Announcements and Reminders:
If you still need to make-up your Internet Research Assignment, here are the links:
Calendar for this class for the rest of the term!
May 21: Test on Lewis and Clark (recreating your mind map)
Test on Lewis and Clark -- Be able to fill in a blank map with the facts you wrote and drew on your study map. You will receive one point for each clear, correct, legible fact.
30 Points = 100% = A
26 Points = 85% = B
23 Points = 75% = C
If you earn less than a B on the test, you are welcome to prepare to retake the test next Tuesday. Of course that will your last chance since the term ends next week, so be sure to study well.
May 22: The last day to hand in any late work or make-up work for this term
May 26: Our Class Readathon!
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| May 26 |
Read-a-thon! Bring treats, pillow to sit on, blanket, if you wish.
Today's Activities:
- Sit in your assigned seat today.
Pick up your folder, make sure you have reading materials, and be seated.
Activity 1. Read-Aloud -- Your job today is just to listen!
We read about Lewis' dog Seaman.
We read about Lewis' dog Seaman.
Activity 2. Partner Fluency Practice and fill out your fluency graph
Use the passage for today: Tongue-Twisters
On your graph use the abbreviation "TT."
On your graph use the abbreviation "TT."
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Fill out the date, passage number, and your words per minute.
Activity 3. Continue Study Reading
for the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Finish up the MIND MAP for the Lewis and Clark Expedition (The Corps of Discovery)
Add the facts Ms. Dorsey gives you, and others from your own notes and packet.
Review some other methods to remember.
- Making up stories or poems
- Acronymic
- Flashcards
Activity 4: Take the test.
Before you take your test,
Hand in your first map.
Put away your folder.
The video we watched was National Geographic: Lewis and Clark: Great Journey West
41 Minutes LONG
Teacher/Educational Materials to go with the video:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/movie.html?source=A-to-Z
http://www.lewis-clark.org/article/2295 (about his fate after the expedition)
Before you take your test,
Hand in your first map.
Put away your folder.
- You will reproduce the mind map you made, adding as many clearly legible facts as you can.
- Write legibly.
- Label illustrations.
- Number your facts, and show the total.
If you need to study more, or complete your first map:
Illustrations for Lewis and Clark
Facts for Your Mind Map
41 Minutes LONG
This is available on Netflix or perhaps at your public library.
Teacher/Educational Materials to go with the video:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/movie.html?source=A-to-Z
More about Seaman:
http://www.lewis-clark.org/article/2295 (about his fate after the expedition)
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