Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Announcements and Reminders for Wednesday, May 29, 2019:     Have a brilliant summer!    Take the time to read!   Our A.F. Public Library is sponsoring a reading program that begins June 1.      https://afcity.org/216/Summer-Reading-Program

Targets for Today: I can find a central idea or theme.

Today’s  Agenda for Wednesday, May 29, 2019: Remember: A Central Idea or Theme must be a complete sentence. A Central idea or Theme will include a topic and what the author is saying about the topic. A Central Idea or Theme will be supported by at least several and usually many details in the text.  Commercials:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tLXmpyEreY Boundin' -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WyR4AqRweY Red's Dream -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96xGUa1a_zs The Present -- https://vimeo.com/152985022 One Small Step -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWd4mzGqQYo Preheated -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P5ZYT5xPoQ Twilight Zone, Season Two,  EotB

If You Were Absent:

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Help and Enrichment  Suggestions for Summer Reading -- From Book 1: Nicholas Flamel appeared in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter—but did you know he really lived? And his secrets aren't safe! Discover the truth in book one of the New York Timesbestselling series the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel.    The truth: Nicholas Flamel's tomb is empty.    The legend: Nicholas Flamel lives.    Nicholas Flamel is the greatest Alchemyst to ever live. The records show that he died in 1418, but what if he's actually been making the elixir of life for centuries?     The secrets to eternal life are hidden within the book he protects—the Book of Abraham the Mage. It's the most powerful book that has ever existed, and in the wrong hands, it will destroy the world. And that's exactly what Dr. John Dee plans to do when he steals it.      There is one hope. If the prophecy is true, Sophie and Josh Newman have the power to save everyone. Now they just have to learn to use it.   “The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel has everything you loved about Harry Potter, including magic, mystery, and a constant battle of good versus evil.”—Bustle Series: If you haven't read  the Harry Potter series,  or Percy Jackson, or Magnus Chase, or the Legend Series, or Hunger Games, or Divergent, or Uglies, Maze Runner, Matched (a community a lot like that of The Giver, but with very interesting differences), the other books related to The Giver:  Gathering Blue, Messenger, Son, or Arc of a Scythe, I Am Number Four, Among the Hidden, Diary of  a Wimpy Kid, Unwind, Everlost Trilogy, Sammy Keyes series,  (girl detective extraordinaire -- and very funny),  this could be the time. Individual Books (some have other related books): Or how about Little Women, or any of Alan Gratz's books (he wrote Refugee), The Crossover by Kwame Alexander, Wonder,  The Secret Life of Bees,  Stargirl,  Flipped,  Fever 1793,  Out of My Mind,  Al Capone Does My Shirts,  The Fourth Stall,  The Hobbit (and The Lord of the Rings series),  Savvy (three books),  Walk Two Moons,  Stand Tall,  Maniac Magee,  When You Reach Me.

Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Bell Schedule 
B5 8:15-9:50 
      Receive and sign for Yearbooks
      Attend 2nd Assembly
B6 9:55-10:25 
B7 10:30-11:00 
B8 11:05-11:35 
Lunch 11:40-12:25 J Dawgs outside on back field 
A1 12:30-1:00 
A2 1:05-1:35 
A3 1:40-2:10 
A4 2:15-2:45
Return the page protector and fluency passages. 
Take your manila folder and any of your graded work you'd like to keep-- or recycle them.  

Friday, May 24, 2019

Announcements and Reminders for Friday, May 24, 2019:    May 14 --  After Reading -- Retain    May 16 --  Prepare for the Test  --  Do a practice test.   May 20 --  Final Test and hand in your BICUM Brochure  May 22 --  Look back at the test  May 24 --  Read-a-thon and Celebrate!   May 29 --  Lesson on Finding Central Ideas -- and clean up.   Hand in your unused hall passes.  After fluency practice --  Return the fluency reading passages and page protectors.  You may take or recycle your folders and papers.  Turn in your reading logs and your fluency graphs.  May 24 Read-a-thon!  Bring treats, pillow to sit on,  blanket,  if you wish.  Make a note for yourself to bring treat.

Targets for Today: I have reading endurance!

