Lesson Review         0 ABE Morning                February 2005

Monday, February 28, 2005          6 Learners present.                                                    2.5 hours  

Class worked more on their autobiography books.

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Thursday, February 24, 2005       6 Learners present.                                                    2.5 hours 

Began working on assembling their autobiographies for the Coffeehouse.

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Wednesday, February 23, 2005   2 Learners present.                                                    2.5 hours

  --      Represent and use numbers in a variety of equivalent forms and in order relations (Number Relationships

 & Computation) 

Did some graph activities.

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Tuesday, February 22, 2005          4 Learners present.                                                    2.5 hours

Individual reading/writing and math.

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Thursday, February 17, 2005       7 Learners present.                                                    2.5 hours

  --Dynamics among power, authority, and participation (Power, Authority, & Participation)  Respond in

writing to written & oral questions (Writing) Interpret Charts & Graphs (Reading)    

Read about Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman and the Emancipation Proclamation. Read some

background information about the Civil War and what events lead up to it. Did a couple timeline/map

activities.

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Wednesday, February 16, 2005   6 Learners present.                                                    2.5 hours

  --  Express thoughts in complete sentences (Writing)    Use computation and proportions to solve problems

(Number Relationships & Computation) 

Worked on some multiplication math  crossword puzzles. Students had to solve equation and then write

 the words for the numbers in the crossword puzzle. Focus was to help with number facts and spelling.

  Students did a writing exercise answering questions about their feelings and attitudes about math.


Tuesday, February 15, 2005          7 Learners present.                                                    2.5 hours

  --  Express thoughts in complete sentences (Writing)   Separate response to message from response to

speaker/medium (Critical Thinking)   WRITING - Communicate thoughts, ideas & information in writing;

Create documents (letters, directions, reports, graphs) (Basic Skills)

Discussed the political issues and ramifications of the President's proposed FY06 budget. Students

wrote letters to their senators and representatives.

 

Worked on the crossword puzzle that class was unable to finish yesterday.

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Monday, February 14, 2005          6 Learners present.                                                    2.5 hours

Did some reading from Newspaper. Worked on some Valentines for friends and family.

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Thursday, February 10, 2005       7 Learners present.                                                    2.5 hours

Some US history map work.

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Wednesday, February 09, 2005   6 Learners present.                                                    2.5 hours

  --      Represent and use numbers in a variety of equivalent forms and in order relations (Number Relationships

 & Computation) 

Individual math, fraction exercises using plates cut into fraction sections and some math games.

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Tuesday, February 08, 2005          7 Learners present.                                                    2.5 hours

  --  Awareness of rules for grammar and mechanics (Writing) Strategic Reading (Reading)    

Worked on several order of events/sequencing activities. Students were able to pick out words that

were key words in figuring out the sequences in a passage. Explained to class that this exercise is

practice for pre essay writing.  Overall class went well and everyone was engaged in the various

activities after the initial grumbling.

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Monday, February 07, 2005          4 Learners present.                                                    2.5 hours

  --    Communicate complex ideas clearly (Oral Communication)   

Finished working on some writing for the writing project. Did a crossword puzzle, read some articles in

 News for You…had good discussion about DNA, and the death penalty.

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Thursday, February 03, 2005       3 Learners present.                                                    2.5 hours

  --  Express thoughts in complete sentences (Writing)     

We worked on our writing projects. The goal is to have these completed and ready to start assembling

by next week.

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Wednesday, February 02, 2005   3 Learners present.                                                    2.5 hours

  --      Represent and use numbers in a variety of equivalent forms and in order relations (Number Relationships

 & Computation) 

Practiced % using sales from the newspaper to solve some equations.

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Tuesday, February 01, 2005          2 Learners present.                                                    2.5 hours

  --  Evaluate own written work (Writing)     

Edited writings for the biography writing project.

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