Homeroom Activities
Week 1 - Context Clues Week 2 - Compare & Contrast Week 3 - Cause & Effect
Week 4 - Fact and Opinion Week 5 - Strong vs. Weak Arguments Week 6 - Author's tone, attitude, and purpose
Week 7 - Hispanic Heritage Week 8 - Main Idea Week 9 - Main Idea
Week 10 - Persuasive Language Week 11 - Interim Assessments Week 12 - Patterns of Organization
Week 13  - Thanksgiving and Author's Tone & Purpose Week 14 - Figurative Language Week 15 - Understanding Poetry
Week 16 - Writing a Five-Paragraph Essay Week 17 - Fact vs. Opinion 2 Week 18 - Strong vs. Weak Arguments
Week 19 - Midterm Exams Week 20 - Understanding FCAT questions Week 21 - Interim Assessments
Week 22 - African-American Read-in and FCAT Run-Through Week 23 - Does Matter Matter Week 24 - Newton's Laws of Motion
Week 25 - Seasons Week 26 - Glaciers Week 27 - Test-Taking Tips
Week 28 - Science FCAT and NRT Week 29 - An Intense Beam of Light Week 30 - The Olympic Games
Week 31 - Physical, Chemical, or Nuclear Week 32 - President Eisenhower Week 33 - A Nation of Immigrants
Week 34  -The Rise and the Fall of the Berlin Wall Week 35 - The First TV War The Mass Media and the Public
 

Words of the Week
August 27- 31, 2007 September 4 - 7, 2007 September 10 - 14, 2007
September 17 - 21, 2007 September 24 - 28, 2007 October 1 - 5, 2007
October 9 - 12, 2007 October 15 - 19, 2007 October 22 - 25, 2007
October 29 - November 2, 2007 November 5 - 9, 2007 November 13 - 16, 2007
November 19 - 21, 2007 November 26 - 30, 2007 December 3 - 7, 2007
December 10 - 14, 2007 December 17 - 21, 2007 January 7 - 11, 2008
January 14 - 17, 2008 January 22 - 25, 2008 January 28 - 31, 2008
February 4 - 8, 2008 February 11 - 15, 2008 February 19 -  22, 2008
February 25 -  29, 2008 March 3 - 7, 2008 March 10 - 14, 2008
March 17 - 20, 2008 March 24 - 27, 2008 April 7 - 11, 2008
April 14 - 18, 2008 April 21 - 25, 2008 April 28 - May 2, 2008
May 5 - 9, 2008 May 12 - 16, 2008

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