September 6, 2012 Thursday

September 6, 2012   Thursday

• Please pick up your manila folder from the black crates at the front of the room.
• Hand in your disclosure document if you have not yet done that.
• At home -- finish up your Edmoto assignment -- "Search and Select" -- as soon as possible.  Turn it in on Edmodo. 

Today's Agenda: 
1. Individual Reading Time and fill out log (20 minutes)
2. Fluency Practice with partners

Research Project:   Calendar and List Below
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Computer Lab Dates:
B5-B6
August 30 -- 211         Search and Select         Assignment on Edmodo.  Turn in on Edmodo.
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. 
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Project Steps:
Search and Select -- This is the new, improved, easier-to-use version:     hero_sign_up_r1_fall_2012Bills.doc
Web Evaluations  ABC's   ABC Website Evaluation Version 4.doc

 You will do one of these ABC Evaluations for each site you use for research (at least 3 for an individual or 6 for a partnership).  
Remember to save each one with a different name. 
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September 4, 2012 Tuesday

September 4, 2012   Tuesday

• Please pick up your folder from the black crates at the front of the room.
• Hand in your disclosure document if you have not yet done that.
• Finish up your Edmoto assignment -- Search and Select -- as soon as possible.  Turn it in on Edmodo. 

Today's Agenda: 
1. Individual Reading Time and fill out log (20 minutes)
2. Fluency Practice

3.  Reading Strategy:  Asking Questions   

Ask questions while researching information about 
your famous person (hero): 

• What was this person's life like before he or she became famous?  
• Where and when was he/she born?
• What was his/her childhood like?
• What was his/her youth like?  education?  adventures?  

• How did this person become famous?
• What obstacles did he or she overcome?
• Why is he or she admirable?
• What were his or her accomplishments?  
• What was his or her personal life like?     Answer any of the following questions: 
• Was this person married and did he or she have children?
• Did he or she have hobbies or other jobs?
• Did he or she have certain likes and/or dislikes?
• Are there famous quotes from this person?   
• What other interesting information would I like to include? 

Your Admirable Famous Person (a Hero) PowerPoint

   

4.  Evaluating Websites:  Determining Whether a Site is Useful and Reliable

ABC Website Evaluation Version 4.doc

Fill out 3 or 6 of these with information about the famous person you selected.

Creating a Bibliography

Fun with Reading

August 30, 2012, Thursday

August 30, 2012, Thursday

I.  Individual Reading time and fill out log.

II. Computer Lab 211

A. Sign on to Edmodo:  http://www.edmodo.com

1. Select "I'm a Student."
2. Type in the group code you are given.
3. Your username is your last name first name day of the month of your birthday.  (no spaces)
4.  For example, if my name is Sue Jones and I was born on September 3, mine would be jonessue3.
5. Your password is your student number. 
6. Do not enter an email.
7. Because this is a safe site and you will be handing in assignments here,  please use your real name for first name and last name.  

B.   Look for a celebrity.
     1.  Look for the assignment on Edmodo:  Search and Select a Famous Person

     2.  Open the attached file.   Preview, then download.
     3.  Follow the directions and type your answers on that document.
     4.  Make sure you fill out the form at the end of the document about which famous person(s) you've chosen, and whether you'd like to work with a partner. (Partner's work on the same person, but have to use 6 resources.)
     5. Turn your assignment in by uploading it to Edmodo.  See the Turn In button by the date due.  (Also save it on your flash drive.)

Important note:  If you don't finish today, finish it at home as soon as you can.  Students who finish their Search Assignments first get to select their celebrities first.

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Computer Lab Dates:
B5-B6
August 30 -- 211         Search and Select         Assignment on Edmodo.  Turn in on Edmodo.
September 10 -- 211   Research
September 12 --210    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. 
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A few ideas for  famous people:
Check the list you received in class -- recommendations from other teachers.
Here are some more suggestions: 
Hugh Jackman
Julie Krone
Louis Braille
Helen Keller
Mary Wirt (if you like horses)
Patch Adams (funny doctor)
Paul Winchell
Caroll Spinney
P.T. Barnum (circus!)
Mattie Stepanek


Consider researching one of these "Six Cool Dudes. . . . "
http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/article?urn=urn%3Asirs%3AUS%3BARTICLE%3BART%3B0000183686 

Find other ideas here:
Sources about Famous People:
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/index.php   library of congress
Meet Amazing Americans

People of the Old West
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/

illustrations
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/exhibits/portraits/index.html

women writers -- with information about the person who put this site together!
http://www.womenwriters.net/domesticgoddess/index.html

Here is a site for Presidents of the United States:
http://millercenter.org/president

Don't Forget to Bring a Book to Read.

 "Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them."

-Lemony Snicket
Thank you to Goodreads!

Old documents from Fall 2012 R1

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Old Versions -- No longer used
Fall 2012 Internet Reading Project

Checklist:  Famous Person Project Checklist.docx
See also recent posts on this blog for instructions and examples. 

Find the basic template for your Search and Select Document here:
Famous Person Search and Select 2012.doc

 Find the basic template for your ABC Website Evaluation and Notes here:
ABC Website Evaluation Version 4.doc

Please remember that Wikipedia is not allowed as a source, and that 2 or 3 of the sources you use here should be from the sources you found on the Search and Select assignment.  

Find the PowerPoint template here: 
Your Admirable Famous Person (a Hero) PowerPoint

How to create the last slide of your PowerPoint -- Your works cited list or bibliography:
If you are using World Book or SIRS, look at the bottom of the article for the Citation, copy it, and save it.  
If you are using a website or article that doesn't include a citation, you can make it as directed here:
Creating a Bibliography

Grading -- Here is how your project is graded: 

Grading for Famous Person Project

How to Use and Improve Your Background Knowledge

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How to use your background knowledge:

o   Before you read something new, check your background knowledge to see what you already know about that.  Keep checking as you read and run into new topics and ideas.

o   Make connections between related subjects, between what you already know and what you don’t yet understand.   This is like this, or this applies to that. 

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How to Improve Your Background Knowledge   

1.     Read.

2.     Read, read.

3.     Read, read, read.

4.     If you don’t understand a subject, look for books for kids about it, or look for something like a  ____________ for Dummies book or a book that explains a complicated subject with cartoons or illustrations. 

5.     Watch educational TV shows and documentaries, listen to educational radio programs.

6.     Go to all sorts of museums and zoos and living history programs.

7.     Pay attention in class.  Teachers want to help you understand.

8.     Pay attention in general.  Observe!

9.     Talk to many different kinds of people.  Ask questions!

10. Live! 

Why?  
 Because the more you know, the more you can learn.
And . . . It's so fun to be the intended audience!
   See clip from Emperor's New Groove.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRW44uCUTN4
  Ms. Dorsey and her daughter were the intended audience!
       Maybe you were, too!