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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Tuesday's Post - Read Aloud Think Aloud & Class Conversation

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PERIOD 7  

ARE YOU PREPARED FOR CLASS TODAY?
  1. Pen or Sharpened Pencil?
  2. Are There Materials on the materials table?
  3. Locker Bag?
  4. Start Your DO NOW?

DO NOW:   Copy
Entry Title:  Target Vocabulary (Use existing entry)


  1. indifferently - without interest or concern.
  2. instinctively - an inborn behavior common to a species of animal. (i.e. geese flying in V-formation, mothers protecting their young, blushing, laughing)

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TODAY'S AGENDA
  1. Do Now: Target Vocabulary
  2. Reminder: Summer Reading due Monday!
  3. Learning Target: Today you will learn two more vocabulary words and listen to pages 19-28 of the novel Swallowing Stones, by Joyce McDonald and discuss the visualizations pointed out during the reading.
  4. Read Aloud Think Aloud: Reading focus on Visualizations that are connections.
  5. Class Conversation: Connections: Visualizations Chart
    - Identify words that create pictures in your mind.
    - What words triggered these pictures?
    - Why do you think Joyce McDonald, the author included this cleaning scene at this point in the story?
    - What do we learn about Jenna Ward in this section?
  6. HW:  None
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PERIOD 9  


ARE YOU PREPARED FOR CLASS TODAY?
  1. Pen or Sharpened Pencil?
  2. Are There Materials on the materials table?
  3. Locker Bag
  4. Start Your DO NOW?


DO NOW:   Copy
Entry Title:  Target Vocabulary (Use existing entry)


  1. indifferently - without interest or concern.
  2. instinctively - an inborn behavior common to a species of animal. (i.e. geese flying in V-formation, mothers protecting their young, blushing, laughing)

____________________________________________________________________


TODAY'S AGENDA
  1. Do Now: Target Vocabulary
  2. Reminder: Summer Reading due Monday!
  3. Learning Target: Today you will learn two more vocabulary words and listen to pages 19-28 of the novel Swallowing Stones, by Joyce McDonald and discuss the visualizations pointed out during the reading.
  4. Read Aloud Think Aloud: Reading focus on Visualizations that are connections.
  5. HW:  None
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