1. September 10 – 17, 2012 Dr. Harper’s Plans and Agendas Language Arts, Social Studies, and Study Skills

2. Language Arts Monday, September 10, 2012 Target Learning: I can revise sentence and sentence fragments. WOC 1.1 Word of the Day (Parts of Speech): Verb – words that function as a main element of the sentence to express action, state, or relation between two things. Writing Prompt: September 10 th is “Swap Ideas Day.” Today or during the week, swap ideas with someone. This could be a friend, sibling, parent, teacher, neighbor, or anyone. And the idea can be about anything…just swap an idea! Write about possible ideas to swap. Prompt created by: www.theteacherscorner.net © 2006 Photo: © http://www.clipart.com

3. Language Arts, p. 2 Monday, September 10, 2012 Turn-in: parent letters. Proofreading Warm-Ups: a. yes 5 dollars were a lot of money for the boys in that story b. jesse and him collected trading cards Holt Handbook: Review sentence & sentence fragment work, Exercise 1, p. 5. Sentence: Thumbs-up Fragment: Thumbs-down

4. Language Arts, p. 3 Monday, September 10, 2012 Share Nitty Gritty poems: Boy ran Girl walked Boy fell Girl talked Independent Practice: Exercise 2 and Review A, p. 6. Trade/Grade. Finish for homework: Nitty Gritty poem and Handbook, p. 6—Ex. 2 and Review A.

5. Social Studies Monday, September 10, 2012 Target Learning: I can explain ways that physical and cultural geography has shaped human history. HSS 6.1 Review chapter 1, section 2 then complete test. Group vocabulary flash cards. Each group makes flash cards for key terms and people of chapter 1and practices the words in their groups. Chapter 1 review worksheets: Independent work: Reviewing Vocabulary, Terms, and People Comprehension and Critical Thinking Reviewing Themes Continued on next slide…

6. Social Studies, p. 2 Monday, September 10, 2012 Group work: Create a poster that advertises the many reasons to study history. Use the following categories to group your ideas: To Know Yourself To Know Others To Know Your World Posters should be attractive, with bright colors, pictures, and words. Remember you are selling history to your peers. Homework: Finish the chapter 1 review, make notes about what to put on your group poster, and review chapter 1 for the test.

7. Study Skills Monday, September 10, 2012 Target Learning: I can explain how to manage my time by prioritizing homework assignments, recording after-school activities, and keeping a monthly/yearly calendar. Autobiography chapters 6, 7, and 8 due today! Time Management, p. 29: Read & Discuss then answer the following in your own words: Why should I keep a yearly/monthly calendar? Why should I write down nightly homework assignments? How does recording after-school activities impact my homework completion? How does using task analysis help with long-term projects? Create a Backwards Mapping plan for completing your Autobiography project—use the tips at the bottom of page 29. Need to finish backwards mapping and recycle project.

8. Language Arts Tuesday, September 11, 2012 Target Learning: I can identify simple and complete subjects. WOC 1.1 Word of the Day (Parts of Speech): Gerund – a form regularly derived from a verb and functioning as a noun, ending with –ing. Writing Prompt: September 11th is a Day of Remembrance. As we honor those who lost their lives on this day 2001, make a list of everything in your life that you are thankful for. Prompt created by: www.theteacherscorner.net © 2006 Photo: © http://www.istockphoto.com/user_view.php?id=56909http://www.istockphoto.com/user_view.php?id=56909

9. Language Arts, p. 2 Tuesday, September 11, 2012 Proofreading Warm-ups a. armand imply that a nickle won’t buy nothing anymore b. jerry and his frends became intrested in learning more about u.s. presidence Handbook, pp. 7-9: To find the subject, ask yourself who or what is doing something or about whom or what something is being said. The subject may come at the beginning, middle, or end of a sentence.

10. Language Arts, p. 3 Tuesday, September 11, 2012 Independent Practice (Review examples on pp. 7- 8): Exercise 3: Identify the subject in each of the 10 sentences. Check & discuss answers. Complete subject: all the words need to tell whom or what the sentence is about. Simple subject: part of the complete subject. Exercise 4: Underline the complete subject in each of the 10 sentences with one line. Underline the simple subject with another line—(two lines under the simple subject). Homework: Complete Exercises 3 and 4, pp. 7-8.

