Thursday, March 1, 2018

Announcements and Reminders for Thursday, March 1, 2018:      If you didn't finish this in class last time, complete it at home and return it ASAP:  Wikipedia Cloze Exercise 2018.docx            If you have reading make-up homework (the pink log), or have not finished and turned in your blog assignment,   Blog Assignment .docx take those with you and finish them right away. Hand in any late work!

Targets for Today:   I can quietly read my own choice of materials for an extended time -- hopefully enjoying it!  I can improve my fluency by better understanding my own reading habits, and by practicing!   Utah Core Curriculum.ELA-LITERACY.RI.7.8 Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient to support the claims.

Today’s  Agenda for Thursday, March 1, 2018: 1. Individual, quiet reading time. Remember to fill out the reading log for today. 2.  Partner Fluency Practice -- Fill out the graph for each time you read. 3. Review of the CRAAP Test 4.  Learning about Dealing with FAKE News.             Jigsaw Activity  Receive articles with numbers (4 different articles) Individual study Color Group Receive Notes Page Number Group to teach -- 2 minutes each Time to wrap up

If You Were Absent: Complete the reading make-up work.  Use the pink make-up log, or print one from Skyward or this blog.   Reading Log Make-Up Log 2015.doc

Vocabulary: Key terms propaganda – ideas or statements that are often false or exaggerated and that are spread in order to help a cause, a political leader, or a government algorithm – a step-by-step procedure for solving a problem or making a decision, especially by a computer echo chamber – any forum for communication in which all members agree with everyone else confirmation bias -- the tendency to interpret new evidence as confirmation of one's existing beliefs or theories. fabricate: invent or concoct (something), typically with deceitful intent. neutral: not supporting either side of an argument, fight, war, etc. : not supporting one political view over another. resurrecting: to cause (something that had ended or been forgotten or lost) to exist again, to be used again, etc. blip: a sudden minor shock or meaningless interruption. satire: [You will find the definition in the article.] hoax: something intended to deceive or defraud quarantine: isolation of people, animals, or things (as plants) out of a certain area to prevent the spread of disease or pests. algorithms: a step-by-step procedure for solving a problem or making a decision, especially by a computer rumors: statements that are spread without being shown to be true. evidence: something which shows that something else exists or is true. consumers: people who buy or use something. demonstrable: clearly proven. The more accuracy something has, the more exact or correct it is. discernment: the ability to judge well. bias: prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair. Byline: a line in a newspaper naming the writer of an article.

Help and Enrichment

Monday, February 26, 2018

Announcements and Reminders for Monday, February 26, 2018 :          Tomorrow is your job shadowing day.             Our next A-Day will be on Thursday, March 1.   Your blog assignment is due today: Blog Assignment .docx    Hand in any late or make-up work!

Targets for Today:   I can quietly read my own choice of materials for an extended time -- hopefully enjoying it!  I can improve my fluency by better understanding my own reading habits, and by practicing!   I can complete an exercise that will help me understand why I should not use Wikipedia as a cited source for my research and writing.

Today’s  Agenda for Monday, February 26, 2018: 1. Individual, quiet reading time. Remember to fill out the reading log for today. 2.  Partner Fluency Practice -- Fill out the graph for each time you read. 3.  Computer lab to sign up for our Google Classroom 1.  Log into your own school Gmail account. Find the icon for Google Classroom.    To join our class, use the code you are given.  2.  View/listen to a video about Wikipedia and/or read the transcript to fill out a cloze exercise about Wikipedia Here is the link to your Wikipedia Assignment: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/tutorials/wikipedia/ And here is your worksheet:  Wikipedia Cloze Exercise 2018.docx Here is the first part of the transcript for the video: Wikipedia has quickly become the world's largest encyclopedia and one of the most visited websites. But how does information get into Wikipedia in the first place? There's a lot to discover when you scratch beneath the surface. Wikipedia is a wiki, a special kind of website that allows many people to contribute to the content. The word wiki means . . . .

If You Were Absent: See above.  You may complete this at home: Wikipedia Cloze Exercise 2018.docx Complete the reading make-up work.  Use the pink make-up log, or print one from Skyward or this blog.   Reading Log Make-Up Log 2015.doc Don't forget that your blog assignment is due today:  Blog Assignment .docx

Vocabulary: Currency      How up-to-date is it?    Relevance       Is it what I need or want?  Does it help me? Authority        Who wrote or published this?         What makes them an expert? Accuracy         Is the information correct?          Can you verify it in more than one place? Purpose         Why did they create this?  to inform or teach?  to persuade?                                 to sell?  to entertain?

