Monday, September 18, 2017

Announcements and Reminders:     Looking ahead: September 12  BICUM  Before reading September 14  Part of During Reading and  Getting started on Memorizing -- Reduce and Retain September 18  More During Reading and Fix-Ups   (Inferences) September 20  and More Research -- What about Google and Wikipedia ?  Is there a better way?   September 22  Reduce and Retain  September 26  Final Test --  Be able to apply the strategies from your BICUM Brochure to reading an article provided by the teacher.    Learn This for Your Final Test September 28  Read-a-thon

Targets for Today: I can read on my own for enjoyment and understanding.  I can improve my reading fluency.  I can read and comprehend by using reading strategies WHILE  I read.

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.      (and San Diego Testing)  2.  One-Minute Partner Fluency Practice        Receive a new passage today -- Passage #              (Use the number to fill out for passage number.)  Make sure you fill out your graph.  3.  Continue  YOUR BICUM BROCHURE --               Learn these strategies.  You will be tested!  On the final test:  Know what BICUM stands for, know and use the SELF Check, and know strategies you can use before reading, during reading, and after reading.            Your Brochure: Inside --- Last time we filled  in the middle section Before Reading Complete a Self Check  Study Area  Emotions Level of  Difficulty Feeling physically  Preview 1. Read the title. (and headings) Ask: What do I know about this subject? What does background mean? 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. (also illustrations -- Read the captions.) 5. Ask:  Is this a reliable and useful source?  Use ABC's or CRAAP Test if needed. 6. Select or  Create Questions (Set Purpose!) 7. Set Study Length During Reading Be Active ➨ Check your alignment. ➨"Talk" with the author or text. ➨Visualize. ➨ Make Predictions      1) predict 2) read 3) check 4) compliment or correct      Make Inferences. Read between the lines.  ➨ Pace yourself with a pencil, or better yet, with your finger. ➨ Make Connections!       Text to Self       Text to Text       Text to World ➨Stop every once in awhile to  check your understanding. Yes, I do  understand. Mark and highlight  text. Read to end of study block.  No, I don't  understand Use fix-up strategies: See the back of this brochure! Making Inferences Inferences Predictions  Your Brochure: Outside  (Today we are doing the middle.) After Reading -- #2 RETAIN (Remember) Teach Someone Study in Groups Recreate in Writing Make Flash Cards Use mnemonics 1. Rhymes and Songs 2. Acronyms 3.  Acrostics 4. Mini-Stories 5. Picture Links Rehearse 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] Fix-Up Strategies For Predictions: Today: A3  needs to finish fix-ups. A4 Last time: A3 finished reading about Mary -- practiced inference, talked about and tried pacing with a finger, discussed alignment. A4 needs to  read about Mary the Elephant and discuss During Reading strategies.  A4 did get the Peg System and connecting it to the Bill of Rights.  After reading:  Reduce and Retain  Bill of Rights - The Really Brief Version The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution are summarized below. Amendments to the U.S. Constitution  1 Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition. 2 Right to keep and bear arms in order to maintain a well regulated militia. 3 No quartering of soldiers. 4 Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures. 5 Right to due process of law, freedom from self-incrimination, double jeopardy. 6 Rights of accused persons, e.g., right to a speedy and public trial. 7 Right of trial by jury in civil cases. 8 Freedom from excessive bail, cruel and unusual punishments. 9 Other rights of the people.  10 Powers reserved to the states. Practice reducing and retaining by illustrating the items you need to know.  Peg System: 1. Bun – Picture a bun wrapping about the first amendment:  "Speakin' of freedoms, oh what could they be Freedom of Religion and Assembly, Freedom of Petition and Freedom of Press, Freedom of Speech, now don't distress." 2. Shoe – Picture a Bear wearing shoes – The right to bear arms. 3. Tree – It’s a quarter tree – You don’t have to quarter soldiers. 4. Door – You don’t have to let them in unless they have a valid search warrant. Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures. 5. Hive --  Bees are buzzing in your ears saying, “Tell us what you did!  Admit you’re guilty!” Freedom from self-incrimination (due process of law) 6.  Sticks – Chasing the judge with sticks demanding the right to a speedy trial. 7. Heaven – Picture a jury box full of jurors up on a cloud (in heaven).  This is the right to a trial by jury. 8. Gate – It would be cruel and unusual for someone to slam a person’s hand in a gate. This amendment protects us from cruel and unusual punishment. 9. Line – Stand in the RIGHT line to get your Individual RIGHTS. Many individuals would be standing there. 10.  Hen – Picture the Governor standing on the Capitol steps holding a hen, demanding STATES RIGHTS. Peg System for Memorization and  more detail here:  Peg System for Memorizing The Bill of Rights Bill of Rights chart from -- https://users.csc.calpoly.edu/~jdalbey/Public/Bill_of_Rights.html

If You Were Absent: See above.    Pick up a pink Reading Make-Up log, or print one from Skyward.  Remember to Learn This:  CRAAP C = Currency -- How up-to-date is it? R = Relevance -- Is it what I need or want?  Does it help me? A = Authority --    Who wrote or published this?    What makes them an expert? A = Accuracy --  Is the information correct? Can you verify it in more than one place? P = Purpose --  Why did they create this?  to inform or teach?  to persuade?                                 to sell?  to entertain?          How biased is it?

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