Friday, August 22, 2014

Monday, August 25, 2014


Hand in your disclosure document if you are ready to return it, pick up your folder, and go to your assigned seat.

1. Individual Reading -- about 15-20  minutes
Record your reading on your reading log.

Book orders:  

Receive book orders.   If you don't want them, leave them on your desk for the next class.
First book order due date:  September 5, 2014.  I'll send in an order as soon as I get $20 or more in orders (combined from all students), and again when I get another $20 or more in orders. 

Class Activation Code: GKLJW

Order online using this code:  GKLJW
or bring a check to scholastic with the order form filled out and labeled with your name.

2. Partner Fluency Practice


3.  Introduction to your famous person project



Finding the Truth -- Checking for Validity


4. About reliability and how to know if you can trust and use a site.




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Is a site trustworthy?
Is a site actually useful?

Fill out the white worksheet, titled "Lewis and Clark – Important Information for Your U.S. History Class Next Year" using this link:

http://allaboutexplorers.com/explorers/lewis-clark/ 

Lewis and Clark: Answer Key



Both classes just got this far. _________________________



Read this customer review from the Amazon link.

http://www.amazon.com/Words-Heart-Ouida-Sebestyen/dp/044041346X 

(or, if that doesn't work: Customer Review from Amazon.com

_____________________


Why not?















ABC's of Reliability and Usefulness

Take notes on the back of your Lewis and Clark paper:
You'll need 5 boxes for notes.

Bias:  




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