Thursday, December 17, 2015

Friday, December 18, 2015


Happy, Happy, Holidays!


Announcements and Reminders:



January 11 

Read-a-thon!  Bring treats, pillow to sit on, blanket,  if you wish.

 Make a note for yourself to bring treats!


  • Your computer lab packets were due a long time ago.  Hand them in if you haven't.
  • If you have make-up homework, make sure to take that with you and complete it.
  • If your BICUM brochure is totally done, you may hand it in (to the top wire basket) today.  If not, finish it up and hand it in right after the break!





Targets for Today:
  I will read for enjoyment, and add to a record of my reading.
I can read aloud fluently.
I know strategies I can use to comprehend (understand) what I read, and to remember it.
I am computer/internet savvy! 
 




Today’s  Agenda:


1. Pick up your folder, please.
2. Individual Reading.  Fill out your reading log.  Take home any make-up work in your folder (pink).

3. Inference Practice! (A3 do #5 .  A4 do #5.)

4. Partner Fluency Practice
http://www.online-stopwatch.com/christmas/elf-race/

5.  Watch the Video and work on your Mind Map

   Lewis and Clark








Sacagawea
Charbonneau
Jean Baptiste


Video
A3 to 19:47
A4 to 22:50


Extra Resources:
Flash Cards for Lewis and Clark
Facts for Your Mind Map
Lewis and Clark -- Acronymic
Mneumonic -- A Rough Poem about Lewis and Clark












If You Were Absent:

See above.



Monday, December 14, 2015

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Happy, happy, holidays!



Announcements and Reminders:

  • Don't forget your dollar next time for the Charity Basketball game.

  • Your computer lab packets were due a long time ago.  Hand them in if you haven't.

  • If you have make-up homework, make sure to take that with you and complete it.

  • If your BICUM brochure is totally done, you may hand it in (to the top wire basket) today.



                                                                 


January 11 

Read-a-thon!  Bring treats, pillow to sit on, blanket,  if you wish.

 Make a note for yourself to bring treats!





Targets for Today:
  I will read for enjoyment, and add to a record of my reading.
I can read aloud fluently.
I know strategies I can use to comprehend (understand) what I read, and to remember it.
I am computer/internet savvy! 
 




Today’s  Agenda:

Hand in your BICUM Brochure if you haven't yet.

1. SRI Retake and Individual quiet reading for those who finish early. 
Scholastic Reading Inventory 

SRI Test in Lab 211 

Bring a book or magazine to read in case you have extra time after you finish. 
Follow the directions you receive in the Computer Lab.
SRI Instructions 
  • Log onto the computer and wait. 
  • Follow directions to log onto SRI.  (See the poster on the wall.)
  • Select three favorite types of books. 
  • Take the practice test SERIOUSLY.
  • Take the rest of the test.  Take it seriously.  It is one of the factors that will influence what classes you will be able to take in the future.
  • If you absolutely DO NOT know an answer, use a "SKIP."
  • When finished, you may print and take the list of suggested books. 
  • Remember to log off of the computer, and to push your chair in when you leave. 
  • Bring a book to read in case you have extra time after you finish. 
  • An improved score means 5 points of extra credit. 

The "Stretch" Band is the one to look at.

Grade
Band
Current
Lexile Band
"Stretch"
Lexile Band*
 K–1 N/AN/A
 2–3 450L–725L420L–820L
 4–5 645L–845L740L–1010L
 6–8860L–1010L925L–1185L
9-10960L–1115L1050L–1335L
11–CCR 1070L–1220L1185L–1385L

2. Partner Fluency Practice

3.  Inference #4

4. Lewis and Clark -- Creating a Mind Map

and viewing a video -  add facts to your mind map.

A3: Video to 7:18.
A4: Video to 5:00  water route to Pacific.









If You Were Absent:

See above. Arrange a time to take the SRI. 


Friday, December 11, 2015

Monday, December 14, 2015




Announcements and Reminders:
                                                                 
Your computer lab packets were due a long time ago.  Hand them in if you haven't.

If you have make-up homework, make sure to take that with you and complete it.

If your BICUM brochure is totally done, you may hand it in (to the top wire basket) today.




Targets for Today:
  I will read for enjoyment, and add to a record of my reading.
I can read aloud fluently.
I know strategies I can use to comprehend (understand) what I read, and to remember it.
I am computer/internet savvy! 
 




Today’s  Agenda:

1. Pick up your folder, please.
2. Individual Reading.  Fill out your reading log.  Take home any make-up work in your folder (pink).

3. Inference Practice! (A3 do #2 .  A4 do #3.)








A3 needs to do stereograms:




Try it
Memorize this string of numbers:
912161923263033







Now break it into these chunks and look for a pattern.

9   12   16   19   23   26   30   33

If you can find the pattern, it will make memorizing much easier.
Try it. 

See below #6  for A4. 


6.  Creating a Mind Map for Lewis and Clark!

You have or will have two articles.  When doing research, always use more than one source -- to avoid plagiarism, and to give yourself a more complete view of the subject.

About drawing for a mind map.   (Or, you don't have to be a Mr. Bryson to do this!)

Use the map showing cities to copy the cities onto your map.

Label the rivers.

Start putting the people on the map.

Illustrations for Lewis and Clark

Flash Cards for Lewis and Clark






A4 still needs to do: 

7. Other things to do AFTER READING:  Review


Central Ideas  Review 
What is a central idea?

 1. the most important or central thought of a paragraph or larger section of text, which tells the reader what the text is about
It must be a complete sentence that includes the topic and a statement about it.  
We look for the central idea in nonfiction, and for the theme in fiction.

synonyms
key point
main idea
the point
what it's all about




How do I identify it?

  • The overall gist 
  • What is most of it about, and what is the author saying about that? 
  • Repeated words
  • Repeated synonyms and pronouns
  • Is there one sentence that just seems to wrap up everything else?
  • If not, are there parts of more than one sentence that I could put into one sentence, and it would wrap up everything else? 




Where could I find it in the passage? 

At the beginning
At the end

In the middle

Not stated directly -- just implied


mnemonics


Mnemosyne (in mythology) was 
a titan (a giant who was sort of like a goddess)
who was the personification of memory.
[nee-mos-uh-nee, -moz-] 



Rhymes:


"In fourteen hundred and ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue."

"I before E, except after C, or when sounds like A, as in neighbor or weigh."


Five Freedoms in the First Amendment

"Speakin' of freedoms, oh what could they be
Freedom of Religion and Assembly,
Freedom of Petition and Freedom of Press,
Freedom of Speech, now don't distress."



Acronyms: BICUM  = 







Acronyms: NASA  = 

















National Aeronautics Space Administration






Acronyms: SCUBA  = 
















Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus






Acronyms: HOMES = 











The Five Great Lakes = Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior






Acronyms: FACE = 














The space notes in the treble clef = F, A, C, E






Acronyms: ROY G. BIV = 











The colors of the rainbow = 






Acronyms: SKILL = 














Organs in the excretory system = skin, kidneys, intestines, liver, lungs 









Acrostics: 

The categories in the classification of life are Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family,Genus, Species, Variety = Kings Play Cards OFairly Good Soft Velvet.







Every Good Boy Does Fine = 














lines of the treble clef









































 = the Planets in Our Solar System


 Creating Mind-Maps can help you to understand and remember.


Examples:  


Here are some examples of Mind Maps for other subjects:






Other Types of Mnemonics
Mini-Stories:
Songs:  Did you use a song to learn the counties of Utah?
Picture Links: You could use this for vocabulary
Peg System:   Peg System for Memorization

Peg System for Memorizing The Bill of Rights for extra credit

Loci System: Select a place you know well



















Video -- Talk about reliability.

A3 to minute 3:00.

A4 to minute 3:00 + 


If You Were Absent:

See above for what we did today.

Complete make-up work for individual reading time.