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Math - 2nd and 3rd period

Sunday, March 9th, 2008

Math week of 5/19/08

Monday:  Order of Operations Review and practice.

Tuesday:  Field Day

Wednesday-Thursday:  Plan a Budget

Friday:  Last Day of School!!!

Math week of 5/12/08

Monday: Inspiration: Students will be creating

web diagrams on the laptops.

Tuesday:

Math with laptops.

Wednesday:

Tangrams p.384-385

Math: week of 5/5/08
Monday:
Monday:
Chapter 8: Algebra: Integers
Identify, graph, compare, and order integers.
Tuesday:
Computer Lab
Wednesday:
Computer Lab
Friday:
Obj: Add integers
Lesson Plans week of 4/28/08
Math
Monday:
Obj: Find the mean, median, mode, and range
of a set of data.
Tuesday:
Enrichment activities using mean, median,
and mode.

Wednesday: Test Chapter 2

Thursday: Round fractions and mixed numbers.

Friday: Estimate sums and differences of fractions.

Lesson Plans week of 4/14/08

Monday: T-Cap review

Tuesday-Friday: T-Cap Testing
Math week of 3/31/08
Monday:
Review measurement
Tuesday:
Review measurement
Wednesday:
Quiz: Measurement
Review: Geometry
Thursday:
Review: Geometry
Friday:
Quiz: Geometry
Math Week of 3/24/08

Monday-Friday: T-Cap Review using ThinkLink Practice Probes
Lesson plans week of 3/10/08

Monday:
Spi: 6.4.2
Obj: Add and subtract measure of time.
HW: p.619 12-6 (1-17) all
Tuesday:
Practice time elapsed
Quiz
Wednesday:
Spi: 6.3.2
Obj: Graph ordered pairs of numbers on a coordinate plane.
Apply function rules.
HW: None
Thursday:
Create your own coordinate plane and apply function rules.
Friday: ThinkLink in computer lab.

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

 Lesson plans week of 3/10/08

Monday:
Spi:  6.4.2
Obj:  Add and subtract measure of time.
HW:  p.619  12-6    (1-17)  all
Tuesday:
Practice time elapsed
Quiz
Wednesday:
Spi:  6.3.2
Obj:  Graph ordered pairs of numbers on a coordinate plane.
Apply function rules.
HW:  None
Thursday:
Create your own coordinate plane and apply function rules.
Friday:  ThinkLink  in computer lab.
Math week of 2/25/08
Monday:
Spi: 6.2.4
Obj: Solve multiplication equations.
HW: p.612 (9-4) 1-34 even
Tuesday:
Spi: 6.2.4
Obj: Solve two-step equations.
HW: p.612 (9-5) 1-34 even
Wednesday:
Spi: 6.2.3
Obj: Complete function tables and find function rules.
HW: None
Thursday:
P.366 graph functions,
Review for Chapter 9 test
Friday:
Chapter 9 test.

Math

Monday, August 20th, 2007

 Math week of 2/18/08
Tuesday:
Spi:  6.3.5
Obj:  Identify three-dimensional figures.
HW:  p.623  14-4  (1-9) all
Wedneday:
Spi:  6.4.4
Obj:  Find the volumeof rectangular prisms.
HW:  None
Thursday:
Review for Test
Friday:
Test
Math week of 2/11/08
Monday:
p. 532 Hands-On Lab
Review for test.
Tuesday:
Test chapter 13 sections 13-1, 13-2, 13-4, 13-5
Wednesday:
Spi: 6.4.5
Obj: Find the area of parallelograms.
HW: None
Thursday:
Spi: 6.4.5
Obj: Find the areas of triangles.
HW: p. 622 14-1 (1-9) all
p. 622 14-2 (1-12) all
Friday:
Spi: 6.1.8
Obj: Find the areas of circles.

