Lesson Review                       0 ABE Morning                            July 2005

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Tuesday, July 05, 2005                                      3 Learners Present                 2.5 hours

Crossword puzzle and current events.  Started laying out the squares for our Holocaust Quilt.

Wednesday, July 06, 2005                                5 Learners Present                 2.5 hours

                                  How individuals and groups interact with and impact systems (Systems)

Continued preparing materials for the Holocaust quilt. Began cutting out and laying out some of

the pictures. Had students do a little more searching on the net for additional pictures.

Thursday, July 07, 2005                                    5 Learners Present                 2.5 hours

Worked on the layout of the holocaust quilt

Monday, July 11, 2005                                       5 Learners Present                 2.5 hours

More work on the Holocaust quilt. We were readjusting and laying out the information to see

what the most effective presentation would be.  This has turned out to be a really huge project.

We are trying to make this a really useful and user friendly learning tool.

Tuesday, July 12, 2005                                      5 Learners Present                 2.5 hours

Current events and some writing practice. Class worked together as a group for the whole class

time. We did some practice on reading bus schedules, airline information, planning a road trip

based on distance and time. Good activity for the group.

Wednesday, July 13, 2005                                5 Learners Present                 2.5 hours

Class worked on getting some of the squares for the paper quilt organized and ready for

Thursday, July 14, 2005                                    6 Learners Present                 2.5 hours

Reviewed what work has been done and still needs to be done on the Holocaust project.

Monday, July 18, 2005                                       6 Learners Present                 2.5 hours

                                                  Develop reading Vocabulary (Reading)

                                     Use appropriate tools for gathering information (Critical Thinking)

Current Events

Reading News for You.

We also developed some search strategies for finding more information about the Holocaust.

Tuesday, July 19, 2005                                      2 Learners Present                 2.5 hours

Read and did some writing exercises about the planetary system.

Wednesday, July 20, 2005                                5 Learners Present                 2.5 hours

More cutting, typing, printing and laminating pieces of the Holocaust project.

Thursday, July 21, 2005                                    3 Learners Present                 2.5 hours

                                         Awareness of rules for grammar and mechanics (Writing)

Grammar review.

Monday, July 25, 2005                                       6 Learners Present                 2.5 hours

Completion of grammar review.  Scrabble competition.

Tuesday, July 26, 2005                                      4 Learners Present                 2.5 hours

Math review using crossword puzzles focusing on addition, subtraction, multiplication, division,

averages and some per cents.

Wednesday, July 27, 2005                                4 Learners Present                 2.5 hours

                    Factors affecting production, distribution and consumption (Production, Distribution, & Consumption)

Field trip to the Armory Museum in Springfield. Students watched a video of the history of the

Springfield Armory, toured the museum and enjoyed the many exhibits.

 

Lunche at the Century Buffet in West Springfield was enjoyed by all.

Thursday, July 28, 2005                                    5 Learners Present                 2.5 hours

TABE testing