Friday, March 17, 2017

Announcements and Reminders: Happy New Term! Pick up your folder. We are beginning with quiet, individual reading.  Be in your seat, reading by the time the bell rings.      If you are absent, remember to pick up a pink make-up sheet, complete the 20 minutes of reading for each day missed, fill out the log for that day, and get a parent signature.    This is the cartoon that A4 watched:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO_PmUDSVI8

Targets for Today: I can read for enjoyment and for learning. I can read more fluently. I know and can use strategies to improve my reading effectiveness.

Today’s  Agenda: 1. Individual Quiet Reading and fill out your log.  4.  Partner Fluency Practice -- New seats, partners, and passages. The passage number is in the upper right hand corner of your page.  ******************************************* 5.  Begin your BICUM Brochure 5.  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!   Review from last time : 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.  Today: 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 (and place BICUM checks)                 ✔ Passage Practice:  St. Patrick's Day?

If You Were Absent: See above. Make up your Individual reading time using the pink make-up log.

Vocabulary: metacognition:  thinking about your thinking