Math: Week of 2/4/08
Monday:
Mid-Chapter Practice Test
Obj: Solve problems by making a table.
p. 448 (1-15) all
Tuesday:
Complete foldable p. 505
Spi: 6.3.6
Obj: Classify and measure angles.
HW: p. 620 13-1 (1-12) all
Wednesday:
Spi: 6.4.4
Obj: Draw angles and estimate measures of angles.
HW: None
Thursday:
Spi: 6.3.1
Obj: Bisect line segments and angles.
HW: p. 620 13-3 (1-20) all
Thursday:
Mid-Chapter Test
Spi: Review sections 1 through 3
Friday:
Spi: 6.3.3
Obj: Name two-dimensional figures.
Math Week of 1/28/08
Monday:
Test Chapter 10
Tuesday:
Spi: Spi: 6.5.6
Obj: Find and interpret the theoretical
Probability of a event.
HW: p. 616 (11-1) 1-18 (all)
Wednesday:
Spi: 6.5.9
Obj: Find outcomes using lists, tree diagrams,
and combinations.
HW: none
Thursday:
Spi: 6.5.8
Obj: Predict the actions of a larger
Group using a sample.
HW: p.617 (11-3) 1-7(all)
Friday:
Spi: 6.2.2
Obj: Solve problems by making a table.
Lesson Plans week of 1/22/08
Math
Monday:
No School
Tuesday:
Review chapter 10
Wednesday:
Spi: 6.1.3
Obj: Find the percent of a number.
Thursday:
Review for test on Friday
Friday:
Test Chapter 10
Lesson Plans week of 1/14/08
Math:
Monday:
Spi: 6.1.3
Obj: Use models to illustrate the meaning of percents.
HW: p.614 10-4 (1-9) all
Tuesday:
Spi: 6.1.3
Obj: Express percents as fractions and vice versa.
HW: p. 615 10-5 (2-34) even
Wednesday:
Computer Lab: Study Island
Thursday:
Spi: 6.1.2
Obj: Express percents as decimals and vice versa.
HW: p. 615 10-6 (1-33) odd
Friday:
Test sections 10-4, 10-5, 10-6

Lesson Plans week of 1/7/08
Math:
Monday:
-Complete Chapter 10 Getting Started.
-Complete foldable on page 379.
-Define chapter vocabulary using foldable.
Spi: 6.1.10
Obj: Express ratios and rates in fraction form.
HW: p. 613 (1-12) all (10-1)
Tuesday:
Spi: 6.4.9
Obj: Solve proportions by using cross products.
HW: p.614 (1-28) all (10-2)
Wednesday:
Spi: 6.4.6
Obj: Use scale drawings and models to find actual measurements.
HW: None
Thursday:
Review
Quiz sections 10-1, 10-2, 10-3
Spi: 6.1.3
Obj: Use models to illustrate the meaning of percents.
HW: p. 614 (1-9) all 10-4
Friday:
Mid-Chapter Test sections 10-1 through 10-4
Math week of 12/17/07
Monday:
Review first half of chapter 7.
Discuss Mid-Chapter 7 test.
Tuesday:
Review chapter 1-2
Wednesday:
Review chapters 3-4
Thursday:
Review chapters 5-6
Math 12/10/07
Monday:
Spi: 6.4.1
Obj: Estimate products using compatible
Numbers and rounding.
HW: p. 607 7-1 (1-28) even
Tuesday:
Spi: 6.1.3
Obj: Multiply fractions.
HW: p. 607 7-2 (1-28) even
Wednesday:
Spi: 6.1.3
Obj: Multiply mixed numbers.
HW: None
Thursday:
ThinkLink Test
Friday:
Mid-Chapter Test
Math 12/3/07
Monday: Review
Spi: 6.1.3
Obj: Express fractions in simplest form.
HW: p.603 5-2 (1-31) all
Tuesday:
Spi: 6.1.3
Obj: Write mixed numbers as improper fractions
and vice versa.
HW: None
Wednesday:
Test – Sections 5-2, 5-3
Thursday:
Review
Friday:
Test Chapter 6

