Find Your Hero(es) on Biography Reference Center

Instructions for Opening Biography Reference Center
1. Go to our school homepage at http://afjh.alpineschools.org/ (You could use the link from our blog.)
2. Click on RESOURCES at the left.
3. Click on Biography Reference Center. 

Log-in to Biography Reference Center with
username afjh
password: caveman


Finding Famous People with Biography Reference Center
1. In the Search bar, type in the name of your person. Make sure you spell it correctly.
2. Click on the Search button.
3. You may see a list of people who have the same name or other possible letter combinations. Pick the one you mean, and click on the link.
4. Now you will see a list of sources about that person.
5. Browse through them by clicking on each link and scrolling down to see how much information is available from each source.
6. Select the source that looks the most useful to you.
Notice that each source is given a lexile level – a number that indicates reading level.
Leave that tab open while you go to Edmodo.

   http://www.edmodo.com/

Your next directions are at this link:

Sign up for Your Hero

You can return to today's instructions here:    Friday, January 18, 2013

Friday, January 18, 2013

Turn in your disclosure document, if you have it.  It needs to come in by January 23. 

1. Individual Reading Time and Fill Out Your Reading Log for Today 

2.  Instructions for Computer Lab 

These are your tasks for your time in the computer lab: 

• 1) Take the SRI   
• Open Firefox. 
• Find the Icon for SRI on the Personal Toolbar 
•        -- on the left side.  

SRI instructions continued:

• Open SRI and sign-in.  
• Select three favorite types of books. 
• Take the practice test SERIOUSLY.
• Take the rest of the test. 
• If you absolutely DO NOT know an answer, use a "SKIP."
• When finished, you may print and take the list of suggested books. 

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When you have finished the SRI . . . 

• 2) Finish turning in your assignment from last time (on Edmodo) if you need to.  

Click on this link:   Computer Lab: January 16 

• 3)  Find Your Hero(es) on Biography Reference Center

• 4)  Use this link for directions to Sign up for Your Hero if he or she was on Biography Reference  Center. If not, try another person. 
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• 5)   If you have extra time, go back to Computer Lab: January 16   and do the rest of the assignment that is crossed out.  

January 14, 2013 Monday

Last Day of the Term and Last Day of the Semester!

1.  Grade Reading Logs -- ____/5   Please initial in the upper left hand corner as the grader!

2.  Grade Fluency Graphs -- ____/2  Please initial in the upper left hand corner as the grader!

3.  Turn in all fluency passages and sheet protectors

4. Take your folder and papers or recycle them.

5.  Read-a-Thon
       Quietly Reading
       Not interfering with others' reading

Thursday, January 10, 2013

1. Individual Reading and Reading Log

Your PowerPoints are due and will be presented today!  

You will also fill out a viewing response for other students' PowerPoints you see. 

2a. Computer Lab --  10 minutes or so to complete and revise PowerPoints.
2b.  Computer Lab -- Present PowerPoints and Fill out Viewing Form.  

3. Hand in your Viewing Form!

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

1. Individual Reading Time and fill out your reading log

2.  Computer lab to finish PowerPoint!  Your PowerPoint is due by the end of class. We will present them next time.
You should have already handed in your Search and Select and your ABC Evaluating Websites and Taking Notes.
Today:  Finish up your PowerPoint using the notes on your ABC document.
Turn in your PowerPoint on Edmodo.






On January 14

Bring a book!

If you'd like to, bring treats. 

Also, if you'd like, bring a pillow to sit  on.

Friday, January 4, 2013

Happy New Year!
I hope you all had a great Christmas Vacation!

Reminders:

• Your PowerPoint, and everything else that preceded it, is due by the end of class next Tuesday, January 8.
• We will view your PowerPoints on January 10.
• Second Term ends January 14.
• We will have a Read-a-Thon on January 14.  Bring something to read, treats if you'd like to, and, if you wish, a pillow to sit on.  

Today:

• Individual Reading Time and fill out your reading log.
• Partner Fluency Practice
• Garfield Survey
• Computer Lab 211 to work on PowerPoints/Hero Project

If needed:  Use this template to make your PowerPoint:  
Famous Person PowerPoint Template.ppt 

Interesting: Most Read Books?

http://www.visualnews.com/data-design/april/top10books_jaredfanning/