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

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