November 26, 2013

Announcements and Reminders: If you are behind, make up the work during cave time in lab 223, make an appointment with Ms. Dorsey for after school, or complete it at home.  You may take your packet home, or download the packet pages from this blog:  See the tab above for "Famous Person Project: Instructions and Downloads." Have a Beautiful Thanksgiving! If you miss a day, don't forget to make-up the reading time using the pink make-up chart, or using your own paper.

Pick up your folder.
Turn in your disclosure document if you haven't yet -- to the top wire basket for A4.

Activity 1. Individual Reading Time and Fill in your Reading Log for today.

If you are absent, read for 20 minutes at home, record it, obtain a parent signature, and bring it to attach it to your log here. 

Activity 2:  Fluency Parter Practice

Activity 3:  Using Reading Strategies to read directions.  

Fix-Up Strategies  

Use Reading Strategy Tools!

Read directions one step at a time. 

If you don't get it at first use these fix-up strategies:

1. Check your own inner voice.

      Are you paying attention to the text, thinking about it, or are you thinking about something else?  If you are focused on the text, FOCUS.

2. If you didn't get it the first time, focus on it, and read it again.

3. If you still don't get it, try reading it out loud.

4. If you still don't get it, try reading ahead a bit.

    The next sentence or so may help you understand what you just read. 

5. If you still don't understand, look for any words that may be getting in your way.

    Are there terms you don't understand?   
1. Is there something in the context that gives you a clue about what they mean?  
2. Can you look them up? 
3. Could you ask someone who would know what they mean?  

6. If you've really tried all of these strategies, and you still don't understand, ask someone who can help you.

 Leave your folder on your desk, but take the project packet with you to computer lab 223.  Also take your thumb drive. 

Today's Agenda:  In the Computer Lab - Lab 223 

https://www.edmodo.com/    

Most sign in as  

      lastnamefirstname

      student number

1. Complete the Practice Assignment if you have not. (page 2 in the packet)
2. Sign up for your hero if you have not. (page 5 in the packet)  "IMPORTANT: SIGN UP FOR YOUR HERO"   
1. Include the hero's name and the URL from BRC.
3. Complete Hero Research #1 -- evaluating and taking notes on your hero.  
1. Open the document:  If you already started and saved it on Edmodo, open the the file you saved!
2.  Finish filling it in, following directions on the document.
3. Then click on the Turn In button to turn it in on Edmodo under the assignment "Hero Research #1: Evaluating and Taking Notes on An Article from Biography Reference Center"
4. Complete  Hero Research #2: Using Pioneer Library and an online encyclopedia.  
1. Fill it in, following directions on the document. 
2. Turn it in whether you finish or not.  
5. If you have finished Hero Research #2, go on to #3: Using Pioneer Library and a database called SIRS Discoverer.  

Save your work often. 

This is a sample of the PowerPoint you will do after you have completed your research: 

Larry Bird by Fielding C.ppt