Announcements and Reminders:
If you have a pink reading make-up sheet in your folder, take it home and complete the make-up reading. October 4 Before Reading -- CRAAP Test -- Practice:Preview Article? 10 During Reading -- Be Active -- (predictions/inferences) Check for Understanding 12 More Internet and CRAAP Test -- Test on the CRAAP Test The Computer Lab packet is due October 18. 16 During Reading -- Fix-Ups (words in context -- context clues) begin Mind Mapping 18 After Reading -- Reduce -- (Patterns and Mind Mapping)
End of Term 1
25 After Reading -- Retain -- Mnemonics -- Use a peg system to learn the Bill of Rights27 After Reading -- Retain -- Mnemonics -- Use the loci system to learn the first ten U.S. Presidents. Also how to use flashcards to study CRAAP, Bill of Rights, first ten presidents 31 Practice using Metacognition online November 2 Practice using Metacognition with an article 6 Final Test -- Turn in BICUM Brochure and retake on CRAAP Test. 8 Readathon and Test make-up, if needed Bring treats, if you wish, to the Readathon.
Scholastic Book Orders: Use our class code when you order online: GKLJW.
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Targets for Today:
Utah State Core , Writing Standard 1 b. Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.
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Today’s Agenda:
If you have a pink reading make-up sheet in your folder, take it home and complete the make-up reading. 1. Individual Reading and fill out your reading log. 2. The CRAAP Test Test 1 |
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Work on the computer savvy packet. If you do not finish it today, it will become homework.
Becoming more Computer Savvy!
You, too, can be computer savvy!
Becoming more Computer Savvy!
Work on your packet for becoming COMPUTER SAVVY!
Savvy means having practical knowledge.
You, too, can be computer savvy!
Check for Reliability.
"The trouble with quotes on the Internet
is that you can never know if they are genuine."
- Abraham Lincoln
Links for today:
Utah's Online Library
https://afjh.alpineschools.org/ Use this link to get into Utah's Online Library, called Pioneer Online Library on our school website. Follow the steps on your assignment sheet to get to the databases for biography and for books.
How reliable is Wikipedia?
Test Your Ability to do Research.
Researching Famous Explorers
Fill out the white worksheet, titled "Lewis and Clark – Important Information for Your U.S. History Class Next Year" using this link: http://allaboutexplorers.com/
Search Terms and Search Engines
Sample for your assignment with search engines: :
Bing [I looked up "dogs as pets"] : https://www.bing.com/ On the main page for Bing, you'll see links to current events, searchs that are currently popular on Bing.
Yahoo [I looked up "dogs as pets"]: https://search.yahoo.com/ On the main page, like Bing, Yahoo shows what searches are "Trending." It also gave me the current weather. Neither Bing nor Yahoo gives part of an actual article on the results page like Google does.
Pick a topic to look up on any 4 (four) of the following search engines. Explain how they are different from each other.
Here are the search engines for you to check out:
https://www.bing.com/
https://search.yahoo.com/
http://education.iseek.com/iseek/home.page;jsessionid=A03C07466D1C5F73460D50073F1FD9C4
https://www.wolframalpha.com/
http://www.dogpile.com/
http://www.ask.com/
https://www.kiddle.co/
https://duckduckgo.com/
Wikipedia
Link for Wikipedia exercises:
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/tutorials/wikipedia/
The video is less than 7 minutes long. You can also open the transcript to read it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
If You Were Absent:
See above.
Complete the make-up reading on one of the Reading Make-Up Logs. |
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 |
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