Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Announcements and Reminders for Wednesday, January 9, 2019:                           Pick up your folders from the black crate at the back of the room.  They are arranged alphabetically by last name (and by number).   Pick your own seat.  Pick up the handout (BICUM Brochure) at the front of the room.  If you have your disclosure signature sheet (with the back filled-out too), hand it in to the top wire basket for your class.  Today is different.  There will be no individual reading time at the beginning of class.  Mrs. Hilton is now your teacher for this rotation.   Ms. Dorsey will be hanging around for a while to help her and you.   Friday is Roxberry Day.  Don't forget to return your disclosure signature sheets with the strategies assessment on the back filled out.  You may check out books from our classroom by going to CANVAS,  Announcements, Ms. Dorsey's Classroom Library Check-Out/Check-In or directly from here  to https://goo.gl/forms/3zjshLRdUMg3dWut2 (Links to an external site.)

Targets for Today: I can use strategies to be more effective when I do study-reading.   I can determine whether a site or other source of information is useful and reliable.

Today’s  Agenda for Wednesday, January 9, 2019: Pick up your folders from the black crate at the back.  Pick up a handout from a desk at the front of the room.  Pick your own seat.  Today will be different:  We will begin by looking at some strategies to use as you get ready to do study-reading.  Remember that         Metacognition is thinking about your own thinking. It is taking a step back to look at that challenges a particular reading task presents,  and how you can best meet those challenges.   What strategies can you use to be successful?   Media Center to learn about the CRAAP Test Do not pick up your folders yet. Media Center Presentation on CRAAP!?!?            Leave by A3 - 12:35   and   A4 - 1:55.             TAKE A PENCIL OR PEN.     Be quiet in the halls.     In the media center you will quietly find a table to sit at.  Media Center "Fieldtrip"      We are learning today about using the CRAAP Test to find useful and reliable information. Mrs. Jones Mrs. John Do you know them?   Follow this link to much of what Mrs. Jones taught today:  C.R.A.A.P. Here are more notes to help you remember and understand the information.  The CRAAP Test for Finding Trustworthy Sources  ⇉ ⇉  You will memorize the parts of the CRAAP Test.   Be able to explain each part of the mnemonic.

If You Were Absent: See above.  You will not need make-up reading for today, but you will need to read through the information at these links:  Follow this link to much of what Mrs. Jones taught today:  C.R.A.A.P. Here are more notes to help you remember and understand the information.  The CRAAP Test for Finding Trustworthy Sources You can also access the information on CANVAS.

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

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Thursday, November 8, 2018