Friday, February 5, 2016

Announcements and Reminders:                                                                   Your computer lab packets were due on Wednesday.  Finish them as soon as possible and place them in the top wire basket. Don't forget to clean up after yourself -- for the contest and because you do the right thing. We have six or seven more classes in this rotation.

Targets for Today: I read for enjoyment, and add to a record of my reading. I can read aloud fluently. I understand and can use skills and strategies to better comprehend and remember the information I learn by reading.

Today’s  Agenda: Pick up your folder. 1. Individual reading and FILL OUT YOUR READING LOG. (Make sure you name is on your log.) (San Diego Quick Test:  Students will go out into the hall one at a time with the teacher to take a very quick reading test.   Don't be nervous, I'm just looking at how you read, and you get the points just for doing it. A4 finished!) 2. Partner Fluency.  Use passage #613. 3. More BICUM!    6. Add to your BICUM Brochure -- Inside Right Section: This was added last time.        Inside    (Added earlier) 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 (Added last time) During Reading Be Active Check your alignment. "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 andhighlighttext. Continue to next . Read to end of study block. No, I don't  understand Use fix-up strategies: See the back of this brochure! (Add this today!) 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. Fix-Up Strategies Answer Questions Organize for Recall (Select 1) -- make outlines -- take notes -- write summaries -- create maps Next:  Monday, September 21, 2015     A3:  Finish  reading and reacting to "Year-Round Schools." A3 still needs to do this part. Now that you know what genre we are dealing with, you can think about the conventions of the genre.  How about these?  How could these words be related to each other in a story?        bed                   spider                  mother                  kill                       sheets                                       book Draw a picture that expresses how you feel about spiders.  Think about experiences you have had with spiders.   Listen to the story. Skittering (If you are absent, read the story here.) Soundtrack from spiders scene in Something Wicked This Way Comes A4 to here on February 3.  Noticing Patterns Noticing Patterns helps us understand and remember.  What text patterns (Text Structures) did you (or will you) learn about in English class?  How is reading like solving a puzzle?    Class responses: When you read it gives you hints, and then you need to put it together.  There is often a pattern you need to find, an order. You need to predict. You put the pieces together (in a mystery book) to  figure out who did it. The author might give out bits and piece scattered throughout the book. You need to recall previous pieces. It helps to know the central idea.  When you get some the pieces or ideas you can begin to see the central idea! If you understand how it usually works, you can make it work better . YOu have to put the pieces together. Sometimes there are plot twists, and you have to piece it together. You have to think about and understand all the pieces. Both can be really hard.  You can identify parts that will help you put the whole together.  If you know the genre and the conventions of the genre, it helps! It helps to understand the central idea.  You have to put the pieces together. Working together with others on understanding can help, if everyone is focused on getting the job done. Background knowledge helps. Treating the task as solving a mystery can make it more interesting. Asking questions can help. Recognizing the relationships among the pieces can help. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FysobubtDcI (Scooby) One type of pattern is sequence!  How do I identify a text structure/pattern? What sorts of transitions am I seeing? What are the relationships among the ideas? A3 still needs to do this. Text Structure When you recognize a pattern, it helps you to understand and remember. 7. Other things to do AFTER READING:  Review A3 Reviewed Central Idea.Central Ideas  Review  What is a central idea?  1. the most important or central thought of a paragraph or larger section of text, which tells the reader what the text is about It must be a complete sentence that includes the topic and a statement about it.   We look for the central idea in nonfiction, and for the theme in fiction. synonyms key point main idea the point what it's all about How do I identify it? The overall gist  What is most of it about, and what is the author saying about that?  Repeated words Repeated synonyms and pronouns Is there one sentence that just seems to wrap up everything else? If not, are there parts of more than one sentence that I could put into one sentence, and it would wrap up everything else?  Where could I find the Central Idea/Topic Sentence   in the passage?  At the beginning At the end In the middle Not stated directly -- just implied Inferences A3 did #1 A4 did #1 and #2 Back to Fix-Up Strategies Your Brochure: Outside -- If time  Today 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 Continued from  DURING READING 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: --Reread -- Read ahead -- Define unfamiliar words -- Read out loud -- Mark with "?" to clear up later BICUM Be in Control: Use Metacognition [Your Name] [Your Class Period] If time: Fill out your Interest Survey and decorate your folders. Next time:  Mnemonics