Weekly Schedule: November 2nd – November 6th

1^st Year

Monday:

Spelling: Quiz on Lessons 5–7

Information Skills: Adding Suffixes and Plurals

Vocabulary: Running on Empty

Writing: New Subject

Social Studies:

Assignment: 30 - French Explorers - Colonization of Louisiana and the French and Indian Wars

Assignment Due: 29 - Early Colonists

Tuesday:

Grammar: End Marks after Sentences

Maps, Charts, and Graphs: Quiz on Lessons 1 through 5

Writing: New Subject

Social Studies:

Assignment: 31 - New England Colonists - The Pilgrims and the Puritans

Assignment Due: 30 - French Explorers - Colonization of Louisiana and the French and Indian Wars

Wednesday:

Information Skills: Quiz on Lessons 1 through 6

Comprehension: Passamaquoddy Drum Ceremony

Writing: New Subject

Social Studies:

Assignment: Founding Documents

Assignment Due: 31 - New England Colonists - The Pilgrims and the Puritans

Thursday:

Grammar: Periods after Initials and Abbreviations

Maps, Charts, and Graphs: Decision Making: The Muddy Gap Concert

Writing: New Subject

Social Studies:

Assignment: Founding Documents

Assignment Due: Founding Documents

Friday:

Glogster: Presidential Poster

Vocabulary: The Big Surprise

Writing Due: Favorite Animal

2^nd Year

Monday:

Spelling: Quiz on Lessons 6–7

Information Skills: Adding Suffixes and Plurals

Social Studies:

Assignment: 31 - Great Egyptians - Ramses the Great, Pyramid Project: Due November 13

Assignment Due: 30 - Akhenaten - The Rebel Pharaoh

Tuesday:

Maps, Charts, and Graphs: Quiz on Lessons 1 through 5

Comprehension: The Voyage of the Mayflower, Part 2

Social Studies:

Assignment: 32 - Sneferu - King of the Pyramids

Assignment Due: 31 - Great Egyptians - Ramses the Great

Wednesday:

Grammar: Periods after Initials and Abbreviations

Information Skills: Quiz on Lessons 1 through 6

Social Studies:

Assignment: Glogster Poster

Assignment Due: 32 - Sneferu - King of the Pyramids

Thursday:

Maps, Charts, and Graphs: Decision Making: The Muddy Gap Concert

Vocabulary: Planet Hopping

Social Studies:

Assignment: Glogster Poster

Assignment Due: Egypt Outline

Friday:

Glogster: Presidential Poster

Writing Due: Transportation Trouble

Weekly Schedule: October 26th – October 30th

1^st Year

Monday:

Spelling: Diphthongs and Less Common Vowel Digraphs

Information Skills: Finding Definitions

Writing: Favorite Animal

Social Studies:

Assignment: 26 - French Explorers - Beginnings of Exploration and Settlement (1490-1564)

Assignment Due: 25 - Exploring the World - The English Come to America - Jamestown and Plymouth

Tuesday:

Grammar: Posttest on Capitalization

Maps, Charts, and Graphs: Large-Area Maps

Vocabulary: Let’s Ask Dee

Social Studies:

Assignment: 27 - French Explorers - Samuel de Champlain

Assignment Due: 26 - French Explorers - Beginnings of Exploration and Settlement (1490-1564)

Wednesday:

Information Skills: Identifying Syllables

Social Studies:

Assignment: 28 - French Explorers - The Exploration of the Mississippi River

Assignment Due: 27 - French Explorers - Samuel de Champlain

Thursday:

Maps, Charts, and Graphs: Latitude and Longitude

Comprehension: Games of Family, Games of Fun, Part 2

Social Studies:

Assignment: 29 - Early Colonists

Assignment Due: 28 - French Explorers - The Exploration of the Mississippi River

Friday:

Glogster: Presidential Poster

Writing (Due): Birthday Bash

Explorer Project Due

2^nd Year

Monday:

Spelling: R-Controlled Vowels 2

Information Skills: Finding Definitions

Vocabulary: Our Salem Witch Trial

Writing: Transportation Trouble

Social Studies:

Assignment: 28 - Ancient Egypt - The Gift of the Nile - 3000-30 BC / Outline

Tuesday:

Grammar: Pretest on Punctuation

Maps, Charts, and Graphs: Large-Area Maps

Social Studies:

Assignment: 29 - Great Egyptians

Assignment Due: 28 - Ancient Egypt - The Gift of the Nile - 3000-30 BC

Wednesday:

Information Skills: Identifying Syllables

Comprehension: The Voyage of the Mayflower, Part 1

Social Studies:

Assignment: 30 - Akhenaten - The Rebel Pharaoh

Assignment Due: 29 - Great Egyptians

Thursday:

Grammar: End Marks after Sentences

Maps, Charts, and Graphs: Latitude and Longitude

Social Studies:

Assignment Due: 30 - Akhenaten - The Rebel Pharaoh, Egypt Outline

Friday:

Glogster: Presidential Poster

Vocabulary: The Wild West

Writing (Due): Baby Elephant

Tablet Project Due

Glogster

Weekly Schedule: October 19 –October 23

1^st Year

Monday:

Spelling: Long U and OO Sounds

Information Skills: Dictionary Guide Words

Writing: Birthday Bash

Social Studies:

Assignment: The Age of Exploration Begins

Assignment Due: None

Tuesday:

Comprehension: Important Details

Writing: Birthday Bash

Maps, Charts, & Graphs: Transportation Maps

Social Studies:

Assignment: Christopher Columbus and the New World

Assignment Due: The Age of Exploration Begins

Wednesday:

Grammar: School Names

Information Skills: Finding Parts of Speech

Writing: Birthday Bash

Social Studies:

Assignment: Spanish Explorers of North America

Assignment Due: Christopher Columbus and the New World

Thursday:

Vocabulary: Pretest on Social Studies Vocabulary

Writing: Birthday Bash

Maps, Charts, & Graphs: Special Maps

Social Studies:

Assignment: The English Come to America - Jamestown and Plymouth

Assignment Due: Spanish Explorers of North America

Friday:

Comprehension: Games of Family, Games of Fun, Part 1

2^nd Year

Monday:

Spelling: R-Controlled Vowels 1

Information Skills: Dictionary Guide Words

Writing: Baby Elephant

Social Studies:

Assignment: Mesopotamia - From Nomads to Farmers

Assignment Due: China Timeline

Tuesday:

Vocabulary: Where Would You Live?

Writing: Baby Elephant

Maps, Charts, & Graphs: Transportation Maps

Social Studies:

Assignment: Mesopotamia - The Development of Written Language

Assignment Due: Mesopotamia - From Nomads to Farmers

Wednesday:

Information Skills: Finding Parts of Speech

Comprehension: RCS4 - Important Ideas

Writing: Baby Elephant

Social Studies:

Assignment: Mesopotamia - Trade Routes and Transportation

Assignment Due: Mesopotamia - The Development of Written Language

Thursday:

Writing: Baby Elephant

Maps, Charts, & Graphs: Special Maps

Social Studies:

Assignment: Tablet project – Due October 30^th

Assignment Due: Mesopotamia - Trade Routes and Transportation

Weekly Schedule: October 12th – October 16th

1^st Year

Monday:

Spelling: Long O Sounds

Information Skills: Using Dictionaries and Books Pretest

Vocabulary: Now There’s an Idea

Writing: Earn Money

Social Studies:

Assignment: Native Americans - People of the Plains

Assignment Due: Native Americans - People of the Forest

Tuesday:

Grammar: Books, Magazines, and Other Printed Material

Maps, Charts, and Graphs: Pretest on Using Maps, Charts, and Graphs

Writing: Earn Money

Social Studies:

Assignment: Native Americans - People of the Desert

Assignment Due: Native Americans - People of the Plains

Wednesday:

STAR Reading & STAR Math

Information Skills: Alphabetizing

Writing: Earn Money

Social Studies:

Assignment: Native Americans - People of the Northwest Coast

Assignment Due: Native Americans - People of the Desert

Thursday:

Grammar: School Names

Maps, Charts, and Graphs: General Reference Maps

Comprehension: Skill Lesson: Sequencing

Writing: Earn Money

Social Studies:

Assignment: Native American Exploration

Assignment Due: Native Americans - People of the Northwest Coast

2^nd Year

Monday:

Spelling: Quiz on Lessons 4–5

Information Skills: Using Dictionaries and Books Pretest

Writing: You're the Expert

Social Studies:

Assignment: China - From Past to Present - Geography, Traditional Religions, and Beliefs / China Outline and Timeline

Assignment Due: Toward Civilization

Tuesday:

Vocabulary: Posttest on Mathematics & Science Vocabulary

Writing: You're the Expert

Maps, Charts, and Graphs: Pretest on Using Maps, Charts, and Graphs

Social Studies:

Assignment: China - From Past to Present - Life in the Ancient Capital Cities

Assignment Due: China - From Past to Present - Geography, Traditional Religions, and Beliefs

Wednesday:

STAR Reading and STAR Math

Information Skills: Alphabetizing

Grammar: School Courses, Languages, Countries, and Planets

Comprehension: Early Civilizations Quiz

Writing: You're the Expert

Social Studies:

Assignment: China - From Past to Present - The Silk Road, the Great Wall, Changes in Government

Assignment Due: China - From Past to Present - Life in the Ancient Capital Cities

Thursday:

Vocabulary: Pretest on Social Studies Vocabulary

Grammar: Quiz Lessons 8-10

Writing: You're the Expert

Maps, Charts, and Graphs: General Reference Maps

Social Studies:

Assignment: China Outline & Timeline

Assignment Due: China - From Past to Present - The Silk Road, the Great Wall, Changes in Government

Watch a Movie and get Extra Credit

Movies and TV shows very often use actual historical events as the basis for their plot. Movies like “The Patriot”, “300”, and “Blackhawk Down” were very exciting, but how accurate were they? Everybody raved about the HBO miniseries “John Adams,” but did it tell the truth about John Adams?

Your assignment, if you decide to accept it, is to watch a movie based on actual historical events and then demonstrate how the film represented the events upon which it was based. The event must be historically significant. Your original report must be typed, Times New Roman font (11pt), 1.5 line spacing, and 3-5 pages in length. This assignment will be worth 500 pts (about 5 assignments) in social studies. If you need to get bring up your grade in Language Arts then work on Skills Tutor.

This assignment will be due the Monday October 12^th.