11. Social Studies Tuesday, September 11, 2012 Target Learning: I can identify important concepts I know, want to know, and strategies for learning about the Stone Ages and Early Cultures. HSS 6.1 Remembering September 11 th : Video clip from www.history.com www.history.com Check/discuss chapter 1 review worksheets. Share group posters advertising the importance of studying history. Chapter 1 Test. KWHL Chart for Chapter 2: The Stone Ages and Early Cultures. Create ten questions that can be answered using the timeline on pp. 24-25. Trade questions with a partner answer, check, and discuss.

12. Study Skills Tuesday, September 11, 2012 Target Learning: I can use the information on learning strengths to find the best study strategies for me. Read/discuss Study Strategies information, p. 30. Complete pre-assessment, p. 31: How Are My Study Strategies? Record results on 8 pie charts labeled: following directions; academic support; paraphrasing in notes; main ideas & details in notes; memory; test study plan; test study strategies; reviewing errors on graded tests. Summarize your pie charts by answering the following in your own words: How do I study? What kind of study plan do I have? How can CUCC help me improve on following written directions? How does note-taking help you learn and retain your learning?

13. Study Strategies Pie Chart following directions; academic support; paraphrasing in notes; main ideas & details in notes; memory; test study plan; test study strategies; and reviewing errors on graded tests.

14. Language Arts Wednesday, September 12, 2012 Target Learning: I can identify the speaker and recognize first-person narration. RD 3.5 Word of the Day (Parts of Speech): Conjunction – words that connect other words, phrases, clauses, or sentences, such as and, because, but, however. Writing Prompt: On September 12, 1913, Olympian Jesse Owens was born. Owens won a number of medals in Track and Field events. If you could invent a new Olympic event, what would it be and why? Prompt created by: www.theteacherscorner.net © 2006 Photo: © http://www.istockphoto.com/user_view.php?id=345951

15. Language Arts, p. 2 Wednesday, September 12, 2012 Proofreading Warm-ups: a. mary didnt like them sour berrys b. after he had spent five days in the woods, both of his foots was cut and brused Complete and simple subject quiz, Language and Sentence Skill Practice, p. 5. Trade and grade. Before Reading the Short Story, p. 69: Literary focus: First-person point-of-view Reading skills: Making predictions Quick write: Two examples of movies or TV shows that use painful events to teach us never to repeat mistakes. Share background for short story, TE p. 69 Homework: Vocabulary Development: create word maps (example on next slide) for evacuated, interned, aliens, forsaken (found in gold box on p. 69).

16. Vocabulary Word Maps Synonym Antonym Definition Illustration (picture)Wrap-up sentence Vocabulary Word

17. Wrap-Up Sentence Synonym: Linguine Antonym: Enchiladas Definition: An Italian food with thin pasta, tomato sauce, and meatballs. Illustration Wrap-up sentence: Spaghetti is my favorite Italian food. spaghetti

18. Social Studies Wednesday, September 12, 2012 Target Learning: I can explain how events are related in time. HSS Analysis CS1 Reading Social Studies and You Try It! pp. 26-27: Discuss and give examples of social studies themes: geography and society and culture. Guided Reading: Chronological Order (sequence related to time). Independent Practice: You Try It! p. 27. Check and discuss.

19. Study Skills Wednesday, September 12, 2012 Target Learning: I can analyze the importance of engaged listening, develop strategies for engaged listening, and carry out oral instructions. Falling dominoes Engaged Listening— What does it look like in a classroom? What does it feel like in a classroom? What does it sound like in a classroom? Really Following Directions, p. 32: Engaged Listening Activity, TE 5-10. Practice following directions as a team. No talking unless activity card directs talking. First part of card tells what to listen for and the second part tells what to do or say. Listen carefully and watch what is being done in the classroom. Long pauses or completion of tasks in wrong order require a restart. Activity is repeated until all 24 steps are completed without mistakes.