Today’s  Agenda for Friday, May 24, 2019: Fluency Practice one more time -- Pick your passage! Then -- Hand in your unused hall passes.  Return the fluency reading passages and page protectors.  You may take or recycle your folders and papers.  Turn in your reading logs and your fluency graphs.   Readathon! with occasional breaks Final Test and Test Retakes for those who need them. Needs to take the test A3  Harrison A4  Emily D       Mason       Jackson       Daniel  Optional Retakes for those who wish to!  This is your brain on books! Today is our Readathon! If you want to bring treats, don't forget!  3.   Readathon -- not a talkathon!               You will be quietly reading MOST of the time.  You may sit ALMOST anywhere you want -- including sitting on the floor,    however, the teacher reserves the right to place you in a seat of her choosing     if you are not on task -- reading!  You may read your choice of materials.  Enjoy treats, but be careful not to make a mess, and do clean up after yourself.   * * * * * * * * * * * * If you have not taken -- or if I have contacted you to retake -- the final tests,  you will do that today during the Readathon.   I will assign you a place to sit while you test.  You may get out your treats and books once we begin the readathon.   [If you were not here last time, take the test today.  Final Test with CRAAP Retake and mnemonics test    Be able to apply the strategies from your BICUM Brochure to reading an article provided by the teacher.  Staple them together, and hand in your tests and your brochures. ] Give yourself a pat on the back for all you've accomplished in this class! Readathon -- with certain breaks Reagan Belle Studio C Flash Mob Possible breaks for. . . . .  Hamildolph  Greatest Snowman Brian Regan? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou4yaF-gACs Studio C https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mR8-loJNpU  Junior High https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHmH5oEpNVc  Save Will  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ-VnHbX180  Mad Scientist/Sports https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KmXPcSxz2g   Harry Potter/Lord of the Rings http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Watch-a-Florida-Middle-Schools-Reading-Flash-Mob-Video

If You Were Absent:

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Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Announcements and Reminders for Wednesday, May 22, 2019:                            May 14 --  After Reading -- Retain    May 16 --  Prepare for the Test  --  Do a practice test.   May 20 --  Final Test and hand in your BICUM Brochure  May 22 --  Look back at the test  May 24 --  Read-a-thon and Celebrate!   May 29 --  May 24 Read-a-thon!  Bring treats, pillow to sit on,  blanket,  if you wish.  Make a note for yourself to bring treat.

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Today’s  Agenda for Wednesday, May 22, 2019: 1.  Independent, quiet reading -- and fill out your reading log. 2. Partner Fluency Practice     Don't forget to record each time you read. 3.   If time, more  Sketch Notes   --  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY9KdRfNN9w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj3ZnKlHqxI

If You Were Absent: See above. Make up the independent reading, reporting your work on the pink make-up sheet.  Reading Log Make-Up Log 2018.doc

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Monday, May 20, 2019

Announcements and Reminders for Monday, May 20, 2019:          May 14 --  After Reading -- Retain    May 16 --  Prepare for the Test  --  Do a practice test.   May 20 --  Final Test and hand in your BICUM Brochure  May 22 --  Look back at the test  May 24 --  Read-a-thon and Celebrate!   May 29 --  May 24 Read-a-thon!  Bring treats, pillow to sit on,  blanket,  if you wish.  Make a note for yourself to bring treat

Targets for Today: I can show what I know about using before, during, and after reading strategies.

Today’s  Agenda for Monday, May 20, 2019: Spend some time preparing to take the test. Make sure your BICUM Brochures is finished and ready to hand in. Take the final test. For each answer refer specifically to the article. Write legibly.  I can't award points for an answer I can't read. When finished, staple the article to the test with the staple in the same corner as the staples that were already there.  They will be back-to-back.  Make sure your name is on your test -- first and last.  Hand in the test and your brochure to the top wire basket.   DO NOT staple the brochure to the test.  After you have handed in your test, quietly read.

If You Were Absent: See me to arrange a time to take the test.

Vocabulary:

Help and Enrichment  Vocabulary: CRAAP Test Currency      How up-to-date is it?    Relevance       Is it what I need or want?  Does it help me? Authority        Who wrote or published this?         What makes them an expert? Accuracy         Is the information correct?          Can you verify it in more than one place? Purpose         Why did they create this?  to inform or teach?  to persuade?                                 to sell?  to entertain?          How biased is it?   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) 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, demanding STATES RIGHTS. The first President of the United States was George Washington. The second President of the United States was John Adams. The third President of the United States was Thomas Jefferson. The fourth President of the United States was James Madison. The fifth President of the United States was James Monroe. The sixth  President of the United States was John Quincy Adams. The seventh President of the United States was Andrew Jackson. The eighth President of the United States was Martin Van Buren. The ninth President of the United States was William Henry Harrison. The tenth President of the United States was John Tyler.