Thursday, May 11, 2017

Announcements and Reminders: About the End of the Year We will do a locker clean out during Cavetime on Wednesday May 24th.  We will have cleaning supplies available for those who need them. Modified Schedule for May 25th (Yearbook day) A1 8:15-9:50 Hand out yearbooks and watch Norm Lyde’s movie in the auditorium by all call. A2 9:55-10:25 A3 10:30-11:00 A4 11:05-11:35 Lunch - 11:40-12:25 Pizza and J-Dawgs B1 12:30-1:00 B2 1:05-1:35 B3  1:40-2:10 B4 2:15-2:45 We will have JDawgs for lunch on yearbook day.  The cost to the students is $2 in cash. Last Day -- Friday, May 26: The outside doors will be locked and all students will enter from the west doors at 8:15am.  Students report to the theater. Students will stay in the auditorium until 10:00 am, at which time they will be dismissed from school.            Pick up your folder. Do a SELF Check. Do individual reading.    Please return any books you've checked out from this classroom by May 10.

Targets for Today: I can use strategies to focus and comprehend (understand) as I read and to remember after I read.

Today’s  Agenda: 1. Pick up your folder. 2. Do a SELF Check:        Study area,       Emotions,      Level of difficulty (of the material you're reading), and how you're       Feeling physically.   3. Do individual reading.      Don't forget to fill out your log. Today is May 11. 4. Partner Fluency Practice.    New partners and passages were assigned last time. .    Don't neglect to fill out your graph. Your passage number is in the upper right corner of  the page.  ⇩ Your Brochure: Outside Continued from  DURING READING Fix-Up  Strategies  1. Check your own inner  voice. 2. Focus on it, and read it again. 3. Try reading it out loud. 4. Try reading ahead a bit. 5.  Look for any words (or  ideas or facts) that may be  getting in your way. 6.  Ask someone who  can help you. -- or mark it with a ? for later. 7. 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.  BICUM Be in Control: Use Metacognition [Your Name] [Your Class Period] 6.  Add to your BICUM Brochure -- Inside Right Section: Add this today!   Inside    (Added earlier) 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 yourself: "Is this a useful and reliable source?" 6. Select or Create Questions 7. Set Study Length 8. Place check marks (Added last time) During Reading Be Active Check your alignment. "Talk" with the author or text. Visualize Predict      1) predict      2) read      3) check      4) compliment or correct Pace yourself with a pencil. Make Connections!      Text to Self      Text to Text      Text to World Stop at the 's  and Test your Understanding. Yes, I do  understand. Mark andhighlighttext. Continue to next . Read to end of study block. No, I don't  understand Use fix-up strategies: See the back of this brochure! (Add this today!) 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 and Do 1) -- make outlines -- take notes -- write summaries -- create maps We looked up words (in small groups or pairs)  to help us understand the Bill of Rights.

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Paragraph	Word	congratulation or correction
2	misconstruction	misunderstanding
2	beneficent	good, helpful
3	concurring	agreeing
3	ratified	approved
Amendment 1	abridging	cutting short
1	redress	correct
1	grievances.	something that causes distress
2	Militia	citizens as a military force
2	Arms	weapons
3	quartered	housed
3	prescribed	ordered or directed
4	seizures	taking someone or something by force
4	warrants	authorization/ permission (allowing law enforcement to search)
4	probable cause	reasonable grounds
4	supported by oath or affirmation	with evidence from someone who is willing to swear to its truth
5	capital	punishable by death
5	infamous	evil reputation
5	indictment	formal charge
5	jeopardy	danger
5	due process of law;	fair treatment through the judicial system
6	impartial	fair
6	ascertained	find out for certain, make sure
6	compulsory process	required by a law or rule
7	suits	law suit a case in a court of law involving a claim,complaint,  etc., by one party against another; suit at law.
8	excessive	beyond the necessary
9	enumeration	mentioning a number of things one by one
	construed	interpreted
	disparage	regard as of little worth
	retained	kept
10	delegated	entrusted to another person
Editor’s note	transcription	a written or printed copy of something

If You Were Absent: Complete the individual reading make-up. When you return, fill in the sections on your BICUM Brochure that we have filled in as a class. Today we used a fix-up strategy to build background and increase understanding:  looking up unfamiliar words.