20. Language Arts Thursday, September 13, 2012 Target Learning: : I can identify the speaker and recognize first-person narration. RD 3.5 Word of the Day (Parts of Speech): Noun – words that function as the main or only elements of subjects or objects such as cat, belief, writing, Ohio, darkness. (A person, place, or thing). Writing Prompt: September 13th is “Positive Thinking Day.” Create a “Top 10” list of ways that students can stay positive when things get tough. Prompt created by: www.theteacherscorner.net © 2006 Photo: © http://www.istockphoto.com/user_view.php?id=57 8624

21. Language Arts, p. 2 Thursday, September 13, 2012 Collect Word Maps (HW). Proofreading Warm-ups: a. the kaw community of oklahoma have they headquarters in kaw city b. the hunting of bufalloes have been important in kaw culture Guided reading The Bracelet, pp. 70-74, Audio CD disc 2, track 4. Vocabulary review: True-False statements, TE p. 4. Thumbs-up: True Thumbs-down: False

22. Social Studies Thursday, September 13, 2012 Target Learning: I can create a timeline that organizes chapter 2 concepts into the categories of the Paleolithic Era, Mesolithic Era, and Neolithic Era. Pre-teach activity, TE p. 27. Chapter 2 - Key Terms and People: Megalithsmigratetool Ancestordomesticationland bridge Hominidprehistoryice ages Societyhunter-gathers agriculture Mesolithic EraNeolithic EraPaleolithic Era

23. Study Skills Thursday, September 13, 2012 Target Learning: I can analyze written directions using the CUCC method and demonstrate understanding of the listening process. Fun with Numbers, p. 33: complete the worksheet. What does following directions mean? What are some different places where we may find written directions? CUCC = Circle the directions. Underline key words. Count the steps. Complete the activity. Guided Practice: Volcano, p. 35. Independent Practice: Book Review Project, p. 36. Would you use this with non-school related directions? Where would this new skill come in handy?

24. Language Arts Friday, September 14, 2012 Target Learning: : I can identify the speaker and recognize first- person narration. RD 3.5 Word of the Day (Parts of Speech): Preposition – words that are used before nouns, pronouns, or other words to form phrases that modify verbs, nouns, or adjectives, and that typically express relationships using words such as in, on, by, to, or since. Writing Prompt: On this day in 1814, Francis Scott Key wrote “The Star Spangled Banner.” As you may know, this song is our national anthem. Explain what it means to you to be an American. Prompt created by: www.theteacherscorner.net © 2006 Photo: © http://www.istockphoto.com/user_view.php?id=903575http://www.istockphoto.com/user_view.php?id=903575 Audio clip of song: http://memory.loc.gov/cocoon/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.100010361/default.htmlhttp://memory.loc.gov/cocoon/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.100010361/default.html

25. Language Arts, p. 2 Friday, September 14, 2012 Writing Journal Peer Review: Using peer review rubric, score partners writing journal for the week. Return weekly proofreading warm-ups and check. Literary Response and Analysis, p. 76: Reading Check, # 1-5, Interpretations, # 6-11, and Evaluation, #12. Trade & grade.

26. Social Studies Friday, September 13, 2012 Target Learning: I can explain what ancient bones can tell us about early humans and how tools improved during the stone age. Parent letter. Cornell Notes: Guided work. Record name and assignment information. Silently read the If You Were There… on p. 28. Write the If You Were There question in the main idea column of the CN paper. Answer the question in the right column of the CN paper. Discuss responses.

27. Social Studies Friday, September 13, 2012 Guided Cornell Notes continued… Notes Chant: 1. Main Idea, 2. Read, 3. Take notes, 4. Reading check questions. Main Idea 1: Write in left column in the form of a question. Read & discuss, pp. 28 – 29—no note taking yet! Take notes in the column on the right side of the CN paper. Check with teacher’s PowerPoint notes. Main Idea 2: Write in left column in the form of a question. Read & discuss, pp. 28 – 29—no note taking yet! Take notes in the column on the right side of the CN paper. Check with teacher’s PowerPoint notes. Repeat for Main Ideas 3 and 4—turn-in work.

28. Study Skills Friday, September 13, 2012 Target Learning: I can improve my understanding of how perspective (how I see things) influences what I learn. Listen and follow along as teacher reads: Three Blind Men and an Elephant, p. 37. Why were the men’s perspectives so different? Why were their impressions incorrect? How does focusing on one aspect of the elephant affect the overall picture? How can focusing on only one element when reading affect your overall comprehension? Read the story The Bracelet, p. 70 in literature text. Read the story as if you were a historian trying to gather clues. Write the main events of the story in order. Summarize the findings important to a historian. How would these findings be different for the main character of the story?