Thursday, November 2, 2017

Announcements and Reminders: There is a dance this Friday after school! Reading 7 Class Curriculum 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. For the test, know the BICUM strategies. the Bill of Rights, the first ten Presidents of the United States, and  the CRAAP Test (the words and what each word means).  Make sure you have finished and handed in your computer packet.   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.

Targets for Today: I can read for enjoyment, and increase my reading stamina. I can read fluently -- smoothly and correctly and clearly. As I read for learning, I can I can use strategies to understand and 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        Your "passage number" is TT for tongue twisters.         and record on your graph, especially the top three cells, for each time you read.  3. Practice using the BICUM Strategies. online and for an article.  You will begin with either the online or the hard copy of an article. Fill out the worksheet for that site or article.  fake-news-fact-checker-24357-article_quiz_and_answers.pdf BICUM Practice with an Article.docx BICUM Practice Online.docx When you finish, go to the next assignment. Find links on Google Classroom. To get to Google Classroom, go to your school gmail, then click on the nine-box at the upper right and select the icon for Classroom. Sign-up code for the Google Classroom, if you need it:     Look for it in the classroom.  If you need to see the BICUM BROCHURE, find the tab at the top of this blog.  Complete both of these assignments by our next class, to be ready for the test.

If You Were Absent: See above. Complete the make-up reading assignment.  Here are the handouts for practice:  fake-news-fact-checker-24357-article_quiz_and_answers.pdf BICUM Practice with an Article.docx BICUM Practice Online.docx And these are the links: Practice Using BICUM Online Select ONE of these sites to practice using BICUM strategies online.  Go to that site and answer the questions on the brochure you are given using the site and your own BICUM Brochure.  https://www.britannica.com/event/Lewis-and-Clark-Expedition or https://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/  or http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/meriwether-lewis-is-shot-in-the-leg For the history.com article, click on "Cite" to find the year published.

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