10/11/12 - TH

* * *    NO SCHOOL  FRIDAY * * * 
> > >   HOMEWORK PACKET FOR WEEK MAY BE TURNED IN MONDAY
* * * * 10/24 SCHOOL PICTURES

language arts
I.  GRAMMAR/VOCAB WARM UP (PAT-, PATER-, PATR-)
- prefix worksheet; group work & discussion
- "pull apart" word parts with meanings (show reading)
- class review

language arts/reading
II.  MINI ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET READ AROUND
- look at MIB's of classmate's
- read introductions and reflections
- think about and compare design ideas, depth of writing, etc.
- think about YOUR MIB in comparison to others

social studies/language arts/poetry
III.  I AM POEM EXAMPLES
- preview True/False questions & predict/discuss thoughts
- read I AM examples (Pepin The Short, Pope Gregory The Great)
- discuss/prove True/False statements using poems
- create a quick rough draft I AM Poem, using an MIB
- vivid, detailed, specific thoughts that are historically accurate
* cut to shape and tape I Am model into SS Spiral (at home)


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HOMEWORK PACKET MAY BE TURNED IN MONDAY
Atlas, Vocab, and Crossword puzzle may be turned in Monday
with no penalty (since there is no Friday)
* You may also turn them in today
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HOMEWORK
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___  finish VOCAB PACKET: PREFIXES COM-, CON-, CO- (due Mon. 10/15)
___  finish GEOGRAPHY CW: ANTARCTICA (due Mon. 10/15)
___  finish ATLAS: POLAR REGIONS (due Mon. 10/15)

** MIB's still due.  They can be worth up to a C+ if turned in to my box by end of FR.
** MIB's turned in Monday or later are worth up to a D (some credit is better than no credit)