Mrs. Churvis’ Blog- Social Studies – Language Arts – APEX

“Education is not the filling of a bucket but the lighting of a fire.” W.B.Yeats

Week of 3/23/2009




Upcoming Events

  • 3/23 Fourth quarter begins
  • 4/01 Report cards distributed
  • 4/10 Good Friday holiday
  • 4/14-17 TCAP Testing

Social Studies

  • Library-Monday
  • Have vocab. for all of Ch. 18 completed by Tues.
  • Ch. 18 The Arabian Peninsula, Iraq, and Iran
  • Sec. 1-4 Read and discuss
  • Working in pairs fill in chart on countries of area
  • Read “Oil in Saudi Arabia”, ans. ques. pg. 445 1-3
  • Ch. 18 Test Monday 3/30?

Standard Language Arts

  • DOL-Critical Reading-Passage completion-key words, context clues, and main idea
  • Wordly Wise Lesson 20
  • Caught Ya Grammar-Capitals, punctuation, commas, and vocab.
  • Chapter 20 Phrases-Prepositional phrases and clauses
  • Read “Saving the Planet”
  • Spelling and def. test Friday

APEX Language Arts

  • Daily Analogies-Characteristics, part/whole, synonym, agent/object, object/function, action/object
  • Giggles in the Middle Grammar-Types of sent., punctuation, reasons for semicolons, collective nouns, homophones, and interrupters
  • Literary devices-reference to poetry, poems in narrative
  • Writing idea-poetry-write several cinquains on nature. Use guide line given by teacher.
  • Chapter 20 Phrases-Prepositional phrases and clauses, wb. pgs. 69-70
  • Word Within the Word List 4
  • Discuss author study and required book reports for the last quarter.
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