Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Announcements and Reminders for Tuesday, November 27, 2018:       During  Reading --   Be Active --  (predictions/inferences, and other strategies for During Reading)   -- Check for Understanding  November 20 --  During Reading --Strategies -- Predicting    November 27 --  During Reading -- Strategies and Fix-Ups                        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          Use your BICUM Brochure as you apply the strategies and skills to a particular article.  Also know the CRAAP Test, the first ten Presidents of the United States, and the topics of the Bill of Rights (the First Ten Amendments to The Constitution.)December 17 --Readathon and Test make-up, if needed               Bring treats, if you wish, to the Readathon.

Targets for Today:   I can read for enjoyment.   I can read fluently.  I know strategies to use during reading.

Today’s  Agenda for Tuesday, November 27, 2018: 1. Individual reading.  How is your STUDY AREA for reading now?  How are you feeling EMOTIONALLY?  What is the LEVEL of Difficulty of the book or other text you're reading? How are you FEELING physically? Fill out your reading log.  Example   11-27-18  x The House with a Clock in Its Walls, pp. 160-180 20  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 11-27-18 11-27-18 Passage # # Words Per Minute 125 (your own WPM) 135   (your own WPM) Don't neglect to fill out your graph. Your passage number is in the upper right corner of  the page.    BICUM Brochure --  On the final test:  Know what BICUM stands for, know and use the SELF Check, and know strategies you can use before reading, during reading, and after reading.            Your Brochure: Inside --- Last time we filled  in the middle section. Before Reading Complete a Self Check  Study Area  Emotions Level of  Difficulty Feeling physically  Preview 1. Read the title. (and headings) Ask: What do I know about this subject? What does background mean? 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. (also illustrations -- Read the captions.) 5. Ask:  Is this a reliable and useful source?  Use ABC's or CRAAP Test if needed. 6. Select or  Create Questions (Set Purpose!) 7. Set Study Length During Reading Be Active ➨ Check your alignment. ➨"Talk" with the author or text. ➨Visualize. ➨ Make Predictions      1) predict 2) read 3) check 4) compliment or correct     Make Inferences. Read between the lines.  ➨ Pace yourself with a pencil, or better yet, with your finger. ➨ Make Connections!       Text to Self       Text to Text       Text to World ➨Stop every once in awhile to  check your understanding. Yes, I do  understand. Mark and highlight  text. Read to end of study block.  No, I don't  understand Use fix-up strategies: See the back of this brochure! https://cavereading.blogspot.com/2018/10/monday-october-8-2018.html During Reading A3 and A4 to got to here on November 27.  Next Time:  Your Brochure: 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.  BICUM Be in Control: Use Metacognition [Your Name] [Your Class Period]

If You Were Absent: See above. Complete your make-up reading assignment.

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  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, demandingSTATES RIGHTS. Great place to go during Thanksgiving -- if only to the site!  https://americanindian.si.edu/