Math week of 11/26/07
Monday:
Spi: 6.1.9
Obj: Add and subtract fractions with
unlike denominators.
HW: 6-4 p.606 (1-28) even
Tuesday:
Spi: 6.1.3
Obj: Add and subtract mixed numbers.
HW: 6-5 p. 606 (1-28) even
Wednesday:
Review – Quiz sections 6-4, 6-5
Thursday:
Spi: 6.1.3
Obj: Subtract mixed numbers involving
renaming.
HW: 6-6 p. 607 (1-28) even
Friday:
Review 6-6, Quiz

Math: Week of 11/19/07
Monday:
Spi: 6.1.3,9
Obj: Add and subtract like denominators.
HW: None
Tuesday:
Spi: 6.1.9
Obj: Add and subtract unlike denominators.
Wednesday-Friday: NO SCHOOL
Math: Week of 11/13/07
Monday: Veteran’s Day
Tuesday:
Spi: 6.1.3
Obj: Round Fractions and mixed numbers.
HW: p.605 6-1 (1-36) odd
Wednesday:
Spi: 6.4.1
Obj: Estimate sums and differences of fractions and mixed numbers
HW: None
Thursday:
Spi: 6.5.4
Complete Problem-Solving Strategy in class.
HW: p. 605 6-2 (1-28) odd
Friday:
Test: sections 6-1 and 6-2

Lesson Plans week of 11/5/07
Math
Monday: Field Trip
Tuesday:
Spi: 6.1.3
Obj: Write decimals as fractions or mixed numbers in
Simplest form.
HW: p.604 5-6 (1-32) odd
Wednesday:
Spi: 6.1.3
Obj: Write fractions as terminating
and repeating decimals.
HW: None
Thursday:
Complete p.213, 214, 215 Practice Test
Friday: Test Chapter 5

Lesson plans week of 10/29/07
Math
Monday:
Review GCF, improper fractions, mixed numbers.
Tuesday:
Spi: 6.1.3
Obj: Find the LCM of two or more numbers.
HW: p.604 5-4 (1-30) even
Wednesday:
Spi: 6.5.1
Obj: Compare and order fractions.
HW: None
Thursday:
Spi: Review for test.
HW: None
Friday:
Test: LCM, Compare and order fractions.

Lesson Plans week of 10/22/07
Math
Monday:
Spi: 6.1.3
Obj: Find the greatest common factor of two or more numbers.
HW: 5-1 p.603 (1-30) odd
Tuesday:
Spi: 6.1.3
Continue working on GCF
HW: p.179 (11-29) odd
Wednesday:
Spi: 6.1.3
Obj: Express fractions in simplest form.
HW: None
Thurday:
Spi: 6.1.3
Obj: Write mixed numbers as improper fractions and vice versa.
HW: 5-3 p.603 (1-30) odd
Friday:
Test: GCF, Simplest form, Improper fractions.

Lesson Plans week of 10-15-07
Math
Monday:
Spi: 6.1.2,5,9
Obj: Multiply decimals by whole numbers.
HW: 4-1 p.601 (1-28) even
Tuesday:
Spi: 6.1.11
Obj: Multiply decimals by decimals.
HW: 4-2 p.601 (1-30) even
Wednesday:
Spi: 6.1.2
Obj: Divide decimals by whole numbers.
HW: None
Thursday:
Spi: 6.1.8
Obj: Divide decimals by decimals.
HW: 4-4 p.602 (1-27) even
Friday:
Test 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4

Lesson Plans week of 10/08/07
Math
Monday/Tuesday FALL BREAK
Wednesday:
Review rounding decimals.
Spi: 6.1.8
Obj: Estimate sums and differences of decimals.
HW: None
Thursday:
Spi: 6.1.9
Obj: Add and subtract decimals.
HW: Section 3-5 p.600 (1-21) all
Friday: Test sections 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5

