Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Announcements and Reminders  for Wednesday, November 14, 2018 :  This is the Assembly Schedule for 11/14  (A-Day) -- 1st Lunch (Second Assembly)  A1  -- 8:15 -- 9:25             70 minutes A2  -- 9:30 -- 10:45          75 minutes Lunch  10:45 - 11:15  A3  --  11:20 -- 1:30         130 Minutes -- 60 minutes for the assemlby = 70 minutes for class                  Assembly 12:30 -- 1:30 (excuse at 12:23) A4 -- 1:35 -- 2:45            70 minutes       ======================================== You will learn 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 --  (Hilton)   Be Active --  (predictions/inferences, and other strategies) 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 as I prepare to read an article. I can find and highlight the most useful information in an article. I can use a mnemonic device to help myself remember information.   I know some strategies to use BEFORE I read.  (pre-reading strategies)

Today’s  Agenda  for Wednesday, November 14, 2018 : Pick up your folder.   Look over your C.R.A.A.P. test.  You will be tested on this again.  1. Individual reading.  Fill out your reading log.  Example   11-14-18  x The House with a Clock in Its Walls, pp. 113-140 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 "Turning Off the Faucet." Example Date 11-14-18 11-14-18 Passage #102 #102 Words Per Minute 125 (your own WPM) 135   (your own WPM) 5.  Read about The Bill of Rights and Memorize the topics using a mnemonic device.            During and After Reading Strategies and the Bill of Rights  A4 Before Reading:  What is your purpose for reading the articles?   During Reading:  Highlight important information --  mnemonics Mnemonics are devices to help us remember ( memory aide). They come in many varieties and flavors, and can aid memorization of many types of information. Mnemosyne (in mythology) was  a titan (a giant who was sort of like a goddess) who was the personification of memory. [nee-mos-uh-nee, -moz-]  You will draw pictures (with a few words) to help yourself remember the topics of the first ten amendments to the Constitution of the United States.   Student Example Peg System for Memorizing The Bill of Rights             and Drawing to Learn  Copy this onto your BICUM Brochure --    Add to your BICUM Brochure -- Inside Left Section -- Add this today!   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 about study area.) 5. Ask yourself: Is this a useful  and reliable  source?" You could use the CRAAP Test.  6. Select or  Create Questions 7. Set Study Length 8. Place check marks Using a Continuum for Study Areas 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

If You Were Absent: See above.  Create our own illustrations using the peg system presented here to help you remember the topics of the amendments in the Bill of Rights.  A4 -- Ask Mrs. Dorsey for a copy of The Bill of Rights, and The Bill of Rights simplified.                 Highlight the parts that will be most useful when you take a test about the topic of each of the first ten amendments.   Complete your reading make-up work.    Reading Log Make-Up Log 2018.doc

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