Ms. Reiff

Seminar week of 2/8-2/13

Monday 2/9/09

Math Unravel – quiz returned –corrections – due Wednesday – TEST Wednesday

Lab today “Words, words, words”

1. Read and answer 7 minutes

•         2. Read and highlight, then reanswer in seneteo

•         If finish early, you may look for an article on Blackboard..

 

Math Corrections Answers (Block ONE I TOLD YOU WRONG)

1. D 2. B 3. C 4.C. 5. C 6. C 7.C.8.D 9. D 10. A, 11. B 12.A  13.D  14.A 15. B

16. C  17. D  18.A  19. D  20. A  21. B.  22. C.  23  B.

Voc. 5A due 2/11; (quiz Thursday)Portfolio due 2/18

Newspaper article due 2/13

Tuesday 2/10/09

•         Math Unravel –Pull out your

•         correction sheets

•         You will be in groups (30 minutes)-TEST WED

•         Voc. Review of Unit 5A (peer pp)

•         Discussion of Words. words, word.s

•         Voc. 5A due 2/11;(quiz Thursday) Portfolio due 2/18

•         Newspaper article due 2/13

Wednesday 2/11/09

•         Turn in Corrections for Math Unravel

•         Introduce 5B, Check 5A Questions,rest of questions due 2/18

•         Math TEST –over Radicals

•         Voc. 5B due 2/11;(quiz  5A  Thursday) Portfolio due 2/18

•         Newspaper article due 2/13

Thursday 2/12/09

•         Voc. 5A Quiz

•         "The Plant that Loves Trees" with new techniques of reading

     TEST NEXT TUESDAY.

•         Voc. 5B due 2/11;(Test Unit 5 Thursday 2/19) Portfolio due 2/18

•         Newspaper article due 2/13

Friday 2/13/09

•         School Math Unravel #

•         Skills Tutor (Reading Assignment)

•         Voc. 5B due 2/11;(quiz  5A  Thursday) Portfolio due 2/18

•         Newspaper article due 2/13

Ga. Studies week of 2/8-2/13

•         Monday 2/9/09

•         Newspaper Project – Computer Lab after explaining

Go to Blackboard, under Assignments, under the Folder Antebellum Project to read the whole explanations.

•         Relook at the notes on

Texas

and The Alamo –

•         complete a scene outline

•         Put into Newspaper Format

•         Study Guide Given – due day before Test…to be announced later

 

Tuesday 2/10/09

 

•         Project Day Two

 

•         Read the notes on the Mexican-American War,

Oregon

and

California

•         With your outline and my notes

•         Fill out information sheet

•         Put into Newspaper Format

•         (video in class if don’t have laptops)

 

Wednesday 2/11/09

      Project Day 3

•         Go to this website   http://www.contemplator.com/

•         Click on American History

•         Then scroll down and click on “The Gold Rush and Westward Journey”

•         Click on some of the songs

•         What do the words tell us about this era?  Include some of the lyrics in your newspaper.

•         In Class: click on http://www.icue.com/portal/site/iCue/chapter/?vgnextchannel=093a2ef11ac65110VgnVCM100000a7c3d240RCRD&chapterchannel=afe85ccb7f7eb110VgnVCM10000075c1d240RCRD

 

 Thursday 2/12/09

       Project Day 4

 

•         Read the Power Point on “Deepening Divisions” which describes the beginning differences between the North and South.

•         Take notes on your “Organizer”, look for pictures to depict your story.

•         Go to the web site    www.hermansgallery.com

•         Click on Old Structures

•         State what you thought the southern houses would have looked like

•         and then compare your thoughts to what they actually look like. 

•         Include this in your Newspaper.

