Friday, May 1, 2015

If you performed poorly on filling out your reading log and fluency graph, complete and turn in  the required make-up work and start today to properly complete this assignment from here on.  

You will turn in your BICUM brochure 

for points  next time. 

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A few items about the last week of school:

Students need to have all Media items, (ie. books, iPods, overdue fines, etc) turned in by Monday, May 15th.  Media fines need to be paid to the Library.  All Media fines will round up to the dollar once they are turned in to the Financial Office on May 20th.   After the 20th, the clearance slips need to be obtained from the Media Center.  The clearance slips are then turned into the Financial Office to be removed from the student’s record.

We will do a locker clean out during Cavetime on Wednesday May 27th.  We will have cleaning supplies available for those who need them.  

 On Thursday, May 28th, all students will receive their yearbooks during their A1 period.(Students should attend all periods and should NOT be allowed out of their classrooms and should NOT be in the halls during class time. They should NOT be in a different classroom during class time.  Write your name in your yearbook when you receive it.

All fines will need to be cleared before students receive their yearbooks.

LAST DAY Friday - 5/29

The outside doors will be locked and all students will enter from the west doors at 8:15am.  Students report to the theater. Students will stay in the auditorium until 10:00 am, at which time they will be dismissed from school.  

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Pick up your folder, make sure you have reading materials, and be seated.

Activity 1. Individual Reading Time and Fill in Your Reading Log
On most class days we will have some quiet individual reading time at the beginning of class. Bring a book to read or borrow something from the teacher's shelves.
Don't forget to fill out your reading log every time. It counts on your grade!
If you're absent, or don't fill out your log, pick up a pink make-up sheet and do the homework.

Leave your reading log and fluency graph in your folder.


2. Partner Fluency Practice and fill out your fluency graph

Use the same passage you used last time.
Find the passage number at the upper right corner of the page.


Computer Lab -- Research on the Internet 
A3 Lab 143,               A4 Lab 201

Sit at the computer which has your folder number.

Remember your ABC's of Reliability and Usefulness?
Today you are going to do some research on the Internet, checking for reliability and usefulness.
Make sure you have the handout.
Log-in to this cavemanenglish.blogspot.com (our class blot) to use these links.

Helpful sites:

This is where you go first:

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

Then you can find out more about the history at these sites and others: 

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/meriwether-lewis-is-shot-in-the-leg

History of National Geographic Magazine: 
http://press.nationalgeographic.com/files/2015/01/NGM-overview-1-15.pdf

William Clark:  http://mrnussbaum.com/pioneers/william_clark/

http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/clark.htm

Meriwether Lewis:  http://mrnussbaum.com/pioneers/meriwether_lewis/

http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/inside/mlewi.html

http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/lewisandclark/index.htm

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/journey_intro.html

 http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/jeffersonwhitehouse.htm

Games:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/west/

http://www.usmint.gov/kids/games/lewisClarkAdventure/

Hand in your worksheet before you leave today.

If you have not finished it, you may take it home to finish, 

but it is due at the beginning of class next time.

If you have extra time, pick up the handout to learn more about plagiarism:
http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/school/plagiarism.html#


Next Time:
More BICUM -- Creating your brochure of steps to successful study-reading.

If you are absent,
complete 20 minutes of make-up reading and report it on the pink make-up sheet with a parent or guardian signature.
Print and fill out this worksheet: explorers site only.docx, using the links provided in this post.
See above for other work you need to complete.
Make sure you are filling out your BICUM brochure as we go.

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Pick up your folder, make sure you have reading materials, and be seated.

Activity 1. Individual Reading Time and Fill in Your Reading Log
On most class days we will have some quiet individual reading time at the beginning of class. Bring a book to read or borrow something from the teacher's shelves.
Don't forget to fill out your reading log every time. It counts on your grade!
If you're absent, or don't fill out your log, pick up a pink make-up sheet and do the homework.

Today you are welcome to pick up and read Scholastic book order ads. 

Leave your reading log and fluency graph in your folder.


2. Partner Fluency Practice and fill out your fluency graph

• Use the same passage you used last time. 
• Find the passage number at the upper right corner of the page. 

3.    Inner Voices -- Finish your Inner Voices Sheet for your Explorer, and hand it in to the top wire basket. 

More BICUM -- Creating your brochure of steps to successful study-reading. 

Your Brochure:  Outside  

Continued from  DURING READING 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

BICUM Be in Control: Use Metacognition [Your Name] [Your Class Period]

Your Brochure:  Inside  

Before Reading Complete a  Self Check  Study Area  Emotions Level of Difficulty Feeling physically  Preview 1. Read the title. Ask: What do I know about this subject? 2. Read the first couple of sentences and the last couple of sentences. 3. Look for bold or italicized print. 4. Look at charts, maps, graphs, diagrams. 5. Select or Create Questions 6. Set Study Length 7. Place check marks

DURING READING Be Active    I. "Talk" with the author or text.   II. Visualize III. Make Connections!      Text to Self      Text to Text      Text to World IV. Predict      1) predict           2) read                3) check             4) compliment or correct * Notice your own alignment. *Pace yourself  with  a pencil  your  finger. Stop at the  's  and  Test your  Understanding. (See the back of this panel.)

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

Noticing Patterns

Seeing patterns
puzzled?
Can you see it?
What patterns did you learn in English class -- Text Structures?



What other patterns are you?  Which ones did you learn in English class?

• description/definition
• sequence
• chronological
• cause and effect
• compare/contrast
• problem and solution
• classification

A3 and A4 reached here: 

One type of pattern is sequence!
Sequencing game --- 

How do I identify it?

What sorts of transitions am I seeing?

What are the relationships among the ideas?

Central Ideas 

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

If you are absent,
complete 20 minutes of make-up reading and report it on the pink make-up sheet with a parent or guardian signature.
See above for other work you need to complete. 
Make sure you are filling out your BICUM brochure as we go. 



Thursday, March 19, 2015

Monday, April 27, 2015

Pick up your folder, make sure you have reading materials, and be seated.

Activity 1. Individual Reading Time and Fill in Your Reading Log
On most class days we will have some quiet individual reading time at the beginning of class. Bring a book to read or borrow something from the teacher's shelves.
Don't forget to fill out your reading log every time. It counts on your grade!
If you're absent, or don't fill out your log, pick up a pink make-up sheet and do the homework.

Today you are welcome to pick up and read Scholastic book order ads. 

Leave your reading log and fluency graph in your folder.


2. Partner Fluency Practice and fill out your fluency graph

• Pick up a new passage.
• Place it on top of the poem already in your page protector.
• Find the passage number at the upper right corner of the page. 

More BICUM -- Creating your brochure of steps to successful study-reading. 

Your Brochure:  Outside  

Continued from  DURING READING 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

BICUM Be in Control: Use Metacognition [Your Name] [Your Class Period]

Your Brochure:  Inside  

Before Reading Complete a  Self Check  Study Area  Emotions Level of Difficulty Feeling physically  Preview 1. Read the title. Ask: What do I know about this subject? 2. Read the first couple of sentences and the last couple of sentences. 3. Look for bold or italicized print. 4. Look at charts, maps, graphs, diagrams. 5. Select or Create Questions 6. Set Study Length 7. Place check marks

DURING READING Be Active    I. "Talk" with the author or text.                 Year-Round Schools?  II. Visualize III. Make Connections!      Text to Self      Text to Text      Text to World IV. Predict      1) predict           2) read                3) check             4) compliment or correct Skittering See below. There's Something Under the Bed See below. * Notice your own alignment. *Pace yourself  with  a pencil  your  finger. SPOT THE ROT   Stop at the  's  and  Test your  Understanding. (See the back of this panel.)

prediction: about what is to come
inference: about what is


4.  SPOT THE ROT WITH INNER VOICES
TALKING WITH THE TEXT, VISUALIZING, PACING

Pacing  yourself with a pencil --  or with your finger -- 

1. Place your pencil on the first line of print about one inch from the beginning of the material.
2. Move it across a line to about 1 inch before the right edge of the print.
3. Swing back to the next line 1/2 to 1 inch from the left edge.
4. Again, move across the page to 1/2 to 1 inch before the end of the line.

A4 received the Spot the Rot passages.
They paced with a finger, visualized, talked with the text. 

They still need to complete the inner voices sheet



5. TALK WITH THE TEXT OR AUTHOR
Ask
Who are you?
Why are you writing this? 
Ask more questions as they come up.

ABC's of Reliability and Usefulness
Record these on the inside of your folder.


