Wednesday, April 24, 219

Announcements and Reminders for Wednesday, April 24, 219:                           April 23 and 24  - Alpine Days  -- Track and Field at MVHS 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 the CRAAP Test with my own background knowledge and reasoning to tell whether an information source will be useful and reliable.  W.7.1b and W.8.1b. Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.

Today’s  Agenda for Wednesday, April 24, 219 : Hand in your class-blog homework assignment if you haven't yet. You do NOT need to get out your folder.  When looking at a source of information,  you need to decide whether it is useful and reliable.  I.  Is it useful?   2.  Is it reliable?  Media Center  Take a pencil.  Learn about the CRAAP Test.  3. Media Center Presentation on CRAAP!?!?            Leave by about -- A3 - 12:15   and   A4 - 1:35.         Put away your folders, and take your backpacks.       TAKE A PENCIL OR PEN.   Media Center "Fieldtrip"      We learned about using the CRAAP Test to find useful and reliable information. Mrs. Jones Mrs. John Do you know them?   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.  Hands for the Bill of Rights If we have time for Partner Fluency, you will use a new passage! Partner Fluency  Date 4-24-19 4-24-19 Passage # 618 618 Words Per Minute 143 153 Before you leave, put away your folders  in the crate for your class  -- inside your assigned hanging folders.

If You Were Absent: See above and complete the make-up reading assignment for today.  Reading Log Make-Up Log 2018.doc

Vocabulary: URL * Uniform Resource Locator or Universal Resource Locator According to The American Heritage Dictionary,  The term URL is a noun and it is  "an Internet address (for example, http://www.hmco.com/trade/), usually consisting of the access protocol (http), the domain name (www.hmco.com), and optionally the path to a file or resource residing on that server (trade)." Find the URL in the address bar on your browser. Address Bar Address Bar: a text box in a web browser displaying the address of the web page that is currently being viewed. Browser:  A browser is an application program that provides a way to look at and interact with all the information on the World Wide Web.

Help and Enrichment  Facts to Memorize 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 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   -- Questions, Purpose, Study Length, Place checks; during: check your alignment, visualize, talk with the text.  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!   Satire:  Tuesday, September 18, 2018 Useful and Reliable, Using the Computer Lab:   Friday, November 18, 2018 https://www.tolerance.org/classroom-resources/tolerance-lessons/editorial-cartoons-povertyenvironmental-justice?utm_source=Teaching+Tolerance&utm_campaign=e196e8184a-Newsletter+4-24-2019&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_a8cea027c3-e196e8184a-83374887