We have a new seating chart today.
Pick up book and folder.
Today we started reading Maniac Magee. We read to page 20.
We talked about how you choose a book, and
somebody wanted. . . . but. . . so. . . . .
We did a fluency practice with the poem "Sick."
Individual Reading time and Reading Log
We did one Story with a Hole and began another in book 12 -- gowns.
Teacher's notes:
strategies charts
targets
MM questions --
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Friday, September 16, 2011
Friday, September 16, 2011
Self-Starter: Pick up book and folder.
We finished reading Regarding the Fountain.
Summarizing:
We summarized two cartoons
Naughty but Mice using a plot diagram, and
Pop the Fox using the "SWBS" graphic organizer: Someone Wanted. . . But. . So. . .
Sustained Silent Reading -- 15 minutes and Reading log
We finished reading Regarding the Fountain.
Summarizing:
We summarized two cartoons
Naughty but Mice using a plot diagram, and
Pop the Fox using the "SWBS" graphic organizer: Someone Wanted. . . But. . So. . .
Sustained Silent Reading -- 15 minutes and Reading log
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
September 14, 2011
Pick up book and folder.
Read together as a class from Regarding the Fountain to page 108.
More on Summarizing:
Why Summarize?
Summarizing helps:
(We read an article in the Daily Herald newspaper. You can find the same article online at
http://www.heraldextra.com/news/state-and-regional/article_8f963bb6-bc39-5e81-b084-404b690ac910.html)
1. Notice whether there is a title and whether it seems to tell you about what is in the article or book.
2. Ask yourself what questions you might have based on the title.
3. Notice repeated words and/or their synonyms or pronouns that are taking their place.
( See the words in the chart below for this article.)
4. Use the answers you found to your questions and the repeated words to create a summary of what you've read.
Reading time -- about 15-18 minutes today for those who read the full time.
Read together as a class from Regarding the Fountain to page 108.
More on Summarizing:
Why Summarize?
Summarizing helps:
(We read an article in the Daily Herald newspaper. You can find the same article online at
http://www.heraldextra.com/news/state-and-regional/article_8f963bb6-bc39-5e81-b084-404b690ac910.html)
1. Notice whether there is a title and whether it seems to tell you about what is in the article or book.
2. Ask yourself what questions you might have based on the title.
3. Notice repeated words and/or their synonyms or pronouns that are taking their place.
( See the words in the chart below for this article.)
4. Use the answers you found to your questions and the repeated words to create a summary of what you've read.
Summarizing
"Group lifts burning car off trapped man in Logan" | ||
| ||
3. Are there repeated words or phrases? (nouns, verbs) and their synonyms | How many times is it repeated? | Are there synonyms or pronouns or other forms for that word? |
a)motorcyclist, | Brandon Wright, the man they saved, 21-year-old Utah State Univeristy student, he | |
b) rescuers | university math students, their, they, and a half-dozen others, | |
c) car, BMW | ||
d) crash, wreckage, | ||
e) heroes, heroics | ||
f) burning | flaming, smoke, flames | |
also university and Utah State University slid (twice or more)safety (twice) 4. Use words from above to create a summary of the article or story. _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ | ||
Reading time -- about 15-18 minutes today for those who read the full time.
Friday, September 9, 2011
No Cave Time with Ms. D on Tuesday
No Cave Time will be held in Ms. Dorsey’s room on Tuesday, September 13.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
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.
If you were absent, ask Ms. Dorsey for the SWBS materials, and for the make-up sheet for reading time!
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).
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!
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!
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
September 6, 2011
Read from the Class Novel: Regarding the Fountain read from page 48 to page 65
Effective readers change how they read depending on what and why they are reading.
Individual Reading Time (25 minutes) and Reading Log
This is what I was telling you about -- the summaries of Harry Potter in a page.
http://theburrowstudio.blogspot.com/p/summharry-posters-free-printable.html
Scroll down to Large-Format Printable Image Files
This site also shows them and other fun stuff. Today I didn't see anything objectionable there, but I can't guarantee that for the future. --
http://sandboxworld.com/the-summharry-harry-potter-parody-by-lucy-knisley/hp2-1/
Newspaper -- Answering a couple of questions and summarizing articles in sentences and a few words.
Next time -- improving summarizing.
What to do if you don't have BK!
Next time -- improving summarizing.
What to do if you don't have BK!
Effective readers change how they read depending on what and why they are reading.
Individual Reading Time (25 minutes) and Reading Log
This is what I was telling you about -- the summaries of Harry Potter in a page.
http://theburrowstudio.blogspot.com/p/summharry-posters-free-printable.html
Scroll down to Large-Format Printable Image Files
This site also shows them and other fun stuff. Today I didn't see anything objectionable there, but I can't guarantee that for the future. --
http://sandboxworld.com/the-summharry-harry-potter-parody-by-lucy-knisley/hp2-1/
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