Welcome to our last week before our Christmas holiday, and our last week of the first semester of school! This week’s schedule will be somewhat unpredictable, because we have fun things to do that may take some of our class time. On Wednesday after Chapel, we will have Jesus’s Birthday cake; on Thursday, we will be practicing for our Las Posadas processional around the school, and will finish our angel books; on Friday, we will bake cookies, go on Las Posadas, and have our party in the library. In between all the fun, we will be finishing our study of Treasure Island and you will be presenting your book reports, as well as finishing up with our Age of Exploration charts. There will be no final exam this semester in either literature or history. We’ll save that for next semester!
Parents, I do want you to know that the daily
work charts that I have below, and that are posted on our blog, are only guides
as to the work we HOPE to get done each day.
There have already been several times when one day’s work gets added to
the following day—or even the following week, because we run out of time. I
always plan more than we can accomplish, so don’t be alarmed if your child
comes home saying that homework has been postponed, or that we didn’t get to
something. After over 30 years of teaching,
I’ve discovered that the “best laid plans” oft need be postponed!
Your schedule for the week is below. DUE dates and TEST dates are included.
Your schedule for the week is below. DUE dates and TEST dates are included.
MONDAY, Dec. 17
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Activity/Assignment
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DUE Date
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Large Group Time LGT
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LIT: Spelling/Vocabulary Test
Go
over new assignments for week
Discuss Chapters 27 and 28 Treasure Island
Listen to Chapters 29 and
30 in class and fill in FtS chart
Review
your book report choice and the grading rubric with Mrs. Horner
HISTORY: Finish watching film on Magellan
Watch
short film on Balboa
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TEST
Mon., Dec. 17
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My Individual Time
MIT
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1. Read Chapter 31 Treasure Island in class, fill in FtS chart
2. Turn in last wk’s spelling/vocabulary
cursive writing papers
3. Turn in FtS
Chart for Chapters 25-27 (if you haven’t)
4. Fill in information on Explorers chart
about Balboa. TURN IN LAYERED BOOK.
Work on book report at home!!!
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1.
Due Tuesday
2. Due
today
3.
Due today
4. Due today Due Thursday |
TUESDAY, Dec. 18
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Activity/Assignment
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DUE Date
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LGT
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LIT: Discuss Chapter 31 Treasure Island (TI)
Listen
to Chapters 32 and 33 TI; fill in Follow the Story chart
HISTORY: Divide into pairs for History work: Mapping the Explorers; Class will work
together on Mapping the Portuguese Explorers
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MIT
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1. Read Chapter 34 TI; fill out FtS chart
2. You will be working with a partner and will
have a country of explorers to map.
Work on book report at home!!!
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Due
Wednesday
Due today
Due Thursday
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WEDNESDAY, Dec. 19
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Activity/Assignment
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DUE Date
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Chapel and Happy Birthday
Jesus cake
LGT
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LIT: Discuss Chapter 34 and the end of Treasure Island
HISTORY: Review the Maya SMERFCAPS chart that we made in October (find it!!!)
Watch
History Channel film, Palenque: Metropolis of the Maya and discuss.
Listen for 5 Themes of Geography and 9 Activities of Culture
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Chap.
31-34 charts
due today
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MIT
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1. Turn in last page of FtS charts for Treasure
Island
2. Finish painting your Mayan artifact if
necessary. Create a museum-style card
telling what your artifact is based on.
Work on book report at home!!!
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1. Due today
2. Due today Due tomorrow!!! |
THURSDAY, Dec. 20
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Activity/Assignment
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DUE Date
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LGT
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LIT: Book
Report Presentations for Treasure Island
If
time permits, begin watching Muppet
Treasure Island
HISTORY: Finish Maya film if necessary
Learn
song and routine for Las Posadas
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DUE TODAY
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MIT
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No Individual Time today
All make-up or incomplete
work is due today.
DON’T FORGET your Secret Santa Gift tomorrow!!!
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FRIDAY, Dec. 21
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Activity/Assignment
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DUE Date
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LGT
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READING LOGS DUE
Finish
book reports if necessary
9:15 Bake and decorate sombrero cookies
10:00 Begin Las
Posadas
10:30
Meet in Library to begin watch Muppet
Treasure Island
11:00 Christmas Party with Piñata and gift
exchange
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There are no new spelling words this week, and no
test until after the first week of January.
Your reading log IS DUE on Friday this week—you won’t
have a chance to turn it in late.
Be sure you have all make-up or incomplete work
turned in by this Thursday so that I can grade it before your grades are due on
Friday afternoon.
Don’t forget to bring the gift for your classmate
and your food/drink contribution for our party!
You might also want to bring a large shopping bag
with handles on Friday so that you can clean out your desk, and take all your
goodies home with you.
Have
a Blessed Christmas &
a Happy New Year!!!
