Thursday, March 2, 2017

Announcements and Reminders:                      There will be no school for students on March 6.                  Time Change - March 12.  Spring Forward and set your clocks forward 1 hour on Saturday night.     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.  The last day to hand in late work, revised work, and extra credit -- except your hall passes -- is Friday, March 10.     If you did not finish the Internet packet we worked on in class, finish it on your own by Friday, March 10. Notice that if you forget or lose your assignment pages, you can print them at home from Skyward -- or from this post.

Targets for Today: I can read for enjoyment for sustained periods of time. I can record my reading. I can read fluently including accurately. I can effectively use the Internet for research.

Today’s  Agenda: Find your seat (same as last time). Pick up your folder and a book to read. Chromebook Lab 1.  Learn about Reading on the Internet.    -- Finish the two assignments.       You have two projects to do in the lab.  You may do either first.       Why not Wikipedia?          and        Avoiding Plagiarism Wikipedia exercise 2016.docx Plagiarism Computer Exercise Worksheet2015.doc More Wikipedia -- Who Writes It? ⇒ When you finish, replace the Chromebook in its numbered slot.  Put it in such that the plug is facing out, and match the number on the Chromebook with the number on its plug.  ⇒ If you are done early, use the time as reading time, and keep track of how long you read.  2.  Individual Reading         Fill out your reading log. 3.  Partner Fluency Practice.        Fill out your graph. Wikipedia?? You can use Wikipedia as a jumping off point -- to build background knowledge before you begin your serious research. Part 1.  Why not use Wikipedia, though? Go to:   http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/tutorials/wikipedia/ Fill in the cloze document for this tutorial. Wikipedia exercise.docx     On the back of your handout you will record information about authors of an  article.  Look up a subject on Wikipedia. Your choice of subject.    Utah     Timpanogos Cave National Monument Lagoon American Fork, Utah American Fork High School Your favorite sports team or have another on cleared with me Look at the history:  (Click on "View history.") Go to "oldest."                                 ^ Check out five different contributors on that article.  What can you find out about them? example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Owen An Internet Protocol address (IP address) is a numerical label assigned to each device (e.g., computer, printer) participating in a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication. An IP address serves two principal functions: host or network interface identification and location addressing. Avoiding Plagiarism:    http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/school/plagiarism.html For the plagiarism worksheet --  a. Use the link here to go to http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/school/plagiarism.html# b. Listen to and read along with the information about plagiarism. (Yes, you may turn on the sound on your computer! The room will be noisy, but sometimes that's okay.) c. Answer the questions on the worksheet, both front and back. This is the link you will use for the back. http://www.sehinton.com/bio.html

If You Were Absent: See above. Finish the assignments on your own.

Vocabulary: