Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Announcements and Reminders:           September 29 Read-a-thon!  Bring treats, pillow to sit on, blanket,  if you wish.  Make a note for yourself to bring treats!    Happy  Autumnal  Equinox! http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/septmber-equinox.html

Targets for Today: I will spend time reading something enjoyable.  I will work on improving my reading fluency. I will better understand how to use reading strategies to improve my comprehension.

Today’s  Agenda: Pick up your folder. 1. Individual Reading and fill out your log for today. 2. Fluency Practice and fill out your graph. 3.  Finish up and hand in your BICUM Brochure. Outside: After Reading -- #2 RETAIN (Remember) Teach Someone Study in Groups Recreate in Writing Make Flash Cards Use mnemonics 1. Rhymes and Songs 2. Acronyms 3.  Acrostics 4. Mini-Stories 5. Picture Links Rehearse [Strategies] 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 (or  ideas or facts) 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] [Your Class Period]   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 "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: See the back of this brochure! 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 4.  Begin viewing Lewis and Clark Video - A3 to    9:18 A4 to  23:10 compare with the texts we read "author's" purpose, choices (bias) Take notes in the form of a "Mind Map."

If You Were Absent: Complete the make-up work for individual reading and for partner fluency. Complete and hand in your BICUM Brochure.  Arrange with the teacher a day after school or during cave time to view the video and create your mind map.

Working on the Mind Map

Illustrations for Lewis and Clark

Top right corner

The Lewis and Clark Expedition

      Corps of Discovery

Lower right corner

(Your Name --- Your Class Period)

Label 

Philadelphia

Washington, D.C.

Monticello

Pittsburgh

Cincinnati

St. Louis 

Mississippi River  (goes north and south through St. Louis

Missouri River (label just west of St. Louis)

Thomas Jefferson  1801 -- Became president

Louisiana Purchase -- 1803

Meriwether Lewis -- 28 years old

Jefferson's private secretary

Dog -- Seaman  

William Clark -- 32 years old

had been in the army together 

York -- Slave

keelboat
pirogues