Lesson Plans week of 10/01/07
Math
MONDAY:
Spi: 6.5.1
Obj: Find the mean median, and mode of a set of data.
HW: p. 598, section 2-6 (1-14) all

TUESDAY:
P.94 Test (1-15) all
p.99 (1-21) all
Finish p. 99 for Homework.
WEDNESDAY:
Spi: 6.1.3
Obj: Represent decimals in word form, standard form, and expanded form.
HW: None
THURSDAY:
Spi: 6.1.5
Obj: Compare and order decimals.
HW: p.599 section 3-2 (1-23) all
FRIDAY:
Spi: 6.1.4
Obj: Round Decimals.
HW: None

Math: Week of 9/24/07
TUESDAY:
P.94 Test (1-15) all
p.99 (1-21) all
Finish p. 99 for Homework.
WEDNESDAY:
Spi: 6.1.3
Obj: Represent decimals in word form, standard form, and expanded form.
HW: None
THURSDAY:
Spi: 6.1.5
Obj: Compare and order decimals.
HW: p.599 section 3-2 (1-23) all
FRIDAY:
Spi: 6.1.4
Obj: Round Decimals.
HW: None

Monday:
Spi: 6.5.4
Obj: Construct and interpret
stem-and-leaf plots.
HW: p. 598 (1-10) all
Tuesday:
“same as Monday”
Students will construct their own
stem-and-leaf plot.

HW: None

Wednesday:
Spi: 6.5.3
Obj: Find the mean of a set of data.
HW: none
Thursday:
Obj: Students will find the mean of
a set of data and construct a poster.
HW: p.598 Lesson 2-6 (1-14) all
Friday:
Spi: 6.5.3
Obj: Find the mean, median, and mode
of a set of data.

Week of 9/17/07

Math:`
Monday:
Review frequency tables.
Spi: 6.5.2
Obj: Make and interpret bar graphs and line graphs.
HW: p. 597 section 2-2 (1-4) all
Tuesday:
Spi: 6.5.7
Obj: Interpret circle graphs.
HW: p.597 section 2-3 (1-4) all
Wednesday:
Spi: 6.5.8
Obj: Make predictions from line graphs.
HW: None
Thursday:
Spi: Review for Mid-chapter test.
HW: p. 70 (1-10) all
Friday:
Mid-Chapter Test.

Lesson Plans week of 9/10
Math
Monday: Chapter 1-7
Spi: 6.4.5,7
Obj: Find the areas of rectangles.
HW: p.596 Lesson 1-8 problems (1-6) all
Tuesday: ThinkLink Testing
Wednesday:
Spi: 6.5.7
Test Chapter 1
Thursday:
I will be attending a Social Studies In-service. The students will have a substitute teacher.
Obj: Students will define chapter 2 vocabulary giving page number, definition, and an example of each word. The vocabulary words are on page 90.
HW: None
Friday: Chapter 2-1
Spi: 6.5.7
Obj: Make and interpret frequency tables.
HW: None

Lesson Plans week of 9/4/07
Math Periods 2 and 3
Monday:
Spi: 6.2.7
Obj: Evaluate algebraic expressions.
HW: p. 595 Lesson 1-6 (1-32) even
Tuesday:
Spi: 6.1.2
Obj: Solve problems by using the guess and check strategy.
HW: p.595 Lesson 1-6 (1-32) odd
Wednesday:
Spi: 6.2.4
Obj: Solve equations by using mental math.
HW: None
Thursday:
Review for test.

HW: p. 44 (38-55) all
Friday:

Test sections 1-6, 1-7a, 1-7

Lesson Plans
Math week of 8/27/07

Monday:
Spi: 6.1.6
Obj: Find the prime factorization of a composite number
Practice
HW: p. 594 Section 1-3 (17-31)
Tuesday:
Review
Quiz on prime factorization.
Wednesday:
Spi: 6.1.7
Obj: Evaluate expressions using the order of operations.
HW: None
Thursday:
Continue practicing order of operations.

