Friday, November 18, 2018

Announcements and Reminders:                           to our second day of this rotation!  If you can, see the school play this week!

Today’s  Agenda: 1.  Individual Reading Time        Don't forget to fill out your reading log!  # Date B N M O Title -- Use ditto marks (“)  when continuing the same material.  Material read/Explanation/Read from page__ to page __ Minutes Read Total Hours Read Ex 11/18/16 x The Fourth Stall  p. 55- 62 15 If you're absent, off task, or don't fill out your log, use a pink make-up sheet to complete the homework.  2. Fluency Practice   One-Minute Partner Fluency Practice        Your page protector with the poem page in it should be in your folder.        Fill in the date and passage number at the top of the next column on your graph.        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 in the cell on your graph your words per minute:  ______ 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.   Date 11-17-16 Passage SCSS Usually this will be a number! Words Per Minute (143)  Your fluency graph and your sheet protector  with the poem inside will stay in your folder.  3. You will have time to do recreational reading in this class, but the main focus on STUDY-READING -- reading to learn and remember.   Today:  When reading to learn, we need to determine  if what we're reading is  USEFUL  and RELIABLE. I.  Is it useful?   2.  Is it reliable?  is this Reliable?  Real?  Is this Reliable?  Real?  Why might a source/site/book/article NOT be reliable?   We will go to Computer Lab 224  to complete some assignments  which help you understand the importance  of finding out if a source is useful and reliable.  and sit at the computer that matches your folder number. Receive an assignment sheet to use in the computer lab. Take a pen or pencil with you. The assignment sheet for today:  Is a Source Useful and Reliable_ .docx

Targets for Today: 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. State Core Reading: Literature Standard 10  By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 6–8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.   925L–1185L Reading: Informational Text Standard 10  By the end of the year, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 6–8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.       925L–1185L

If You Were Absent: See above.  You can complete the computer assignment at home.  Find it on Skyward or attached above.

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.