2-19-2010

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= __Essential Question__: What Makes Us the Same? What Makes Us Different? =

Students will:

 * ===learn to find the main ideas of an article.===
 * ===show understanding of the skills you learned in Unit 3, Cluster 1===

**Homework:**
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 * Vocabulary Study Chart page 185 (1-5)

Reminders:
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 * ** Checking homework today: **
 * ** page 183-184 **
 * ** Mr. Devine will be in the Night Library every Tuesday from 3:00 to 6:00. **

Monday WASC will be visiting, so we should talk about their visit with our students. Explain why they are coming and what they are looking for. Remind students of what learning strategies we continuously use in class. Also, today we should stress reading the article in groups because we will be demonstrating our ability to use collaborative learning on Monday.

__Agenda__
1. Continue Reading Article 2
 * We won't finish this today... and that's okay!
 * Students form groups of 3 to 4
 * Stress the procedure--remind students of the procedure. Explain why we have the procedure (to spend time on learning instead of on moving desks).
 * The teacher models the reading--stopping after each section.
 * The teacher mentions and underlines important parts of the section (students follow the model)
 * Students add to their Main Idea Chart
 * What is the topic of this section?
 * What is the Main Idea of this section?
 * The teacher provides sentence templates/sentence starters to guide students toward the main idea of the section.

2. Unit 3, Cluster 1 Test
 * Give students the last 25-30 minutes ONLY for this test--we need to spend most of our time on Article 2
 * Do not write on the test.
 * No talking during the test.