Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Today in Read180 we:
-Checked in homework 1-21
-Read part 2 of Beyond Brave, p. 14 rBook
-Learned a new vocabulary word, "intent"
-Analyzed "Beyond Brave," figuring out the main ideas and supporting details of each section
-Figured out the main idea of the entire article "Beyond Brave"

Homework assigned:
1-22

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Today in Read180 we:
-Checked in Homework 1-20
-Read "Beyond Brave" part 1, page 12-13 rBook
-Did exercises page 12-13

Homework assigned:  1-21

Friday, September 11, 2009

Today in Read180 we:
*checked in homework 1-8
*were assigned earbuds for the laptops
*saw a demonstration of the Reading Zone in Read180 software
*practiced logging on to the Read180 software and chose our first topic software

Homework assigned:  1-9

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Today in Read180 we :
*checked in homework 1-7
*got issued our laptops
*learned about laptop and docking station procedures
*logged on to the laptops on the docking stations
*took the SRI (those students who hadn't already taken it).

Homework assigned: 1-8

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Today in Read180 we:
*checked in homework 1-6
*previewed audio books and did a "book pass"
*took a vocabulary pretest

Homework assigned: 1-7

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Today in Read180 we:
*checked in homework 1-5
*Learned about the routines we'll do when we finish a book:
    - Reading Counts Quiz
    - Write Book Review
    - Enter line in our Book Log sheet
*Listened to the first chapter of an audio book:  "Slam"

Homework assigned:  1-6

Friday, September 4, 2009

Today in Read180 we:
*checked in homework 1-4
*Learned how the Read180 library is organized
*Learned our daily independent reading routines
*Learned the expectations for our daily book blogs

Homework assigned:  1-5

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Today in Read180 we:
checked in homework 1-3
learned how the timing and rotations in this class will work
saw charts of the progress of real students who have taken this class
learned 2 ways we can earn parties in this class - by improving our lexiles as a class more than the other 2 classes of Read180, and by reading a certain number of pages during independent reading
finished reading "Strap Box Flyer" by Paul Jennings
I wrote a paragraph to help my teacher learn about my strengths and weaknesses as a writer


Homework assigned: 1-4 Ground Squirrels

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Today in Read180 we:
  • checked in homework 1-2
  • learned about basic routines & expectations for this class
  • set up our red folders to hold reports and current work
  • gave my teacher some information about my attitudes about reading and my interests (attitudes & interests survey)
  • enjoyed a readaloud:  the first part of "Strap Box Flyer" by Paul Jennings.

Homework assigned:  1-3 "Woodland Detectives"

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Welcome!

Today in Read180 we learned:
-some basic information about this class (Welcome to Read180 Handout)
-our daily homework routine (We did homework 1-1 together - there will be homework every night)
-how to use clickers in this class (We practiced signing on to the clickers & entering the 1-1 homework answers)
-our classmates names (We played a name game)
Homework assigned:  1-2 - due at the beginning of class tomorrow!