10/12/10 - TU

> > > WE, 10/13 - LATE OPENING
> > > TH, 10/14 - PICTURE DAY

> > > FR, 10/15 - GRANDPARENTS/SPECIAL FRIEND DAY

PLEASE RENEW YOUR LIBRARY BOOKS ONLINE !! !

social studies/note-taking
I.  FALL OF ANCIENT ROME -CAUSES (continued)
- modelling Cornell-style Notes
- cause #3: INFLATION
- cause #4: EMPIRE SPLITS INTO PARTS
* discuss similarities with current US issues and history

reading/descriptive language
II.  FAMILY TREE - CHPT 10
- take notes on key words, descriptive words
- words that evoke a mood or tone
- discuss use of "plunged" and how it foreshadows end of chapter


language arts/writing
III.  SCARY STORY - continued
[LED BY STUDENT TEACHER MS. KNOKE]
- walk around telling "pieces" of a story (Dracula)
- students start to pick up story as they learn more
* models importance of sequential elements of a story

- BRAINSTORM "scary story"
- walk through/model bubble/web ideas
- walk through/model Beginning/Middle/End worksheet

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HOMEWORK
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__ complete VOCAB WEEK 3 DAY 3 (self-correct with dictionary)
__ start/review GEO CROSSWORD: WORLD VEGETATION (due Friday)
__ start/review ATLAS WKSHT: WEATHER/CLIMATE (due Friday)
__ brainstorm/start writing a Scary Story (optional - not required)
__ continue to READ 20-30 minutes DAILY, five days per week