Monday, January 22, 2018

Announcements and Reminders:                            Hand in your Wikipedia Exercise and  Class Blog/Google Classroom Assignment. Class Blog and Google Classroom Assignment .docx Link to the blog assignment answers: 2018 Rotation 1 Student Blog Assignment    Check your folder for a pink make-up log.  You will have one only if you have missed school or have not filled out your reading log.    If you have one, take it home to complete the make-up work.

Targets for Today:   I can read quietly for an extended time -- hopefully enjoying it!  I can improve my fluency by better understanding my own reading habits, and by practicing!   I can learn about improving my reading by using metacognition.

Today’s  Agenda: 1.  Select a book to read -- either one you brought or one from our classroom shelves, and read it for about  twenty minutes.   2.  Fill out your reading log.  # Date B N M O Title, Explanation, Pages Minutes Total Hours  4 1/22  x The Maze Runner  42-55  20 1 and 1/3      If you're absent, or were off-task during reading time, or didn't fill out your log, pick up a pink make-up sheet and do the homework. 3. One-Minute Partner Fluency Practice Today we are using "Turning Off the Faucet" on the other side of the poem we have been reading.        Fill out a column on your graph for each time you read. Date 1-22-18 1-22-18 Passage 606 606 Usually this will be a number! Words Per Minute 143 153 BICUM Use the During Reading Strategies as you read an article. Write about how you would use some of them.    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- Your Brochure: Outside   After Reading -- #2 RETAIN Continued from  DURING READING Fix-Up  Strategies  1. Check your own inner  voice. 2. Focus on it, and read it  again. 3. Try reading it out loud. 4. Try reading ahead a bit. 5.  Look for any words (or  ideas or facts) that may be  getting in your way. 6.  Ask someone who  can help you. -- or mark it  with a ? for later. 7. Add to your background knowledge!  You can do this before reading or during reading. Look it up on a reliable online site. Find a book for children on the topic. Watch a documentary or other educational program.  BICUM Be in Control: Use Metacognition [Your Name] [Your Class Period] Fix-Up Strategies Context Clues  Practice using During Reading Strategies.  We did not yet do the context exercise above.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vu2YWkzULIo  Brian Regan  A3 to 4:02 A4 to 2:20 https://sports.theonion.com/fired-up-patriots-ready-to-give-full-60-maybe-70-agai-1822266062

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