Tuesday, March 17, 2015

If you were here and did not complete your BICUM brochure, complete it and hand it in as soon as possible.  It goes on this term's grade.

If you were absent today, use the information below to complete your BICUM brochure and hand it in for grading. Complete any make-up homework, including a day's worth of independent reading to make-up work for today. Listen to the story linked below.

• Check your folder for make-up homework.  It must be completed and handed in by March 19.  
• If you did not fill out your reading log, read at home for 20 minutes for each day you missed, fill out the information you would have filled out on the log, and have a parent sign for each twenty minutes completed. 
• If you need to makeup fluency practice, get the necessary papers from your folder or if they are not in your folder, ask Ms. Dorsey
• Have you handed in your computer lab assignment and your inner voices assignments?

Ms. Dorsey is losing/has lost her voice, so she won't be doing much talking today.

Today's Agenda:
Turn in your unused hall passes.

Pick up your folder from the black crates at the back.
Get out or select reading materials for Individual Reading Time.

1. Individual Reading Time
Fill out your log afterward.

2. Partner Fluency Practice -- Use the passage you are assigned today with your assigned fluency partner.

3. Complete your brochure.  Make sure your name is on it.  You will turn it in to the top wire basket. 

Inside: 

Before Reading Self Check  Study Area   Emotions Level of Difficulty Feeling physically  Preview Read the title. Ask: What do I know about this subject? Read the first couple of sentences and the last couple of sentences. Look for bold or italicized print. Look at charts, maps, graphs, diagrams. Select or Create  Questions Set Study Length Place check marks

During Reading Be Active "Talk" with the author or text. Visualize Predict      1) predict      2) read      3) check      4) compliment or correct Pace yourself with a pencil. Make Connections!      Text to Self      Text to Text      Text to World Stop at the 's  and Test your Understanding. Yes, I do understand. Mark and highlight text. Continue to next . Read to end of study block. No, I don't understand Use fix-up strategies: --Reread -- Read ahead -- Define unfamiliar words -- Read out loud -- Mark with "?" to clear up later

After Reading -- #1 REDUCE Post View Ask yourself -- *What did I learn from reading this? *What patterns/overall structure did I notice? *What was the overall central idea? *Do I understand it all? If not, use fix-up strategies. Answer Questions Organize for Recall (Select 1) -- make outlines -- take notes -- write summaries -- create maps

Outside  -- Later

After Reading -- #2 RETAIN Teach Someone Study in Groups Recreate in Writing Make Flash Cards Use mnemonics Rehearse

Fix-Up Strategies  1. Check your own inner voice. 2. Focus on it, and read it again. 3. Try reading it out loud. 4. Try reading ahead a bit. 5.  Look for any words that may be getting in your way. 6.  Ask someone who can help you. -- or mark it with a ? for later.

BICUM Be in Control: Use Metacognition [Your Name]

Turn in your brochure for points.

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What is your relationship with computers?
Listen to a short story and fill out a think-sheet to go with it.
Answer the first two questions on the think-sheet.
Read "In the Heart of a Computer" on page 356.
Follow along with the story "User Friendly" beginning on page 357.

A4 finished the story.
A3 got to 17:25.

If you were absent, you can read the story here.
Scroll past the first page or so to the story itself.