Weekly Schedule: February 1 – 5

1^st Year

Monday:

Spelling: Quiz on Lessons 13–14

Information Skills: Usenet News

Comprehension: Why Lincoln Grew a Beard

Criterion:

Due Friday: Internet Use (Due Feb. 5)

New: Getting Taller (Due Feb. 12)

Social Studies:

Assignment: 58 - Gone West - The Growth of a Nation

Assignment Due: America under James Monroe and John Quincy Adams

Tuesday:

Grammar: Quiz on Lessons 8–11

Language Arts: Writing - 09 - Parts of a Story Huck and Jim

Math Facts: 13. Review: Subtraction of 0 to 5

Social Studies:

Assignment: 59 - America under Andrew Jackson - 1829-1836 - The Indian Removal Act-The Nullification Crisis – Quiz

Assignment Due: Gone West

Wednesday:

Information Skills: Quiz on Lessons 1 through 7

Vocabulary: Posttest on Family & Consumer Sciences

Social Studies:

Assignment: 60 - Native America - Expansion

Assignment Due: America under Andrew Jackson

Thursday:

Grammar: Posttest on Punctuation

Language Arts: Writing - 10 - My Amusement Park Adventure

Comprehension: Fascinating Facts about Einstein, Part 1

Math Facts: 14. Subtraction of 6, 7

Social Studies:

Assignment: 61 - Native America - Conflict

Assignment Due: Expansion

Friday:

Writing Due: Internet Use

Health: Learning to Communicate

2^nd Year

Monday:

Spelling: Quiz on Lessons 13–14

Information Skills: Usenet News

Vocabulary: Pretest on Student Life Vocabulary

Criterion:

Due Friday: Reporting Music (Due Feb. 5)

New: Different Country (Due Feb. 12)

Social Studies:

Assignment: 54 - Living History - Living in Medieval Europe

Assignment Due: Enduring Influence

Tuesday:

Language Arts: Interjections, Conjunctions, Prepositions - 2 - Conjunctions

Comprehension: The Eagle That Went to War, P1

Math Facts: 13. Review: Subtraction of 0 to 5

Social Studies:

Assignment: 55 - All About the Renaissance Part 1 – Quiz

Assignment Due: Living History

Wednesday:

Grammar: Quiz on Lessons 12–13

Information Skills: Quiz on Lessons 1 through 7

Social Studies:

Assignment: 56 - All About the Renaissance Part 2 – Quiz

Assignment Due: All about the Renaissance Part 1

Thursday:

Vocabulary: Birthday Blues

Math Facts: 14. Subtraction of 6, 7

Social Studies:

Assignment: 57 - Protestant Reformation

Assignment Due: All about the Renaissance Part 2

Friday:

Grammar: Posttest on Punctuation

Writing Due: Reporting Music

Health: Self-Esteem: Feeling Good About Yourself

Weekly Schedule: January 25 - 29

1^st Year

Monday:

Spelling: Compound Words

Information Skills: Electronic Mail

Writing:

Criterion: Dream Blending (Due 1-29), Internet Use (Due 2-5)

Social Studies:

Assignment: 54 - America under Thomas Jefferson - 1800-1808 - The Louisiana Purchase

Tuesday:

Language Arts: Reviewing Your Writing Sacagawea

Comprehension: Growing up at Ivy Green, Part 2

Math Facts: 11. Subtraction of 2, 3

Social Studies:

Assignment: 55 - Lewis and Clark Expedition

Assignment Due: America under Thomas Jefferson

Wednesday:

Grammar: Quotations at the End of Sentences

Information Skills: The World Wide Web

Social Studies:

Assignment: 56 - America under James Madison - 1809-1816 - The War of 1812

Assignment Due: Lewis and Clark Expedition

Thursday:

Language Arts: Writing Dialog Huckleberry Finn

Vocabulary: A Letter to Grandma

Math Facts: 12. Subtraction of 4, 5

Social Studies:

Assignment: 57 - America under James Monroe and John Quincy Adams - 1817-1828

Assignment Due: America under James Madison

Friday:

Writing Due: Dream Blending

Health: What is Honesty?

