Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Announcements and Reminders:                           October 2     Learn about  Metacognition -- Brochure: Label Panels, Cover  ✓ 4     Before Reading -- CRAAP Test  --        Practice:Preview Article? 6      Internet and the CRAAP Test  (CRAAP Test Test on October 12)  10    During Reading  -- Be Active --  (predictions/inferences)  Check for Understanding 12    More Internet and CRAAP Test -- Test on the CRAAP Test   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 Rights 27    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 8      Readathon and Test make-up, if needed               Bring treats, if you wish, to the Readathon.

Targets for Today: Reading: Informational Text Standard 1 (Covered in all three rotations)                      Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

Today’s  Agenda: 1. Pick up your folder from the black crate.  Do a Self-Check BEFORE you read.  Before Reading Self Check  Study Area   Emotions Level of Difficulty Feeling physically   Select a book to read and begin reading quietly.  Don't forget to fill out your reading log when instructed to.      Filling out your reading log: Examples  -- The Reading Log is required. # Date B M N O Title -- Use ditto marks (“)  when continuing the same material.  Material read/Explanation/Read from page__ to page __ Minutes Read Total Hours Read EX 10/6/17 X Scholastic Scope, Sept. 2013 pages 4-9  “Malala the  Powerful” 20 10/10/17 x The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles to pg. 43 20  2/3 2.  One-Minute Partner Fluency Practice        Receive a new passage  and partner today -- Passage #              (Use the number at the top right of the page to fill out for passage number.)  Make sure you fill out your graph.  Here is a reminder of how to fill out your fluency graph: The Fluency Graph is required. Date 10-10-17 10-10-17 10-12-17 10-12-17 Passage # 323 323 706 706 Words Per MInute 120 124 122 130 CRAAP Review  -- Test Next Time! 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?    Inside:      Before Reading Self Check  Study Area   Emotions Level of Difficulty Feeling physically  Preview 1. Read the title. Ask: What do I know about this subject? Read the Headings. 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?" You could use the CRAAP Test.  6. Select or Create  Questions  (You could turn the headings into questions.) 7. Set Study Length 8. Place check marks     During Reading Be Active Notice your alignment with the text.  "Talk" with the author or text. Visualize Notice Patterns Make Inferences  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 and  highlight  text. Read to end of study block.  No, I don't  understand Use fix-up strategies: See the back of this brochure!        After Reading -Reduce-

If You Were Absent:

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

Active Reading

Predicting  -- How could these words be 

related to each other in a story? 

bed                   spider                  mother                  kill                               sheets                      book

A3 got to here. 


A4 got to here.