Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Daily Lesson Plans--November 28

We will be practicing for our Christmas program nearly every day for the next few weeks. Because of this, you may notice a lesser number of daily assignments being posted.

LANGUAGE ARTS

In yellow HBJ language book:
p. 299 E
p. 301 D & E
p. 303 D
p. 349 D
p. 351 E

Due tomorrow morning at language arts class.

SPELLING

New lists distributed (see below). Word search for independent practice. Exam next Wednesday.
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Spelling Lists







LEVEL 2
LEVEL 3
LEVEL 4
LEVEL 5


  1. giant

  2. magic

  3. junk

  4. jet

  5. job

  6. meal

  7. joy

  8. track

  9. hay

  10. inside

  11. age

  12. son

  13. push

  14. first

  15. hall

  16. long

  17. lot

  18. man

  19. ages

  20. welcome


  1. country

  2. village

  3. resist

  4. stuffed

  5. daily

  6. hollow

  7. timber

  8. edge

  9. path

  10. package

  11. argument

  12. disappear

  13. removal

  14. ribbon

  15. cellar

  16. allowance

  17. envelope

  18. extremely

  19. forget

  20. knock

  21. smile

  22. something

  23. such

  24. summer

  25. welcome


  1. journal

  2. region

  3. adjourn

  4. ridge

  5. talent

  6. continual

  7. confidence

  8. amazed

  9. improvements

  10. ridiculous

  11. appreciated

  12. maple

  13. dawn

  14. suffers

  15. succeed

  16. ash

  17. sorrow

  18. silent

  19. selfish

  20. utter

  21. ridiculously

  22. unselfish

  23. utterly

  24. among

  25. welcome


  1. evacuated

  2. populace

  3. pastime

  4. facilities

  5. severely

  6. insurmountable

  7. hindrances

  8. emerged

  9. grudging

  10. composure

  11. prattling

  12. abreast

  13. jockeyed

  14. tyke

  15. uncanny

  16. shrewdness

  17. rigidity

  18. resentment

  19. considered

  20. taut

  21. circulation

  22. coarse

  23. colonel

  24. column

  25. welcome
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Monday, November 26, 2007

Daily Lesson Plans--November 26

MATH
3rd--Chapter 4 Lesson 4 [#7-36]
4th--Lesson 29 [all problems]
5th--Lesson 32 [all problems]

LANGUAGE ARTS
Search for modifiers in free reading book.
Asg:
  1. Write a complete definition of both adjective & adverb, including five examples of each from the textbook.
  2. Write 10 sentences, each of which must include at least one adjective and one adverb. UNDERLINE the adjectives and CIRCLE the adverbs. Do NOT use sentences from the book.
  3. Write 10 examples each of adjectives and adverbs from your free reading book. Write them in two columns, and include the page number on which you found them.
SOCIAL STUDIES
Review pilgrim simulation & prepare for exam.
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Friday, November 16, 2007

Daily Lesson Plans--November 16

MATH
All--end of week quiz.

LANGUAGE ARTS
Finish Etheree poem assignment from yesterday.

AFTERNOON
Practice for music program.
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Thursday, November 15, 2007

Daily Lesson Plans--November 15

MATH
3rd-5th--Calculating calorie count of Thanksgiving meals.

LANGUAGE ARTS
Lesson on adverbs: comparing to adjectives, discussing purpose & examples.
Learned Etheree form of poetry.
Assignment: write two Etheree (normal and reverse) poems about two opposites. Due Friday morning at the beginning of Language Arts.

SOCIAL STUDIES
Pilgrim simulation.

BIBLE
Baptism class.

HANDWRITING
Next two lessons in handwriting book.
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Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Daily Lesson Plans--November 13

MATH
3rd--Chapter 4 Lesson 2 [#1-10 & worksheet]
4th--Lesson 27 [all problems]
5th--Lesson 30 [all problems]

LANGUAGE ARTS
Art class.
Turn in finished Quatrain poems.
Write poems on Thanksgiving cards for Iraq soldiers.

SOCIAL STUDIES
Pilgrim simulation.

SPELLING/HANDWRITING
Separate words into categories: nouns, verbs, modifiers (adjectives & adverbs), and other. Write all words in CAPITAL LETTERS.
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Monday, November 12, 2007

Daily Lesson Plans--November 12

MATH
3rd--Chapter 4 Lesson 1 [problems 2-26]
4th--Lesson 26 [all problems]
5th--Lessons 28 & 29 [odd problems in both lessons]

LANGUAGE ARTS
Discussion on modifiers & how they apply to poetry.
Learned Quatrain form of poetry.
Assignment: write one 2-quatrain (2 sets of 4 lines) poems about being thankful. Due tomorrow morning.

SOCIAL STUDIES
Pilgrim simulation.

HANDWRITING/SPELLING
Write all of your words alphabetically in you rbest cursive. Five of the words need to be used in sentences (also cursive). Due tomorrow.
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Thursday, November 8, 2007

Daily Lesson Plans--November 8

MATH
3rd--Chapter 3 review [problems 1-20 & 1-10]
4th--Lesson 25: subtraction stories [all problems]
5th--Lesson 27: reading scales [all problems]

LANGUAGE ARTS
Poetry lesson on clerihew style of poem. Assignment: write three clerihew poems. Free reading.

SOCIAL STUDIES
Pilgrim simulation.

SPELLING/HANDWRITING
New word list, copied in best handwriting. Assignment: take list home & study.
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Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Daily Lesson Plans--November 7

MATH
3rd--Chapter 3 Lesson 6: choosing a method [#11-30 and 41-45]
4th--Lesson 24: missing numbers [all problems]
5th--Lesson 26: division algorithm [all problems]

LANGUAGE ARTS
Studied cinquain form of poetry. Assignment: write two cinquains, one of which must be about something learned during our Week of Prayer, in which we're emphasizing being a "Real Christian."

SOCIAL STUDIES
Pilgrim simulation

SPELLING
Spelling exam
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Monday, November 5, 2007

Daily Lesson Plans--November 5

MATH

3rd--Chapter 3 Lesson 4 [problems #2-26]
4th--Lesson 23 [find examples of segment, acute angle, obtuse angle, right angle, parallel lines, intersecting lines]
5th--Lesson 24 [all problems]

LANGUAGE ARTS

Introduction to poetry unit, discussion about definition of poetry; read & write in class an acrostic poem. Assignment: write an acrostic poem no less than 7 lines long. Due in Language Arts class Tuesday.

SOCIAL STUDIES

Pilgrim simulation activities.

SPELLING

Spelling hangman.
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