Thursday, September 1, 2016

Announcements and Reminders:                  Cavetime will begin on September 6.   School pictures will be taken on September 8 - 9.  Your disclosure signature sheet was due by August 26.  If you haven't turned it in yet, complete and turn it in as soon as possible.  Today bring earbuds or earphones if you have them.

Targets for Today: Students will practice independent recreational reading. Students will learn about reading online. 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 Writing Standard 8  Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, using search terms effectively; assess the credibility and accuracy of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.

Today’s  Agenda: Self-Starter: 1. Pick up your folder from the black crate.  2. Take out or select a book to read.          Reading your choice of materials.    3.  Continue reading until instructed to stop.      Fill out your reading log.  4. Computer Lab a. Prepare to go to computer lab 202 -- just out the door, to the right. b.  Receive your packet for work in the computer lab:          Using Metacognition When Using the Internet Thinking about your thinking as your read the Internet Your computer number is your folder number.   c. Get as much done as you can today.       Be on task!   5. When we return to the classroom, put your folders away and clean up after yourself.

If You Were Absent: Pick up or print the computer lab packet.  You could work on this at home or during Cave Time Intervention. Internet Metacognition.docx This packet is six pages long. To make up for the reading time you missed, read at home for 20 minutes, record the title, and get a parent signature confirming that you read. You could download and print this file.  To open it, click on this link, then click on the download tap. Reading Log Make-Up Log 2015.doc Remember that metacognition is thinking about your own thinking -- in this case noticing what you are thinking as your read .

Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Announcements and Reminders:                    Cavetime will begin on September 6.   School pictures will be taken on September 8.  Your disclosure signature sheet was due by August 26.  If you haven't turned it in yet, complete and turn it in as soon as possible.  Next time bring earbuds or earphones if you have them.

Targets for Today: Students will practice independent recreational reading. Students will work on building fluency. Students will learn about and practice metacognition. 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

Today’s  Agenda: Self-Starter: 1. Pick up your folder from the black crate. 2. Take out or select a book to read.          Reading your choice of materials. (3.) If you brought back your disclosure document, please hand in the signature sheet to the top wire basket for your class. Your disclosure document signatures and reading strategies form were due by August 26.  If you hadn't handed them in, please hand them in as soon as possible.   4.  Continue reading until instructed to stop. 5.  Fill out your reading log. # Date B N M O Title -- Use ditto marks (“)  when continuing the same material.  Material read/Explanation/Read from page__ to page __ Minutes Read Total Hours Read Ex 8/20/13 x Scholastic Scope, Sept. 2013 pages 4-9  “Malala the  Powerful” 15     If you're absent, or were off-task during reading time, or didn't fill out your log, pick up a pink make-up sheet and do the homework.   6.    One-Minute Partner Fluency Practice        Each partner gets a page protector and a copy of the poem to read.        Put the poem into the page protector.        With a classmate you will take turns reading the passage.        You will be timed for one minute.        Notice how far you read.            Write it down on your disclosure document:               ______ wpm MAKE SURE YOU FILL OUT THE DATE, PASSAGE NUMBER OR LETTERS, AND WORDS PER MINUTE EACH TIME YOU HAVE HAD A TURN TO DO A TIMED READING.      Place the passages/page protectors in your folders. 7. Metacognition .  Remember that metacognition is thinking about your own thinking -- in this case noticing what you are thinking as your read  Facts About the Brain.docx Inner Voice Template.doc Step 1. for Your Brochure:  Outside     BICUM Be in Control: Use Metacognition [Your Name] [Your Class Period] Step 2 for Your Brochure:  Inside    Prepare yourself to succeed! There are about 17 lines on this section of your brochure. 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                       and  Identify your PURPOSE. 7. Set Study Length 8. Place check marks 8. Practice with a sample chapter/passage.  UNIT 5 Building a Strong Nation (1800–1840) Jefferson As President Louisiana Purchase Unit 5                                            TutorialTutorialFront MatterSkills HandbookUnit 1Chapter 1Chapter 2Unit 2Chapter 3Chapter 4Chapter 5Unit 3Chapter 6Chapter 7Unit 4Chapter 8Chapter 9Chapter 10Unit 5Chapter 11Chapter 12Chapter 13Chapter 14Chapter 15Unit 7Chapter 16Chapter 17Unit 8Chapter 18Chapter 19Chapter 20Unit 9Chapter 21Chapter 22Chapter 23Chapter 24EpilogueBackmatter  Chapter 11                                           IntroSection 1That's Interesting!Presidential ProfilesSection ReviewSection 2Section ReviewSection 3Global ConnectionsMathSection ReviewSection 4ArtsSection ReviewChapter Review  Section 1 and 2  Book Page(s):  334a, 334b-335a,  338a, 338b-339a, 339b-340a A3 and A4 need to complete the practice papers.  9.   Put folders away. Leave your folder in the hanging folder with the matching number -- in the crates at the back of the room. Next time bring ear buds or earphones if you have them.

If You Were Absent: When you come back to class, finish reading the article about the brain and writing about what your "Inner Voices" were doing as you read.    Add Step 2 to your brochure.   To make up for the reading time you missed, read at home for 20 minutes, record the title, and get a parent signature confirming that you read. You could download and print this file.  To open it, click on this link, then click on the download tap. Reading Log Make-Up Log 2015.doc