5/5 - TU

* * * * LIBRARY DAY * * * *
- last time to check out books in two weeks
* FREE READ CHOICE TODAY





social studies
I. MEDIEVAL TRAVEL JOURNAL
- Introduction to next unit: Other regions during Medieval Times
- Marco Polo and Ibn Butata as models -- travelers, writers, journals
- Students choose a "vacation journey" to one of the following:
Medieval-era Africa
Medieval-era China
Medieval-era Japan
Medieval-era Mongol and Ottoman Empires
Medieval-era Aztec, Inca, Maya Civilizations
- VIEW video on Marco Polo
- Take notes & write journal of Polo's experiences

reading
II. LIBRARY
- Free Read Choice
- In class literary letters
- Picture/story talk in two weeks



* * * HOMEWORK * * *

___ VOCAB WK 17 D3 (correct D1-4 in class on TH)
Self-Check with a dictionary

___ READ FREE READ CHOICE BOOK