Friday, December 7, 2018

Friday, December 7, 2018



Announcements and Reminders Friday, December 7, 2018:
                         
Pick up your folders.  
Be ready to begin reading before or at the bell.
A3  Cyrus and Layla, please see me. 

A4  Shayla, Lora, Wade, and Breena, please see me.

December 7 --  After Reading and  --  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. 
December 17

Read-a-thon!  Bring treats, pillow to sit on, 

blanket,  if you wish.

 Make a note for yourself to bring treats!
      
Remember to be studying the words and meanings for the CRAAP Test,  the topics of the Bill of Rights, and the First Ten Presidents of the United States. 

                



Targets for Today:
 I can read for enjoyment.
 I can read fluently.
 I know strategies to use after reading to retain (remember) the information.  


Today’s  Agenda for  Friday, December 7, 2018:

Pick up your folders. 
Get out a book, and be reading when the bell rings. 

A3  Cyrus and Layla, please see me. 
A4  Shayla, Lora, Wade, and Breena, please see me.

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  

12-7-18
 x



A Christmas Carol pp. 12-2920

 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
12-7-18
12-7-18

Passage
TTTT

Words Per Minute
70 (your own WPM)
75   (your own WPM)


Don't neglect to fill out your graph. 

3. (More BICUM -- Be in Control, Use Metacognition.) 
 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?"
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


Noticing Text Patterns as You Read  -- Brief Review

You learned about Central Idea with Mrs. Cannon.
Review:  A central idea must be a complete sentence.  
The main topic + what the author is saying about that topic = the central idea.

Organize to Remember  -- Create a map about Hanukkah. 
Retain/Remember 

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 
Strategie

1. Check your 
ideas or facts)

6.  Ask 
- 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]









Both classes need this -- 

Study here about Mnemonics 2018





If You Were Absent:

See above.  Complete your make-up reading. 



Vocabulary:

= Currency -- 
How up-to-date is it?     
= Relevance --
Is it what I need or want?  Does it help me?
= 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




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 Help and Enrichment 

Our Mini-Field-Trip: 
  1. George Washington   (Counseling office -- picture the counselors washing a ton of clothes)
  2. John Adams       (Financial office -- picture Mrs. Cleveland adding up money -- she add'ems)
  3. Thomas Jefferson    (Attendance office -- A man named Jeff is picking up his son.)
  4. James Madison    (Main office -- A man is  mad at his son because the son was sent to the office.)
  5. James Monroe  (Commons area -- a mon/man is rowing a rowboat across the commons.)
  6. John Q. Adams  (Math wing --  Your math teacher add'ems up the numbers.)
  7. Andrew Jackson   (Doors out of the math wing -- You are playing jacks with Jack's son.)
  8. Martin VanBuren   (The windows of the principal's office -- You turn around and see a suspicious van in the parking lot.)
  9. William H. Harrison  (The caveman mural -- A caveman would have a hairy son.)
  10. John Tyler  (Near Mr. Moon's and Mr. Houle's classrooms --They sometimes wear ties.)  


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.


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