Friday, April 12. 2019

Announcements and Reminders for Friday, April 12. 2019 :                                        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 for reading quietly during reading time.  It's a great idea to use this time to do assigned reading from your English class.           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 of sources,  a SELF-check for preparing to study-read,  and other strategies. You will apply strategies that we learn to memorize assigned material.  You will improve your reading fluency -- and graph your improvement. You will have spent hours reading for enjoyment -- and created a record of your in-class reading. The best way to improve your reading  is to read, read, read.  Tentative Schedule for our Class April 12 -- Introduction  Individual Reading  Book Pass and first Chapter  Create an appointment clock  Receive hall passes, addendum, reading log, fluency graph,  April 16 -- BICUM  = You will begin to  learn about metacognition and  tools/strategies                                           you can use,adding onto and improving the skills you have developed                                         with Mrs. Fugal and Mrs. Cannon.                                      April 18 --   strategies to use before reading  -- self-check, previewing, etc.     (notice myself, my surroundings, my challenge)  April 22 --   During Reading Strategies   April 24 --   Media Center -- Using the CRAAP Test April 26 --   About Wikipedia and CRAAP Test Practice  April 30 --   Using Utah's Online Library/ Databases   May 2 --  Take a test on finding reliable and useful sources.                             Apply what you've learned.                             Know what each part of the acronym CRAAP means. May 6 --   During Reading - More Strategies   May 8 --   During Reading -- Using Fix-Up Strategies  May 10 --  After Reading -- Reduce May 14 --  After Reading -- Retain  (Retake the RI test.) May 16 --  Prepare for the Test  --  May 20 --  Final Test May 22 --  Look back at the test  May 24 --  Read-a-thon and Celebrate!

Targets for Today: I know what to do, how to participate in some of our activities,  and where to find things in this classroom.

Today’s  Agenda for Friday, April 12. 2019: 1.  Find your seat on the seating chart. Pick up a "Lay of the Land" handout. Label the "Lay of the Land"  map of the room with things and places you need to know. Pick up your folder.  Turn in your unused hall passes from Mrs. Cannon's class to your class's hand-in basket. Notice the portion of the whiteboard for Reading 7.  Review "The Lay of the Land."  How to hand in papers  How to receive work back Where to find no-name papers.  How to save and organize your work -- Keep the "Lay of the Land" paper in your folder.  How to find out what we did on a day you've been absent (Receive the Addendum to the Disclosure Document.) 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 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.    2. Book Pass -- to get acquainted with some of the books in our classroom.   Look at the front of the book, look at the back of the book read the blurb, if there is one,  Write the title of the book on your book log. then start reading at the first page of the story. Read until the timer goes off. Record the  pages you read, Yes or No if you would like to read more of it, and why. Pass the book on to the next person. (Ms. Dorsey will tell you how to pass the books.) Repeat the above steps.  3. Not-So-Sustained Silent Reading  (and receive your hall passes and blue reading log)      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.  Just for fun!  Julian Smith -- "I'm Readin' a Book!"   Individual Reading Time  # Date B N M O Title and Description and pages read Minutes Read Hours Read Ex 4/12/19 x Everlost – boy and girl died but stuck in kids-only world called Everlost  1-10    10 Ex 4/16/19 x Skyward – Spin wants to be a fighter pilot on a planet under attack by aliens    1-25    20 4.  Partner Fluency Practice and receive your Partner Fluency Practice Log.  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 4-12-19 4-12-19 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. Before you leave, put away your folders in the crate for your class.

If You Were Absent on Friday, April 12. 2019: Today students received their hall passes, reading logs, fluency graph, and a book pass worksheet.   Do 20 minutes of reading at home to make up the reading missed here.  Use the Reading Make-Up form, get a parent signature, and turn it in when you return to school.   Find the form attached to Skyward, or use the link here:  Reading Log Make-Up Log 2018.doc

Vocabulary:

Help and Enrichment  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.

Remember P-I-R-A-T-E-S?
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