Thursday, October 22, 2015

Announcements and Reminders:  Make-up work was due by Wednesday, October 14.  Hand in your unused hall passes  if you haven't yet done that. There will be another reading log  and fluency graph check   on October 22 -- today. If you wish to order books from Scholastic,  the book orders will be due  by  Wednesday, October 28th. https://clubs2.scholastic.com/

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: Today's activities: Pick up your folder from the black crate.  1. Begin class with Quiet Individual Reading.     Fill out your reading log!  2. Fluency Partner Practice  Fill out your graph. 3.  Using Reading Strategies       to Improve your Reading and Remembering. Now,   what do you do when you've found reliable, useful information and need to learn it? Here is how to get to the article we used today: go to  http://afjh.alpineschools.org/ Resources:  Pioneer Online Library Log-in with user name and password if at home. Gale Research in Context Grades 6-8 Search "Lewis and Clark Expedition" Select the article "Meriwether Lewis and William Clark" from UXL Biographies. 2003.  Step One:   Really read when you're reading. Use Metacognition: Thinking About Your Thinking Step 3 for Your Brochure:   We filled this in last time: Added last time -- 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! Predicting Pencil Pacing Step 4 for Your Brochure:  And this:  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. Added last time -- BICUM Be in Control: Use Metacognition [Your Name] [Your Class Period] Using Fix-Up Strategies Jigsaw 1. Finish  your number (1-8 ) groups.   2.  Select 10-15 most important words in your  section. 3.Be prepared to share your summary of this  section with other students. 4. Get together in your letter groups.             4a. Take turns sharing what you learned. 4b. Take notes for all sections on your folded sheet. 5. Make sure your name is on your folded sheet and on your article. 5a. You should have enough notes on your folded  sheet to show you pretty well understand the whole article.  5b. Hand in the folded sheet. Practice with  http://afjh.alpineschools.org/ Resources:  Pioneer Online Library Log-in with user name and password if at home. Gale Research in Context Grades 6-8 Search "Lewis and Clark Expedition" Select the article titled "Meriwether Lewis and William Clark" from UXL Biographies. 2003.

If You Were Absent: See above.  Complete the worksheets as homework. Don't forget to complete the make-up reading and fluency practice.