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1 Communication Skills

Hola!   Here is our  week at a glance:
Week 11

Vocab Quiz – food
Grammar:  finish count/non-count nouns, p. 5 packet
Math:  review fractions, begin Graphs and charts:  read, circle vocab words
Food Vocabulary, Food Walk (cafeteria?)
H:   Read Graphs and Charts
FOG: Self test, p. 101-102 Blue FOG (W /s with pres prog)
FOG:  present tense, with negatives,
“What’s your favorite food?”  Favorite Food Survey/Chart, p. 6 packet – powerpoint chart
FOGW:  pp 54-56; finish  Read Fruit and do comp questions
Food Puzzle, p. 3, food packet
FOG:   Unit 5 Blue:  A, An, Count/noncount:  pp. 40-45; read rules p. 310mt6
Dictionary p. 46-52: aisles/containers/packages
Baroni:  Unit 3:  Food and Shopping: complete pp. 20-27
Do FOG p. 124 #2 right before Favorite Food Survey (noncount and food ex)
How to make PB and J:  Video ; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3HehLKqxsY  - Australian


Fast foods, Dict: pp. 54-55: 
check Baroni read

FOGW:  pp. 16-18
FOOD ID:  Id food in pictures, SNACKs

Recipe Write/Video: PB&J
Rosetta Stone
Word Scramble; p. 20
A few/little: handout # 12 food pack; FOG: pp. 317 rules, ***320 ex.
Food Video Project
H:  FOG:  pp. 75-6, #1-5; p.
15-16 Food, Read Graphs and Charts
Math:   Begin Measurement packet:  pretest; pp. 1-9
H:   FOGW p. 85-86, #3-5




































M
10/10



NO SCHOOL!!!
T
10/13



No School!
W
10/1


FOG:  Read together, p.92-99 present prog W?s; complete
Math:  time zone etc.
Food:  Vegie reading;  Dict. p. 46-52:  fruits, vegies.
FOG:  Present progressive ?s: complete all ex:  pp. 94-99


Food Charting
Math packets

T
10/1



Unit Test: Clothing
FOG:  pp. 52-56: pres prog W? practice; Read: 
Fruits, p.9, complete

Eng Yes – p. 38-39
Present Habit pp (2nd class)
Baroni, Chapter 3
F
10/1



FOG:  Unit 5 Blue:  A, An, Count/noncount:  pp. 40-45, FOGW:  pp. 16-18
Food ID pictures Food (OCCA):
Review comp questions; meat/dairy –

Habit pp presentations
Do FOG p. 124 #2 right before Favorite Food Survey (noncount and food ex)


Comp:  Baroni, ch 3; FOG pp. 120-125, count/non count

































M
9/26
Vocab Quiz:  Present Progressive;
Math:  calendar handouts, Dict. p. 33
Clothing Pix:; Cultural online clothing pix
Skit
Clothing 4Square
FOG: Finish pres progressive, pp. 64-65, FOGW pp. 44-47
T
9/
Copy new vocab
FOG:  Pres Progressive Yes/No questions pp.66-71;
Math:  Calendar;
Work on skit
Clothing:  Dict p. 56-59  Write
English Yes! Workbook pages 31-40
Read:   Baroni Family  Unit 3 pp.20-28
W
9
Clothing – “Should”
FOGW:  pp. 48-51
Math:  Calendar
Work on skit
Clothing:  English Yes! pp. 31-40
Read:  Baroni Family #3
T
10/
FOG:  Possessions
Math:  Calendar
Clothing: Present Ski8t
Read:  Baroni Family
F
10
FOG:
Math:  review practice:  big numbers, place value, signs and terms, money, calendar,
Where our clothes come from: 














































































M
9/19
Vocab Quiz – math words
Big numbers
FOG:  present progressive, p. 58-63
Read:
T
9/22
Quiz:  math terms
New vocab:  action verbs
Clothing Packet
Review money terms and do money handouts
W
9/23
 (WRITING TEST)
Clothing Packet
Math:  money problem practice
Word problems
T
9/25
Math
Clothing Packet
Rosetta Stone
F
9/26
Math
Clothing
Rosetta Stone














































































M
9/5




T
9/


Math packet
Home:  Real pictures:   desc adjs/ spatial preps/colors
Dict pp. 13-29;  Sentences:  There is/ It has/   small bed is/adj/spatial preps
My home: 4 square colored paper; draw and write 5 sentences per square
Rosetta Stone
Read:  Home Reading, Math Practice:  numbers. Math signs:  +, - x, /
H:  Home read comp questions

