Tuesday, April 22, 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.  Happy Earth Day! http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/everything-you-need-to-know-lyrid-meteor-shower#where

Today’s Agenda: 1. Individual Reading and Fill Out Your Log 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 [Part of reading is remembering what you read:                 Using a Mnemonic to remember information.  The Bill of Rights!                 See this post: Peg System for Memorization A3 went through the system for remembering the Bill of Rights. A4 drew pictures. Sharon B.  Jacob O. Trevor B.  Inner Voices:  for A3.   A4 did not work on these today. 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