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Mr. Nussbaum's Weekly Plans for 10/24/05 | CLICK HERE FOR HOMEWORK

9:00 - 10:00

10:00 - 11:00

11:00 - 12:00

12:00 - 1:00

1:00 - 2:00

2:00 - 4:00

Monday

* Students arrive, listen to announcements. A.M. Weather

Morning Work:Morning Math

SOCIAL STUDIES -

*Continue learning about explorers. Extend to Prince Henry, Batholomew Dias, read more of Marco Polo

*Pass out maps of world so students can chart explorer progress(Henry, Dias)

*George Washington biography.

*Music

*Snack

LANGUAGE ARTS

Introduce new Spelling Words

Writing Workshop (begin finishing story)

* Continue with Charlotte's Web - Chapter 6, read in pairs.Answer questions.

Lunch

Dismissal

Monday night -

Monday Night

LANGUAGE ARTS - Log on to mrnussbaum.com/premium and complete the multiple choice exercise under the QUZZES tab. The exercise is labeled SPELL1024. The spelling test will be THURSDAY due to Friday field trip
SOCIAL STUDIES - Begin preparations for Silk Road Marketplace. On Thursday, there will be a brief explorers quiz. Students will have to be able to identify Portugal, Spain, France, and England on a map of Europe, and will have to know theexplorer routes taken by Prince Henry, Bartholomew Dias, and Vasco da Gama. We will go over these extensively in class.

Tuesday Night

LANGUAGE ARTS - Charting types of words. Organize all adjectives, regular nouns, proper nouns, verbs, and plural nouns from the paragraph in the chart provided.
SOCIAL STUDIES - Continue with preparations for Silk Road Marketplace.

Wednesday Night

LANGUAGE ARTS - Do the Christopher Columbus paralaugh | Study for THURSDAY spelling test.
SOCIAL STUDIES - Continue with preparations for the Silk Road Marketplace. Make sure you know the information for the explorers quiz.

Thursday Night

LANGUAGE ARTS - Wacky Writing. Write at least fifty words with seven vocabulary words to this prompt, "I met George Washington back in 1772. "
SOCIAL STUDIES - Continue with preparations for the Silk Road Marketplace

Friday Night

Have a great weekend!