-->

        How biased is it?   

Help and Enrichment

Thursday, February 22, 2018

Announcements and Reminders for Thursday, February 22, 2018:        Information for this class:  Bring your own pens and pencils.  It also helps to have your own lined paper.  If you have a book you want to read or that you need to read for your English or another class, bring it to read during our individual reading time.

Targets for Today:   I can quietly read my own choice of materials for an extended time -- hopefully enjoying it!  I can improve my fluency by better understanding my own reading habits, and by practicing!   I can practice improving my reading by using metacognition -- including knowing how to tell whether or not a source of information will be reliable and useful.

Today’s  Agenda for Thursday, February 22, 2018: 1. Pick up your folder from the black crate, find a book to read, and take your seat.        If you have completed your blog assignment, hand it in to the top wire basket.  2. Individual Reading and Filling out the Reading Log Read your choice of materials.  Read quietly until the teacher directs you to stop.  Receive and Fill out your reading log.  # Date B N M O Title, Explanation, Pages Minutes Total Hours  1 2/20  x The Maze Runner  8-20  20  1/3  2 2/22 x  Cobblestone  about Washington,D.C.    20  2/3       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.  Media Center  for a presentation on the CRAAP Test          -- How to determine whether an information source                    is reliable and useful        You will need to know the words in the acronym and what each one means.  Bring a pencil or pen.  If time:     4.  One-Minute Partner Fluency Practice        Each partner gets a page protector and a copy of the poem to read.        Put the poem into the page protector.        With a classmate you will take turns reading the passage.        You will be timed for one minute.        Your partner will follow along and mark any errors and mark where you ended.         Notice how far you read.  Figure out how many words you read, then subtract any errors.           Write it down.                 ______ wpm MAKE SURE YOU FILL OUT THE DATE, PASSAGE NUMBER OR LETTERS, AND WORDS PER MINUTE EACH TIME YOU HAVE HAD A TURN TO DO A TIMED READING.          Fill out your new graph for each time you read. Date 2-22-18 2-22-18 Passage 101 101 ⇐This will be a number! Words Per Minute 143 (example) 153 (example) 5.  Begin Brochures  of Reading Strategies and Skills           -- fold a piece of colored paper into a tri-fold.   Inside -- Add this today!    Before  Reading During Reading After Reading #1 Outside  -- Add this today! After Reading#2 Continued from DURING  READING BICUM Be in Control: Use Metacognition [Your Name] [Your Class Period] See above.   Media Center  for a presentation on the CRAAP Test          -- How to determine whether an information source                    is reliable and useful        You will need to know the words in the acronym and what each one means.  Bring a pencil or pen.  Put away your folders before we go.  A4 watched https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ-VnHbX180  Mad Scientist/Sports

If You Were Absent: See above.  Complete the reading make-up work.  Use the pink make-up log, or print one from Skyward or this blog.   Reading Log Make-Up Log 2015.doc

Vocabulary: metacognition:  Thinking about your own thinking -- so you can do better thinking! BICUM -- an acronym for a set of strategies and skills you can use to improve your study-reading:  Be in Control -- Use Metacognition  The CRAAP Test:  A way to determine whether an information source is useful and reliable. C = currency R = relevancy A = Authority A = Accuracy P = Purpose

Help and Enrichment

Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Announcements and Reminders for Tuesday, February 20, 2018:                   If you were in Mr. Gillis's class for the past six weeks, you are in the right place now!    →     →  → Information for this class:  Bring your own pens and pencils.  It also helps to have your own lined paper.  If you have a book you want to read or that you need to read for your English or another class, bring it to read during our individual reading time.                   Scholastic Book Orders:  Use our class code when you order online:  GKLJW.

Targets for Today:  1. Students will understand rules and procedures for our classroom.    2. Students will practice some of the procedures.  3.  Students will understand the content and requirements for this rotation.

