Friday, January 15, 2016

Announcements and Reminders:                                                                   I'm so sad that he just died! Are there any books that you would read  over and over? You may check out one book at a time from this classroom, should you find something you very much want to continue to read! Please say it isn't true! Now, this is just silly! Do you know what an appendix is when it is in a book?

Targets for Today: I will read for enjoyment, and add to a record of my reading. I can read aloud fluently. I can learn strategies I can use to comprehend (understand) what I read, and to remember it.

Today’s  Agenda: 1. Pick up your folder, please. 2. Individual Reading.  Fill out your reading log.  (Make sure you name is on your log.) 3.  Partner Fluency Practice.  Fill out your graph.   (Make sure you name is on your graph.) http://www.online-stopwatch.com/rocket-timer/full-screen/        Each partner gets a page protector and a copy of the poem to read.        Put the poem into the page protector.        Fill out your new graph for each time you read. Leave your reading log and fluency graph in your folder.  Date 11-13-15 11-13-15 Passage SCSS SCSS Words Per Minute 143 153 You will have time to do recreational reading in this class,  but we will focus on STUDY-READING  -- reading to learn and remember. 4. Metacognition! -- Begin your Pamphlet of Reading Strategies. Reading Strategy #1  Step One:  Notice Your Thinking so you can  really read when you're reading. Metacognition: Noticing your own thinking. IAMNOWHERE! BICUM -- Be in Control -- Use Metacognition. 1. Check your own inner voice What distracts you?  What keeps you from focusing on the thing you are supposed to be reading?  What do you do when you've been distracted and realize you haven't really been reading -- then what if you're just not getting it?   How can you keep yourself focused in the first place?  You can learn strategies to help yourself succeed in your reading tasks.  Using a plain piece of paper -- colored or white, fold it into thirds -- hamburger-wise. You won't need a mail label, though!  Step 1 for Your Brochure:  Outside     BICUM Be in Control: Use Metacognition [Your Name] [Your Class Period] Step 2 for Your Brochure:  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 Leave your folder in the hanging folder with the matching number -- in the crates at the back of the room. If time -- or next time -- Facts About the Brain.docx Inner Voice Template.doc 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

If You Were Absent: See above for what we did. Complete the make-up reading, and fill out a make-up reading log for today. Reading Log Make-Up Log 2015.doc Begin your BICUM brochure.