I manage my reading by checking that I understand what I read.
I back up and re-read for understanding.
I make connections with the text by relating the ideas and emotions to things I have thought or felt.
I make a picture or mental image in my mind of what I am reading.
I ask questions before, during and after reading of myself and others.
I predict what will happen next by using information I have learnt or know from before.
I summarise the text making sure that my information is sequenced and in order.
I use the main idea and details to determine the importance of information that I read.
Throughout the text I look for the author's purpose.
I look for 'cause and effect' relationships.
I compare and contrast information I read in a text and with other texts.
I synthesise new information from the text. This means matching information in the text to my own ideas to make my ideas stronger and more solid.
Read, read, read, read. Try to get as much reading done this week as possible so we can finish the book before the end of term.
Remember you only have two days of reading this week. As you read each chapter don't forget to complete the answers on your comprehension slide.
Work on your DLO this week and be ready to share them in our next group session.
Complete a word of the week of your choice.
Check your slides and make sure you are up to date with your chapters and questions.
Read chapter 10 and make a screencastify of yourself explaining what happens in this chapter.
Work on your DLO this week and be ready to share them in our next group session.
Complete a word of the week of your choice.
Check your slides and make sure you are up to date with your chapters and questions.
Read chapter 10 and make a screencastify of yourself explaining what happens in this chapter.
Make sure you have posted your flower mosaic on your blog.
Read chapter 7 with your group. Share to the group the differences between Templeton and Charlotte and agree on three ideas to share in our discussion session.
Share your DLO with your group and ask for feedback. Share your DLO on your blog.
Choose a new word of the week, complete it and post it on your blog.
Read Chapter 6 and 7 and complete the slide questions for both chapters.
Create a new post about your flower mosaic. Share the process.
Choose a new word of the week, complete it and post it on your blog.
If you have finished you flower mosaic, photograph it and create a post about it on your blog.
Read Chapter 5 and complete the slide questions for Chapter 5.
Make sure that you have answered all your questions in full sentences. Double check that you have done this in your other slides too.
Read Pigs in Captivity and the Hidden Lives of Pigs.
Start your DLOs
Complete your Word of the Week and post it on your blog.
Read Chapter 5 and complete the slide questions for Chapter 5.
Make sure that you have answered all your questions in full sentences. Double check that you have done this in your other slides too.
Read Pigs in Captivity and the Hidden Lives of Pigs.
Start your DLOs
Complete your word of the week.
Read and complete the questions for chapters 1 to 4.
Complete your blog post from last week.
Complete your questions for Chapter 4.
Read the links Some Pig and Saving a Pig
Click on the Charlottes Web website link and explore the activites.
Complete your word of the week.
Read and complete the questions for chapters 1 to 3.
Write a blog post introducing the book so far. It should include:
An image of the book,
An introduction about what you are doing and why,
A paragraph about what you think the book will be about and what will happen,
And a conclusion.
Complete your word of the week.
Take some time to read Charlotte's Web making sure you have at least read up to Chapter 2.
Answer the questions on your slide for chapter 2.
Did you read the article '10 Surprising Facts' ? We are going to discuss this in our group session.
Complete your word of the week.
Make a copy of the Google Slide deck and save it in your reading folder.
Read the first chapter of Charlotte's web.
Read the article '10 Surprising Facts' to learn more about the author E. B White.
Answer the questions on slide 2 for Chapter 1.
Complete your word of the week.
Collect words from any texts and write them in this shared document.
Figure out what is the difference between Scientific and Descriptive vocabulary. Create a DLO that shows the difference between the two categories.
Post your DLO on your blog.
Make a copy of this vocabulary document and save it in your reading folder.
On the document, write down some nouns and adjectives that you already know.
We are going to be comparing and contrasting the 'Rainy Season' text to 'Seasons Tides and Lunar' phases using the vocabulary in each text.
Skim read 'Rainy Season' and pick out some of the key vocabulary words. Are they descriptive or scientific vocabulary. Write them into the table on your document.
Continue to read Seasons, Tides, and Lunar Phases
Complete your word of the week and post it on your blog only when you have completed your book and posted it on your blog.
Complete Slide 5 - inferencing. Write down in your own words the new ideas you have learnt and give evidence for them with 'because'.
Complete your word of the week and post it on your blog.
Continue to read Seasons, Tides, and Lunar Phases
Choose two more texts from this board to read or watch.
Continue to work on your book or slide and make sure you information, images and links to it as you discover information from your reading texts.
Complete your word of the week and post it on your blog.
Continue to read Seasons, Tides, and Lunar Phases
Create a new google slide in your reading folder. It needs to include a title page, a page explaining how the seasons work and a page for each season.
OR
Create a new book in Book Creator. It needs to include a title page, a page explaining how the seasons work and a page for each season.
Add information, images and links to your book or slide as you discover information from your reading texts.
Post your slide or book on our blog.
Complete your word of the week and post it on your blog.
Read Rainy Season and Seasons, Tides, and Lunar Phases
Make a copy of the 'Let's Research' Slide.
Complete slides 2 and 3
Make your own copy of this slide and have it saved in your reading folder
Have your copy open and ready when you come and join your reading group
Complete your word of the week and post it on your blog.
Complete Argument Structure by sharing an idea and backing it up with evidence.
Screeencastify yourself sharing your argument.
Post your argument and your screencastify on your blog.
Complete your word of the week and post it on your blog.
Find your own text on Google by searching 'Is stealing ok?' Read it carefully and have it open on your chromebook to share when you come to your group session.
Write down any facts or key pieces of information you find in slide 4.
Make a copy of this Argument Structure and save it in your reading folder.
Complete your word of the week and post it on your blog.
Read this article 'Stealing'.
Read Stealing food if you are poor and hungry is not a crime, Italian court rules
Add to slide 4 any facts or key ideas that you have read.
Choose 4 facts/points that support your argument and complete slide 5.
Complete your word of the week and post it on your blog.
Complete slide 2 of your copy of the slide.
Read 'Hungry Hola Victims' and 'Addiction to Chocolate'
Make a decision about wether or not you agree with the statement: Stealing is ok.
In slide 4 write down all the facts from the texts that you have read that support your argument.
Complete your word of the week and post it on your blog.
Make a copy of the 'Is Stealing Ok' slide
Complete slide 2 first
Read 'Hungry Hola Victims' and 'Addiction to Chocolate'
Re-read often. Read texts again. Read sentences again. Try to make them more clear and smooth each time.
Pay attention to punctuation.
Practice new words and sounds.
Determine the authors purpose.
Listen to fluent expressive reading.
Adjust your reading to fit the text.
Read with the character in mind.
Pay attention to your feelings and a characters feelings and show it in your voice.