Thursday, December 13, 2018

Announcements and Reminders:                            December 13 --  Final Test --                               Turn in your completed 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.    You will use your BICUM Brochure as you apply the strategies to a specific article.           If you need to redo your brochure, you can find the information at https://cavereading.blogspot.com/p/mind-map-for-lewis-and-clark-expedition.html

Targets for Today: I can read for enjoyment.  I can apply the BICUM strategies to reading an article.   I can show that I know how to use mnemonics and other strategies to memorizing sets of information.

Today’s  Agenda: Pick up a book to read and your brochure. Take the Final Test.  Use the rest of the time to read your choice of materials.

If You Were Absent:

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