Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Announcements and Reminders for Wednesday, March 14, 2018:

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.  predicting and inferring

Today’s  Agenda for Wednesday, March 14, 2018: 1. Pick up your folder from the black crate, find a book to read, and take your seat.        2. Individual Reading and Filling out the Reading Log 3. Partner fluency practice 3.    Practice Before Reading and Active Reading  Before Reading Complete a Self Check  Study Area  Emotions Level of  Difficulty Feeling physically  Preview 1. Read the title. Ask: What do I know  about this subject? 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 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! Make Predictions  Words you need to know: Prediction is about what is to come. Inference is about what is.  (reading between the lines,  What is the author saying without directly stating it?) This is the prediction cycle:  1) predict 2) read 3) check (to see whether you were right) 4) compliment (yourself on getting it right) or correct (your thinking using the new information). Storytime:   You will receive a sheet of plain paper.  Fold it in half.  On each half you will draw something as you are directed to.  Write your name somewhere on that paper.  Predicting  Practice --   Label your first half sheet --    #1  "The Goblin Book" The title of the first story is titled "The Goblin Book." What do you think might happen in this story?  Label your second  half sheet --    #2 --   Predicting  Practice -- How could these words be related to each other in a story?  How about these?  How could these words be related to each other in a story?        bed                   spider                  mother                  kill                       sheets                                       book Draw a picture that expresses how you feel about spiders.  Think about experiences you have had with spiders.   Listen to the story. Skittering (If you are absent, read the story here.) Soundtrack from spiders scene in Something Wicked This Way Comes Label your third  half sheet --    #3 --   How about these?  How could these words be related to each other in a story?        nine-year-old girl stuffed animal rat Conclusions about predicting:   The more background knowledge you have, the more likely your predictions will be correct.  Predicting is a good thing to do even if you are wrong because it helps you to focus on the reading, to read actively, and to notice  clues in the text. prediction:  about what is to come inference: about what is Words you need to know:  Imply =      to suggest Infer =       to conclude      A3 needs to do the inferencing examples.   I believe we did the first one. A4 finished. Making inferences is very similar to Making Connections and Making Predictions.  In fact, predictions are a type of inference.  When you make inferences, you use clues from the text, memories, facts, experiences, and more to "read between the lines."  You are not just looking forward to guess what will happen next.  You are looking at the whole text! Key details/words --- clues from the text + what  I already knew. . . ..  Combine them  to come up with an inference Let's make some inferences about this picture. Pick a detail, infer something, and explain why that detail supports your inference.  What can you infer about the min on the right?  What details support your inference? Why?   What can you infer about the man on the left?  What details support your inference?  Why?  Making inferences is a life skill, not just a reading skill.  You make inferences all the time as you meet new people, decide if a movie is going to be good or not, or try to figure out what happened to that thing you lost. Examples: When you see your best friend at school, s/he walks right past without even looking at you.  After school, you try to call her/him, but s/he doesn't answer.   The next day is Saturday, and the two of you usually hang out on Saturdays. When you go to his/her house, his/her brother answers the door and says your friend is busy and can't hang out.    You might infer that ___________________________.   A character has a diaper in her hand, spit-up on her shirt, and a bottle warming on the counter.  You can infer that this character is a _____________________. A character has a briefcase, is taking a ride on an airplane, and is late for a meeting.  You can infer that this character is a _____________________. A character uses words like "stat" and "emergency" and "prep" and "operation."  You can infer that this person works in the ______________________.  A detective enters the house, which has been ransacked.  He sees blood on the floor, and it leads out the back door.  You can infer that ____________________________. When you enter a house, you see backpacks by the door, small shoes scattered near them.  You see an art easel, and room with a doll house and a toy box.  You can infer that there are ________________________________. Your friend walks past you without smiling.  Her head is hanging down.  She wipes a tear away from her eye, and looks at her report card.  You can infer that  your friend  ______________________.  You walk into the classroom, and the teacher tells you to clear your desk and get out a piece of paper and pencil.  You can infer that ____________________.

If You Were Absent: Don't forget to do your reading make-up.    Reading Log Make-Up Log 2015.doc

Vocabulary:

Help and Enrichment  Kahoot for Inference: https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/978adaa8-5737-49f5-bea7-73ff7ffda370