Lesson
Review 0 ABE
Morning October 2004
Tuesday, October
26, 2004 6 Learners present. 2.5 hours
--Means and varieties of civic participation
(Power, Authority, & Participation)
Joint activity with pre GED class. Al Siano, Town Councilor came in and talked about the
town
government process and his role as a Town Council member. Students asked questions. Very
informative and good experience for students.
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Monday, October 25,
2004 4 Learners present. 2.5 hours
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Develop reading Vocabulary (Reading)
Read some articles from News for You including an article about oysters
making pearls which lead to
a discussion and listing of "things that are made by other
things/animals/etc. We did the
crossword
puzzle and then did Map activities
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Thursday, October
21, 2004 6 Learners present. 3 hours
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Finished Community Service activity at MCAE office.
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Wednesday, October
20, 2004 6 Learners present. 4 hours
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Did a Community service project at MCAE…folder stuffing for the
upcoming conference.
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Tuesday, October
19, 2004 15 Learners
present. 2 hours
--How different perspectives on human
behavior, interactions, and history affect people's understanding of the
world. (Perspective & Interpretation)
Combined groups activity with Pre
GED class. Did Political Scavenger hunt. Used Boston Herald
Newspaper and Scavenger Hunt Activity. Put class into groups of 2 or 3
with list of 15 political themed
items to locate in newspaper.
Class had to find items such as a political cartoon, a picture of the
candidates, a positive or negative comment, a political symbol, a
political issue, the temperature in
Washington, DC, etc. Class seemed to have fun with activity. We went
over each item and had some
discussion. Was interesting to explain the difference between a
political cartoon and a cartoon that
mentions a political word/words.
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Monday, October 18,
2004 5 Learners present. 2.5 hours
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Awareness of rules for grammar and mechanics (Writing) Develop reading
Vocabulary (Reading)
Current events…crossword puzzle, read several articles from News For You and did some
writing
exercises. Did a very focused activity on cause and effect using an
article from paper on nursing
shortage in USA. Went over the planned activities for the
autobiographies they will be creating based
on writings in their "Writing Your Life" books.
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Thursday, October
14, 2004 6 Learners present. 2.5 hours
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Develop reading Vocabulary (Reading)
Read a story about the huge wave that destroyed 2 ships in Alaska in
1958. Divided class into small
groups and give them vocabulary words from story to look up and then
create sentences for.
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Wednesday, October
13, 2004 7 Learners present. 2.5 hours
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Select & use appropriate methods and tools (computer, paper,
calculator, mental) for solving problems
(Number Relationships &
Computation)
Group and individual math.
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Tuesday, October
12, 2004 7 Learners present. 2.5 hours
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Express thoughts in complete sentences (Writing) Develop reading
Vocabulary (Reading) Recognize how
medium affects message (Critical
Thinking)
Did crossword puzzle. Read several
articles and did some writing exercises. Discussed the upcoming
election a little.
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Thursday, October
07, 2004 7 Learners present. 2.5 hours
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Identify unresolved questions (Doing Science & Technology)
Started reading about the sun and how all energy is derived from the
sun. Discussion led to
conversation about how the earth began("The Big Bang Theory"
vs Religious theory), the evolution of
man to how genetics affect looks(Can 2 brown eyed parents have a blue
eyed baby?). Really interesting
class. Will continue energy
discussion next week.
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Wednesday, October
06, 2004 7 Learners present. 2.5 hours
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Used measuring cups and measuring spoons to do hands-on fractions.
We used a recipe for a cake
and measured the ingredients, then reduced the recipe by half, then
increased the recipe by five. Used
a good amount of multiplication and division. Class seemed to like it
after the initial grumbling. I brought
the measures in at their
request. Told them be careful what they ask for, they just might get it!
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Monday, October 04,
2004 8 Learners present. 2.5 hours
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Awareness of rules for grammar and mechanics (Writing)
Class worked on some writing exercises from the book
"Writing Your Life."
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