Friday, November 16, 2018

Announcements and Reminders: You are learning to Be In Control of Your Reading      by Using Metacognition. November 6 -- Learn about  Metacognition -- Brochure: Label Panels, Cover November 8 -- Before Reading -- CRAAP Test  -- How to judge whether a site will be reliable and useful.    (Prepare for the CRAAP Test Test)  November 12 --  (Quiz on the CRAAP Test)  During and After Reading -- Using mnemonics ( to remember the information you read.  Use a peg system to learn the Bill of Rights in honor of Veterans Day.   November 14 --  Continue from where we left off with the Bill of Rights.  Before Reading November 16 --  Before Reading, then  Be Active --  (predictions/inferences, and other strategies for During Reading)   -- Check for Understanding  November 20 --  During Reading -- Fix-Ups   (words in context -- context clues)  November 27 --  After Reading -- Reduce --  (Patterns, Highlighting, and Mind Mapping)   November 29 --  After Reading -- Retain --   Mnemonics  -- Use the loci system to learn the first ten U.S. Presidents.  December 3 -- After Reading -- Retain -- Use  flashcards  to study CRAAP, Bill of Rights, first ten presidents December 5 -- Practice using Metacognition online  -- Why not Wikipedia? December 7 --  Practice using Metacognition  with an article December 11 -- Strategy review December 13 --  Final Test --  Turn in BICUM Brochure December 17 --Readathon and Test make-up, if needed               Bring treats, if you wish, to the Readathon.

Targets for Today:  I can use some prereading strategies before I read.   I know strategies to use during reading.

Today’s  Agenda: Pick up your folder.   1. Individual reading.  How are you feeling emotionally?  How are you feeling physically? Fill out your reading log.  Example   11-16-18  x The House with a Clock in Its Walls, pp. 145-160 15  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. Partner Fluency Practice.        Participate appropriately as both reader and listener.       Fill out your fluency graph for each time you read. Today we are using " ." Example Date 11-14-18 11-14-18 Passage # # Words Per Minute 125 (your own WPM) 135   (your own WPM)   BICUM Brochure -- Inside Left Section -   Inside   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. (A4 needs to finish from here, and talk more about previewing and difficulty, and  about CRAAP, questions, etc..) 5. Ask yourself: Is this a useful  and reliable  source?" You could use the CRAAP Test.  A3 needs to talk more about questions, study length, check marks. 6. Select or  Create Questions 7. Set Study Length 8. Place check marks SELF Check -- before you begin a session of study-reading. Using a Continuum for Study Area Example -- on a totally different subject: Foods you might eat seafood /--------------------------/ --------------------------/---------------------------/---------------------------/ 1  least favorite            2                                   3                                   4           most favorite    5 Foods you might eat steak /--------------------------/ --------------------------/---------------------------/---------------------------/ 1  least favorite            2                                   3                                   4           most favorite    5 Places to Study /--------------------------/ --------------------------/---------------------------/---------------------------/ 1 least effective           2                                   3                                   4           most effective    5 Emotion Level of Difficulty -- Use the "Preview" on your BICUM Brochure to preview the text.  Feeling Physically  Tired?  Hungry?  Sick?  Thirsty?  Sleepy?  Hot?  Cold?  Uncomfortable?  Aching?   Itching?   Restless?  Weak?      Healthy?  Rested?  Comfortable?  Strong?  Alert?

If You Were Absent: See above and do your make-up reading.    Reading Log Make-Up Log 2018.doc

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  Practice your First Ten Amendments: 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) -- You don't have to testify against yourself.  6.  Sticks – Chasing the judge with sticks demanding the right to a speedy trial. 7. Heaven – Picture a jury box full of jurors up 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.