Thursday, January 3, 2019

Announcements and Reminders for Wednesday, January 3, 2019:                            Tomorrow's Cavetime will be based on 2nd Term grades.  Be prepared each class day for quiet individual reading time.  You could bring a book from home, from the public library, from the school library (media center), or you could use a book from our classroom library.    You will receive points reading quietly during reading time.  It's a great idea to use this time to do assigned reading from your English class.  Your Teachers for Reading 7 Ms. Hilton First Rotaion Jan. 3 - Feb. 13 Ms. Dorsey First Rotaion Jan. 3 - Feb. 13 Ms. Fugal Second Rotation Feb. 15 - April 10 Ms. Cannon Third Rotation April 12 - May 24 Targets for this Rotation You will learn a set of reading strategies that you can apply -- especially to the reading you do to learn.  You will be able to tell about and use strategies for  Before Reading, During Reading, and  After Reading.  You will apply these strategies to reading and learning from various texts,                                    including texts you read on the internet.  By the end of his rotation, you will be know and apply The CRAAP Test for Reliability and Usefulness,  A SELF check for preparing to study-read,  and other strategies. You will apply strategies that we learn to memorize assigned material.  (You will learn the topics of the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution -- The Bill of Rights, and the names of the first ten Presidents of the United States.)  You will improve your reading fluency -- and graph your improvement. You will have spend hours reading for enjoyment -- and create a record of your in-class reading. The best way to improve your reading  is to read, read, read.

Targets to Work on Today: I know where to find important things and places in the classroom.  I know strategies to use before reading.  I can read a variety of materials and can read for an extended period of time. I can read fluently.

Today’s  Agenda for Wednesday, January 3, 2019: 1.  Find your seat on the seating chart.    Notice the portion of the whiteboard for Reading 7, How to hand in papers  (Hand in your disclosure quiz.) How to receive work back Where to find no-name papers.  How to save and organize your work How to find out what we did on a day you've been absent  And what to do if you've been absent Where to find handouts when you've been absent Where to go if we evacuate the school 2.  Strategy Mini-Lesson  Previewing Books   Read the title and author.  Do you already know anything about them?  Notice the cover illustration.   Look for information on the back or on the front flap of the book jacket. Read the first paragraph or so.    A Quick Way to Find a Just-Right Book  1. Choose a book that you think you might enjoy. 2. Read the second page. 3. Hold up a finger for each word you are not sure of or do not know.  4. If there are five or more words you did not know (and can't figure out from context), you should choose an easier book.  Figuring out a word from Context: Using Clues for Unknown Vocabulary 3. Book Pass -- to get acquainted with some of the books in our classroom.   The teacher will tell you which way to pass the books.  Look at the cover.  Read the blurb on the back of the book.  Fill out a line on your log with the title.    Book Pass Log.doc Begin reading at the beginning of the book, and keep reading until you're told to stop -- about three minutes.  Fill out the rest of that line on your book pass log.  Then do the same with the next book.  Repeat.  4. Not-So-Sustained Silent Reading      Book frenzy -- When directed to, politely negotiate with classmates to get back the book you would most like to read during the next _5-8 _ minutes. Receive your blue Reading Log and fill it out for this book.  5.  Individual Reading Time (and practice the strategy we just covered). While reading, look for and list any words you are unsure of or do not know.   # Date B N M O Title and Description and pages read Minutes Read Hours Read Ex 1/3/19 x Everlost – boy and girl died but stuck in kids-only world called Everlost  1-10    10 Ex 1/7/19 x Skyward – Spin wants to be a fighter pilot on a planet under attack by aliens    1-25    20 6.  Partner Fluency Practice    One-Minute Partner Fluency Practice        Each partner gets a page protector and a copy of the poem to read.       Each pair gets one eraser and one white-board marker.        Put the poem into the page protector.        With a classmate, you will take turns reading the passage.        You will be timed for one minute.        Your partner will follow along and mark any errors and mark where you ended.         Notice how far you read.  Figure out how many words you read, then subtract any errors.           Write it down.                 ______ wpm MAKE SURE YOU FILL OUT THE DATE, PASSAGE NUMBER OR LETTERS, AND WORDS PER MINUTE EACH TIME YOU HAVE HAD A TURN TO DO A TIMED READING.            Fill out a column on your graph for each time you read. Date 1-3-19 1-3-19 Passage SCSS SCSS Words Per Minute 143 153 After you receive your folders, your fluency graph and your sheet protector with the poem inside will stay in the folder.

If You Were Absent: See above for what we did in class.  Read for 20 minutes on your own, fill out the make-up reading log, get a parent signature, and turn it in when you return to class. Reading Log Make-Up Log 2018.doc

Vocabulary: Context Clues are hints that the author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word. The clue may appear within the same sentence as the word to which it refers, or it may follow in a preceding sentence.

Help and Enrichment  Using Clues for Unknown Vocabulary