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Friday, 3/31/17 CARS assessment & ch.9 of chasing lincoln's killer

3/31/2017

Video Purpose:
The purpose of the video is to reflect on 2 ways Being a Bookish Kid impacts us as human beings?
Activator: The Benefits of Being a Bookish Kid:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86YLsEfKA4U

Lesson Activities:
Part 1:
The purpose of completing CARS assessment is to collect data to reflect on growth with all 12 Close Reading Strategies.
Complete CARS Pretest 3 pgs. 10-12, questions 7-12 in flexible groups using color coded index cards.

Part 2:
Purpose for Reading: To practice close reading strategies 1-2 [ie. Finding the Main Idea, Identifying Significant Facts and Details, Finding Word Meaning in Context, and Drawing Conclusions & Making Inferences]
Read Ch. 9 of Chasing Lincoln’s Killer pgs 137-143 w/ Ch.7-9 Chasing Lincoln’s Killer [Open Book] Quiz

Closing: Share/Pair – Share with your partner an inference, and/or conclusion you are able to make about two characters in Chasing Lincoln’s Killer. Explain how your ability to draw conclusions and make references makes you a more effective reader?

Homework: None

thurs. 3/30/17, CaRS Pretest 3 & ch. 8 of Chasing Lincoln's Killer

3/30/2017

Purpose for Activator: To memorize all 12 Close Reading Strategies
Activator: Develop a mnemonic device [hand/body movement] to illustrate the meaning of Close Reading Strategy #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6 with a flexible group.

Lesson Activities:
Part 1:
The purpose of completing CARS assessment is to collect data to reflect on growth with all 12 Close Reading Strategies.
Complete CARS Pretest 3 questions 1-6 in flexible groups using color coded index cards.

Part 2:
Purpose for Reading: To practice close reading strategies 1-2 [ie. Finding the Main Idea, Identifying Significant Facts and Details, Finding Word Meaning in Context, and Drawing Conclusions & Making Inferences]
Read Ch. 8 of Chasing Lincoln’s Killer w/ Ch.7-9 Chasing Lincoln’s Killer [Open Book] Quiz

Closing: Share/Pair – Share with your partner an inference, and/or conclusion you are able to make about two characters in Chasing Lincoln’s Killer. Explain how your ability to draw conclusions and make references makes you a more effective reader?

Homework: None

wed. Summarizing CFA & ch. 7 of chasing lincoln's killer

3/29/2017

Purpose for Activator: To memorize all 12 Close Reading Strategies
Activator: Develop a mnemonic device [hand/body movement] to illustrate the meaning of Close Reading Strategy #5, #6, #7, #8 with a flexible group.

Lesson Activities:
Part 1:
The purpose of completing Summarizing CFA is to collect data to reflect on growth with Close Reading Strategy 12 - Summarizing.
Complete the 5 questions assessment and enter it into I-Respond.

Part 2:
Purpose for Reading: To practice close reading strategies 1-2, 5-6 [ie. find the main ideas, significant facts and details, comparing and contrasting, and making predictions]
Complete Ch. 7 of Chasing Lincoln’s Killer w/ Ch.7-9 Chasing Lincoln’s Killer [Open Book] Quiz

Closing: Share/Pair – Share with your partner a prediction, and/or similarity and difference between two characters in Chasing Lincoln’s Killer. Explain how your ability to make predictions and compare and contrast characters makes you a more effective reader?

Homework: None

tues. 3/28/17, analyze the data from benchmark 5

3/28/2017

Purpose for Viewing: Can you effectively summarize why reflective learning is important to learning?
Activator: Watch - What is Reflective Learning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIsznZR4hzY

Lesson Activities:
Part 1:
Purpose for Activity: To identify my strengths in close reading, and my weaknesses.
Complete Student Data Analysis graphic organizer

Part 2:
Purpose for Reading: To practice close reading strategies 1-4 [ie. find the main ideas, significant facts and details, understanding the sequence, and cause and effects]
Read Ch. 8 of Chasing Lincoln’s Killer w/ Ch. 7-9 Chasing Lincoln’s Killer [Open Book] Quiz

Closing: Share/Pair – Share with your partner a sequence of events, and/or cause and effect relationship you recognize in Chasing Lincoln’s Killer. Why does your ability to understand the sequence or cause/effect relationship make you a more effective reader?

Homework: None

mon. 3/27/17, cars assessment & silent sustained reading

3/27/2017

The purpose of the video is to reflect on 2 reasons it is important to read?
Activator: Why it is Important to Read: https: /www.youtube.com/watch?v=LADkx6oRVHQ

Lesson Activities:
Part 1:
The purpose of completing CARS assessment is to collect data to reflect on growth with all 12 Close Reading Strategies.
Complete CARS Benchmark 5 pgs. 36-39 [Ques. 1-12]

Part 2:
The purpose of silent sustained reading is to connect what you read today to another text you have read.
Sustained Silent Reading

Closing - Quick write: Connect what you read today with another text you have read in a paragraph of 5 to 7 sentences.

