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//AM Session Highlights//

 * Reflections - Successes & Challenges
 * Getting the Big Idea - Using the [|Executive Summaries & Pacing Guides]
 * Looking at Work - Are we hitting the target?
 * Language Arts connections & ELPS
 * Classroom Walkthroughs

PM Session Highlights

 * Debrief
 * History Alive Lesson - Industrial Revolution
 * Moving forward
 * Planning and Sharing

Planning Calendars

Resources

 * Library of Congress - [|For Teachers] - Excellent source for activities utilizing Primary Sources
 * [|PortaPortal] - guest user: mleerssen - Collection of resources pulled together for Units 1 and 2
 * Scholastic.com - [|Immigration] activities: [|Who Lives in America?]
 * [|Twoogle] - Search multiple sites and search engines at one time
 * [|Wordle] - Create word collages (such as this page header)

=**Reminders**=
 * Be explicit in teaching the Unit Understandings - refer back frequently during the lesson?
 * Address the needs of all students in your classroom - vocabulary development, scaffolding, extensions, etc.
 * Reflective question: How would it feel to participate in a Social Studies lesson in your classroom?

michael.leerssen@aliefisd.net