1. Teachers: Kevin KreinKim Swan Shannon Gloersen Jane Watkins Gina WinegarChris May Kevin ComfortErika Monroe

2.  Language Arts Reading Writing Communication  Social Studies Ancient Civilizations

3.  Skills based instruction in Reading and Writing Short lesson Demonstrate skill Practice in own book/writing Mini-conferences with students More individualized instruction Transferable

4.  Fiction and Nonfiction  Vocabulary development  Comprehension strategies  Literature analysis

5.  Effective paragraph writing, essays  Modes of writing: narrative, explanatory, argumentative  Journal writing at least 1x a week (mix of prompts and free writes)

6.  Group and individual oral presentations  Use of multimedia and visual aids  Development of effective cooperative group skills  Development of large group discussion skills

8. Unit 1 Geography Review-Tools of History Unit 2 Mesopotamia Unit 3 Ancient Egypt Unit 4 Israelites Unit 5 Greece Unit 6 Rome River civilizations Roots of Western ideas

9.  Creation and interpretation of accurate maps, charts, graphs and timelines  Discussion of social studies related fiction and non-fiction reading  Research projects and presentations  Simulations  Note taking skills

10.  Covers early human history to the fall of the Roman empire.