Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Announcements and Reminders:                             Complete any make-up reading you may need to do -- all late and make-up work is due by tomorrow, December 22, end of the school day. Hand in any missing assignments before you leave for Christmas vacation.

Targets for Today: State Core:  W.7.1b and W.8.1b. State Core Reading: Literature Standard 10  Reading: Informational Text Standard 10

Today’s  Agenda: A3 -- Leave your backpacks here when you are excused to go to the Fine Arts Assembly. 1.  Individual Reading Time  and San Diego Testing         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 --  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.   Adding to your background knowledge: 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.  Watch the rest of -- Documentary:  Lewis and Clark: Great Journey West A3  from minute 14:30 to 31:50 A4  from  14:30 through the end [See below for notes on the beginning of the video.] Compare and share notes. A4 shared notes and completed the right hand section on the inside of their brochures. Your Brochure: Inside  Fill out the right hand section on the 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 (Set Purpose!) 7. Set Study Length During Reading Be Active ➨ Check your alignment. ➨"Talk" with the author or text. ➨Visualize. ➨ Make Predictions      1) predict 2) read 3) check 4) compliment or correct      ➨ Pace yourself with a pencil, or better yet, with your finger. ➨ Make Connections!      Text to Self      Text to Text      Text to World ➨Stop every once in awhile to check your understanding. Yes, I do  understand. Mark and highlight  text. 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 Then begin a mind map map. 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) Reading:  http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar321480&st=lewis+and+clark#tab=homepage

If You Were Absent: See above See below for notes on the video: The expedition began on May 21, 1804 They were hoping to find a Northwest Passage -- an all-water route  to the Pacific. slow Progress upriver -- about 10-15 miles per day  They were traveling up the Missouri River. Lewis almost died two days out, when he slid down a high river bank.  On one of their first encounter with Indians they sent cooked meat to the Indians, and the Indians brought them watermelons.  Sergeant Charles Floyd became the first U.S. soldier to die west of the Mississippi August 20, 1804 -- probably a burst appendix. They almost had a fight with the Teton Sioux - which would have been disasterous for the expedition.  Discovering new species -- prairie dogs, mule deer, antelopes, coyotes, bison, magpies, etc. -- about 120 new species of animals and 180 species of plants. They reached what is now North Dakota by October of 1804, and set up a winter camp, Fort Mandan, amidst the Mandan and Hidatsa Indian Villages. Complete any make-up reading you may need to do -- all late and make-up work is due by tomorrow, December 22, end of the school day. Hand in any missing assignments before you leave for Christmas vacation.

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