Weekly Lesson Plan

 

 

Grisham Middle School

IB Middle School

Austin, Texas

Title of Unit:  Texas Geography and Colonization

Length of Unit: 5 weeks

MYP Area of Interaction:  Environments

MYP Learner Profile:  Principled

TEKS Taught in Unit: 

 

Date

Topic/Content/Skill/Activities

Homework

Assessment

Last updated Thursday September 4, 2008

Previous week plans can be located by scrolling down the page.

Monday

September 1

No School – Labor Day Holiday

The following items should be brought to school if you haven’t brought them yet:

 

Supplies

ISN

Team Letter   - signed

Get to Know You letter - signed

 

Tuesday

September 2

Geo-Challenge:  ISN Set Up

Today we will be setting up our ISN’s for the first semester

Complete class work

 

Wednesday

September 3

Geo-Challenge:   Vocabulary Work #1

Today we will be learning how to complete our Current Event Assignments

Complete class work

 

Thursday

 

September 4

Geo-Challenge

Regions of Texas Maps

Complete both maps – look at the pages in the chapters for the clue on which way the rivers flow!

Door Check – Current Event

Friday

September 6

Geo-Challenge

Open ISN Quiz /

No Homework if all caught up

Door Check:  Region Map

Open ISN Quiz – 100 pts

Don’t Forget

FREE:  History Day Workshop / LBJ Library / UT / Sat. 10 /4

Register online by Friday 9/26

 

 

 

Date

Topic/Content/Skill/Activities

Homework

Assessment

Last updated Sunday, August 24, 2008

 

 

This week we will be focusing on getting to know the expectations for the year for the school and classroom.

 

 

Tuesday

August 26

 

All classes will be participating in the campus wide

CHAMPS campus expectations lesson plans.

Get a good rest and bring your spiral notebook to class on Wednesday if you didn’t bring it today.

 

Wednesday

August 27

All classes will be participating in the campus wide

IB/MYP curriculum today.

Be sure to bring your planner/agenda to class tomorrow.

 

Thursday

 

August 28

Today we will be discussing classroom expectations and what the year will be like in Texas History!

Please have your parent sign and return the team newsletter.

 

Did you finish your Get-To-Know You page?

 

Friday

August 29

Pep Rally Schedule Today!  Shorter class periods

Today we will be exploring our textbook and completing a textbook survey.

Everyone must have their spiral notebook on MONDAY.

 

Monday

September 1st

Labor  Day

Enjoy your three day weekend

Tuesday – we assemble our ISN (spiral)