Homework: None

fri. 3/24/17, who wins the oscars? -anaylsis/claim

3/24/2017

Purpose for Viewing: Imagine you are going to be a guest on a TV show, what would be your opinion on the Oscars? What was your favorite movie of this year? What makes the Oscars different from other movie award shows in your perspective? This video will help you prepare for your interview.
Activator:
Watch video commentary ‘Are The Oscars Important & Do You Always Agree With Them’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2Y_18K_Ai8
Focus on key words or phrases [such as statistics and percentages] that provide support or evidence to validate the theme of this close reading unit. [Record your answers on Notice and Thinking Organizer Text Box 2]

The LESSON:
Part 1:
STARS 10-12 post –test

Part 2:
Review the RACE strategy by reciting steps with mnemonic devices & reviewing the RACE DAY Powerpoint
Students in 3 learning stations will complete the Analysis/Claim for the “Who Wins The Oscars” unit for the week on the Noticing & Thinking graphic organizer.

Closing Strategy: EXIT TICKET - ANALYZE. What are the benefits of using Close Reading Strategies/Annotating the Text when reading textual information in math alongside graphs and statistical information?

Homework: None

Thurs. 3/23/17 “Who Wins the Oscars?”

3/23/2017

Activator: SCAN/PREVIEW Analyze 2 images [of a bar graph and statistics] that represent the ethnic breakdown of Oscar winners and number of tweets about The Oscars. This is in connection to the “Who Wins the Oscars?” article provided by 8th grade math and complete the Noticing and Thinking graphic organizer [Box 1] Purpose: They are to simply “notice” and record (2 minutes) ASK: What do you see?

The LESSON:
Part 1:
Purpose for Reading:
Is to use the information provided to interpret statistical information provided through a poll and bar graph.

Re-read P1 –P4. Students will write significant details from the text in Text Box 3 [focusing on the reading strategies: distinguishing between fact and opinion, and summarizing]

Part 2:
Purpose for Viewing: Imagine you are going to be a guest on a TV show, what would be your opinion on the Oscars? What was your favorite movie of this year? What makes the Oscars different from other movie award shows in your perspective? This video will help you prepare for your interview.
Activator:
Watch video commentary ‘Are The Oscars Important & Do You Always Agree With Them’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2Y_18K_Ai8
Focus on key words or phrases [such as statistics and percentages] that provide support or evidence to validate the theme of this close reading unit. [Record your answers on Notice and Thinking Organizer Text Box 2]

Closing: What is effective evidence?
Share/Pair: Students will turn to partner and discuss what they learned about the importance of evidence such as bar graphs and statistics. How do they help us visualize factual information? [2 min.]

Homework: None

wed. 3/22/17 Close reading strategy 12 -summarizing & chasing lincoln's killer

3/22/2017

Purpose for viewing: Can you effectively summarize the sequence of events in the short story?

Activator: Read Aloud/Video of “Pete the Cat - I Love My White Shoes” [Youtube: https://youtu.be/UwUlh3i4qto]

Lesson Activities:
Students will complete Part 5 - Prepare for a Test STARS wkbk. pgs. 134-135

Purpose for reading: To summarize the significant details in Ch. 7 of Chasing Lincoln's Killer.

Read: Ch. 7 Chasing Lincoln’s Killer pgs. 122-129

Closing: Begin A Comic Strip: In your first caption box summarize important key ideas from the 1st half of Ch. 7 Chasing Lincoln’s Killer. Provide an illustration of one of the key events.

Homework: None

tues. 3/21/17, who wins the oscars & chasing lincoln's killer

3/21/2017

Purpose for Viewing: Can you effectively summarize the sequence of events in the visual story?
Activator: Watch Spellbound short film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_B2UZ_ZoxU

Lesson Activities:
Complete Lsn 12 Summarizing: Part 4 & 5 pgs. 132-135

Purpose for Reading: Is to annotate the article "Who Wins The Oscars". Then Identify 4 significant details in today’s reading to create a summary what you learned.

Group 1: Will review thinking notes for restating the main ideas [summary] of a text [Who Wins The Oscars] with Mr. Marc [as provided in the STARS Wkbk.]

Group 2: Will complete the annotation of the text [Who Wins The Oscars] with Mrs. O

Closing: Begin A Comic Strip: In your first box summarize important ideas from the article "Who Wins The Oscars". Provide an illustration of one of the key events.

Homework: None

mon. 3/20/17, silent sustained reading

3/20/2017

Video Purpose:
The purpose of the video is to reflect on 2 ways Being a Bookish Kid impacts us as human beings?
Activator: The Benefits of Being a Bookish Kid:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86YLsEfKA4U

Lesson Activities:
Purpose for Reading: Describe the key ideas from the text you are reading today. What would be a good theme or title for a summary of what you read today? Why?

Sustained Silent Reading

Closing - Quick write: Write a vanity tag for a car or a bumper sticker that describes the key ideas from your reading today

Homework: None