Monday 8/29/16-Friday 9/2/16 Agenda
Stamp Home Read Logs each day
Collect Home Read Log # 2
Pass out Home Read Log # 3 for the week of 8/29/16-9/2/16
Be Sure to write in which Reading Strategy you are using each night when you read!
This week your job is to complete:
4 See Readers
3 Read Arounds
0 ibalances
Extra Credit See Readers if you do not have an A in class!
"All the Years of Her Life" text and quiz
Back to School Night video for parents:
Reading Plus Video
HW=
Home Read Logs
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
Friday, August 19, 2016
8/22/16 Monday - 8/28 Friday Agenda
Collect Home Read Log One-Grade-Pass Back and label the top of the page:
Home Read Log # 2 for the week of 8/22/16-8/28/16
Take Notes on 8 Reading Strategies power point
Use these strategies when you do your Home Read Logs at home. Choose one strategy to focus on each night and write it in on your HRL on the right hand column.
Stamp HRLs each day this week
Reading Plus Work for this week:
3 Read SeeReaders
2 Read Arounds
1 ibalance
Whole Class Reads: "If Cornered, Scream" then quiz
When you finish this work, you are a candidate for a free Friday. In order to receive a "Free" Friday you must have a C or better in class and you must have completed all of the work for this week on Reading Plus.
HW=
Home Read Logs with the reading strategy column filled out with a different strategy for each day of the week.
Collect Home Read Log One-Grade-Pass Back and label the top of the page:
Home Read Log # 2 for the week of 8/22/16-8/28/16
Take Notes on 8 Reading Strategies power point
Use these strategies when you do your Home Read Logs at home. Choose one strategy to focus on each night and write it in on your HRL on the right hand column.
Stamp HRLs each day this week
Reading Plus Work for this week:
3 Read SeeReaders
2 Read Arounds
1 ibalance
Whole Class Reads: "If Cornered, Scream" then quiz
When you finish this work, you are a candidate for a free Friday. In order to receive a "Free" Friday you must have a C or better in class and you must have completed all of the work for this week on Reading Plus.
HW=
Home Read Logs with the reading strategy column filled out with a different strategy for each day of the week.
Thursday, August 18, 2016
8/19/16 Friday Agenda
Stamp Home Read Logs
Finish one SeeReader, one Read Around and one ibalance assignment on the Reading Plus Program.
You may have a free Friday if you have finished all of your assignments and you have an A in the class.
HW=
Home Read Logs are due this Monday for 15 points. You need to do one more entry sometime this weekend for "Friday's spot."
Stamp Home Read Logs
Finish one SeeReader, one Read Around and one ibalance assignment on the Reading Plus Program.
You may have a free Friday if you have finished all of your assignments and you have an A in the class.
HW=
Home Read Logs are due this Monday for 15 points. You need to do one more entry sometime this weekend for "Friday's spot."
Monday, August 15, 2016
8/17/16 Wednesday and 8/18/16 Thursday Agenda
Stamp Home Read Logs
InSight Training Overview Videos
InSight Training Videos
1/2 of the class start on Reading Plus
1/2 of the class start on SSR and Daily Read Logs.
8 Reading Strategies PP.
HW=Home Read Logs-add a Reading strategy if you have them in your notes!
Stamp Home Read Logs
InSight Training Overview Videos
InSight Training Videos
1/2 of the class start on Reading Plus
1/2 of the class start on SSR and Daily Read Logs.
8 Reading Strategies PP.
HW=Home Read Logs-add a Reading strategy if you have them in your notes!
8/16/16 Tuesday Agenda
Stamp Home Read Logs
Finish Book Exploration Read Around
5 book titles and summaries are due at the end of the period today.
HW
Home Read Logs
Volunteer Opportunity-Please Read Below:
Stamp Home Read Logs
Finish Book Exploration Read Around
5 book titles and summaries are due at the end of the period today.
HW
Home Read Logs
Volunteer Opportunity-Please Read Below:
It’s that time of the year again and The Y is need of your support.
The Y is hosting Family Day in the Park on Sunday, August 21st
Event Details
Date: Sunday, August 21st
Location: Waller Park- the park right next to The Y
Event: Family Day in the Park
Shift
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Description
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7:00am-10:30am
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Set up Booths and Games
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11:00am-4:00pm
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Carnival Games
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11:00am-4:00pm
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Bounce Houses
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4:00pm-6:00pm
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Clean Up
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*12:00pm-4:00pm
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Roamers/Lunch Breaks
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Check in: Please have all volunteers check in with me (Cathy Mendez) at the volunteer booth.
*** All volunteers will be feed a lunch and provided with drinks throughout the day.***
Please let me know if you are interested in helping out. Thank you for all your support!
Hope to hear back from you soon!
Cathy Mendez
Friday, August 12, 2016
8/15/16 Monday Agenda
Distribute STAR Reading Scores!
Keep in your binder.
Pass out syllabus and parent letter.
SSR Book Exploration Read Around
(3 minutes per book)
Write down the title, author, and a short summary about 5 books that you are interested in reading for SSR this semester. I am collecting this list in class today.
