Announcements and Reminders:
If you still need to make-up your Internet Research Assignment, here are the links:
Calendar for this class for the rest of the term!
May 15: Finish video and create MIND MAPS.
May 19: Work more on MIND MAPS and other ways of reading, reducing, and retaining information. (Lewis and Clark Expedition)
May 21: Test on Lewis and Clark (recreating your mind map)
Test on Lewis and Clark -- Be able to fill in a blank map with the facts you wrote and drew on your study map. You will receive one point for each clear, correct, legible fact.
30 Points = 100% = A
26 Points = 85% = B
23 Points = 75% = C
Extra credit -- up to 15 points is available for extra facts!
May 22: The last day to hand in any late work or make-up work for this term
May 26: Our Class Readathon!
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| May 26 |
Read-a-thon! Bring treats, pillow to sit on, blanket, if you wish.
- Sit in your assigned seat today.
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.
Activity 2. Partner Fluency Practice and fill out your fluency graph
Use the passage for today: #618 "Balance of Power"
Fill out the date, passage number, and your words per minute.
Activity 3. Continue Study Reading
for the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Create your MIND MAP for the Lewis and Clark Expedition (The Corps of Discovery)
Add the facts Ms. Dorsey gives you, and others from your own notes and packet.
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