Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Announcements and Reminders:         Friday is the LAST DAY OF THE TERM.                                                             Your internet packets and reading make-up must be turned in by Wednesday the 16th  to apply to Term 3.

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: 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  3.  Reading Strategies -- Before, During, and After --      Continue  your BICUM Brochure.  STUDY-READING  -- reading to learn and remember. 4. Metacognition! -- Continue 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.   Your Brochure: Outside -- Day 2 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. 7. Add to your background knowledge!  You can do this before reading or during reading. Look it up on a reliable online site. Find a book for children on the topic. Watch a documentary or other educational program.  BICUM Be in Control: Use Metacognition [Your Name] [Your Class Period]  Your Brochure: Inside  Same as Day 1 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.  Practice  Facts About the Brain.docx Inner Voice Template.doc

If You Were Absent: 2016  Internet Packet World Book Practice L&C.docx Wikipedia exercise.docx Replacement for the Biography Reference Center Assignment.docx Plagiarism Comp Ex Worksheet2016.doc explorers BRC sans ans.docx