1. Gym Candy by Carl Dueker
This novel details the rise and fall of high school football star, Mick Johnson. It will probably be about how Mick will experiment with steroids to try and become better at football. It also might show what can happen to teens (the gross consequences) when they do steroids.
Home Read Logs Explanation and pass out new ones.
HW=
Distribute STAR Reading Scores!
Keep in your binder.
Pass out syllabus and parent letter.
SSR Book Exploration Read Around
(3 minutes per book)
Write down the title, author, and a short summary about 5 books that you are interested in reading for SSR this semester. I am collecting this list in class today.
1. Gym Candy by Carl Dueker
This novel details the rise and fall of high school football star, Mick Johnson. It will probably be about how Mick will experiment with steroids to try and become better at football. It also might show what can happen to teens (the gross consequences) when they do steroids.
Home Read Logs Explanation and pass out new ones.
HW=
- Complete your first Home Read Log Assignment! Get your parents to initial it!
- Get your syllabus signed by a parent or guardian today.
Thursday, August 11, 2016
8/12/16 Friday Agenda
The Ren Learn Computer Program is Working!
Take STAR Reading Test TODAY!
12 Students finish your Reading History and 12 Students log on to computers using your student id and your password from the sheet that I provided.
Once you are logged into the computer click on the REN LEARN icon that looks like a grey pyramid.
Click on Student, then Reading test, then Mrs. Kurth
Log on to take the test:
1. 333333
(your student id number 6 digits that starts
with a 3)
2. 07/02/1975
(your birthday-make sure to do 2 digits for the month and day and 4 digits for the year)
Do your best on the test.
No Homework Tonight! Have a great Weekend!
The Ren Learn Computer Program is Working!
Take STAR Reading Test TODAY!
12 Students finish your Reading History and 12 Students log on to computers using your student id and your password from the sheet that I provided.
Once you are logged into the computer click on the REN LEARN icon that looks like a grey pyramid.
Click on Student, then Reading test, then Mrs. Kurth
Log on to take the test:
1. 333333
(your student id number 6 digits that starts
with a 3)
2. 07/02/1975
(your birthday-make sure to do 2 digits for the month and day and 4 digits for the year)
Do your best on the test.
No Homework Tonight! Have a great Weekend!
8/11/16 Thursday Agenda
12 Students log on to computers using your student id and your password from the sheet that I provided.
Once you are logged into the computer click on the REN LEARN icon that looks like a grey pyramid.
Click on Student, then Reading test, then Mrs. Kurth
Log on to take the test:
1. 333333
(your student id number 6 digits that starts
with a 3)
2. 07/02/1975
(your birthday-make sure to do 2 digits for the month and day and 4 digits for the year)
Do your best on the test.
12 Students start writing your Reading History writing sample.
Tomorrow we will switch activities.
No Homework!
12 Students log on to computers using your student id and your password from the sheet that I provided.
Once you are logged into the computer click on the REN LEARN icon that looks like a grey pyramid.
Click on Student, then Reading test, then Mrs. Kurth
Log on to take the test:
1. 333333
(your student id number 6 digits that starts
with a 3)
2. 07/02/1975
(your birthday-make sure to do 2 digits for the month and day and 4 digits for the year)
Do your best on the test.
12 Students start writing your Reading History writing sample.
Tomorrow we will switch activities.
No Homework!
Tuesday, August 9, 2016
Welcome to Mrs. Kurth's Reading Improvement Class!
How did I get placed here?
Can I test out of this class?
Will this class seriously make be a better reader?
What do we do in here everyday?
Can I bring in a book from home to read?
Can I read my English book (do my homework) from other classes in here?
Is this an easy A?
Does this class count as my English class?
Reading History
(Student Writing Sample)
Research suggests that students who read for pleasure do better in school. Other research suggests that students who were read to as young children are more apt to develop better reading and writing skills and are more likely to develop a lifelong love for reading. Discuss your opinion about the validity of these statements in an essay about your own reading background.
Describe your own reading history. Think about how you felt about reading when you were a child, how those feelings changed or remained the same throughout your education, and describe your current feelings about reading now at this point in your life. Explain why you feel the way you do about reading and use specific examples from your life to make your point. In your essay, you may want to answer the following questions:
- Do you like to read for fun? If so, what do you read? If not, why?
- Have you ever had a bad reading experience?
- Did you ever feel frustrated or embarrassed when a teacher asked you to read aloud in front of the class?
- Do you feel like you often daydream or drift away when you flip through pages in a book?
- Do you feel like your reading can be improved in anyway?
Outline Ideas
Introduction: Catchy opener, background information about you and how you feel or felt about reading throughout your life, Thesis: My reading background has made me into the student/person/reader that I am today.
Body 1: Childhood reading memories
Body 2: Reading experience in Elementary and Middle school
Body 3: How you feel about reading now and why you feel that way
Conclusion: Re-emphasizes your thesis and sum up why you are the person/student/reader that you have become today.
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