 

Friday 2/13/09

 Project Day 5

•         Read the power point notes on Southern Structures and your notes

•         Listen to the Yeoman Farmer video and any other clip you want on that site,

•         http://www.icue.com/portal/site/iCue/iCueSearchResultsNavItem/?terms=Yeoman%20Farmers&selectedValue=ADVANCED&showResults=yes#

•         Outline your thoughts and find pictures

•         In your Newsletter compare and contrast the Southern Styles include pictures

Ga. Studies week of 2/2-2/6

•         Treaty of 1832 and Gold Rush discussed

•         Video: Trail of Tears

•         Which Tribe was it” answer is pairsDownload Which-tribe-was-it

•         Test Tomorrow over Native Americans, Be sure to study your study guide

Tuesday 2/3/09

•         Test over Native Americans

•         Homework: May start in Class-due Wed.

•         Read outline 210 - 215 (due Thursday , 2/5)  Outline

•            Hint on outlining: look at the topics in the book, make sure you cover several points under each.

Seminar week of 2/2-2/6

Feb. 2 Monday Seminar

•         Math Unravel: p. 68 (1-3)

•         Complete “Nicholas may leave a mark”

•         Finish reading and answer questions on blackboard – in class

•         Whole Group Discussion

•         Respond to two peers in Discussion Board by Friday 2/6/09

•          

Tuesday Feb 3

•         MathUravel P. 68 (4-7) – quiz Thursday over radicals, study past unravels

•         Reading with Purpose:

•               “The Letter” – read in 7 minutes, enter answers in Seneteo

•                Second and Third readings in         Blackboard-answers in Seneteo

•         Respond to two peers in Discussion Board by Friday 2/6/09

Wed. Feb 4

 

Crct p. 68 (7-8) : Quiz Thursday on radicals

Introduce Voc. Unit 5A p.60-62- due 2/11

                                                Portfolio Due 2/18

Questions: p. 61-62 1,3,5,6,8,10,13,15,16,18

 p.62 Syn: 1,8,9,10,11,12,13,15

 p.62-63 ant: 16,18,19

•         Respond to two peers in Discussion Board by Friday 2/6/09

 

Thursday, Feb. 5

•         Math Unravel Quiz – wait for

•         When completed, read “Words, Words” in Blackboard – follow instructions-answer questions in Seneteo

•         Read 2nd time with instructions in Blackboard – answer questions in Seneteo

•         Voc. 5A due 2/11; Portfolio due 2/18

•         Respond to two peers in Discussion Board by Friday 2/6/09

 

•         Friday

•          

•         4 ½ progress reports are going home for all teachers, please have signed and returned – all grades!

 

•         School Math Unravel #

•         Skills Tutor – Math Assignment

 

•         Newspaper response due am – can start on next newspaper article for next week at home this weekend.

 

 

Ga. Studies week of 2/2-2/6

•         Treaty of 1832 and Gold Rush discussed

•         Video: Trail of Tears

•         Which Tribe was it” answer is pairsDownload Which-tribe-was-it

•         Test Tomorrow over Native Americans, Be sure to study your study guide

Tuesday 2/3/09

•         Test over Native Americans

•         Homework: May start in Class-due Wed.

•         Read outline 210 - 215 (due Thursday , 2/5)  Outline

•            Hint on outlining: look at the topics in the book, make sure you cover several points under each.

Math Help

For interactive math help: go to this websitehttp://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/math/ALGEBRA/math-ALGEBRA.htm

week of 1/26 ga. studies

• Download Native-americans-unit-packet[1] Download Which-tribe-was-it

• EARLY RELEASE ALL WEEK if for some reason we do not get to the notes that particular day, we will get to them. Homework is still due on the day assigned.
• Homework Schedule for the week, WILL NOT REPEAT EACH DAY – COPY THIS

Outline due today of pp. The Native American

Handout – study guide and voc.Words packet given.

VOC words due Wednesday 1/28,

Study Guide due 1/29 Thursday,

 Newspaper Article due Friday 1/30.

Test Tuesday 2/.3

If you loose the handout I give you, must copy at home due to paper shortage here.

