Thursday, December 1, 2017

Announcements and Reminders:                           Don't forget to hand in your computer lab papers as soon as you finish them.

Targets for Today: W.7.1b and W.8.1b. Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text. 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: 1.  Individual Reading Time         Don't forget to fill out your reading log! If you have a pink make-up sheet in your folder, take it home to complete  the make-up assignment.                                                                                                        2. Fluency Practice --  You have a new passage today.  The passage number is in the upper right hand corner of the page.  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.   3.  Quiz on reliability and usefulness.   To study, see your folded paper or the end of this post.           ⇒Then apply it!  👀 4.  Metacognition and BICUM!   You will have time to do recreational reading in this class,  but we will focus on STUDY-READING -- reading to learn and remember.  Metacognition! 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?  Pair-Share  You can learn strategies to help yourself succeed in your reading tasks. 1. Check your own inner voice.  Your mind is working all the time, whether you are paying attention to it or not.  Noticing your own thinking is called METACOGNITION. Follow this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv-sKP17xTw  When you are reading, you can control your thoughts so that you are having a conversation with the text.  This is called a CONVERSATIONAL VOICE and is USEFUL.  We all have times when we are "reading,"  but really our thoughts are wandering to other subjects.  This voice within your head, when you really should be reading, is called a WASTE-OF-TIME VOICE. The best solution for the WASTE-OF-TIME VOICE is to gently bring you focus back to the reading material.  Tell yourself that you'll think about that other subject later. BEGIN YOUR BICUM BROCHURE Using a plain piece of paper -- colored or white, fold it into thirds -- hamburger-wise. Step 1 for Your Brochure:  Outside     BICUM Be in Control: Use Metacognition [Your Name] [Your Class Period] Step 2 for 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:  Is this a reliable and useful source?  Use ABC's or CRAAP Test if needed. 6. Select or Create Questions 7. Set Study Length

If You Were Absent: See above.

Vocabulary: metacognition:  thinking about your thinking

CRAAP Test
Currency
Relevancy
Authority
Accuracy
Purpose

ABC's of Usefulness and Reliability 
A = Author
B = Bias
C = Coverage
D = Dates
E = Editor

The CRAAP Test for Finding Trustworthy Sources

ABC's of Reliability and Usefulness

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Announcements and Reminders:                           Don't forget to hand in your computer lab papers as soon as you finish them.

Targets for Today: W.7.1b and W.8.1b. Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text. 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: 1.  Individual Reading Time        Don't forget to fill out your reading log! If you have a pink make-up sheet in your folder, take it home to complete  the make-up assignment.                                                                                                                        2. Fluency Practice 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.   3. Create a device to help yourself remember either the CRAAP Test or the ABCDE of Usefulness and Reliablity.  4. We will go to Computer Lab 224  to complete some assignments  which help you understand the importance  of finding out if a source is useful and reliable.  and sit at the computer that matches your folder number. Receive one or more assignment sheets to use in the computer lab. Take a pen or pencil with you. Finish this assignment sheet  today:  Is a Source Useful and Reliable_ .docx          Learn about some reliable and useful sites:  Reading 7 Reliable Sources on Utah's Library.docx Lab 224

If You Were Absent: See above.

Vocabulary: * Uniform Resource Locator or Universal Resource Locator According to The American Heritage Dictionary,  The term URL is a noun and it is  "an Internet address (for example, http://www.hmco.com/trade/), usually consisting of the access protocol (http), the domain name (www.hmco.com), and optionally the path to a file or resource residing on that server (trade)." Find the URL in the address bar on your browser. Address Bar

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Announcements and Reminders:

Targets for Today: W.7.1b and W.8.1b. Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text. 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: 1.  Individual Reading Time        Don't forget to 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 11/22/16 x The Fourth Stall  p. 63- 75 20 If you're absent, off task, or don't fill out your log, use a pink make-up sheet to complete the homework.   2. .One-Minute Partner Fluency Practice 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.   Date 11-22-16 Passage TOTF Usually this will be a number! Words Per Minute (words read minus errors) 3.  How can we know if a source is useful and reliable (trustworthy)? A.  The CRAAP Test The CRAAP Test for Finding Trustworthy Sources b. ABC's of Reliability and Usefulness CRAAP and ABC's.docx    ⇉ ⇉  Plan to memorize either the parts of the CRAAP Test or the parts of the ABC's of Reliability and Usefulness.  Be able to explain each part of the mnemonic you chose. Next time we will look at your sources from the computer lab last time, and will add some sources to look at.

If You Were Absent: See above. Complete reading make-up at home using the pink sheet, or printing the make-up sheet from Skyward. Using the links above, fill out the assignment for the CRAAP Test and ABC's of Usefulness and Reliability.   CRAAP and ABC's.docx   You could use the download tab to download and print this. Have a great Thanksgiving!  We'll see  you next week.

Vocabulary:   Current/ Currency:  up to date Relevant/Relevancy:  Is it really what you need? Authority:  the power or right to do something Accuracy:  the power or state of being correct or right Purpose: why something is being done