6. Fix-Up Strategies Review

Use Reading Strategy Tools!

If you don't get it at first use these fix-up strategies:

1. Check your own inner voice.

      Are you paying attention to the text, thinking about it, or are you thinking about something else?  If you are not focused on the text, FOCUS.

2. If you didn't get it the first time, focus on it, and read it again.

3. If you still don't get it, try reading it out loud.

4. If you still don't get it, try reading ahead a bit.

    The next sentence or so may help you understand what you just read. 

5. If you still don't understand, look for any words that may be getting in your way.

    Are there terms you don't understand?   
1. Is there something in the context that gives you a clue about what they mean?  
2. Can you look them up? 
3. Could you ask someone who would know what they mean?  

6. If you've really tried all of these strategies, and you still don't understand, ask someone who can help you.

Inner Voices



If you are absent,

• complete 20 minutes of make-up reading and report it on the pink make-up sheet with a parent or guardian signature.
• See above for other work you need to complete. 

Teacher's Notes:  

Thursday, March 19, 2015

More Active Reading: Noticing Patterns

Seeing patterns

puzzled?

Can you see it?

What patterns did you learn in English class -- Text Structures?

One type of pattern is sequence!

What other patterns?

Great Book/Movie Trivia!

Thursday, April 23, 2015

Pick up your folder, make sure you have reading materials, and be seated.

If you are absent, 

1. complete 20 minutes of make-up reading and report it on the pink make-up sheet with a parent or guardian signature.
2. During Cavetime or after school, finish your graphic organizer for your Inner Voices while reading the brain article.
3. Fill in the middle inside portion of your BICUM brochure.
4. See below the brochure for words to use when predicting what will happen in the story, 
5. Then read the story ("Skitterings").
6. Do the same for the second story ("There's Something Under the Bed").

Activity 1. Individual Reading Time and Fill in Your Reading Log
On most class days we will have some quiet individual reading time at the beginning of class. Bring a book to read or borrow something from the teacher's shelves.
Don't forget to fill out your reading log every time. It counts on your grade!
If you're absent, or don't fill out your log, pick up a pink make-up sheet and do the homework.

Leave your reading log and fluency graph in your folder.


2. Partner Fluency Practice and fill out your fluency graph
Each partner gets a page protector and a copy of the poem to read.
Put the poem into the page protector.
Fill out your new graph for each time you read.

Last time for "Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout"! 
Do your best to be fast and correct -- fluent!



3. Finish reading about the Brain and fill out Inner Voice Chart.
Some ideas to remember from this article:

• Re-expose/repeat to fix memory in your brain.
• More elaboration makes the memory stick.
• Organized information sticks better -- 40% better.
• Study at fixed, spaced intervals.
• Multi-sensory environments aid memory.                                                                pine, spray

  4.  More BICUM -- Creating your brochure of steps to successful study-reading. 

Your Brochure:  Outside  

Yes, I do understand. No, I don't understand

BICUM Be in Control: Use Metacognition [Your Name] [Your Class Period]

Your Brochure:  Inside  

Before Reading Complete a  Self Check  Study Area  Emotions Level of Difficulty Feeling physically  Preview 1. Read the title. Ask: What do I know about this subject? 2. Read the first couple of sentences and the last couple of sentences. 3. Look for bold or italicized print. 4. Look at charts, maps, graphs, diagrams. 5. Select or Create Questions 6. Set Study Length 7. Place check marks

DURING READING Be Active    I. "Talk" with the author or text. Year-Round Schools?  II. Visualize III. Make Connections!      Text to Self      Text to Text      Text to World IV. Predict      1) predict           2) read                3) check             4) compliment or correct Skittering See below. There's Something Under the Bed See below. Pace yourself with  a pencil  your finger. SPOT THE ROT Stop at the  's  and  Test your  Understanding.

Active Reading

Predicting  -- How could these words be 

related to each other in a story? 

bed                   spider                  mother                  kill                               sheets                                                book

How about these?

bed                      father            light                      dark                          boy                                                   sound

For this next story, you do not have to write anything.

Listen, and be ready to make a prediction/inference.

prediction:  about what is to come

inference: about what is

NEXT TIME:  SPOT THE ROT WITH INNER VOICES

TALKING WITH THE TEXT, VISUALIZING, PACING

A4 received the Spot the Rot passages. 
They paced with a finger, visualized, talked with the text.