HW: p.
Friday:
Test: Order of Operations.
Week of 8/20/07 MATH (periods 2 and 3)

Monday: A Plan for Problem Solving
Ch. 1-1 Spi: 6.1.2
Homework: p. 9 (6-13) odd

Tuesday: Prime Factors
Ch. 1-3 Spi: 6.1.6
Homework: p. 594 Lesson (1-31) odd

Wednesday: Powers and Exponents
Ch. 1-4 Spi: 6.1.6
Homework: None

Thursday: Complete Mid-Chapter Practice
Test together. p. 22
Test: Mid-Chapter
Homework: None

Friday: Order of Operations
Ch. 1-5 Spi: 6.1.7
Homework: None

Social Studies

Monday, August 20th, 2007

 Social Studies:
Tuesday:
Chapter 9 L 4
Review vocabulary.
Wednesday:
Take chapter notes.
Thursday:
Review for Test
Friday:
Open book test chapter 9.
Social Studies week of 2/11/08
Monday:
T-Cap Practice.
Tuesday:
Study Island –T-Cap Practice
Wednesday:
Spanish/Mrs. Smith
Thursday: Guidance/Ms. Willingham
Friday:
T-Cap Review
Social Studies week of 2/4/08
Monday:
Obj: How can ideas about religion affect governments
and their people’s ways of life?
p. 303 Islam
Tuesday:
Obj: Buddhism – Why would practicing proper concentration be important?
p. 194
Wednesday:
Obj: How did Christian religion and Roman society affect each other.
p. 272
Thursday:
Begin “Major World Religions” poster.
Friday:
Complete posters.

Social Studies week of 1/28/08
Monday:
Chapter 8 Lesson 2.
Read and discuss.
Tuesday:
Chapter 8 Lesson 3
Read and discuss

Wednesday:
Spanish class/Mrs. Smith
Thursday:
Guidance/ Ms. Willingham
Friday:
Chapter 8 Lesson 4.

Social Studies:
Monday:
Quiz: Silk Route.
Begin vocabulary review.
Social Studies week of 1/7/08

Monday:

Spi: 6.2.1

Recognize an example of a barter economy.

Tuesday:
Spi: 6.2.2
Obj: Identify major trade routes including the Silk Route.
Draw a map of the route p. 164, 165
Read and discuss The Silk Route p. 382
Social Studies week of 12/17/07
Monday:
Review Chapters 1-2
Tuesday:
Review Chapters 3-4
Wednesday:
Review Chapters 5-6
Thursday:
Holiday Party

Social Studies 12/10/07
Monday:
Read and discuss Ch.7/L1
Complete Show What You Know p. 233
Tuesday:
Read and discuss Ch.7/L2
Complete Activity Pages for lesson 1 and lesson 2

Wednesday:
Read and discuss Ch. 7/L3
Complete Activity Pages
Thursday:
Study Island
Friday:
Social Studies 12/03/07
Monday:
-Read and discuss Chapter 6, L3 in class.
-Complete L3 activity pages.
Tuesday:
-Read and discuss Chapter 6, L4
-Complete activity pages.
Wednesday:
-Vocabulary quiz Chapter 6
-GUIDANCE/Ms. Willingham
Thursday:
Review for Chapter Test
Friday:
Chapter 6 test.