Today’s  Agenda for Tuesday, February 20, 2018: 1. Prepare for class to begin.  Find your seat on the seating chart at the front or back of the room. Pick up your folder from the black crates at the back of the room.         They are filed alphabetically by last name. Pick up the handouts:  reading log and fluency graph -- These will stay in your manila folder.  Also find or take out a book to read, and begin reading.  Receive your hall passes. Remind me if I don't pass them out!  Hang onto your book.  We hope to have more time to read a the end.  2. Learn about  How to hand in papers  How to receive work back Where to find no-name papers.  How to save and organize your work How to find out what we did on a day you've been absent  And what to do if you've been absent Receive your homework assignment, due February 26.  Where to find handouts when you've been absent Where to go if we evacuate the school and  A few Classroom Rules for Reading 7 Notice the portion of the whiteboard for  Reading 7. Targets for this Rotation You will learn a set of reading strategies that you can apply -- especially to the reading you do to learn.  You will be able to tell about and use strategies for  Before Reading, During Reading, and  After Reading.  You will apply these strategies to reading and learning from various texts,                                    including texts you read on the internet.  You will learn about and apply skills and strategies  to avoid fake news and other false or misleading information.  By the end of his rotation, you will know and be able to apply The CRAAP Test for Reliability and Usefulness,  A SELF check for preparing to study-read,  and other strategies. You will apply strategies that we learn to memorizing assigned material.  You will improve your reading fluency -- and graph your improvement. You will have spend hours reading for enjoyment -- and create a record of your in-class reading. Probably the best way to improve your reading  is to read, read, read.  Partner Fluency Practice Partner Fluency Practice will help you feel comfortable reading out loud.  Your partner can also help you notice what sorts of mistakes you make (long pauses, skipping words, saying the wrong word, etc.) so that you can work on those and get better.      One-Minute Partner Fluency Practice        Each partner gets a page protector and a copy of the poem to read.        Put the poem into the page protector.        With a classmate you will take turns reading the passage.        You will be timed for one minute.        Your partner will follow along and mark any errors and mark where you ended.         Notice how far you read.  Figure out how many words you read, then subtract any errors.           Write it down.                 ______ wpm MAKE SURE YOU FILL OUT THE DATE, PASSAGE NUMBER OR LETTERS, AND WORDS PER MINUTE EACH TIME YOU HAVE HAD A TURN TO DO A TIMED READING.          Fill out your new graph for each time you read. Date 2-20-18 2-20-18 Passage 101 101 ⇐This will be a number! Words Per Minute 143 (example) 153 (example) Let's fill it out together now. Your fluency graph and your sheet protector with the poem inside will stay in your folder.  4. Individual Reading and Filling out the Reading Log Just for fun!  Julian Smith -- "I'm Readin' a Book!" Don't forget to fill out your reading log every time.   It counts on your grade!    Receive and Fill out your reading log.  # Date B N M O Title, Explanation, Pages Minutes Total Hours  1 2/20  x The Maze Runner  8-20  20  1/3  2 2/22 x  Cobblestone  about Washington,D.C.    20  2/3       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. Don't forget to do your homework assignment using this blog!

If You Were Absent: Study the material above. Pick up a pink reading make-up log from our handouts file.  Complete the make-up reading at home, fill out the log for the day(s) you read, get a parent signature, and hand in the log to the top wire hand-in basket for your class. Pick up the homework assignment from the classroom, or download it from here:

Vocabulary:

Help and Enrichment  If you'd like to get started now, our class will be memorizing these items: We are using an acronym to learn how to determine whether or not an information source is reliable and useful. Currency      How up-to-date is it?    Relevance       Is it what I need or want?  Does it help me? Authority        Who wrote or published this?         What makes them an expert? Accuracy         Is the information correct?          Can  you verify it in more than one place? Purpose         Why did they create this?  to inform or teach?  to persuade?                                 to sell?  to entertain?          How biased is it?    ____________________________ We will use a peg system to memorize the topics of the First Ten Amendments to our Constitution, The Bill of Rights:  Bill of Rights 1  Religion, assembly, petition, press, speech 2. bear arms 3. not quarter soldiers 4. no search and seizure without warrant 5. no self incrimination 6. speedy trial 7. trial by jury 8. no cruel and unusual punishment 9. individual rights 10. state rights We will use a loci system to memorize the names of the First Ten Presidents of the United States:  First Ten Presidents 1. Washington 2. Adams 3. Jefferson 4. Madison 5. Monroe 6. Adams 7. Jackson 8. Van Buren 9. Harrison 10. Tyler