Tuesday, 9/4/2012

Happy Tuesday!  9/4/2012                                                                                          Day 9—Reading

When You Come In

·       Initial attendance on the clipboard on the front table.

·       You will need your computer today, and you will need to be signed in to your SCHOOL google account.

Vocabulary Review

1.      Enter any extra credit vocabulary you have on our google doc called “Extra Credit Vocab _____ Block”.

2.     Once you finish, log into www.freerice.com.

3.     Click on “groups”, and make sure your signed in to our first block group.

4.     What level are you starting on today?

5.     What level are you ending on today?  I’ll come around at ______ to check your level.

6.     If you’re on any other website than the two I’ve listed here, that’s your way of telling me, “Hey, Willis, I’d like a big ol’ zero for my daily vocab grade today!  Please and thank you!”  L

7.     NOW:  WRITE DOWN YOUR USER NAME AND PASSWORD ON A STICKY ON YOUR COMPUTER, OR IN YOUR READING BINDER. 

Strategy Review

·       Has anyone else been taught a reading strategy in another class?

·       You tell me when you’re instructed to use a strategy on a reading assignment!

·       Enter any strategy reporting you have on our google doc called “Strategy Extra Credit Lookout--_____ Block”.

Strategy Instruction:  Visualization Review and Practice

1.      What are our five senses?

a.     Sight

b.     Sound

c.     Smell

d.     Taste

e.     Touch/texture

2.     What happens in your brain when you visualize what you’re reading?

3.     Why is visualization such a powerful strategy?

a.     It gives you a lot of concrete details to hang on to when you read!

b.     How many details to we remember about the “Oranges” poem we read Friday?

4.     Strategy Practice = Bookmark Journal #2—VISUALIZE!  J

5.     Write down AT LEAST TEN CONCRETE—exact quotes—from the book you’re reading today in class. 

6.     We are turning this in at 11:15.

START BY _________!  Read and Relax

·       Bookmark Journal #2:        Visualizing

Last Four Minutes of Class

1.      Complete your pink daily reading log

a.     time ended

b.     page ended

c.     TOTAL PAGES READ.

2.     Rate yourself. (5, 4, 3, 2, 1)

3.     Number your TEN visualizations.  Turn in your orange VISUALIZE sheet to the drawer, please.

4.     Put your pink sheet and book over on the table where it was when class started, unless you’re reading outside of class today.