Social Studies week of 11/26/07
Monday:
Obj: How does the movement of people into an area
Affect those already there?
-Complete Chapter 6 vocabulary (Lessons 1-4)
-If time allows read lesson 1.
Tuesday:
-Read lesson 1 together in class.
-Complete activity pages lesson 1.
Wednesday:
-Draw Path of Buddhism page 195.
Guidance/Ms. Willingham.
Thursday:
-Complete Use a Cultural Map p.196, 197
Friday:
Read “Two Fables” and complete Review.
-Write a Fable about a quality that is important to you.
Social Studies: Week of 11/19/07
Monday:
Complete Egypt project.
p. 132 “Write More About It”
Tuesday:
Complete Egypt worksheet.
Wednesday-Friday: NO SCHOOL

Social Studies week of 11/13/07
Monday: Veteran’s Day
Tuesday:
Egypt Project:
Assign sections of project to groups.
Wednesday:
Continue Project.
Thursday:
Complete Project.
Friday:
Review test on Egypt.
Lesson Plans week of 11/5/07
Social Studies
Monday:
Obj: What ideas first arose during the Zhou
Dynasty and still define Chinese civilization.
-Read Shi Huangdi’s Tomb.
-Read and discuss CH. 5 L1
-Complete lesson review.
-Activity pages.
Tuesday:
Obj: Discuss the way the ruler of Qin united
people and created the first Chinese empire.
-Read and discuss Ch. 5 L2.
-Complete Poster Actvity.
Wednesday:
Finish Poster Activity
GUIDANCE
Thursday:
Obj: Think about the achievements that made the
years of Han rule an outstanding times of achievement.
-Read and discuss L 3
-Complete activity pages.
Friday:

Social Studies week of 10/29/07

Monday:

Review Chapter 4 lesson 3

Complete workbook pages for lesson 1,2,3
Tuesday:

Vocabulary quiz - Chapter 4

Draw and label elevation map.

Wedneday:

Complete unit 2 review p.160.

Read “Shi Huangdi’s Tomb” p.166-169

Thursday:

Complete CH 5 L1 voacabuary.

Read and discuss L1.

Friday:

Complete CH 5 L2 and L3 vocabulary on index cards.

Read lesson 2 independently.

Complete Poster Activity on page 181.

Social Studies week of 10/22/07

MONDAY-Chap 4 CIVILIZATION in the VALLEY pg 135 complete the review questions and the vocabulary 6.5
TUESDAY-complete the Diary Activity pg 139 pretending you are an archaeologist exploring the ruins of an ancient civilization–illustrate your diary 6.5
WEDNESDAY-study the early Chinese civilization in lesson 2 pg140-write an essay on China’s culture-HOMEWORK-essay due Thurs 6.1
THURSDAY-compare and contrast using a Venn diagram the Shang and the Xia dynasties 6.1
FRIDAY-map skill–reading an elevation map pgs146-147 6.3

Lesson Plans week of 10-15-07
Social Studies
Monday:
Obj: Learn history through literature.
Read and discuss “His Majesty- Queen Hatshepsut”
-Complete Literature Review
-Complete Lesson 4 vocabulary.
Tuesday:
Obj: Look for ways that the peoples of Nubia and the people of Egypt influenced each other.
-Read and discuss Lesson 4.
-Draw the time line on page 128.
Wednesday:
Obj: Read and discuss p. 130 Nubia or Egypt?
“Compare viewpoints”
Thursday:

Lesson Plans week of 10/08/07
Social Studies
Monday/Tuesday: FALL BREAK
Wednesday:
Spi: 6.2.3, 4
Obj: Discuss how people today might be affected by their physical
Environment.
1. Complete vocabulary exercise for lesson 1.
2. Read and discuss Chapter 3, lesson 1.
Thursday:
Spi: 6.2.3, 4
Obj: Illustrate the double crown of unified Egypt. Why do you think the crowns of Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt were combined?
- Complete vocabulary exercise for Chapter 3, lesson 2.
Friday:
Spi: 6.2.3, 4
Obj: What causes some societies to change over time and others to stay the same?
- Read and discuss Chapter 3, lesson 2.
- Draw and diagram Egypt’s Social Pyramid.

Lesson Plans Social Studies: Week of 10/01/07
Monday:
Obj: Review basic social studies terms, and skills.
Complete matching worksheet for review.

