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