Vocabulary:

San Diego Quick – Fluency Partners    A3

	D, Hanna	N, Harley
	R, Vaiki	B, Jonathan
*	B, Sydney	H, Rekenna
	C, Ian T, Jared	D, Ty
	D, Jorgen	M, William
*	A, Becca	C, Camry
	B, Carter	B, Ashton
	D, Tug	G, Andrew
	F, Paige	G, Martina
	G, Fredy	M, Noah
	K, Savannah	R, Abigail
	O, Mackay	R, Emeline
*	W, Ellie	S, Maura

San Diego Quick – Fluency Partners   A4

	Kate  A.	Ambyr  H.
	Natalie  A.	Sunni  T.
	Nathan  C.	Cole  W.
	Brycen  C.	Aaron  N.
	Jaden  D.	Fisher  I.
	Lakaiya   G.   Estee  M.   Olivia  C.
	Ella  H.	Essedyn S.
	Kantrel  A.	Savannah  C.
	Emma  A.	Hannah  V.
	Sarah  D.	Alma  S.
	Cambrey  D.	Sadie H.
	Kaden  G.	Tyler W.
	Tara  G.	London  A.
	Noah W.	Mitchell
	Brock L.	Denyon   C.
	Jared P.	Raiken  J.

Video for the Bill of Rights 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYEfLm5dLMQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYEfLm5dLMQ

For Later, or in case you're wondering about the bias found in popular sources of news:  

Continuum of Sources
http://www.businessinsider.com/what-your-preferred-news-outlet-says-about-your-political-ideology-2014-10

http://www.journalism.org/2014/10/21/section-1-media-sources-distinct-favorites-emerge-on-the-left-and-right/

Class Topics and Objectives: (Tentative Rotation 3 Schedule)
1. April 17 -- Class Procedures and Targets
2.  April 19 -- What is metacognition, and how can I use it as I read to learn?
3.  April 21 -- How can I use metacognition as I read to learn on the Internet?
                            What information is reliable? The CRAAP Test!
4.  April 25 -- Why not Wikipedia?  How can I find better sources?
5.  April 27 -- When I use information from the Internet, how can I avoid plagiarizing?
6.  May 1 --  Before Reading:  -Know your SELF and Preview and Prepare
7.  May 3 --  During Reading: -  Read Activity

8.  May 5 --  During Reading:   - Use Fix-Up Strategies

9.  May 9 -- After Reading:  Reduce/Organize

10.  May 11 -- After Reading:  Retain (Remember)

11.   May 15 -- After Reading:  More on Remembering 

12.   May 17 -- Final Tests on Strategies (BICUM), the content you memorized, and CRAAP

13.  May  19 -- Wind-Up

14.  May 23 -- Readathon

Remember for BICUM:

(Know strategies to use for each step.)

Before

1. Self-Check

STUDY AREA, EMOTIONS, LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY, 

FEELING PHYSICALLY

2. Preview (How?)

3. Select or create questions.

4. Set study length – time and amount.

Know the steps and definitions in the CRAAP Test (for reliable and useful info.).

During Reading

1. Be Active (How?)

2. Stop every once in awhile to check your understanding.

If you do understand, go on reading.

If you don’t understand, use fix-up strategies

1.     Check your Inner voice.

2.     Read again

3.     Read out loud

4.     Read ahead

5.     Define words

6.     Ask

7.     Add to Background

After Reading

1. Reduce

            What did I learn?

            Structure?

            Central idea?

2. Organize for Recall

            Outline

            Notes

            Summaries

            Maps

3.  Retain (Remember)

            Teach

            Groups

            Recreate (write it)

            Flash Cards

            Mnemonics

            Rehearse

Know the topics of the First Ten Amendments to the Constitution.