W
9/


Real Pics;  Dict pp. 13-20
My real/ideal bedroom write
H:  My Home 4Square
Read:  Review comp questions, 

H: Baroni, pp
T
9/



Family Quiz;  Room sort
Math:  Place Value
House Rap
FOG Unit 13 Simple Present Questions p. 88-93
F
9/



House Packet: Review rooms; furniture, picture Math: cardinal, ordinal
Math: Different ways of Reading Numbers



nd home

Our first Unit:  The CLASSROOM, THE SCHOOL


M
8/22
Bring in family photos (phone/internet)

School Vocab Quiz
FOG: p. 24
Ordinal Numbers, Dict p. 30
Practice:  classroom objects and ordinal numbers
Welcome Packet

To be questions: FOG pp. 32-33


H:  Comp Questions – The School
T
8/2




t-chart: watch

 
Review Homework
Copy New Vocab: Family
FAMILY MEMBERS/WHO?
Family Pre-test
Family:  Dict. p. 2-3 family members
English Yes –


FOGW  pp. 15-16
W
8/2


FOG:  Present tense p. 80-83
Family Reading & Comp
Rosetta Stone

t-chart: listen

 
Write Comp:  BAroni family/student schedule (higher)
T
8/2




t-chart: not to be

 
FOG: 25-27
Capitalization:334
This/that – p.9
Begin Open House Letter


Read Basics:  Finish Lit terms; Disappearing Kidnapper
F
8/2



Unit 1 test:  The school with grammar:  The School/Commands  Fog pp. 16-17 self test
English Yes –
Introductions – p. 6-7 blue grammar
Rosetta Stone






























M
8/15

MOVE SOME OF THIS TO
WEEK 3 !!!!

Vocab Quiz: The Classroom
FOG: The Verb Be: present tense: p. 18-21; t-chart:
Dictionary Skills:  table of contents, index
Dictionary, p. 77
Read:  The School, Welcome packet, p. 35
English Yes –

H: FOGW:  p. 10-11; Complete “The School” comp questions, p. 36 Welcome, vocab ID
T
8/



t-chart: turn on

 
To be t-chart: positive and negative
THE SCHOOL – ROOMS TO GO TO!
School Vocab Words
FOG: contractions: read rule, p. 21, do p. 22-23, #5-6 (afternoon)
School Tour
SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT/ MAP
Comp Practice p. 4-5

H:  FOGW p. 25-27
W
8/


FOG, Unit 6: spatial prepositions, p. 37-39

t-chart: open

 
That/those activity – p. 34
Comp Practice 6-7
Work on School Map
Rosetta Stone

T
8/




t-chart: read

 

t-chart: raise

 
THOSE ARE PENCILS
FOG 24-25: that/those
Finish School Map
Rosetta Stone

F
8/



FOG:  Be questions –p. 30-33

t-chart: do

 
WHO ARE YOU? ARE YOU A STUDENT?
Interview – English yes! -
Be questions:  finish p. 30-31
Reading basics:  Lit terms:



























M
8/8



SYLLABUS, RULES
Student Info Card
Syllabus:  Materials due by Friday
Rules
FOG: p. 1-3
Alphabet, number pretest, alphabet match, English Yes!
H:  Sign Syllabus
      Welcome To Our School:  Read
T
8/



NAME NATIONALITY/Where are you from?
FOG: p. 4-7 imperatives, commands
Check homework: signatures, e-mails, [phone numbers
Rules, questions
Read WELCOME together
What’s your name, nationality
H: FOGW:  #1-3, p. 1-5
W
8/


CLASSROOM VOCABULARY /WHAT’s THIS?
FOG: This is/These are Unit 2, p. 10-12
Check homework, rules, supplies, administration
Dict, “The Classroom”, p. 10
Read “The Classroom
Practice What’s this?/response/label
 H:  Finish classroom reading and comp
       FOGW:  p. 6-8, #1-5
T
8/



CLASS VOCAB/COMMANDS/INTRODUCTION
FOG: p.12-14 Subject Pronouns: practice he/she
Copy new Vocab
Concentration – classroom vocab cards – Welcome packet
Class commands:  Dict, p. 11
 Practice:  command charades
H: FOGW, p. 9
     p. 3 Reading 1, Comp Practice
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8/



Testing?
Comp Practice, Ch 1 – Robert Baroni