Monday, April 30, 2018

Announcements and Reminders for Monday, April 30, 2018:                            Class A4, hand in your inference assignment.  Find it here: A4 Only Inference Assignment Begin with quiet reading.

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 during reading.

Today’s  Agenda for Monday, April 30, 2018: Pick up your book and folder.   1. Quiet, individual reading.           Record today on your reading log.                April 29, 2018       We read for 20 minutes.   2.  Partner fluency practice.        Pick up a new passage.        Don't forget to record the date, passage number, and words per minute.  3.  Reminder of the CRAAP Test -- Quiz  4. Practice with During Reading -- We already did this part -- 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?" 6. Select or Create Questions 6. Select or Create Questions                       and  Identify your PURPOSE. 7. Decide whether you need to add to your background knowledge BEFORE you begin to read.  a reliable online site a book for children or with lots of pictures an educational video about the subject 8. Set Study Length 9. Place check marks During Reading Be Active Notice your alignment with the text. Visualize Make Connections!      Text to Self      Text to Text      Text to World "Talk" with the author or text. Notice patterns.  Make Predictions            1) predict      2) read      3) check      4) compliment or correct Make Inferences. Pace yourself with a pencil, or better yet, with your finger. Stop at the 's  and Test your Understanding. Yes, I do  understand. Mark and highlight text. Continue to next . Read to end of study block. No, I don't  understand Use fix-up strategies: See the back of this brochure! After Reading --

If You Were Absent: See above.  Use a pink make-up sheet for your make-up reading.

Vocabulary:

Help and Enrichment  CRAAP Test 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?    __________ CRAAP Test C _____________________      How ____________ is it?    Relevance       Is it what I __________or __________?  Does it help me? A_______________        Who wrote or published this?         What makes them an expert? Accuracy         Is the information _______________?          Can  you _____________ it in more than one place? P________________         Why did they create this?  to __________ or _________?  to ___________?                                 to __________?  to _____________?          How biased is it?