Monday, November 30, 2015

Monday, November 30, 2015



Announcements and Reminders:
                                                              
Anything in your packet that is not finished in the computer lab today becomes homework and should be handed in by the beginning of class on Friday. 




Targets for Today:
I will read for enjoyment, and add to a record of my reading.
I can read aloud fluently.
I know strategies I can use to comprehend (understand) what I read, and to remember it.
I am computer/internet savvy! 






Today’s  Agenda:

1. Pick up your folder, please.
2. Individual Reading.  Fill out your reading log.  Take home any make-up work in your folder (pink).  
3. Partner Fluency Practice
4.  More work on "Becoming Computer/Internet Savvy."
      in computer lab 202.

About The CRAAP Test 
C = current   Check the copyright date.
R = relevant (Would it be helpful is you were doing research on Lewis and Clark?)
A = Authority (Who wrote this?  Are they experts?)  Under the About Tab there is an "About the Authors."  The first set of information under About the Authors is crazy like the article about the explorers.  At the bottom of that, you can click on a link to the real information about them.  
A = Accuracy (Could you verify -- or show to be false -- this information with other sources?  Is it accurate?) 
P = Purpose   (Why did the authors post this information?)  Notice the other tabs -- including one for Teachers and one for a Webquest.  Considering who the people who made this really are, why would they have put in all the work to create this site? 

Biography Reference Center:  
Review of how to log in and find your articles
Notice that you have examples on your worksheet.



On the Biography Reference Center Assignment,
A3
If your last name begins with A or B, do #2  "Into the Unknown."
If your last name begins with C through K, do #4  "American National Biography."
If your last name begins with M through W, do # 5 "Lewis, Clark, and Sacagawea."
For the lexile level, look at the "stretch band." 
Pick the lowest grade levels that include that lexile number. 
Any of the packet you do not complete becomes homework -- due Friday, Dec. 4.


A4 
If your last name begins with A through  G, do #2  "Into the Unknown."
If your last name begins with H through L, do #4  "American National Biography."
If your last name begins with M through W, do # 5 "Lewis, Clark, and Sacagawea."
For the lexile level, look at the "stretch band.
Pick the lowest grade levels that include that lexile number. 
Any of the packet you do not complete becomes homework -- due Friday, Dec. 4.



If You Were Absent:

See above. 
Complete the reading make-up (pink) for today.
See the post linked below if you need the handouts for the computer assignment:

Thursday, November 19, 2015



Links (if you are working on this at home)




http://afjh.alpineschools.org/  -- Go through this to get to Biography Reference Center.

About The CRAAP Test 
C = current   Check the copyright date.
R = relevant (Would it be helpful is you were doing research on Lewis and Clark?)
A = Authority (Who wrote this?  Are they experts?)  Under the About Tab there is an "About the Authors."  The first set of information under About the Authors is crazy like the article about the explorers.  At the bottom of that, you can click on a link to the real information about them.  
A = Accuracy (Could you verify -- or show to be false -- this information with other sources?  Is it accurate?) 
P = Purpose   (Why did the authors post this information?)  Notice the other tabs -- including one for Teachers and one for a Webquest.  Considering who the people who made this really are, why would they have put in all the work to create this site? 



Accurate:  correct in all details; exact.

Valid:  having a sound basis in logic or fact; reasonable or 

cogent.

You can use Wikipedia as a jumping off point -- to build background knowledge before you begin your serious research. 

Thursday, November 26, 2015

Sunday, November 22, 2015

Monday, November 23, 2015

Have a lovely Thanksgiving Break!

See quotes about Gratitude


Are you glad you don't have to kill your own main course for Thanksgiving?
Or do you?






Announcements and Reminders:
  Book orders are due. 
  Have a wonderful Thanksgiving Break!   I'm grateful for you!                                                                 




Targets for Today:
I will read for enjoyment, and add to a record of my reading.
I can read aloud fluently.
I know strategies I can use to comprehend (understand) what I read, and to remember it.
I am computer/internet savvy! 






Today’s  Agenda:

1. Pick up your folder, please.
2. Individual Reading.  Fill out your reading log.  Take home any make-up work in your folder (pink).  
3. Partner Fluency Practice
4.  More work on "Becoming Computer/Internet Savvy."
      with the ChromeBook lab in our own classroom.




Fluency Partners

San Diego Quick – Fluency Partners    A3

    1
Mitchell M
Alexander O
    2
Brayan A
Shaye T
    3
Matthew B
Carson H
    4
Richard B
Michael H
    5
Haley O
Liberty R
    6
Megan H
Hayli P     
    7
Connor C
Jackson H

David B


    8
Emma A
Maria T
    9
Samuel A
Andrew S
    10
Elizabeth B
Madison T
    11
Tayler B
Brandon O
    12
Ella B
Avery W
    13
Hannah B
Sarah G
    14
Blake B
Blake K
    15
Gage C
Oakley H

Sarah C






San Diego Quick – Fluency Partners   A4
    1
Lucas  H
Paul B
    2
Isabelle P
Morgan B

  1.  
Korden B
Easton We
    4
Ryan B
Ruston H
    5
Avery S
Anna H
6
Ryan E
Justin W

    7
Analisa C
Josie S
    8
Callen G
Brianna M
 9
Alice H
Victoria M
 10
Alexa H
Addisyn M
11
Emma J
Madison A

 12
Chandler L
Luis M
 13
Destyni G
Liam G
 14
Samuel A
Gage D
 
John T



If You Were Absent:

See above. 
Complete the reading make-up (pink) for today.
See the post for last time if you need the handouts for the computer assignment:

Thursday, November 19, 2015





Thursday, November 19, 2015

Thursday, November 19, 2015


Today’s  Agenda:

1. Get ready for class. 
  • Pick up your folder from the back of the room. 
  • If you were not here last time, pick up your hall pass requests from the lower wire basket for our class. 
  • Find your assigned seat.
  • Make sure you have a pen or pencil ready.


2. Quiet Individual Reading
  • Fill out your Reading Log. 
  • Fill out every part of the line for each day: date, type of material read, title, something about what you read, minutes read.

3. Partner Fluency Practice  :  Read "Turning Off the Faucet."  Label it "TOTF."
  • Fill out your Fluency Graph.   
  • Required for each time you read: date, passage number, words per minute

4.  Computer Lab 224 

Work on your packet for becoming COMPUTER SAVVY! 


                  Savvy means having practical knowledge.


You, too, can be computer savvy!


1.   Avoid Plagiarism.



2.  Check for Reliability. 

     "The trouble with quotes on the Internet 
is that you can never know if they are genuine." 
- Abraham Lincoln




How reliable is Wikipedia? 



3.  Test Your Ability to do Research.



A.  Researching  Famous Explorers
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/









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.






If you were absent, complete the make-up reading homework.
If you were absent, you can get started on the packet.  Here are the links to the documents:


Click on the link, then click on the Download tab, open the document, and then you can print it or fill it out on your computer.

Most of the students finished the Plagiarism pages, and were working on the Wikipedia Exercise.