Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Announcements and Reminders:     Dance this Friday after school!  Happy Halloween!  Halloween Jokes. 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)                We did not  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  while listening to a story online  November 2       Practice using Metacognition  with an article,  Practice using Metacognition  while reading online  6     Final Test --  Turn in BICUM Brochure 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.          Book orders go in today, and then again when I receive more orders.       Anyone know what these costumes are from?   (The people are from my daughter's work.)                       Suggested reading:  https://www.commonsensemedia.org/lists/best-ghost-stories-for-kids-and-teens

Targets for Today: I can read for enjoyment, and increase my reading stamina. I can read fluently -- smoothly and correctly and clearly. After I read for learning, I can I can use strategies to remember the material I need to know.

Today’s  Agenda: 1. Individual and Quiet Reading Time     and fill out your reading log. 2. Partner fluency practice         and record on your graph, especially the top three cells, for each time you read.  Listen to a story that is appropriate for Halloween.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9UTjtxWWn8 Prepare with BICUM.   SELF Check  Preview Text  Plan to notice every once in awhile whether you are focused.    What during reading strategies could you use as you listen?

If You Were Absent: See above. Complete the make-up reading assignment.

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