Examples for Background Knowledge

Video Clips:  T.S. Parody -- Zombies  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5bL5mZk8hk
                      Preschool Musical   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGMB7Rn8KGE

Link to source

Link to Source

http://www.npr.org/2012/06/01/154126307/double-take-toons-bye-bye-big-gulp

http://www.npr.org/2012/08/10/158588508/double-take-toons-going-postal

http://www.npr.org/2012/08/10/158490708/double-take-toons-cant-beat-this-heat

http://townhall.com/political-cartoons/2012/08/26/103019  By Steve Kelley - August 26, 2012

http://townhall.com/political-cartoons/2012/08/22/102910  By Robert Ariail - August 22, 2012

http://www.npr.org/2012/07/25/157291106/double-take-toons-still-riding-high

Link to Source

http://townhall.com/political-cartoons/2012/08/27/103070 By Bob Gorrell - August 27, 2012

August 28, 2012, Tuesday

Period B5
Individual Reading Time
(San Diego Quick Testing -- the one in the hall)
Fluency Practice

Lesson on Background Knowledge 
1. Laffy Taffy Assignment  -- Answer the questions on the handout.
      Yes, you may eat the candy, but we won't force you.

2.  Do you know enough to laugh?
        Political cartoons
        Parodies 

3.  Are you the "intended audience"? 


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Period B6 

Individual Reading 

2nd period:  10 am  We will go to an assembly with the author of Michael Vey.

We had time to read and participate in fluency practice.

 
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See   Welcome and Needed Supplies if you've just added the class.

August 24, 2012

Individual Reading Time:
Bring your own book, or select other reading material from our classroom.  You may read the same book that you are reading for your English class.   (20)

(San Diego Quick Testing)

Reading Stamina
Checking out books 
What you can read . . . . .   But . . . . 


"I'm Readin' a Book!" 

Hear from an Expert on Reading Brian Regan on Reading   (7)
        Is he an expert on reading?   

Fluency Practice   (8)
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Teacher Notes -- Under Construction

Noticing your own Thinking and Using Reading Strategies 

Do you read the Internet?   How are your Internet Reading Skills and Strategies? 


What do I already know about the Internet?  

What is the best way to use the Internet for Research?

• Google  George Washington   How many hits? 
• Personal?  Other? 
• Are they all about the first President of the United States? 
• Narrow?  "George Washington"  biography
• What about Wikipedia?  
• Who writes this stuff? 

Vocabulary:  What is a URL?

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About our Project:  

People Worth Knowing:  A Hero Project

Whom could you choose?

Write your ideas in your planner.

Finding Reliable and Useful Resources 
Pioneer:  
 http://pioneer.uen.org/k12/
User Name and Password

http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/frontpage

Notable People  ---- Topics/Subtopics
World Book -- Lists at World Book Kids
World Book Student --
Powell, Colin Luther
Back to Sirs Discoverer

How do you know if a site is reliable? http://allaboutexplorers.com/explorers/lewis-clark/  

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/meriwether-lewis-is-shot-in-the-leg  


Computer Lab Dates:
B5-B6
August 30 -- 211         Effective Research and Internet Safety            Selecting a "hero" to research 
September 10 -- 211   Research
September 12 --211    Research
September  18 -- 201  Finish research and work on PowerPoints
September 24 - 201    Work on PowerPoints, extra research if needed
September 26 -- 201   Finish up PowerPoint Presentations
September 28 -- 201   Your project is due and will be presented on this day. 

Teacher Recommendations for Famous People You Could Research

 

See   Welcome and Needed Supplies if you've just added the class.

August 22, 2012

This is what you'll do today:
1. Find your seat.  See the seating chart on the desk nearest the door.
2. Select a book from the clear plastic boxes in front of the wire baskets, take it with you to your seat, and begin reading it.
3. Book Pass.  
The teacher will tell you which way to pass the books.

• Look at the cover.
• Read the blurb on the back of the book.
• Begin reading at the beginning of the book, and keep reading until you're told to stop.
• Book frenzy -- Politely negotiate with classmates to get back the book you would most like to read during the next 15 minutes.

4. Individual Reading Time and receive Reading Log. 
5.  Record your reading for today.  
6.  Receive and fill out the Reading 7 Interest Inventory.
7.  Fluency Practice -- Listen for Instructions.
8.  Disclosure Document and Quiz (Period B5 did not have time to take the quiz, so they took it for homework.)

Reading 7 Teachers

Mrs. Fugal

Ms. Dorsey

                                                                           Mr. Gillis

7 Ways to Inspire Your Kids to Love Reading

I don't always read the Daily Herald Deals (usually considered junk mail at my house), but I spotted this article, read it, and wanted to share it with you. I found it again on MomClick, and it turns out it is by a Charlotte Meryman and was originally (I think) published  in Family Fun Magazine.

http://www.heraldextra.com/momclick/parenting/ways-to-inspire-your-kids-to-love-reading/article_d525e725-39a8-5ac5-8eca-da01fee0828f.html

The Book to Read

The book to read is not the one that thinks for you, but the one which makes you think.

Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird