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Week 16 (12/01-05/2008)

Students will be given academic support on a daily basis, while working toward completion of their IEP goals and objectives.

 

Students will complete all outstanding work sent from their regular education teachers.

 

Monday     

Students will read an editorial from Sports Illustrated, then construct an essay based on choices made and doing the right thing.

 

Tuesday-Friday

Students will continue Algebra remediation, working more with solving equations, and other algebraic problem areas.

 

Week 15 (11/24-28/2008)

Students will be given academic support on a daily basis, while working toward completion of their IEP goals and objectives.

 

Monday-Tuesday

Students will be given the opportunity to catch up on and complete all outstanding work before the Thanksgiving break.

 

Wednesday-Friday

Thanksgiving Break

NO SCHOOL!!!

 

 

Week 13 (11/10-14/2008)

Students will be given academic support on a daily basis, while working toward completion of their IEP goals and objectives.

 

Students will continue with their bell work competition and answering everyday questions that put their minds to work.  Objective- be able to take their time and come to conclusions for simple everyday questions.

 

Students will write about what they think about when they can not sleep at night.  Objective- to get the students thinking about an everyday event and get them to write about it.

 

Student will learn to draw conclusions and sequence events.  Objective- student learn to look at two pictures and draw conclusions what happened in between and be able to sequence the events in the order that got to that point.

 

Students will be able to complete a Math Pyramid. Objective- students will use problem solving techniques in order to add and subtract to complete the Math Pyramid.

 

 

Week 12 (11/5-7/2008)

Students will be given academic support on a daily basis, while working toward completion of their IEP goals and objectives.

 

Students will continue with their bell work competition and answering everyday questions that put their minds to work.  Objective- be able to take their time and come to conclusions for simple everyday questions.

 

Students will do a worksheet that has them multiple 2 digit numbers with themselves.  Objective- have students practice their multiplication tables with two digit numbers.

 

Students will do a worksheet on cause and effect.  Objective -students will learn the difference between cause and effect and they will understand which one comes first.

 

 

Week 11 (10/27-31/2008)

Students will be given academic support on a daily basis, while working toward completion of their IEP goals and objectives.

 

Students will continue with their bell work competition and answering everyday questions that put their minds to work.  Objective- be able to take their time and come to conclusions for simple everyday questions.

 

Students will turn words of numbers into standard form numbers.  Objective- be able to read words and interpret them into numbers correctly into standard form.

 

Students will read questions about a story and be able to interpret the answers from the text and two different graphs.  Objective- use context clues and be able to read a graph and interpret the information.

 

I will perform a magic trick in front of the class and ask the class to either explain in paragraph form how the trick was done, or if they do not understand how it was done explain how they felt after the trick was completed.

 

 

Week 10 (10/20-24/2008)

Students will be given academic support on a daily basis, while working toward completion of their IEP goals and objectives.

 

Students will continue with their bell work competition and answering everyday questions that put their minds to work.  Objective- be able to take their time and come to conclusions for simple everyday questions.

 

Students will learn about placements of numbers through a worksheet. Objective- to be able to recognize how much a number is simply by how many numbers are being used.

 

Students will write a paper about optical illusions after I show them a series of O.I.’s.  I will have them write which one was their favorite and why. Objective- to introduce students to O.I. and have them write about them.

 

Sentence punctuation, the students will get a worksheet with badly written sentences on them and they will have to correct them. Objective- to give the students practice on proper punctuation.

 

Week 9 (10/13-17/2008)

 

Students will be given academic support on a daily basis, while working toward completion of their IEP goals and objectives.

 

Students will continue with their bell work competition and answering everyday questions that put their minds to work.  Objective- be able to take their time and come to conclusions for simple everyday questions.

 

Students will learn odd and percentages using a set of playing cards. Objective- be able to calculate percentages based on whole numbers.

 

Students will write about something that they do exceptionally well that others always seem to struggle with.  Objective- get them thinking about things that they are good at while getting them to write a paragraph about it.

 

Students will learn about cause and effect and complete a worksheet on it.  Objective- to be able to distinguish what the difference between cause and effect is and which one comes first in the sentences described.

 

 

Week 8 (10/6-10/2008)

Students will be given academic support on a daily basis, while working toward completion of their IEP goals and objectives.

 

Students will continue with their bell work competition and answering everyday questions that put their minds to work.  Objective- be able to take their time and come to conclusions for simple everyday questions.

 

Students will learn fractions and how to convert them into decimals through a game of dominos. Objective- to learn how to modify a fraction into decimal form using an everyday life experience.

