Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Announcements and Reminders:                                                                   Happy Term 4! Here is the rest of the rotation: March 24: Hand in Brochure/Work on mind map March 28: Continue to Study Mind Map/other Strategies March 30: Review for test/Finish Mind Map, consider other strategies April 1:  Mind Map Due/Take Mind Map Test on the Lewis and Clark Expedition [Happy Spring Break!] April 12:  Making inferences and other strategies.   April 14:  Readathon!  April 14, 2016 -- Bring reading materials, a pillow to sit on, and treats if you wish!

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       Mr. Gillis will be administering the San Diego test to some of you.  2. Partner Fluency Practice and fill out your graph  --San Diego and Partners  3.  BICUM brochure 4.  Getting started with mind mapping  the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

If You Were Absent: Complete the make-up reading, and see above for what else we did. Complete the BICUM brochure. Start creating your Mind Map.

 Your Brochure: Outside

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 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 

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 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!

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. Answer Questions Organize for Recall (Select 1 to do) -- make outlines -- take notes -- write summaries -- create maps

Receive the Reading Packet about the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Highlight the important (to be remembered) information in this packet.  http://cavereading.blogspot.com/search?q=highlighting

Learning ahead!

Working on the Mind Map

Illustrations for Lewis and Clark

Top right corner

The Lewis and Clark Expedition

      Corps of Discovery

Lower right corner

(Your Name --- Your Class Period)

Label 

Philadelphia

Washington, D.C.

Monticello

Pittsburgh

Cincinnati

St. Louis
(Do not include Portland, Oregon.  
It was not settled or founded until years later.)

Mississippi River  (goes north and south through St. Louis

Missouri River (label just west of St. Louis)

Thomas Jefferson
1801 -- Became president  58 years old

Louisiana Purchase -- 1803
bought from France
$15 million

Meriwether Lewis -- 28 years old

Jefferson's private secretary

Dog -- Seaman  

William Clark -- 32 years old

had been in the army together 

York -- Slave
He was about the same age as Clark.
32 at the beginning of the expedition.

keelboat

pirogues

UP the Missouri River

10 to 15 miles a day

tried to camp on river islands as much as they could

Sergeant Charles Floyd Died

appendix

Teton Sioux

almost ended the expedition

Mandan/Hidatsa Indians

about 4000 people

Fort Mandan

Charbonneau

Sacagawea

16 years old

pregnant

prepared to send keelboat back to Jefferson

maps

journals

specimens

February -- Sacagawea's baby

Jean Baptiste

_______

grizzly bear

Great Falls

portage

It took them 1 month to go about 18 miles

found the Continental Divide 

found Shoshone Indians

Sacagawea's brother

Cameahwait

Bitterroot Mountains
 traveled 200 miles through the mountains

The land beyond was claimed by Spain, Britain, and Russia

Nez Perce  Indians
almost killed
later called the most hospitable

Columbia River 
October 1805 

to the Pacific Ocean

1 year and a half to get to the Pacific

vote -- first time in U.S. history woman and black man to vote

Fort Clatsop

They lived at Fort Clatsop for 4 months

with only

12 days without rain

March 1806 -- started back

return trip 6 months 

split up so Lewis went North
skirmish with Blackfoot Indians

Clark went South 
to Yellowstone River.

They later met.

passed among 50 tribes

Sacagawea stayed at Mandan/Hidatsa villages
Lewis and Clark left August 1806

had discovered 

178 new plants

122 new animals

When they arrived back at St. Louis
September 1806 
most had thought they were dead.

Meriwether Lewis 

governor of Louisiana Territory

committed suicide three years after the expedition

William Clark

governor of Missouri Territory

Clark had 10 children
Raised Jean Baptiste

York freed 10 years after the expedition

8,000 miles trip 
28 months
cost the government $38,000