May 26-30, 2014

MORNING 8:30 AM-12 noon

Monday 5/26 - CLOSED

Memorial Day

Tuesday 5/27 - Boardwork

Math: 7-2.5=m

Grammar: longfellow wrote the poem cross of snow (5 errors) [Read & discuss poem. Find out what petrarchan sonnets are and who Petrarch is.]

Research question: Which president was the first American to receive the Nobel prize for peace? Find info here: president, Pious Fund of Californias

Group work - Story problems

Wednesday 5/28 - Boardwork

Math: 8.9+12,345.32=n

Grammar: john greenleaf whittier wrote an interesting poem about the countryside (4 errors) [Who is Whittier? Define idyll.]

Research question: What incumbent U.S. President suffered worst defeat ever in seeking re-election? What happened? What are the details?

Thursday 5/29 - Boardwork

Math: 5.6/4.7=n

Grammar: whittier wrote a poem about the snow or was it really about life in general (2 errors) [Read and discuss Snowbound.]

Research Question: What US President has a political opponent who had also dated his future wife? (some of the story, more story. and more story)

Group work: Sun report

Friday 5/30 - Group work

Employability: Read and discuss employment book (next 10 pages)

AFTERNOON 12:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Monday 5/26 - CLOSED

Tuesday 5/27 - Board work

Math: 4.5 x 2.35 = n

Grammar: i dont know how to hide what i think he told his wife (7 errors)

Hinky Pinky - a moving place upon which to set down your drink

Law - Missouri Compromise 1820 - finish reading/discussing the contents of the compromise and its impact on our lives today.

Wednesday 5/28 - Group work

Read Getting Unstuck - pp. 165-169

Thursday 5/29 - Boardwork

Math: 9.14*72.8=n

Grammar: can you tell a story from another point of view (2 errors)

[Read and discuss "The Pit and the Pendulum." Talk about author.]

Group work: phonics instruction

Friday 5/30 - Group work

Food Science - Read more about salt.

EVENING 4:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Monday 5/26 - CLOSED

Tuesday 5/27 - Board work

Math: 4/16 = n

Grammar: an explosive noise woke everyone up (2 errors)

Thursday 5/29 - Boardwork

Math: What number comes next in this series? 2, 7, 3, 8, 4, 9, ___, ___, ___

Grammar: what would you say in response to the word hot said the psychologist (6 errors)