Monday, August 31, 2015

Announcements and Reminders: School Pictures:  September 3-4                                                                   Get your grades up BEFORE we begin the Cave Time schedule (September 8?). You will want to have a colored slip so you can choose your activities during Cave Time!

Targets for Today:  I will spend time reading something enjoyable.       I will work on improving my reading fluency.      I will better understand how to find reliable sources when I do research.

Today’s  Agenda: Find your assigned seat. Hand in your disclosure document, if ready. Pick up your folder. 1. Individual Reading and fill out your log for today. (San Diego Quick Testing) 2. Fluency Practice and fill out your graph. 3. Finding reliable sources   Why?  We read to learn.  In our modern world, much of that sort of  reading is done online.  We need to become savvy consumers of  information.   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 If you are absent, here is the document to use:  explorers site only without key.docx  We are going to use  Biography Reference Center  to check some facts and to practice looking at the ABC's of Reliability and Usefulness.  Biography Reference Center is a database -- a collections of articles that have been selected because they are reliable and useful.  Definition of database:  A set of data grouped together in one location in (or accessible by) a computer. A computerized database has been likened to an electronic filing cabinet of information arranged for easy access or for a specific purpose. https://www.ebscohost.com/us-high-schools/biography-reference-center https://www.ebsco.com/about For ChromeBooks -- Username:  complete school email Password:  School email password If you did not finish your Lewis and Clark paper -- both sides, finish it as homework -- due next time.

If You Were Absent: Complete the make-up for reading time -- using the pink make-up sheet. Finish your Lewis and Clark paper on your own time, and hand it in next time. If you need another copy of the Lewis and Clark paper, use this link: explorers site only without key.docx

Thursday, August 27, 2015

Announcements and Reminders: Remember to bring back your signed disclosure signature sheet . School Pictures:  September 3-4 School Dance on Friday! There will be a school dance for 7th and 8th graders right after school this Friday. 2:45 - 4:00pm --  $2.00 entrance fee

Targets for Today:      I will spend time reading something enjoyable.      I will work on improving my reading fluency.      I will better understand how to find reliable sources when I do research.

Today’s  Agenda: Find your assigned seat. Hand in your disclosure document, if ready. Pick up your log, graph, passage, and ABC's of Reliability Book. 1. Individual Reading and fill out your log for today. (San Diego Quick Testing?) 2. Fluency Practice and fill out your graph. 3. Receive a manila folder. 4. Finding reliable sources          Why?  We read to learn.  In our modern world, much of that sort of reading is done online.  We need to become savvy consumers of information.   Finish your booklet:  ABC's of Reliability and Usefulness Researching  Famous Explorers -- We are going to learn about the importance of checking for the reliability of the sources of information you find as you research a subject.  Lab 202 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 If you are absent, here is the document to use:  explorers site only without key.docx  We are going to use  Biography Reference Center  to check some facts and to practice looking at the ABC's of Reliability and Usefulness.  Biography Reference Center is a database -- a collections of articles that have been selected because they are reliable and useful.  Definition of database:  A set of data grouped together in one location in (or accessible by) a computer. A computerized database has been likened to an electronic filing cabinet of information arranged for easy access or for a specific purpose. https://www.ebscohost.com/us-high-schools/biography-reference-center https://www.ebsco.com/about More on Reliability? if needed

If You Were Absent: Pick up a make-up reading log to complete as you do at least 20 minutes of reading at home.  Get a parent or guardian signature on it. Learning about recognizing reliable sources If you are absent, here is the document to use:  explorers site only without key.docx  or you can pick up a copy from the handouts folders at the front of the room. To open the document from the link above, click on the link, then on the tab labeled "Download." Carefully follow the directions on the handout.

Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Announcements and Reminders: Remember to bring back your signed disclosure signature sheet . School Pictures:  September 3-4 School Dance on Friday! There will be a school dance for 7th and 8th graders right after school this Friday. 2:45 - 4:00pm --  $2.00 entrance fee

Targets for Today:    I will spend time reading something enjoyable.      I will work on improving my reading fluency.    I will consider how I use computers and the internet,         on the way to becoming more computer savy!

Today’s  Agenda:    Find your assigned seat.    Hand in your disclosure document, if ready.     1.  Individual Reading and fill out your log for today.     2.  Fluency Practice and fill out your graph.      3.  What do you do on the computer?      On the handout write down everything you do on the computer.      On the back,       What skills and knowledge would you like to have?  Are you Computer Savvy? Savvy means practical knowledge. What about       Reliability?      "The trouble with quotes on the Internet  is that you can never know if they are genuine."  - Abraham Lincoln Illustration #1 Illustration #2    ABC's of Reliability and Usefulness

If You Were Absent: Pick up the make-up reading log and complete the reading.  Provide a parent signature. Ask a classmate to show you how to make the booklet.  You can find the information to write in the booklet here: ABC's of Reliability and Usefulness

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Tuesday – Friday without CAVE Time

      1^s Lunch                                          2^nd Lunch

A1/ B5	8:15-9:40		A1/ B5	8:15-9:40	85 minutes
A2/B6	9:45-11:15		A2/ B6	9:45-11:15	90 minutes
Lunch	11:15-11:45		A3/ B7	11:20-12:45	85 minutes
A3/ B7	11:50-1:15		Lunch	12:45-1:15	30 minutes
A4 /B8	1:20-2:45		A4/B8	1:20-2:45	85 minutes

Announcements and Reminders:  Welcome to Seventh Grade Reading 7 class!  If you did't yet pick up the list of needed supplies, please pick up one.  It's the blue strip of paper. School Pictures:  September 3-4

Targets for Today: Receive and begin to get acquainted with your disclosure document. Think about what reading is. Find some books you might want to read.

Today’s Agenda:  Choose your own seat today.    1. Bell-Ringer:      Pick up a disclosure document and the "scavenger hunt" to go with it.    Fill out the scavenger hunt paper, using the disclosure document.    Discuss disclosure document.  Do you have any questions?    2. Watch an Educational Video about Reading:       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z1BrUKgyW8    3. One-Minute Partner Fluency Practice        Each partner gets a page protector and a copy of the poem to read.        Put the poem into the page protector.        With a classmate you will take turns reading the passage.        You will be timed for one minute.        Notice how far you read.            Write it down on your disclosure document:               ______ wpm      Return the passages/page protectors.    4. Book Pass  The teacher will tell you which way to pass the books.  Look at the cover. Read the blurb on the back of the book. Fill out a line on your log with the title. Begin reading at the beginning of the book, and keep reading until you're told to stop. Fill out the rest of that line on your log. Book frenzy -- When directed to, politely negotiate with classmates to get back the book you would most like to read during the next __ minutes.    5. Fill out Interest Inventory

If You Were Absent:

State Core Reading: Literature Standard 10 
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 6–8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.   925L–1185L

Reading: Informational Text Standard 10 
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 6–8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.       925L–1185L

The Library!