2^nd Year

Monday:

Spelling: Homophones 2

Information Skills: Electronic Mail

Writing:

Criterion: E-mail v. Letters (Due 1-29), Reporting Music (Due 2-5)

Social Studies:

Assignment: 50 - Byzantium

Tuesday:

Grammar: Split Quotations

Language Arts: Adverbial Degrees of Comparison, Quiz

Comprehension: The Boston Massacre, Part 2

Math Facts: 11. Subtraction of 2, 3

Social Studies:

Assignment: 51 - Civilizations in Conflict - Byzantium, Islam, and the Crusades 330-1453 AD

Wednesday:

Information Skills: The World Wide Web

Social Studies:

Assignment: 52 - Enduring Influence - Rome, Greece, and Byzantium

Assignment Due: Civilizations in Conflict

Thursday:

Language Arts: Interjections

Maps, Charts, and Graphs:

Vocabulary: Family Post

Math Facts: 12. Subtraction of 4, 5

Social Studies:

Assignment: 53 - Dark Ages - Europe after the Fall of Rome 410-1066 AD

Assignment Due: Enduring Influence

Friday:

Comprehension: American Revolution Quiz

Writing Due: E-mail v. Letters (Due 1-29)

Health: Mirror in my Mind

Weekly Schedule: January 19 - 22

1^st Year

Monday:

Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday – No School

Tuesday:

Spelling: Compound Words 1

Language Arts: 02 - Editing and Publishing

Writing:

Criterion: Dream Blending (Due Jan. 29)

Math Facts: 9. Addition Review 2

Social Studies:

Assignment: Our Courts Exercises - 09 - Appellate Courts

Wednesday:

Information Skills: Introduction to the Internet

Comprehension: Growing Up at Ivy Green, Part 1

Writing:

NEO: Sentence to Paragraphs: Level 1 - C_Alpha

Social Studies:

Assignment: Our Courts Exercises - 10 - Supreme Court

Assignment Due: Appellate Courts

Thursday:

Grammar: Quotations at the Beginning of Sentences

Language Arts: 04 - Time Lines Maps and Pictures

Math Facts: 10. Subtraction of 0, 1

Social Studies:

Assignment: Our Courts Exercises - 12 - Checks and Balances

Assignment Due: Supreme Court

Friday:

Social Studies:

Assignment: Our Courts Exercises - 14 - State Govt. Lesson

Assignment Due: Checks and Balances

Comprehension: What’s Next?

Writing Due: Hot Air Balloon (Due Jan. 22)

2^nd Year

Monday:

Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday – No School

Tuesday:

Spelling: Homophones 1

Language Arts: Modifiers - 2 - Adjective Degrees of Comparison

Writing:

Criterion: E-mails vs. Letters (Due Jan. 29)

Math Facts: 9. Addition Review 2

Social Studies:

Assignment: Our Courts Exercises - 09 - Appellate Courts

Wednesday:

Grammar: Quiz on Lessons 8–11

Information Skills: Introduction to the Internet

Comprehension: The Boston Massacre, Part 1

Writing:

NEO: Writing Style 1 - B_View1

Social Studies:

Assignment: Our Courts Exercises - 10 - Supreme Court

Assignment Due: Appellate Courts

Thursday:

Language Arts: Modifiers - 3 - Adverbs

Math Facts: 10. Subtraction of 0, 1

Social Studies:

Assignment: Our Courts Exercises - 12 - Checks and Balances

Assignment Due: Supreme Court

Friday:

Social Studies:

Assignment: Our Courts Exercises - 14 - State Govt Lesson

Assignment Due: Checks and Balances

Vocabulary: Smelling Like a Rose

Writing Due: Someone Like Me (Due Jan. 22)

Weekly Schedule: January 11 – January 15

1^st Year

Monday:

Spelling: Quiz on Lessons 10–12

Information Skills: Encyclopedias

Writing:

NEO: Sentence Writing: Level 1 - J_Paragr

Criterion: Hot Air Balloon (Due Jan. 22)

Social Studies:

Assignment: Our Courts Exercises - 05 - Legislative Branch

Tuesday:

Grammar: Quotation Marks around Titles

Language Arts: Writing - 03 - Reasons for Writing / 04 - Time Lines, Maps, and Pictures

Vocabulary: Jack’s Clothes House

Math Facts: 7. Addition of 10

Social Studies:

Assignment: Our Courts Exercises - 06 - Executive Branch

Assignment Due: 05 - Legislative Branch

Wednesday:

Information Skills: Other Reference Materials

Writing:

NEO: Sentence to Paragraphs: Level 1 - B_Simple

Social Studies:

Assignment: Our Courts Exercises - 07 - What Courts Do

Assignment Due: 06 - Executive Branch

Thursday:

Field Trip!

