Friday, September 8, 2017

Announcements and Reminders:     IF YOU HAVE YOUR COMPUTER LAB PACKETS TO HAND IN, PLEASE HAND THEM IN TO THE TOP WIRE BASKET. Check your folder for any make-up homework -- if you need to make-up any reading log or fluency graph assignments.                       Scholastic Book Orders:   If you'd like to order Scholastic Books online, and benefit our classroom, go to http://pcool.scholastic.com/parentordering/login.jsp, register, and enter code GKLJW. To order through me without going online, bring me the filled out order form and a check written to Scholastic Book Orders. I'll be sending in orders on September 15, or sooner if I receive orders totalling $25 or more. Order forms are available on the back counter near the door.

Targets for Today: I can read on my own for enjoyment and understanding.  I can improve my reading fluency.  I can read and comprehend.   I can spot CRAAP and avoid as I research on the Internet.

Today’s  Agenda: 1. Pick up your folder from the black crate.   Select a book to read and begin reading quietly.  Don't forget to fill out your reading log when instructed to.   2. Media Center Presentation on CRAAP!?!?       TAKE A PENCIL OR PEN.  2. Media Center "Fieldtrip"      We learned about using the CRAAP Test to find useful and reliable information. Mrs. Jones Mrs. John Do you know them?   The CRAAP Test for Finding Trustworthy Sources  ⇉ ⇉  Memorize  the parts of the CRAAP Test.   Be able to explain each part of the mnemonic.  A3, let's look at http://mentalfloss.com/authors http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/ A3 got to here:  No fluency practice or Mary.  A4 did fluency practice, but no Mary. 3.   One-Minute Partner Fluency Practice        Continue to read passage 606 today.   (Use the number to fill out for passage number.)        Each pair gets one eraser and one white-board marker.        Keep the passage in your page protector.   EACH OF YOU SHOULD HAVE A PAGE PROTECTOR IN YOUR FOLDER.         With a classmate you will take turns reading the passage.        You will be timed for one minute.        Your partner will follow along and mark any errors and mark where you ended.         Notice how far you read.  Figure out how many words you read, then subtract any errors.           Write it down.                 ______ wpm MAKE SURE YOU FILL OUT THE DATE, PASSAGE NUMBER OR LETTERS, AND WORDS PER MINUTE EACH TIME YOU HAVE HAD A TURN TO DO A TIMED READING.            Fill out a column on your graph for each time you read. Date 8-22-17 8-22-17 Passage #606 #606 Words Per Minute 143 153 4.  Finish reading about Mary the Elephant.

If You Were Absent: To make up for the reading time you missed, read at home for 20 minutes, record the title, and get a parent signature confirming that you read. You could download and print this file.  To open it, click on this link, then click on the download tap. Reading Log Make-Up Log 2015.doc Find the articles in the Reading 7 Handouts file when you return.

Vocabulary: Metacognition:  Notice your own thinking, and thinking about your thinking.