September 12, 2011

Early-out Monday


1. Pick up book (Regarding the Fountain) and your folder. We are on page 76.


2. Summarizing:  More SWBS

Somebody wanted  (or was) . . . . .  but. . . . so. . . . 


Elements of Literature, page 629 "Oni and the Great Bird"
Read and fill in an SWBS for the story.


3. Summarizing 2:  Try the SWBS on a newspaper story chosen by Ms. D.
4. Summarizing 3:  Try out the summarizing strategy-- identifying repeated words (Words such as "a, an, the, of"  don't count!)


5. We did not hold individual Silent Reading time or filling out the reading log.

Next time,  why summarize?  Because it's easier than winterizing! Really, we will discuss why summarizing can make your life easier, and will learn more about strategies you can use to summarize what you read. 

If you were absent,  ask Ms. Dorsey for the SWBS materials, and for the make-up sheet for reading time!

September 8, 2011

1.  Sustained Silent Reading and fill out your reading log -- 15 minutes
2. Reading from the class novel:  Regarding the Fountain -- through page 75
          Ooooo -- Mr. Wright, we saw some logical fallacies used by a certain disreputable character in the book, including the slippery slope!


3.  Summarizing --
       We began learning to use the SWBS strategy to summarize fiction (made-up stories).  

Somebody wanted. . . . . . .  but. . . . . . so. . . . . . 

Students listened to the story of the Three Little Pigs, and looked at an SWBS for it.
Students read a brief story called "Seeing is Believing" and filled in an SWBS for it -- in small groups and as a class.
Next time we will do another SWBS for a longer story.

Next time, let's see if we can apply this strategy to nonfiction, too!
We may also have time to practice a summarizing strategy for nonfiction -- identifying repeated words!

If you were absent, ask Ms. Dorsey for the SWBS materials, and for the make-up sheet for reading time!

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