Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Announcements and Reminders for Tuesday, May 22, 2018:        For Cavetime on  Wednesday, May 23, I will have a substitute, but you may still hand in work.  Thursday, May 24 will be a request day for Cavetime.                        There may be no cavetime on Friday, May 25, but you may still hand in work.   Plan to hand in your unused hall passes on your last day of class this week.  May 23 is the last day to hand in late work, revisions, and  extra credit, except hall passes for extra credit.  Plan to hand in your unused hall passes on May 24.    We have 7 days of school left, including today and the hour or so on the last day.      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! -- Cavetime this Week -- [For Cavetime on Wednesday, May 23, I will have a substitute, but you may still work in the classroom and hand in work.   May 23 is the last day to hand in late work, revised work, and extra credit, unless you have made other arrangements with me. [Thursday, May 24 will be a request day for Cavetime, but you may slip in at the beginning to hand in assignments. [There will be no Cavetime intervention on Friday, May 25, but you may still hand in work.

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 for Tuesday, May 22, 2018: 1.  Prepare for the final test on using BICUM Strategies and using mnemonics to memorize. 2.  Hand in your BICUM Brochure.  Hand it in flattened out to the top wire basket.  3. Take the test.   When you finish, hand in your test to the top wire basket.   Note the time and do quiet, individual reading.  Your purpose is to prepare to write an informative essay about how the Supreme Court works.  This is one of the sources you have been given.  Sample answers from the practice:   from During Reading --  "I was visualizing crowded streets."   "I am making text-to-text connections to other articles I have read about how government works.  from  During Reading, Fix-Up Strategies --  "I could use the "Focus and Read It Again" strategy.   For example, when the article says "anyone Tweed hired to do work for the government was instructed to cushion the bill with a certain amount of money."  The first time I read this I didn't understand it, but the second time I could."  "If I can't figure it out on my own, I could ask Mrs. Trejo, my Utah history teacher." "I read ahead, and found out that the author hadn't finished explaining about how corporations are influencing the government.  After I did that, I got it."  After Reading   "I could study in a group and we could talk about why corporations have so much power."

If You Were Absent on Tuesday, May 22, 2018: Do your make-up reading, using the pink make-up sheet, or printing your own from Skyward.

Vocabulary:

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