Monday, September 24, 2018

Announcements and Reminders for Monday, September 24, 2018:                           September 18:   Fix-ups and Reliable Sources Last time: September 20:  After Reading Strategies:  Reduce and Retain   Thursday, September 20, 2018 Today:  Monday, September 24:  Final Test and Readathon!               Bring treats, if you wish.       Make sure your BICUM Brochure is complete for the test.   This is your brain on books! September 25 is our Final Test and Readathon! If you want to bring treats, don't forget!                       Monday, September 24 will be the end of our first Reading Rotation.  We will take our final test on that day.  Make sure you have filled out your entire brochure by then, that you know the words and meanings for “The CRAAP Test,”  and can apply reading strategies to each step in the reading process – before, during, and after.  You could use our class blog/website to catch up on filling out your brochure – cavereading.blogspot.com --- or to review other things we have done in class.   If you have missed any days in class or have been off-task during any of our in-class individual reading times, use one of the pink make-up sheets to replace lost points.  Make-up work must be handed in by the end of the day on September 24.   On September 26 you will go to Mrs. Fugal’s classroom.  Mrs. Fugal Room 204 Today: Hand in your unused hall passes.

Targets for Today: I can show what I know about using reading strategies as I study-read. I can show what I know about finding useful and reliable sources.

Today’s  Agenda for Monday, September 24, 2018:    A3 needs the after reading, part 2 of the Brochure.        A4 needs the organizing and mnemonics. A3 Your Brochure:  This is 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] Mnemonics 2017 A4 -- Inside, right --   (Added earlier) 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 7. Set Study Length 8. Place check marks (Added last time) During Reading Be Active Check your alignment. "Talk" with the author or text. Visualize Predict      1) predict      2) read      3) check      4) compliment or correct Pace yourself with a pencil. Make Connections!      Text to Self      Text to Text      Text to World Stop at the 's  and Test your Understanding. Yes, I do  understand. Mark andhighlighttext. Continue to next . Read to end of study block. No, I don't  understand Use fix-up strategies: See the back of this brochure! (Add this today!) After Reading -- #1 REDUCE Post View Ask yourself -- *What did I learn  from reading this? *What patterns/overall structure did I notice? *What was the overall central idea? *Do I understand it all? If not, use fix-up strategies. Answer Questions Organize for Recall (Select and Do 1) -- make outlines -- take notes -- write summaries -- create maps Retain/Remember -- Organizing for Recall Take the final test. Examine an example of the test.  Receive a test and an article. You are taking the test based on how you can apply the BICUM Strategies as you read the article.   When you finish, staple together your blue test, the article, and the CRAAP test, and hand it in to the upper wire hand-in basket for your class.  Also lay out your BICUM Brochure flat and turn it in.    Also hand in your unused hall passes by the end of class.  Place your page protector with the passages still in it into the box at the front of the room. Return your folder to the hanging folders in the A4 crate at the back of the room. After you have finished, begin your own part of the Readathon. ______________________  Readathon -- not a talkathon!              You will be quietly reading MOST of the time.  You may sit ALMOST anywhere you want -- including sitting on the floor,    however, the teacher reserves the right to place you in a seat of her choosing     if you are not on task -- reading!  You may read your choice of materials.  Enjoy the treats your brought -- and a small treat from Ms. Dorsey, but be careful not to make a mess, and do clean up after yourself.  With a brief visit from Brian Regan and http://www.oprah.com/own-oprahshow/watch-a-florida-middle-schools-reading-flash-mob-video Give yourself a pat on the back for all you've accomplished in this class!

If You Were Absent: See above. Arrange with the teacher a time to take the test.

Vocabulary: CRAAP C = Currency -- How up-to-date is it? R = Relevance -- Is it what I need or want?  Does it help me? A = Authority --    Who wrote or published this?    What makes them an expert? A = Accuracy --  Is the information correct? Can you verify it in more than one place? P = Purpose --  Why did they create this?  to inform or teach?  to persuade?                                 to sell?  to entertain?          How biased is it?

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