1. Monday, October 14, 2013 National Dessert Day Today we will be able to: 1.Practice test-taking strategies by completing the POD. 2.Demonstrate self-advocacy by writing down our homework assignments. 3.Demonstrate self-advocacy by getting help to complete difficult tests, quizzes or homework assignments. 4.Demonstrate personal responsibility by using our time to the best of our abilities. AGENDA: 1)POD 2)HW board 3)Turn in IEP box 4 4)Pass out journals 5)Tests/Quizzes/Homework 6)Progress Check

2. Monday, October 14, 2013 POD SS End of Course Exam Read the quotation below by Eleanor Roosevelt and answer the question that follows. “I foresee some difficulty for some of the people who live at such great distances and who have no car, no train, no airplane to ride, no way of using a car, of reaching the centers where they can buy.” What effect of World War II on the U.S. home front was Mrs. Roosevelt referring to?

3. Tuesday, October 15, 2013 National Grouch Day Today we will be able to: 1.Practice test-taking strategies by completing the POD. 2.Demonstrate self-advocacy by writing down our homework assignments. 3.Demonstrate self-advocacy by getting help to complete difficult tests, quizzes or homework assignments. 4.Demonstrate personal responsibility by using our time to the best of our abilities. AGENDA: 1)POD 2)HW board 3)Tests/Quizzes/Homework 4)Progress Check REMINDER: LESSON TOMORROW

4. Tuesday, October 15, 2013 POD Biology End of Course Exam Two different populations of birds live in the same area and eat the same types of food. What type of relationship most likely describes these two populations of birds?

5. Wednesday, October 16, 2013 National Dictionary Day TODAY WE WILL BE ABLE TO: Tell the meaning of box 4 from our IEP Tell what self-advocacy skills we find in boxes 4 & 5. Identify what transition skills we already have (by working on Ready, Set, Go!) Review what we learned AGENDA: -POD -HW BOARD -Review definitions of boxes 4 & 5 -Review student HW -Complete Ready, Set, Go! -Review  new ideas for section 4? - HW – finish ready, set, go for Monday

6. Wednesday, October 16, 2013 National Dictionary Day OGT Math Express 3 ( n + 7 ) = 16 as a written sentences (using words)

7. Wednesday, October 16, 2013 National Dictionary Day Review 1.What is the meaning of box 4 on your IEP? 2.What self- advocacy skills do we find in box 4?

8. Review 1.What is the meaning of box 4 on your IEP? 2.What self-advocacy skills do we find in box 4?

9. Wednesday, October 16, 2013 End of Class Review Wrap-Up 1.What is the meaning of box 4 on your IEP? 2.What self-advocacy skills do we find in box 4? 3.What “type” of skills will we list here?

10. Thursday, October 17, 2013 National Pasta Day Today we will be able to: 1.Practice test-taking strategies by completing the POD. 2.Demonstrate self-advocacy by writing down our homework assignments. 3.Demonstrate self-advocacy by getting help to complete difficult tests, quizzes or homework assignments. 4.Demonstrate personal responsibility by using our time to the best of our abilities. AGENDA: 1)POD 2)HW board 3)Agenda Checks 4)Turn in Journals 5)Tests/Quizzes/Homework 6)Progress Check

11. Thursday, October 17, 2013 National Pasta Day SENTENCE COMBINING Mark Twain is the author of Huckleberry Finn. Huckleberry Finn is a classic American novel. Mark Twain's real name was Samuel L. Clemens. He lived in Hartford for several years.