Friday, December 7, 2018

Announcements and Reminders Friday, December 7, 2018:                           Pick up your folders.   Be ready to begin reading before or at the bell. A3  Cyrus and Layla, please see me.  A4  Shayla, Lora, Wade, and Breena, please see me. December 7 --  After Reading and  --  Practice using Metacognition  with an article December 11 -- Strategy review December 13 --  Final Test --  Turn in BICUM Brochure December 17 --Readathon and Test make-up, if needed               Bring treats, if you wish, to the Readathon.  December 17 Read-a-thon!  Bring treats, pillow to sit on,  blanket,  if you wish.  Make a note for yourself to bring treats!        Remember to be studying the words and meanings for the CRAAP Test,  the topics of the Bill of Rights, and the First Ten Presidents of the United States.

Targets for Today:  I can read for enjoyment.  I can read fluently.  I know strategies to use after reading to retain (remember) the information.

Today’s  Agenda for  Friday, December 7, 2018: Pick up your folders.  Get out a book, and be reading when the bell rings.  A3  Cyrus and Layla, please see me.  A4  Shayla, Lora, Wade, and Breena, please see me. 1. Individual reading.  How is your STUDY AREA for reading now?  How are you feeling EMOTIONALLY?  What is the LEVEL of Difficulty of the book or other text you're reading? How are you FEELING physically? Fill out your reading log.  Example   12-7-18  x A Christmas Carol pp. 12-29 20  If you're absent, or were off-task during reading time, or didn't fill out your log, pick up a pink make-up sheet and do the homework. 2. Partner Fluency Practice.        Participate appropriately as both reader and listener.       Fill out your fluency graph for each time you read. Today we are using " ." Example Date 12-7-18 12-7-18 Passage TT TT Words Per Minute 70 (your own WPM) 75   (your own WPM) Don't neglect to fill out your graph.  3. (More BICUM -- Be in Control, Use Metacognition.)   Reduce and Retain Inside, right --   (Added earlier) Before Reading Complete a Self Check  Study Area  Emotions Level of  Difficulty Feeling physically  Preview 1. Read the title. Ask: What do I know about this subject? 2. Read the first couple of sentences and the last couple of sentences. 3. Look for bold or italicized print. 4. Look at charts, maps, graphs, diagrams. 5. Ask yourself: "Is this a useful and reliable source?" 6. Select or Create Questions 7. Set Study Length 8. Place check marks (Added last time) During Reading Be Active Check your alignment. "Talk" with the author or text. Visualize Predict      1) predict      2) read      3) check      4) compliment or correct Pace yourself with a pencil. Make Connections!      Text to Self      Text to Text      Text to World Stop at the 's  and Test your Understanding. Yes, I do  understand. Mark andhighlighttext. Continue to next . Read to end of study block. No, I don't  understand Use fix-up strategies: See the back of this brochure! (Add this today!) After Reading -- #1 REDUCE Post View Ask yourself -- *What did I learn  from reading this? *What patterns/overall structure did I notice? *What was the overall central idea? *Do I understand it all? If not, use fix-up strategies. Answer Questions Organize for Recall (Select and Do 1) -- make outlines -- take notes   -- write summaries -- create maps Noticing Text Patterns as You Read  -- Brief Review You learned about Central Idea with Mrs. Cannon. Review:  A central idea must be a complete sentence.   The main topic + what the author is saying about that topic = the central idea. Organize to Remember  -- Create a map about Hanukkah.  Retain/Remember  Your Brochure:  This is the left panel  on the OUTSIDE. After Reading -- #2 RETAIN (Remember) Teach Someone Study in Groups Recreate in Writing (and drawing) Make Flash Cards Use mnemonics 1. Rhymes and Songs 2. Acronyms 3.  Acrostics 4. Mini-Stories 5. Picture Links Rehearse Continued from  DURING READING Fix-Up  Strategies  1. Check your  own inner  voice. 2. Focus on it,  and read it  again. 3. Try reading  it out loud. 4. Try reading  ahead a bit. 5.  Look for  any words (or  ideas or facts) that may be  getting in  your way. 6.  Ask  someone who  can help you. - - or mark it  with a ? for later. This panel has more text not shown here.  BICUM Be in Control: Use Metacognition [Your Name] [Your Class Period] Both classes need this --  Study here about Mnemonics 2018

If You Were Absent: See above.  Complete your make-up reading.

