Friday, May 18, 2018

Announcements and Reminders:                           Today we will begin with a practice test on using the BICUM strategies and using mnemonics.     Pick up your folder.  Sit in your own seat, even if it is turned.  The Final Tests for this class will be on May 22.      You will hand in your completed BICUM Brochure.        You will take a test on the Bill of Rights,        the first ten Presidents of the U.S.,        the CRAAP Test,        and on using the BICUM Strategies to read an article. May 18  Practice for the Final  May 22 -- Final test  Our Readathon will be on May 24.  May 24 Read-a-thon!  Bring treats, pillow to sit on,  blanket,  if you wish.  Make a note for yourself to bring treats!

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 show what I know about using strategies before, during, and after reading.

Today’s  Agenda: 1. Pick up your folder. Sit in your own seat, even if it is turned.  . . . if you are practicing correctly. 2. Take the practice test for using the BICUM Strategies and using mnemonics. Apply your BICUM Strategies (using your brochure) to the assigned article.         For the final test you will not have your brochure with you.   The test looks like your own brochure.  Start with the cover of the brochure, then do the BEFORE READING, then the DURING READING, then the AFTER READING. When you do the SELF Test, your answers should be about how the study area you have now (how is it?), how you are feeling emotionally and physically now, and about how difficult the assigned article will be for you.   Tell specifically how you are using the strategies to read this article.          Mention something from the article in each answer.  Your purpose is to be able to take a test in your social studies class about how corporations influence government.  (We will not really take that test!)  3. When you finish, do individual reading.          Don't forget to fill out your log. Today is May 18. 4. (If time)  Partner Fluency Practice    --       Don't forget to fill out your fluency graph.

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Help and Enrichment  This is what the BICUM Brochure part of the test looks like:  BICUM Practice with an Article.docx