Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Dreaming of Spring! 

Announcements and Reminders:             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.     More Wikipedia -- Who Writes It?

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: Pick up your folder and a book to read. 1.  "Fieldtrip" to the Media Center.  Take a pen or pencil.  Leave your backpack behind.  You will learn about the CRAAP Test to check the usefulness and reliability of an Internet site.   The CRAAP Test for Finding Trustworthy Sources ⇉ ⇉  Plan to memorize  the parts of the CRAAP Test   Be able to explain each part of the mnemonic.  Take a pencil or pen. Leave your backpack, etc.  You will pick up a green sheet, a bookmark, and a Chromebook (which you will sing out).  Mrs. Jones is going to present to us, so be respectful and attentive. When reading to learn, we need to determine  if what we're reading is  USEFUL  and RELIABLE. I.  Is it useful?   2.  Is it reliable?  2. Fluency Practice with the Poem on the other side of the sheet you already have --  The "passage number"  is TOTF.  Record your turns on your graph.   3.  Individual Reading and fill out your Reading Log.

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 this link The CRAAP Test for Finding Trustworthy Sources   and the information below under Vocabulary, study the parts of the CRAAP Test.   Sites to use with the green paper:  Pick one. 1. http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/  2. http://www.madd.org/?referrer=https://www.google.com/  3. http://rythospital.com/  4. Mhttp://www.mavav.org/  5. http://allaboutexplorers.com/  6. https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/  7. http://www.thedogisland.com/  8. http://store.nba.com/  9. http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/  10. http://www.webmd.com/allergies/ 11. http://www.preparingforemergencies.co.uk/ 12. http://www.autobytel.com/  13. http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/  14. http://www.whitehouse.net/  15. http://www.icrwhale.net/  16. https://www.nasa.gov/  17. http://www.usatoday.com/  18. http://all-natural.com/add/  19. http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au  20. http://www.dhmo.org/  21. http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/

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