Friday, March 18, 2015

Announcements and Reminders:                                                                       Today is the LAST DAY OF THE TERM.                                                             Your internet packets and reading make-up had to  be turned in by Wednesday the 16th  to apply to Term 3.  However, if you have a D or F, you may turn it in today. I will be grading your reading logs and fluency graphs again today.

Targets for Today: Targets for Today: I read for enjoyment, and add to a record of my reading. I can read aloud fluently. I will understand better how to use skills and strategies to improve my ability to read effectively.

Today’s  Agenda: 1. Individual Reading and fill out your reading log 2. Partner Fluency Practice and fill out your graph  --San Diego and Partners  New passage #606 3.  Reading Strategies -- Before, During, and After --      Continue  your BICUM Brochure. A3 read Lewis and Clark poem and second section. A4 read  Your Brochure: Outside -- Day 3 Continued from  DURING READING 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]  Your Brochure: Inside  Same as Day 2 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. Ask yourself: "Is this a useful and reliable source?" 6. Select or Create Questions 7. Decide whether you need to add to your background knowledge BEFORE you begin to read.  a reliable online site a book for children or with lots of pictures an educational video about the subject Begin here today:  8. Set Study Length 9. Place check marks 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 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! A3 read the poem -- responded in the cell on the Inner Voices Graphic organizer.  A4 read a story for prediction.    Storytime  -- You will receive a sheet of plain paper.  Fold it in half.  On each half you will draw something as you are directed to.  Write your name somewhere on that paper.  Predicting  Practice -- How could these words be related to each other in a story?        bed                      father                   the thing                total darkness          flat on our backs        cold, dead hands                                           "In Hiding" (4) Predicting  Practice -- How could these words be related to each other in a story?        book                       goblin               grandfather             oddest feeling               watching                   gift                                                     Predicting  Practice -- How could these words be related to each other in a story?        bed                      father                    light                      dark                          boy                             sound Draw a picture of what's under YOUR bed. Listen to the story. If you are absent, you can read the story here: There's Something Under the Bed A3 to here on February 1. Some may need more time on reading and reacting to "Year-Round Schools." 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 Main title: http://cavereading.blogspot.com/search?q=under+the+bed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7UsS55IwZQ Make the things you have to learn memorable: Find a connection with what you have experiences or what you know. Draw a picture. Find an emotional connection, if you can.  You might want to make up a story to help you remember something, or imagine yourself there.  Practice with Lewis and Clark poem and passage. If needed: Illustrations for Lewis and Clark ________________________________ Practice  Facts About the Brain.docx Inner Voice Template.doc

If You Were Absent: