Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Announcements and Reminders Wednesday, April 18, 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.            If you have completed your blog assignment, hand it in to the top wire basket.

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 -- thinking about my own thinking.

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 4/16  x The Maze Runner  8-20  20  1/3  2 4/18 x  Cobblestone  about Washington,D.C.    15  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.  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 4-18-18 4-18-18 Passage 606 606 ⇐This will be a number! Words Per Minute 143 (example) 153 (example) A4 to here.  You can learn strategies to help yourself  succeed in your reading tasks. 1. Check your own inner voice.  Your mind is working all the time, whether you are paying attention to it or not.  Noticing your own thinking is called METACOGNITION. When you are reading, you can control your thoughts so that you are having a conversation with the text.  This is called a  CONVERSATIONAL VOICE and is USEFUL.  We all have times when we are "reading,"  but really our thoughts are wandering to other subjects.  This voice within your head, when you really should be reading, is called a WASTE-OF-TIME VOICE. The best solution for the WASTE-OF-TIME VOICE is to gently bring you focus back to the reading material.  Tell yourself that you'll think about that other subject later. A3 to here.  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] 5. Add to your BICUM Brochure -- Inside Left Section -- Add this today!  Inside   Before Reading Complete a SELF Check  Study Area  Emotions (and attitude) 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 Practice with an article. Practice Before Reading Worksheet.docx us-citizens-rights-and-responsibilities-31099-article_and_quiz.pdf.pdf Put away your folders before you leave.

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  Complete the worksheet with the article.  See me with questions.  Practice Before Reading Worksheet.docx us-citizens-rights-and-responsibilities-31099-article_and_quiz.pdf.pdf

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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