10/5/10 - TU

LAKEVIEW FARMS
PUMPKIN PATCH FIELD TRIP

THURSDAY , 10/7/10, 9:45-1:30

$8.00 per student
includes train and boat ride, small pumpkin.
corn maze and light snacks extra

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MIB DUE THURSDAY, 10/7
NO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY, (TEACHER INSERVICE) 10/8

social studies
I.  FALL OF ANCIENT ROME - discussion
- class talk:  What brings down an empire?  What causes an empire to fade?
- connect to Britain, Spain and, in particular, modern USA when possible




vocabulary
II.  FALL OF ANCIENT ROMAN EMPIRE - read
- Across the Centuries textbook (class set)
- review table of contents, model skimming to find subject quickly
- preview subject by skimming captions, titles, boldface words
- preview text questions at end of chapter
* READ AtC, Unit 1, Lesson 2, pp. 26-31

language arts
III.  FALL OF ANCIENT ROMAN EMPIRE - notetaking
- introduction to Cornell Notes in core class
- purpose and style; connections to AVID class
- focus on formatting, clipped bits and pieces of facts (not full sentences)
* CN:  SIZE OF ROMAN EMPIRE (bkgrnd information notes)
* understand size to understand how fall could occur or how large the fall was
* CN: CAUSE OF FALL 1: INTERNAL STRIFE

IV MIB INDEPENDENT WORK
- focus on ONE thing that you can do in the time period provided.
- plan attack for next two days
- ask questions of teacher now, if you have them
- focus on the priority pieces:  chapters, map, timeline, then others

* Introduction and Reflections not assigned until we walk through them in class

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HOMEWORK

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__ start/read VOCABULARY MAL-, MIS-, MALE- (all reading) - due TH
__ look over/start GEOGRAPHY MAP  - due MO, since no school on FR
__ look over/start ATLAS WKSHT - due MO, since no school on FR
__ continue/finalize MIB PROJECT - due TH