Students will write about an embarrassing moment in their life after a class discussion on what embarrassing is and “why these things happen to me”.  Objective- to be able to apply a life event and construct it into a writing topic.

Students will read about events in the past and by using context clues they will put these events in order on a number line.  Objective- to learn how to infer what is being read and explain it by putting dates on a number line.

 

 

Week 7 (09/29-10/03/2008)

Block I - Students will be given academic support on a daily basis, while working toward completion of their IEP goals and objectives.

 

Students will write, write, write following presentation and discussion of a prompt

Students will read for details

Students will discuss and identify elements of a story

Students will identify plural nouns and the rules for forming each

Students will read and rephrase items using possessive nouns to show ownership

 

Block III - Students will be given academic support on a daily basis, while working toward completion of their IEP goals and objectives.

 

Students will write, write, write following presentation and discussion of a prompt

Students will read for details

Students will discuss and identify elements of a story

Students will identify plural nouns and the rules for forming each

Students will read and rephrase items using possessive nouns to show ownership

 

Block IV - Students will be given academic support on a daily basis, while working toward completion of their IEP goals and objectives.

 

Students will write, write, write following presentation and discussion of a prompt

Students will read for details

Students will discuss and identify elements of a story

Students will identify plural nouns and the rules for forming each

Students will read and rephrase items using possessive nouns to show ownership

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 6 (09/22-26/2008)

Blocks I & III (Mr. Smyth) Figurative Language Unit

Monday- Students will learn the term personification and be able to identify it, demonstrate it, and explain what it is.

 

Tuesday- Students will learn the term symbol and be able to illustrate a symbol, dissect what a symbol stands for, and explain what one is.

 

Wednesday- Students will learn the term oxymoron and be able to interpret an oxymoron, choose an oxymoron from a group of phrases, and develop their own oxymoron.

 

Thursday- Students will learn the hyperbole and they will be able to explain what hyperbole is and translate what a hyperbole statement is trying to say.

 

Friday- Students will learn the term pun and be able to identify their own pun, construct a sentence with a pun, and compare puns with non-puns.

 

Block IV

 

Students will be given academic support on a daily basis, while working toward completion of their IEP goals and objectives.

 

Students will write, write, write following presentation and discussion of a prompt

Students will read for details

Students will discuss and identify elements of a story

Students will identify plural nouns and the rules for forming each

Students will read and rephrase items using possessive nouns to show ownership

 

 

Week 5 (09/15-19/2008)

Block I (Mr. Smyth)

 

 

Blocks III & IV

 

Students will be given academic support on a daily basis, while working toward completion of their IEP goals and objectives.

 

Students will write, write, write following presentation and discussion of a prompt

Students will read for details

Students will discuss and identify elements of a story

Students will multiply and divide integers

Students will identify plural nouns and the rules for forming each

Students will read and rephrase items using possessive nouns to show ownership

 

 

Week 4 (09/08-12/2008)

Students will be given academic support on a daily basis, while working toward completion of their IEP goals and objectives.

 

Students will write, write, write following presentation and discussion of a prompt.

Students will read and identify main ideas.

Students will read for details.

Students will discuss and identify parts of speech.

Students will discuss and identify types of sentences.

Students will multiply and divide integers.

 

 

Week 3 (09/02-06/2008)

Students will be given academic support on a daily basis, while working toward completion of their IEP goals and objectives.

 

Students will write, write, write following presentation and discussion of a prompt.

Students will discuss and work with integers.

Students will read and identify main ideas.

Students will discuss and identify parts of speech.

Students will read sentences, correcting run-ons and fragments.

 

 

Week 2 (08/25-29/2008)

Students will be given academic support on a daily basis, while working toward completion of their IEP goals and objectives.

 

Students will write, write, write following presentation and discussion of a prompt.

Students will discuss and work with integers.

Students will read and identify main ideas.

Students will discuss and identify parts of speech.

 

Week 1 (08/18-22/2008)

 

W E L C O M E   T O   W E S T   F L O R E N C E !

 

         

 

Introductory writing assignments

Completion of Student’s Guide to the IEP

Completion of Interest Inventory

 

 

 

Materials

SMART Board

Dry/Erase Board

Dry/Erase Markers

Chalkboard/Chalk

Paper/Pencils

HSAP Books        

Computers/Internet                                                                  

 

 

 

 

 

West Florence High School

221 N. Beltline Dr.

Florence, SC  29501

Phone: (843)664-8472

Fax: (843)664-8475

Email: jmagee@fsd1.org