Monday, October 29, 2018

Announcements and Reminders for  Monday, October 29, 2018:       These are the  Halloween Pumpkins we carved Friday night  while watching Spirited Away.                               I grew them in my garden, my daughters carved them,                                               and two of my grandsons love them! Out Schedule:           October 29   More about Strategies to Retain  -- flashcards, etc.   Review  (if time, more patterns) October 31       Final Test  November  2    Readathon November 6 -- Move to Mrs. Fugal's

Targets for Today: I can read a variety of materials for a sustained time. I can read fluently with speed and accuracy. I can reduce information to the essential to learn.

Today’s  Agenda for Monday, October 29, 2018: 1. Individual reading.  Fill out your reading log.  Example   10-25-18  x The House with a Clock in Its Walls, pp. 92-110 10  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. 2. Finish your map for the article from last time.      Halloween Customs 3. Partner Fluency Practice.        Participate appropriately as both reader and listener.       Fill out your fluency graph for each time you read.  Example Date 10-29-18 10-29-18 Passage #105 #105 Words Per Minute 75  (your own WPM) 80   (your own WPM) 4. Reduce and Retain  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?" (Use the CRAAP Test.) 6. Select or Create Questions (Set Purpose!) 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 Make Inferences.  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 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. See more below for this column. BICUM Be in Control: Use Metacognition [Your Name] [Your Class Period] Here is the middle column from the outside:  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. 7. Add to your background knowledge!  You can do this before reading or during reading. Look it up on a reliable online site. Find a book for children on the topic. Watch a documentary or other educational program.  Retain: Bill of Rights You should have your page with illustration for the peg system for the Bill of Rights.  Scroll down to see an example. Create Flashcards -- 5 for the 5 you think are most difficult to remember  Flashcards -- study together Examples  One side                                                The other side  Bill of Rights Amendment 6     right to  a speedy trial  One side                                                The other side  Bill of Rights Amendment 8     protection from cruel and unusual punishment

If You Were Absent: Prepare for the test next time.  You will need your BICUM Brochure.  You will need to be able to use it, and apply the strategies to reading an article.  You will need to know the names of the first ten presidents -- in order. You will need to know the subjects of the amendments in the Bill of Rights. You will need to know the CRAAP test -- the words and definitions.  There are also study materials available on CANVAS and Skyward.  Do the make-up reading.

Vocabulary: 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?          and How biased is it?    If you're dying to watch the music video we watched in the media center, here is the link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJ8ajc5FrT8

Help and Enrichment            -- Your study materials are also available on Canvas.  Peg System: 1. Bun – Picture a bun wrapping about the first amendment:  "Speakin' of freedoms, oh what could they be Freedom of Religion and Assembly, Freedom of Petition and Freedom of Press, Freedom of Speech, now don't distress." 2. Shoe – Picture a Bear wearing shoes – The right to bear arms. 3. Tree – It’s a quarter tree – You don’t have to quarter soldiers. 4. Door – You don’t have to let them in unless they have a valid search warrant. Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures. 5. Hive --  Bees are buzzing in your ears saying, “Tell us what you did!  Admit you’re guilty!” Freedom from self-incrimination (due process of law) 6.  Sticks – Chasing the judge with sticks demanding the right to a speedy trial. 7. Heaven – Picture a jury box full of jurors on a cloud (in heaven).  This is the right to a trial by jury. 8. Gate – It would be cruel and unusual for someone to slam a person’s hand in a gate. This amendment protects us from cruel and unusual punishment. 9. Line – Stand in the RIGHT line to get your Individual RIGHTS. Many individuals would be standing there. 10.  Hen – Picture the Governor standing on the Capitol steps holding a hen, demanding STATES RIGHTS. Student Example Here is some more information if you would like to look at it on your own:   Loci System: Select a place you know well    http://remembereverything.org/memory-palace-the-method-of-loci/ Try using the Loci system to memorize the first ten Presidents of the United States. President Party Term as President Vice-President 1. George Washington (1732-1799) None, Federalist 1789-1797 John Adams 2. John Adams (1735-1826) Federalist 1797-1801 Thomas Jefferson 3. Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) Democratic-Republican 1801-1809 Aaron Burr, George Clinton 4. James Madison (1751-1836) Democratic-Republican 1809-1817 George Clinton, Elbridge Gerry 5. James Monroe (1758-1831) Democratic-Republican 1817-1825 Daniel Tompkins 6. John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) Democratic-Republican 1825-1829 John Calhoun 7. Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) Democrat 1829-1837 John Calhoun, Martin van Buren 8. Martin van Buren (1782-1862) Democrat 1837-1841 Richard Johnson 9. William H. Harrison (1773-1841) Whig 1841 John Tyler 10. John Tyler (1790-1862) Remember your "fieldtrip" to learn the presidents: Washington was on the counseling office window, and you pictured the counselors doing a ton of laundry.  Adams was on the financial office window because Mrs. Cleveland "add'ems" up.   Jefferson was at the attendance office because a man named Jeff was checking his son out of school.  Madison was in the main office because the principal had called him and he was Mad at his Son! Monroe was in the commons and you pictured a "mon/man"  "row"ing a boat across the commons. You headed out to the math wing and pictured your math teacher who also "Add 'ems" up numbers.  John Quincy Adams is the son of John Adams.  You looked out the door and saw Jack's son playing jacks for Jackson.  You walked around to the front of the school where you looked toward the parking lot and imagined seeing a van for VanBuren.   Back in the commons you looked up and saw a huge hairy caveman.  His son will also be a hairy son for Harrison.  Back upstairs by some science rooms you saw Tyler because Mr. Houle and Mr. Moon sometimes wear ties.   Mnemonics 2017 Facts to Memorize