Monday

§         Turn in Outlines

• Introduction of the Cherokee’s (power point) – take notes

Tuesday 1/27/09

• Introduction of the Creek’s
• Getting Rid of Creeks
• Begin: Chief McIntosh (Power Point)

Wednesday 1/28/09

Turn in Vocabulary

Chief McIntosh continued –note and video

Thursday

• Study GUIDE discussed
• Worked on newspaper in class today - due tomorrow.

Friday

§         News article presentation

• Indian’s Last Hope
• Trail of Tears
• Test Wednesday of next week

week of 1/26 Seminar

§

• EARLY RELEASE ALL WEEK if for some reason we do not get to everything due to short classes, we will push days back.
• Monday 1/26/09
• No Math Unravel this week
• Introduce “

  Reading

  with A Purpose”
• “The House”Download The House

• Voc. 4B due Wednesday
• Portifolio should be submitted before you come to class on Wednesday 1/28/09
• Voc. Test Thursday 1/29/09
• Newspaper article due Friday 1/30/09

If you loose things you are given in class, you must print on your computer at home.

 

Tuesday 1/27/09

• Voc. Review  Game

• Reading

  with a Purpose
• “Nicholas could leave a mark” answer questions for discussion by ThursdayDownload Nichols could leave mark on system

 

• Voc. 4B due Wednesday
• Portifolio should be submitted before you come to class on Wednesday 1/28/09
• Voc. Test Thursday 1/29/09
• Newspaper article due Friday 1/30/09
•  

Wesnesday 1/28/.09

• Check Voc. 4
• View some of the portfolio’s
•  

• Voc. Test Thursday 1/29/09
• Answer Blackboard questions on Nicholas by Thursday’s class

 

• Newspaper article due Friday 1/30/09

 

Thursday 1/29

 

• Voc. Test
• Discuss Responses to Nichols article

 

 

• Newspaper article due Friday 1/30/09

 

 

Friday 1/30

 

Math Unravel (school wide #14)

Skills Tutor today – reading assignment

(Note if you are absent, you will need to complete

 this at home.

Ga. Studies week of 1/20-/1/23/09

 

Tuesday 1/20

 

 

o     Review of Unit – western Expansion

o     Discuss and Check Study Guide

o     Review Game if time

o     “Almost there” – Wednesday 1/21

o     TEST Friday 1/22

 

Wednesday 1/21

 

o     Almost There

 

o     When Finished get laptop and respond to Standards

 

o     Test Friday

 

Thursday 1/22

 o     Review of Almost There and Blackboard Responses

o     Test Tomorrow

 

Friday 1/23

 Test over Western Expansion

Skills Tutor

HW: Outline PP. 192-203

Seminar week of 1/20-23/09

•  
• Tuesday 1/20/09
•  
• Math Unravel – turn to the page and wait for “teaching”  crct. P. 62 (1-4)
• Voc. Review of Unit 4A –quiz 1/22/09; questions due tomorrow
• “Fake

  Reading

  ” Discussed
• Fill out “Literary History” form, find “clock buddies”

 

• HW: Respond to 2 peers by Friday – no in time class for this
• Portfolio due 1/28/09, Voc. Unit 4 B due 1/18

 

 

Wednesday 1/21/09

 

 

• Discuss Voc Unit 4A – review
• Voc. Quiz tomorrow over 4A
• Unit 4B discussed – questions due 1/28
• VOC. PORTFOLIO DUE TOMORROW
• Portfolio due 1/28/09, Voc. Unit 4 B due 1/18; response to 2 peers by Friday
•   “Clock Buddies – discuss with two

 

Thursday 1/22/09

 

• Math Unravel CRCT p. 62 (5-8)
• Math quiz tomorrow over radicals
• “Reading with a Purpose”
• “The House”
• Blackboard assignments: “Nicholas could leave impact on world”
• Portfolio due 1/28/09, Voc. Unit 4 B due 1/18; response to 2 peers  by Friday

 

Friday 1/23/09

 

• Math Unravel (school wide #9)
• Skills Tutor – Math Assignment
• Response to 2 peers due by 6:00 p.m. tonight
• Portfolio due 1/28/09, Voc. Unit 4 B due 1/18