Vocabulary: C = Currency --  How up-to-date is it?      R = Relevance -- Is it what I need or want?  Does it help me? A = Authority --    Who wrote or published this?    What makes them an expert? A = Accuracy --  Is the information correct? Can you verify it in more than one place? P = Purpose --   Why did they create this?   to inform or teach?   to persuade?   to sell?   to entertain?          and How biased is it?    If you're dying to watch the music video we watched in the media center, here is the link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJ8ajc5FrT8

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Help and Enrichment  Our Mini-Field-Trip:  George Washington   (Counseling office -- picture the counselors washing a ton of clothes) John Adams       (Financial office -- picture Mrs. Cleveland adding up money -- she add'ems) Thomas Jefferson    (Attendance office -- A man named Jeff is picking up his son.) James Madison    (Main office -- A man is  mad at his son because the son was sent to the office.) James Monroe  (Commons area -- a mon/man is rowing a rowboat across the commons.) John Q. Adams  (Math wing --  Your math teacher add'ems up the numbers.) Andrew Jackson   (Doors out of the math wing -- You are playing jacks with Jack's son.) Martin VanBuren   (The windows of the principal's office -- You turn around and see a suspicious van in the parking lot.) William H. Harrison  (The caveman mural -- A caveman would have a hairy son.) John Tyler  (Near Mr. Moon's and Mr. Houle's classrooms --They sometimes wear ties.)   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) -- You don't have to testify against yourself.  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, demandingSTATES RIGHTS.

Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Announcements and Reminders for Wednesday, December 5, 2018:     Pick up your folders.  Be ready to begin reading before or at the bell. Who wasn't here when we did the First Ten President field trip?    December 3 --   RI = Reading Inventory and Practice using Metacognition online  -- Why not Wikipedia?  December 5 --  During Reading -- fix-up strategies  -- After Reading -- Retain -- Rehearse first ten Presidents, Bill of Rights, and, if time,  CRAAP. December 7 --  After Reading and  --  Practice using Metacognition  with an article December 11 -- Strategy review December 13 --  Final Test --  Turn in BICUM Brochure December 17 --Readathon and Test make-up, if needed               Bring treats, if you wish, to the Readathon.     December 17 Read-a-thon!  Bring treats, pillow to sit on,  blanket,  if you wish.  Make a note for yourself to bring treats!        Remember to be studying the words and meanings for the CRAAP Test,  the topics of the Bill of Rights, and the First Ten Presidents of the United States.

Targets for Today:   I can read for enjoyment.   I can read fluently.  I know strategies to use after reading to retain (remember) the information.

Today’s  Agenda Wednesday, December 5, 2018: Pick up your folders.  Who wasn't here when we did the First Ten President field trip?  1. Individual reading.  How is your STUDY AREA for reading now?  How are you feeling EMOTIONALLY?  What is the LEVEL of Difficulty of the book or other text you're reading? How are you FEELING physically? Fill out your reading log.  Example   12-5-18  x The House with a Clock in Its Walls, pp. 160-180 20  If you're absent, or were off-task during reading time, or didn't fill out your log, pick up a pink make-up sheet and do the homework. 2. Partner Fluency Practice.        Participate appropriately as both reader and listener.       Fill out your fluency graph for each time you read. Today we are using " ." Example Date 12-5-18 12-5-18 Passage # # Words Per Minute 125 (your own WPM) 135   (your own WPM) Don't neglect to fill out your graph. Your passage number is in the upper right corner of the page. 3.  Check and finish up Wikipedia Exercise.   Wikipedia Tutorial 4.  Fix- Up Strategies  Your Brochure: Outside  A4    Copy the middle.  Continued from  DURING READING Fix-Up  Strategies  1. Check your own inner  voice. 2. Focus on it, and read it again. 3. Try reading it out loud. 4. Try reading ahead a bit. 5.  Look for any words (or  ideas or facts) that may be  getting in your way. 6.  Ask someone who  can help you. -- or mark it with a ? for later. 7. Add to your background knowledge!  You can do this before reading or during reading. Look it up on a reliable online site. Find a book for children on the topic. Watch a documentary or other educational program.  BICUM Be in Control: Use Metacognition [Your Name] [Your Class Period]  Using Reading Strategies to read directions.   Fix-Up Strategies   If you don't get it at first use these fix-up strategies: Check your own inner voice.    Are you paying attention to the text, thinking about it, or are you thinking about something else?  If you are not focused on the text, FOCUS. If you didn't get it the first time, focus on it, and read it again. If you still don't get it, try reading it out loud. If you still don't get it, try reading ahead a bit.  The next sentence or so may help you understand what you just read.  If you still don't understand, look for any words that may be getting in your way.  Are there terms you don't understand?    Is there something in the context that gives you a clue about what they mean?   Can you look them up?  Could you ask someone who would know what they mean?   If you've really tried all of these strategies, and you still don't understand, ask someone who can help you. If time --  Practice Presidents -- Make sure you have all the information!  If time, Practice Bill of Rights.

