Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Announcements and Reminders Wednesday, March 28, 2018:                           You will have a substitute teacher on Friday.  Extra credit points are available to those who are very well-behaved.

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 .   After Reading --  Reduce and Retain.

Today’s  Agenda Wednesday, March 28, 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 and fill out your fluency graph 4.  Your Brochure:  Last time we filled out the left panel on the OUTSIDE. After Reading -- #2 RETAIN (Remember) Teach Someone Study in Groups Recreate in Writing (and drawing) Make Flash Cards Use mnemonics 1. Rhymes and Songs 2. Acronyms 3.  Acrostics 4. Mini-Stories 5. Picture Links Rehearse 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. This panel has more text not shown here.  BICUM Be in Control: Use Metacognition [Your Name] [Your Class Period] More on Retaining Mnemonics 2017  Loci Method [Last time A3 to BICUM, A4 did not begin Mnemonics 2017.

If You Were Absent: Complete the make-up reading. Catch up on your BICUM Brochure, if needed.

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