Friday:

Vocabulary: Good Food, Good Times

Social Studies:

Assignment: Our Courts Exercises - 08 - Trial Court Go Fish

Assignment Due: What Courts Do

Writing Due: Person Stamp

Health: Respect: Give It, Get It (A Sunburst Title)

2^nd Year

Monday:

Spelling: Quiz on Lessons 11–12

Information Skills: Encyclopedias

Vocabulary: A Letter about Troy

Writing:

NEO: Character Sketch 1 - K_Action

Criterion: Someone Like Me (Due Jan. 22)

Social Studies:

Assignment: Our Courts Exercises - 05 - Legislative Branch

Tuesday:

Language Arts: Verbs - 3 - Voice and Transitive and Intransitive Verbs / Modifiers - 1 - Adjectives

Math Facts: 7. Addition of 10

Social Studies:

Assignment: Our Courts Exercises - 06 - Executive Branch

Assignment Due: 05 - Legislative Branch

Wednesday:

Information Skills: Other Reference Materials

Comprehension: The Fifer of Boxborough

Writing:

NEO: Character Sketch 1 - L_Narrat

Social Studies:

Assignment: Our Courts Exercises - 07 - What Courts Do

Assignment Due: 06 - Executive Branch

Thursday:

Field Trip!

Friday:

Vocabulary: Something Different From Aunt Sarah

Social Studies:

Assignment: Our Courts Exercises - 08 - Trial Court Go Fish

Assignment Due: What Courts Do

Writing Due: Movie Party Due

Health: I'm All That: Building Self-Esteem

Weekly Schedule: January 4 – January 8

1^st Year

Monday:

Spelling: Silent Letters

Comprehension: Japan: Something Old, Something New; Part 2

Writing:

NEO: Sentence Writing: Level 1 - H_Color

Criterion: Person Stamp (Due Jan. 15)

Social Studies:

Assignment: Our Courts Exercises - 01 - Get Off Our Backs

Tuesday:

Language Arts: Writing - 01 - Prewriting Skills

Maps, Charts, and Graphs: Prediction: Predicting Where the Money Is

Social Studies:

Assignment: Our Courts Exercises - 02 - Just Right Govt

Wednesday:

Grammar: Quiz on Lessons 6–7

Information Skills: The Library Catalog

Vocabulary: There’s Work to Be Done

Writing:

NEO: Sentence Writing: Level 1 - I_Name

Social Studies:

Assignment: Our Courts Exercises - 04 - Bill of Rights

Thursday:

Language Arts: Writing - 02 - Editing and Publishing

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

Social Studies:

Assignment: Our Courts Exercises - 03 - Do I Have Rights?

Friday:

Comprehension: City Games

Health: I Can Be Responsible!

2^nd Year

Monday:

Spelling: Compound Words 2

Writing:

NEO: Character Sketch 1 - I_Setdia

Criterion: Movie Party (Due Jan. 15)

Social Studies:

Assignment: Our Courts Exercises - 01 - Get Off Our Backs

Tuesday:

Language Arts: Verbs - 1 - Verb Functions and Verb Tenses

Maps, Charts, and Graphs: Prediction: Predicting Where the Money Is

Vocabulary: When I Grow Up

Social Studies:

Assignment: Our Courts Exercises - 02 - Just Right Govt

Wednesday:

Grammar: Quotation Marks Around a Speaker’s Words

Information Skills: The Library Catalog

Writing:

NEO: Character Sketch 1 - J_Interc

Social Studies:

Assignment: Our Courts Exercises - 04 - Bill of Rights

Thursday:

Language Arts: Verbs - 2 - Mood

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

Comprehension: Sybil Sounds the Alarm, Part 2

Math Facts: 6. Addition of 8, 9

Social Studies:

Assignment: Our Courts Exercises - 03 - Do I Have Rights?

Friday:

Grammar: Quotations at the Beginning of Sentences

Health: Cliques: Who's In? Who's Out?