Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Announcements and Reminders:    Looking ahead:                        September 18  More During Reading and Fix-Ups   (Inferences) September 20    More Research -- What about Google and Wikipedia ?  Is there a better way?   September 22  Reduce and Retain -- Retake on CRAAP Test test.  More Research. September 26  Final Test -- What strategies can you use before, during, and after reading.     Hand in BICUM Brochures.     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  September 28 Read-a-thon!  Bring treats, pillow to sit on,  blanket,  if you wish.  Make a note for yourself to bring treats!

Targets for Today: I can read (recreational reading) for extended periods of time.  I can more wisely use search terms and search engines online.

Today’s  Agenda: 1. Individual Reading and fill out your reading log. 2. Computer activities:       Why not Wikipedia?            and       Is Google Search always the best choice? -- Most is left for next time. Wikipedia Exercise 2017.docx -- On the back page, you need only two of the wikipedia contributors. Search Terms and Search Engines .docx -- We will work on this one next time.  3. -- if time, partner fluency and fill out graph -- Neither class did partner fluency.

If You Were Absent: See above and do your make-up reading. Wikipedia Exercise 2017.docx -- On the back page, you need only two of the wikipedia contributors. Search Terms and Search Engines .docx -- We will work on this one next time.

Vocabulary:

Inferences:
https://magic.piktochart.com/output/20846867-new-piktochart


http://www.lifehack.org/374487/try-these-15-search-engines-instead-google-for-better-search-results


https://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/22/just-google-it-developing-internet-search-skills/