Karen Jeffrey

ANNOUNCEMENTS -
PTSA Open House - Tuesday is for 10th and 12th Grade
Thursday is for 9th and 11th Grade
Meet in Gym at 6:00pm

****Please Note That all Plans and Homework are Subject to Change********

2nd Block - Interpersonal Skills
Monday - Friday - We will continue delivering coffee, cleaning coffee cafe, and work on basic job application skills.

4th Block - Functional English
Each Day begins with a Reading Warm-Up on Individual Levels
Monday - Writing about Weekend, Speaking Activity, Synonyms, Vocabulary #1, Begin Unit on Mysteries
HW - Make Vocab Flash Cards, Look for Empty Medicine Packages at Home
Tuesday - Antonyms, Vocab Crossword, Speech with Mr. Greco
HW - Read Mysterious Places and Complete Worksheet
Wednesday - Homonyms, Vocab(Sentences), Discussion on Plot in a story, read "Child Missing"
HW - Draw Plot picture for "Child Missing"
Thursday - Quiz on Synonyms, Antonyms, Homonyms; Vocab Review, Functional Reading Activity, Begin Play
HW - Study for Vocabuary Quiz #1
Friday - Vocab Quiz; Complete Play
HW - Enjoy your weekend

5th Block - Functional Math
Each day we will begin with a Math Starter and Daily Word Problem
Monday - Making Change, Charts and Graphs
HW - USA Olympic Medal Worksheet using Computer
Tuesday - Time, Fractions, Charts and Graphs
HW - Length of Break Time Worksheet
Wednesay - Weekly Reader News
HW None
Thursday - Change, Word Problems, Charts and Graphs
HW - Word Problems
Friday - Collecting Data and Creating Graphs
HW - Enjoy your weekend

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Hello and Welcome Back
Our first week went well and the Hoya Coffee Cafe opened this morning. I am having trouble uploading the cafe schedule to my blog so please check your child's schedule to see when they are working. It is important that they are here and on time to their job.

2nd Block - Personal Skills
We will be cleaning the coffee cafe daily and delivering coffee during 2nd block. Beginning next week, we start working in the PAES Lab as well.

4th Block - English
Each day we will begin with an independent reading and writing activity. Students will have this work in their notebook.
Monday - Begin vocabulary unit and read "Mama and her Bank Account"
HW - Question sheet on story

5th Block - Math
Each day will begin with a math starter and word problems on individual levels.
Monday - A Group - Diagnostic Test; Word Problems; and Charts/Graphs
B Group - Cash Tally Form Review; Word Problems; Calendar Activity
HW - Word Problems - Calculator is allowed.

Posted by Karen Jeffrey on August 18, 2008 at 10:59 AM | Permalink