If You Were Absent: Complete the reading make-up. Fill out your brochure if needed.

Vocabulary:

Help and Enrichment  Our Mini-Field-Trip:  George Washington   (Counseling office -- picture the counselors washing a ton of clothes) John Adams       (Financial office -- picture Mrs. Cleveland adding up money -- she add'ems) Thomas Jefferson    (Attendance office -- A man named Jeff is picking up his son.) James Madison    (Main office -- A man is  mad at his son because the son was sent to the office.) James Monroe  (Commons area -- a mon/man is rowing a rowboat across the commons.) John Q. Adams  (Math wing --  Your math teacher add'ems up the numbers.) Andrew Jackson   (Doors out of the math wing -- You are playing jacks with Jack's son.) Martin VanBuren   (The windows of the principal's office -- You turn around and see a suspicious van in the parking lot.) William H. Harrison  (The caveman mural -- A caveman would have a hairy son.) John Tyler  (Near Mr. Moon's and Mr. Houle's classrooms --They sometimes wear ties.)

Monday, December 3, 2018

Announcements and Reminders  Monday, December 3, 2018: December 3 --   RI = Reading Inventory and Practice using Metacognition online  -- Why not Wikipedia?  December 5 --  During Reading -- fix-up strategies  -- After Reading -- Retain -- Use flashcards  to study CRAAP, Bill of Rights, first ten presidents-      December 7 --  Practice using Metacognition  with an article December 11 -- Strategy review December 13 --  Final Test --  Turn in BICUM Brochure December 17 --Readathon and Test make-up, if needed               Bring treats, if you wish, to the Readathon.     December 17 Read-a-thon!  Bring treats, pillow to sit on,  blanket,  if you wish.  Make a note for yourself to bring treats!        Remember to be studying the words and meanings for the CRAAP Test,  the topics of the Bill of Rights, and the First Ten Presidents of the United States.

Targets for Today: I can show what I know about reading. I can do my best on the test. I can learn about why my teachers don't want me to use Wikipedia as a source for serious research. I can read for enjoyment.

Today’s  Agenda  Monday, December 3, 2018: You do not need to get out your file folders today.  RI Test  and Wikipedia Assignment in Lab 224 Bring a book or magazine to read in case you have extra time after you finish. Follow the directions you receive in the Computer Lab. RI Instructions  Log onto the computer and wait.  Follow directions to log onto the RI.  (See the poster on the wall.) Select three favorite types of books.  Take the practice test SERIOUSLY. Take the rest of the test.  Take it seriously.  It is one of the factors that will influence what classes you will be able to take in the future. If you absolutely DO NOT know an answer, use a "SKIP." When finished, you may print and take the list of suggested books.  The RI  is used for placement purposes. The RI will affect your brain.  It is meant to be hard - it is adaptive.  Are you anxious?  You will be able to take it again, and the teacher will look at your SAGE score and reading habits as well, so the RI is only one measure of where you are at). The RI is about growth and does not define you. Wake up strategies (mind games or movement exercises) Assignment About Wikipedia: To get to CANVAS -- Go to your own Gmail account. Look for the applications menu in the upper right hand corner:     Look for CANVAS:    Click on it.    Click on Announcements. Select the announcement titled If you do not finish the Wikipedia assignment today, take it home to finish.   When we leave, remember to log off the computer, and to push your chair in.  This is also a  link to the tutorial:   http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/tutorials/wikipedia/

If You Were Absent: See above and complete the reading make-up assignment.

Vocabulary:

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