TUESDAY:
Obj: Follow routes on a Map.
WEDNESDAY:
Guidance
THURSDAY:
Review Chapter 2 vocabulary.
FRIDAY:
Vocabulary Test
Chapter 2 review.

LESSON PLANS WEEK OF 9/24/07

SOCIAL STUDIES
Monday:
Review Time Line worksheet/
make corrections.
Present Time Line Projects.
Tuesday: Map Exercise/practice.
Wednesday:
Chapter 2, lesson 3
Obj: Discuss how Israelites, Phoenicians, and
Lydians contributed to change long ago.
Complete Vocabulary exercise Lesson 2 and 3.
Thursday:
Read and discuss lesson 3.
Complete p.89 Speech Activity.
Friday:
Complete Map and Globe skills page 90.
Lesson Plans week of 9/17/07
Social Studies:
**Poster and research due on Tuesday for Parallel Time Line Project. Please do not complete this project at home. We will be completing it in class. Students brought home a green sheet explaining the project. Please don’t forget to sign the bottom of the sheet.
Monday:
Obj: Use and analyze a Parallel Time Line.
p. 60/61 Complete Think and Apply.
Tuesday:
Introduce Chapter 2 and vocabulary Lesson 1. Complete vocabulary exercise.
Wednesday:
Obj: Begin Parallel Time Line Project.
Guidance at 3:30.
Thursday:
Complete Parallel Time Line Project.
Friday:
Ch. 2 Lesson 2
Obj: Discuss how early civilizations protected themselves and kept order within their societies.

Lesson Plans week of 9/10/07
Social Studies:
Monday:
TSW view the film “Walking with Cavemen”.
Film will be followed by class discussion and a written
assignment.
Tuesday: Spi: 6.4.1
Obj: Classify causes and effects of conflict in the Fertile Crescent.
Introduce chapter 2.
Wednesday: Spi: 6.4.3
Obj: Analyze how Hammurabi promoted cooperation within his empire.
Review code, and discuss how laws compare to today’s laws.
Thursday:
Complete chapter 2 vocabulary.
Focus: Why do people today try new ways of doing things?
Obj: Discuss the new lifeways developed by societies living in ancient Mesopotamia.
Friday:
Obj: Prepare and describe a news story that describes an important event that might have happened in Sumer when an innovation was introduced.
Students will share their news stories.

Lesson Plans week of 9/4/07
Social Studies
Tuesday:
Chapter 1 Lesson 2
Spi: 6.2.3, 6.4.2, 6.5.1, 6.5.2
Obj: How does change affect your life today?
Wednesday:
Chapter 1 Lesson 3
Skara Brae
Thursday:
Review for Test Chapter 1
Friday:
Test: Chapter 1

Lesson Plans week of 8/27/07
Social Studies

Monday:
Obj: Understanding the setting of a story in Social Studies.
Read and discuss pages 35-37.
What are the five themes of Geography?
Make a foldable and define and draw a picture for each theme.
Tuesday:
Obj: Read and interpret a Map.
Read and discuss pages 38-40.
Complete p.40 (1-8) Complete Think and Apply.
Wednesday:
Unit 1 Early People and Lifeways
Set the Scene with Literature: Boy of the Painted Cave
Read and discuss. Make a cave painting.
Thursday:
Obj: Discuss why early people lived and worked in groups.
Define and illustrate lesson vocabulary.
Read lesson 1.
HW: Finish vocabulary.
Friday:
Lesson 1 Review
Complete Review questions.

Week of 8/20/07 SOCIAL STUDIES (period 5)

Monday: Geography Terms
Obj: Draw and Label the Atlas on page A20.

Tuesday: The Themes of Social Studies
Obj: Read and discuss pages 22-25.
Take notes using a graphic organizer.
Students will work in groups to create
posters depicting the Themes of Social Studies.

Wednesday:
Obj: Students will continue working on posters.

Thursday:
Obj: Read Social Studies
Read and discuss pages 26-29

Friday: Presentation of Themes
of Social Studies posters.