Thursday, March 9, 2017

Announcements and Reminders: Pick up your folder, and study for a test on the CRAAP Test. Your folders are now in alphabetical order by last name. Have your book ready so you are reading when the bell rings.  Time Change - March 12.  Spring Forward and set your clocks forward 1 hour on Saturday night. March 15 -- All Seventh Graders will be Job Shadowing, so not at school.      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.    Notice that if you forget or lose your assignment pages, you can print them at home from Skyward.        I will still accept the Internet packet through Monday, even though they were due today.   More Wikipedia -- Who Writes It?

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: Your folders are now alphabetical. 1. Individual Quiet Reading and fill out your log.  (If you are missing points for the reading log, take home a pink make-up sheet.) 2.  Partner Fluency -- Turning Off the Faucet = TOTF 3. Test on CRAAP Test    -- review and a bit of time to study, then the test. The CRAAP Test for Finding Trustworthy Sources Retake next time!  4.  Begin your BICUM Brochure 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.  Next time:   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. Make up your Individual reading time using the pink make-up log.

Vocabulary: metacognition:  thinking about your thinking  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