September 1, 2011

Read from the Class Novel:  Regarding the Fountain  read from page 34 to page 48

Filling in the blanks:
 Students read a passage that was missing many letters.  We discussed what we had to do to read the passage -- and found that we could!
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 Battle of the Bags  -- Students each received a bag of chips, and read from the bags (7 different kinds) to answer these questions. 

1. Which of the bags has or have the least calories?

Which is better – more or less calories?  Why?

2. Which of the bags has or have the least total fat?

3. Which has the most sodium?  

What is another name for sodium?  

4. What is the number 1 (most) ingredient in your bag?

5. Which type of chips has the smallest number of ingredients?

6. Which seems to have the most vitamins by percent?

7. Which would provide you with the most carbohydrates?

8.  Which has the most potassium? 

9. Which has the most protein?

10. Which tastes the best?

11. Which is the healthiest?

12. By when should this product be purchased and used?

13. Which of the above questions ask for opinions rather than fact?

Effective readers change how they read depending on what and why they are reading.



Individual Reading Time  (  15   minutes) and Reading Log

August 30, 2011

Read from the Class Novel:  Regarding the Fountain to page 34.
Reading Newspapers:  Students found answers to questions about articles and cartoons in today's and yesterday's newspaper.




Effective readers change how they read depending on what and why they are reading.


Julian Smith is "Readin' a Book"

Individual Reading Time  (20 minutes) and Reading Log

August 26, 2011

1.  Begin class novel  -- Regarding the Fountain   1. Recognize that there are different types of reading, and that your purpose will be different depending on what you are reading.What modes of communication have you used?  What ways of communicating aren't usually used any more? (smoke-signals? telegrams?)  Do you read each differently?  Set a purpose for this novel.   
a. What structural changes would you like to see in our school?  I suggested skylights in the rooms that don't have windows -- that is, the ones on the second floor.  What other changes to the building would make it better?  [Make-up if you missed.  Fill out this handout:

Regarding the Fountain Anticipation


2.  Line up in alphabetical order by last name and receive a folder to mark with your name (last, first) and to decorate.  The folders will be kept in the B4 black crate on the counter. Hang onto yours so you can place your  reading log in it before you leave class today.
3.  Strategy instruction. --  
 Change HOW you read based on WHAT and WHY you read.
4.  Find a book or magazine for individual reading time. -- INDIVIDUAL READING TIME. --Receive and fill out your reading log.  -- How to check out books from this classroom [Make-up work:  Pick up one of the pink make--up forms for reading, or download it using this link: 

Reading Log 7 Make-Up Log.doc

5. Collect folders and place in crate. 

August 24, 2011

August 24, 2011


1.  Find your assigned seat and fill out the surveys/forms.  Sorry there are so many, but we need some for data collection, and some to help you find books you might like, set reading, goals, and improve the reading skills you most need to improve. (Make-up:  get the surveys/forms from the file next to your class crate.)
2. Read aloud by the teacher from Beyonders by Brandon Mull
3. Receive your  disclosure document and take a quiz on it. Discuss.
        Your signature sheet is due by August 31.  (Make-up:  get the disclosure and quiz from the file next to your class crate. Note: The answer to questions #9 is not on the document.  Instead, find the citizenship rubric in your planner.)
4. Brian Regan on reading
5. Book pass as reading time. (Make-up: get the book pass form from the file next to your class crate.  In the classroom during CaveTime or in the Media Center, quickly select three books that look interesting to you.  Read the front and back of the first, record the title on the book pass form, starting at the first page, read from the book for three to five minutes.  Note on the book pass form whether you'd be interested in reading the rest of it.  Do the same for the other two books. Hand in the book pass form.)

What Do You Need to Bring?

Welcome to Reading Dynamics Class! 

While the sales on school supplies are available, it's a good idea to stock up on the things you'll need later, but that will be much more expensive then !
 
Note: If your family cannot afford school supplies, please speak with a teacher or administrator.

Here are some required and suggested items.


For this reading class you will need these items each day:

• Bring your own pencils and pens every day. I will have some available to loan, but you should return them at the end of class, and should only rarely need to borrow.
• Bring lined paper.   
• One or more packs of 3 x 3 inch sticky notes.
• 2 different colored highlighters
• For every class, bring a book to read during Supported Independent Reading.  You'll receive more information about how to select books.  

Suggested (optional): (for this and other classes)

• Colored pencils may be needed for history class, and come in handy at times in other classes.
• A three-ring hole-punch that fits in your binder is very helpful if you receive handouts that haven't been punched.
• A small manual pencil sharpener
• A small pack of Kleenex -- We usually have facial tissues/Kleenex available in our classrooms, but they are not soft on a tender nose.
• Hand sanitizer
• If you find a good deal, you might want to have on hand some poster board. Sometimes teachers will assign students to create posters, and it's nice not to have to run out to the store at 10 pm when the student remembers he or she has a poster due the next day.
• A thumb drive/flash drive to save computer work from here and home.

Computers and Internet
Note to Parents: If you have a computer and printer, you will want to check to see that you have enough printer ink on hand so your student can print off homework when needed for any class. Please encourage your student to finish and hand-in assignments before the deadline, so any computer or printer problems don't make them late.

More about computers and Internet: It is very helpful to have the Internet available at home. Our English classes use a writing program called MYAccess for several assignments during the year. We access it at school, and students can write and revise their work from home or anywhere else they can use the Internet. That also allows parents to read their student's writing and watch their progress.
Students may also need to do research on the Internet for various classes.

If you do not have access at home, the student could use computers in our school media center, sometimes (such as during CaveTime) our computer labs are open to students who need extra time, and the Internet is available at the public library.

Parents will need to sign a release for the student to use the Internet at school (this is usually done as students are registered), and the student will need to have his or her Internet card (student ID card) in hand to use the Internet on the media center computers and in the other computer labs.

Teacher Web Sites
Many of our teachers have web sites, blogs, and wikis where you can find much information about classes, requirements, etc. Take advantage of this resource.

If you're absent or looking for more information or maybe some extra credit, check this blog. You will most likely be required to use this blog at times. 

Published 8/9/11 updated 8/19/11

Bring a Book.

Quote of the Day: "Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them."

-Lemony Snicket

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Dynamics?

from Dictionary.Com:

dy·nam·ic

 [dahy-nam-ik] 

adjective Also, dy·nam·i·cal.

1. pertaining to or characterized by energy or effective action; vigorously active or forceful; energetic: the dynamic president of the firm.

2.Physics .

a.of or pertaining to force or power.

b.of or pertaining to force related to motion.

dynamics:  . ( used with a plural verb ) the motivating or driving forces, physical or moral, in any field.

Word Origin & History

dynamic

1817, as a term in philosophy; 1827 in the sense "force producing motion," from Fr. dynamique (1762), from Ger. dynamisch, introduced by Leibnitz 1691 from Gk. dynamikos "powerful," from dynamis "power," from dynasthai "be able to have power," of unknown origin. The figurative sense of "active, potent, 

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper