Friday, April 18, 2014

Announcements and Reminders:  Remember to bring your own pencils and pens and some lined paper. No food or drink in the classroom except water. (The exception is when I give out candy or when we have the Read-a-Thon.   I encourage you to carry with you a clear bottle of water.

Today’s Agenda: 1. Individual Reading and Fill Out Your Log [Part of reading is remembering what you read:                 Using a Mnemonic to remember information.  DUDE!                 See this post: Mnemonic: DUDE] 2. Partner Fluency Practice and fill out your graph 3. Metacognition!       About reading:  For what reasons do we read? Why types of things do we read? What skills and strategies can we use to help ourselves understand what we read? What is your favorite thing to read? A4  Reasons to Read For information To DO something For enjoyment Because we have to to learn to get educated for information to understand cooking (what time will the bus be at my stop?) tips for improving my video game score instructions on a test or other assignment expand your imagination to learn to kill time, keep from being bored to have fun to learn to get educated for school A3  Reasons to Read For information To DO something For enjoyment Because we have to Expository or Informational  How-To Narrative Informations How-To  learn things and get smarter to learn info in school and other reasons to learn better to explore so we can advance in technology (to fall asleep) to know what to do entertainment to have a good time for fun because we feel like it to enjoy to end your day with a nice thought to get away Because you make us Homework For School (to get an A in class) (for education) A3- A4  Types of Things We Read Books                                  signs, billboards                Internet Articles                               fantasy books                     Pictures Instagram                            advertisements                   text messages Text books                          magazines                          signs Facebook                             cookbooks                          screens letters                                  others expressions              scriptures/holy books Baseball jerseys                  newspapers                         t-shirts, hoodies math homework (numbers,  math signs, equations)       nonfiction books A3- A4  What skills and strategies can we use to help ourselves when we read? Ask questions Ask someone Find the central idea Highlight Imagine Look up words you don’t know Stop and comprehend Summarize Take notes Make connections Make inferences Notice your own thinking Predict Read aloud Read slowly Reread Scan Skim Speed read Talk to others about the text Think about what you would do if you were the protagonist Think along with the book Visualize Write about it A3-A4  What is your favorite thing to read? Fiction Specific Titles Nonfiction Misc. Dystopian Realistic fiction Fantasy Mystery Sci-fi Action/Adventure Horror/scary Historical Fiction Hunger Games Divergent Michael Vey Ruby Holler Flipped The Hobbit LeBron James Biography Action Biography Sports billboards The Bible Picture books Everything! The book you don’t HAVE to read Inner Voices:   Finish Brain Article if time, Article about the Crimea -- A4 some students did it http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ukraine-crisis/ukraines-dangerous-game-why-crimea-conflict-matters-n40121

If you were absent:  Complete the make-up reading and report the date you read, the type of reading, the title, and how long you read.  Read at least 20 minutes per day missed in class.  If you know you are going to be gone, pick up a pink reading make-up log.  Go to this post to learn this mnemonic for how the Grand Canyon (and other canyons formed:  Mnemonic: DUDE Read through the answers above that your classmates came up with to these questions: For what reasons do we read? Why types of things do we read? What skills and strategies can we use to help ourselves understand what we read? What is your favorite thing to read? If you didn't do it yet,  Practice Noticing Inner Voices  -- If you are absent, print these and follow the directions on the Inner Voice Template, using the Facts About the Brain as the reading material. Facts About the Brain.docx Inner Voice Template.doc If you are in A4, also print another Inner Voice Template and at least get started on this inner-voices assignment:  The Conflict in Crimea.docx Check yourself to see whether you remember the four forces that formed the Grand Canyon, then look back at  Mnemonic: DUDE