Thursday, February 18, 2016

Announcements and Reminders: On February 18/19 the counselors will come into your English classes to teach you how to register for next year.  Your registration papers will be due in our class by February 23.                                                            Your computer lab packets were due a long time ago.  Finish them as soon as possible and place them in the top wire basket. If you did not turn in your brochure last time, turn it in at the end of class today. Make sure you have all of your work done and turned in before you rotate to the next teacher.  Don't forget to clean up after yourself -- for the contest and because you do the right thing. We have    3   more classes in this rotation including today.   Turn in any revised or missing work BEFORE the end of the rotation. February 18 -- Finish Mind Maps -- at least 30 specific facts with as illustrations as you can use.  You will turn these in next time. You may take them home to study, if you can be certain to bring them back next time. Here are some other study aids: Your packetsFacts for Your Mind MapLewis and Clark -- Acronymic Mneumonic -- A Rough Poem about Lewis and Clark Flash Cards for Lewis and Clark February 22 -- Test on Lewis and Clark -- You will recreate your mind map by memory. You will place at least 30 facts on the map, in appropriate places.  That includes the title, rivers, cities, events, etc.  February 24  -- Readathon  February 24  Read-a-thon!  Bring treats, pillow to sit on, blanket,  if you wish.  Make a note for yourself to bring treats!

Targets for Today: I read for enjoyment, and add to a record of my reading. I can read aloud fluently. I understand and can use skills and strategies to better comprehend and remember the information I learn by reading.

Today’s  Agenda: Pick up your folder. 1. Individual reading and FILL OUT YOUR READING LOG. (Make sure you name is on your log.) 2. Partner Fluency.  Use the passage you are assigned.  The passage number is in the upper right hand corner. 3. Using BICUM strategies to learn:  Mind-Mapping to Remember      Today we will watch a video about Lewis and Clark and add to our mind maps.    A3 from  22:02 just portaged  to the end A4 from  21:27 Just started portaging to the end Learning ahead! Working on the Mind Map Illustrations for Lewis and Clark Top right corner The Lewis and Clark Expedition       Corps of Discovery Lower right corner (Your Name --- Your Class Period) Label  Philadelphia Washington, D.C. Monticello Pittsburgh Cincinnati St. Louis (Do not include Portland, Oregon.   It was not settled or founded until years later.) Mississippi River  (goes north and south through St. Louis Missouri River (label just west of St. Louis) Thomas Jefferson 1801 -- Became president  58 years old Louisiana Purchase -- 1803 bought from France $15 million Meriwether Lewis -- 28 years old Jefferson's private secretary Dog -- Seaman   William Clark -- 32 years old had been in the army together  York -- Slave He was about the same age as Clark. 32 at the beginning of the expedition. keelboat pirogues UP the Missouri River 10 to 15 miles a day tried to camp on river islands as much as they could Sergeant Charles Floyd Died appendix Teton Sioux almost ended the expedition Mandan/Hidatsa Indians about 4000 people Fort Mandan Charbonneau Sacagawea 16 years old pregnant prepared to send keelboat back to Jefferson maps journals specimens February -- Sacagawea's baby Jean Baptiste _______ grizzly bear Great Falls portage It took them 1 month to go about 18 miles found the Continental Divide  found Shoshone Indians Sacagawea's brother Cameahwait Bitterroot Mountains  traveled 200 miles through the mountains The land beyond was claimed by Spain, Britain, and Russia Nez Perce  Indians almost killed later called the most hospitable Columbia River  October 1805  to the Pacific Ocean 1 year and a half to get to the Pacific vote -- first time in U.S. history woman and black man to vote Fort Clatsop They lived at Fort Clatsop for 4 months with only 12 days without rain March 1806 -- started back return trip 6 months  split up so Lewis went North skirmish with Blackfoot Indians Clark went South  to Yellowstone River. They later met. passed among 50 tribes Sacagawea stayed at Mandan/Hidatsa villages Lewis and Clark left August 1806 had discovered  178 new plants 122 new animals When they arrived back at St. Louis September 1806  most had thought they were dead. Meriwether Lewis  governor of Louisiana Territory committed suicide three years after the expedition William Clark governor of Missouri Territory Clark had 10 children Raised Jean Baptiste York freed 10 years after the expedition 8,000 miles trip  28 months cost the government $38,000  In case you'd like to get ahead on the learning, here are some resources:  Illustrations for Lewis and Clark Facts for Your Mind Map Lewis and Clark -- Acronymic Mneumonic -- A Rough Poem about Lewis and Clark Flash Cards for Lewis and Clark

If You Were Absent:  See above.   Pick up a make-up reading log to complete at home.