September 10, 2012
Monday-
Continue to review collective nouns. Begin signing up for Bookshare, a program to assist you with reading comprehension. Continue reading chapter 1 The Short Bus. Be prepared to discuss what we have read and how it applies to your life.
Tuesday-
Possessive nouns. reading comprehension activity
Wednesday-
Appositives. Continue reading chapter 1 The Short Bus. Be prepared to discuss what we have read and how it applies to your life.
Thursday-
Irregular plural nouns. Reading comprehension activity
Friday-
Past tense. Continue reading chapter 1 The Short Bus. Be prepared to discuss what we have read and how it applies to your life.
September 17, 2012 Spirit Week
Monday
Begin taking the Casey Life Skills Assessment, 4th year level. Each student will complete the questionnaire independently using the classroom computers.
Action verbs
Reading comprehension activity.
Tuesday
Past tense verbs. Continue reading The Short Bus. Be prepared to discuss what we have read and how it applies to your life.
Wednesday
Irregular verbs. Vocabulary activity, synonyms and antonyms.
Thursday
Linking verbs. Continue reading The Short Bus. Be prepared to discuss what we have read and how it applies to your life.
Friday
Future tense verbs. Continue reading The Short Bus. Be prepared to discuss what we have read and how it applies to your life.
Biology 3rd and 4th Hour
September 10, 2012
Monday
Pre-Assessment test
Tuesday
1.1 Characteristics of Living Things
What is Biology?
Wednesday
1.2 The study of Life
Introduce new vocabulary
Complete main ideas and synthesizing information
Thursday
1.2 The Methods of Biology
Discuss mini-lab1.2 along with lab safety, how to use various lab tools
Friday
Mini-lab Testing for Alcohol
September 17, 2012 Spirit Week
Monday
1.3 The Nature of Biology, main idea.
Tuesday
Mini-lab 1.3: Hatching dinosaur eggs
What is Biology?
Wednesday
Pill bug lab
Thursday
Review for test
Friday
Assessment for chapter 1
Video: Ecology
