11-5-2012 Homework
Reading: 30 pages and your thinking work. If you have a reading log, fill it in after you’ve completed your work for tonight. Start marking your notebook pages with wither “H” for home or “S” for...
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Reading: 30 PAGES + THINKING work. Think about spinning all you you know about the book into your predictions. Today we looked at some examples of strong predictions. We should be aiming to make our...
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Reading: 30 PAGES and Thinking work. Label your thinking clearly with the date, the book, and HW. Today we discussed making the effort to do our best thinking work. After all, reading IS thinking. By...
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Reading: 30 Pages + thinking work. If you’re starting a new book, think about what we learned today. Good readers SLOW down so they can take in details about their characters. When we pay attention to...
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Reading: 30 pages + thinking work. Try to focus on collecting details about your character. Notice their actions and words. Then, sit back and think, “What does this tell me about them?” Writing:...
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OMG! What a storm we got right after school! I hope you all stayed dry. Reading: 30 pages + Thinking work. Are you noticing the difference between reading and READING? Hopefully you are. There is a big...
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Reading: 30 pages + thinking work. Focus on collecting tails about your character. “I’m noticing he/she……this makes me think…..” Writing: Read a mentor text and make comments to share with your...
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Reading: 30 pages in your book + write a post on your blogs about the character that you’re reading about. It should be an entry-type post about who your character is and what sorts of details revealed...
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Reading: 30 minutes from either a non-fiction book or fiction book. Math: Work on the POWs. Make sure you’re finished the first one before submitting the second.
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Reading: 30 minutes of either a NF or Fiction book. Record your reading in your READING LOG. Math: PoW – Both the first and second problems are due this Friday. Unit: Research information for your...
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