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Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Tuesday's Class - Classroom Conversation

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PERIOD 7 

ARE YOU PREPARED FOR CLASS TODAY?
  1. Do you have a pen or sharpened pencil?
  2. Do you have your "locker bag" from the back table?

DO NOW:     COPY
Entry Title:  The 3 Types of Connections
  1. Text to Text - You link current text to another you read in the past.
  2. Text to World - You link current text to a world event.
  3. Text to Self - You link the current text to something that happened to you or someone you know.
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TODAY'S AGENDA
  1. Do Now: The Types of Connections
  2. Reminder: Don't forget to do your summer reading assignment! Due Monday!
  3. Learning Target: Practice Read Aloud rituals.
  4. Preview: The novel, Swallowing Stones by Joyce McDonald.
  5. Read Aloud Focus: Making Connections.
  6. Assessment: What is Michael's frame of mind at the end of today's passage? Can you make a connection?
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PERIOD 9 

ARE YOU PREPARED FOR CLASS TODAY?
  1. Pen or Pencil?
  2. Materials from the materials table?
  3. Composition Notebook from the basket?
  4. Summer Reading Done?

DO NOW:   Copy
Entry Title:  The 3 Types of Connections

  1. Text to Text - You link current text to another you read in the past.
  2. Text to World - You link current text to a world event.
  3. Text to Self - You link the current text to something that happened to you or someone you know.
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 TODAY'S AGENDA
  1. Do Now: Why Read?
  2. Reminder: Don't forget to do your summer reading assignment!
  3. Learning Targets: I can define three new vocabulary words and I can explain how a Read Aloud/Talk Aloud works in our classroom!
  4. Today we are...
    a. Learning three new vocabulary words.
    b.  Reading up to page 11 in the novel Swallowing stones by Joyce McDonald.
  5. Mini-Lesson: Word-study and Preview of the novel, Swallowing Stones by Joyce McDonald and how good readers use connections.
  6. Assessment: What is Michael's state of mind at the end of today's passage?  Can you use one of the three vocabulary words in your answer for a ticket?
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