worksheet
• Discuss
Thursday-
• Read “A Wild Goose Chase”
• Discuss
• Complete story questions on page 316
• Correct
Friday-
• Overview the fall of Rome
• Read section 2 chapter 9
• Complete section 2 review p326