Day Fifty-Eight

Epic of Gilgamesh in cuneiform

Monday, December 5, 2011

English/Social Studies 8
Blocks 1 and 2
Announcements and Attendance

CBA 2 - Rotation continues

Notebooks
BLK 1 - Griswold, Hall and Hastings
BLK 2 - Lancaster, Larsen-Clifford and Lewis-Sandal

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Felicia and Isabelle found their first class (which thankfully was only ten steps further).  Before entering the classroom, Felicia Fey, who should have known better, tried to fix her flyaway hair with a petite spell.  As usual, it backfired; this time it turned her hair purple.
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At the same time, William Waggish found a new friend, Jesse Jocose, the boy who had experienced the wrath of Dean Dread, too.  The two of them discovered their love for jocularity and limericks.

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Read Aloud/Read Along
No Promises in the Wind
by Irene Hunt
Chapter 1
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Break
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2nd Hour

CBA - Classroom Based Assessment aka state test prep
Do CBA 2 - in alphabetical rotation
Blk 1 - Dusti and Isaac (finish David’s Haircut), Isaiah,Cameron(David’s Haircut), Christian and Quinn
Blk 2 - Lancaster, Larsen-Clifford, Holden, Celeste, Ruby and Eden
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AHOON
In the notebook and clearly labelled
Blk 1 & 2- Do the “Test Yourself” for chapter 1 on page 31 - all questions
Read Chapter 2 section 1
In Notebook -
Do “Check Your Progress” page 41
questions 1, 2, 3, and 4 and 5
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Read “Life at the Time” pages 42 and 43
Read Chapter 2 sections 2 and 3
In Notebook -
Do “Check Your Progress” questions for each section (2 & 3)
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Chapter 2 continues with section 4 - Read
In Notebook -
Do section 4 “Check Your Progress” questions 1-6

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SS6
Moodle - My World History Quiz 5

My World History -
Unit 2 “The Ancient Near East”
Chapter 3 - “The Fertile Cresent”

History of the World in 100 Objects

Standard of Ur

Human Family Tree - How DNA studies show ancient human movement across the earth (22:39 minutes done)

Group Project - Neighborhood geography maps - overdue