Thursday, Sept. 30
1.  Check homework
2.  Go over correct plot diagram for "Diamond Land"
3.  On Your Own:
a.  Redo plot diagram for "Diamond Land"
b.  Review for unit test tomorrow:
The Plot Diagram - practice here:  http://www.quia.com/rd/232502.html
Literary Terms review - practice here:  http://www.quia.com/jg/2046350.html

Assignment:  2-21 The Bird That Survived 

Wednesday, Sept. 29
1.  Check 2-20 Food For Thought
2.  Analyze Part 3 of Diamond Land (handout)
3.  On Your Own:  Check our understanding of Plot Diagram (see On Your Own shortcut on desktop)
4.  Read180 Software
5.  Independent Reading

Assignment:
2-21 The Bird That Survived

Monday, Sept. 27

On Your Own Exercise:
Rachel Carson biography - p. 11 
Audio is here:  http://wilmotreading.podomatic.com/entry/2010-09-26T15_34_17-07_00
Quiz is here:
Carson Quiz

Monday, September 20
ON YOUR OWN:
Biography - Columbus - p. 20
Audio is here:  http://wilmotreading.podomatic.com/entry/2010-09-19T19_42_03-07_00
Quiz is here:
http://www.quia.com/quiz/2536935.html


Tuesday, September 21
ON YOUR OWN:
Biography - Marie and Pierre Curie - p. 22
Audio is here:  http://wilmotreading.podomatic.com/entry/2010-09-19T19_43_34-07_00
Quiz is here:
http://www.quia.com/quiz/2536974.html

Wednesday, September 22
ON YOUR OWN:
Biography - Walt Disney - p. 24
Audio is here:  http://wilmotreading.podomatic.com/entry/2010-09-19T19_44_38-07_00
Quiz is here:
http://www.quia.com/quiz/2536954.html

Thursday, September 23
ON YOUR OWN:
Biography - Edison - p. 28
Audio is here:  http://wilmotreading.podomatic.com/entry/2010-09-19T19_45_57-07_00
Quiz is here:
http://www.quia.com/quiz/2537027.html

Friday, September 24
ON YOUR OWN:
Biography - Einstein - p. 30
Audio is here:  http://wilmotreading.podomatic.com/entry/2010-09-19T19_47_31-07_00
Quiz is here:
http://www.quia.com/quiz/2537127.html

Friday, Sept. 17, 2010
1.  Check homework 2-11
2.  100 club drawing
3.  Learn how to do daily "On Your Own" exercises
 - Biography book p. 9 - Neil Armstrong & Edwin Aldrin Jr.
Audio is here: 
http://wilmotreading.podomatic.com/entry/2010-09-16T17_14_54-07_00
Quiz is here:
http://www.quia.com/quiz/2536731.html 
4.  Practice an "On Your Own" exercise - Biography book p. 19 - Cleopatra
Audio is here:  http://wilmotreading.podomatic.com/entry/2010-09-17T06_29_54-07_00  
Quiz is here:
http://www.quia.com/quiz/2536967.html 
5.  Read180 (if time)
6.  Independent Reading

Assignment:
2-12 Flying Frogs
Audio is here:
http://wilmotreading.podomatic.com/entry/2010-09-16T18_24_42-07_00

Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010
1.  Check homework 2-10
2.  Watch demo of Audacity (recording software)
3.  Make a fluency recording as a benchmark and send it by e-mail to my teacher
4.  Read180
5.  Independent Reading

Assignment:  2-11  The Turkey Family
Audio is here:  http://wilmotreading.podomatic.com/entry/2010-09-16T17_17_40-07_00

Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010
1.  Check homework 2-9
2.  Watch demo of Success Zone
3.  Go over fluency rubric - how you'll be graded on fluency
4.  Read180 software
5.  Independent Reading

Assignment:  2-10 "There's No Place Like Home"
Audio is here:  http://wilmotreading.podomatic.com/entry/2010-09-13T17_41_44-07_00

Tuesday, Sept. 14
1.  Go over homework 2-8
2.  Password Central - Fill out password reminder card
3.  Watch demo on e-mail and Quia
4.  Sign into student e-mail account and practice sending an e-mail to your teacher
5.  Sign into Quia and practice an activity:  http://www.quia.com/web
6.  Independent Reading

Assignment:  2-9 "It's Raining Mule Deer"
Audio is here:  http://wilmotreading.podomatic.com/entry/2010-09-07T10_52_09-07_00

Monday, Sept. 13, 2010
1.  Check homework 2-7
2.  Go over Reading Terms (handout and notes)
3.  Read180 software
4.  Independent Reading

Assignment:
2-8 "Mule Deer"
Audio is here:  http://wilmotreading.podomatic.com/entry/2010-09-07T10_50_57-07_00

Friday, Sept. 10, 2010
1.  Check homework 2-6
2.  Learn how to do tracking exercises and enjoy a readaloud - "Father Kills Bear to Save Son"
3.  Practice Read180 software
4.  Read Independently

Assignment:
2-7 "Prowler of  the Night"
Audio here:  http://wilmotreading.podomatic.com/entry/2010-09-07T08_37_56-07_00

Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010
1.  check homework 2-5
2.  observe Read180 software demo - Word Zone and Spelling Zone
3.  Practice software
4.  Independent Reading

Assignment:
2-6 "Mischief Makers"
Audio file is here:  http://wilmotreading.podomatic.com/entry/2010-09-07T08_36_46-07_00

Wednesday, Sept. 8

1.  Checked homework 2-4
2.  Observed Read180 Software Demo - Reading Zone
3.  Signed on to computers and selected Read180 Topic Software
4.  Chose Independent Reading book

Assignment:  2-5 "Do Animals Talk"?
2-5 Audio file here:  http://wilmotreading.podomatic.com/entry/2010-09-07T08_02_29-07_00

Tuesday, September 7, 2010
1.  Checked homework #2-3
2.  Learned Independent Reading Expectations (handout)
3.  Accepted the "Reading Challenge" - 150 pages average per student, per grading period = PARTY
4.  Explore  http://wilmotreading.blogspot.com
5.  Complete a book browse (audio books in our library)
6.  Learn what to do when we finish a book (same handout as #2)

Assignment:  2-4 It's Getting Harder to Protect the Otter
Audio file:  http://wilmotreading.podomatic.com/entry/2010-09-03T10_46_40-07_00

Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2010
In class activities: 
1.  Checked homework #2-2
2.  Got our materials organized
3.  Learned what our reading levels are (Student Action Report)
4.  Explore our reading library - books, audio books, kindles
5.  Look at Classroom Expectations and Routines (handout)
6.  Pre-assess our writing skills.  Wrote a well organized essay about 3 personal goals.

Assignment:
1.  Finish writing about 3 personal goals, if not finished in class.
2.  #2-3 It's Safer To Fly.  Audio file is here:  http://wilmotreading.podomatic.com/entry/2010-09-03T10_46_40-07_00

Today in Read180 we learned: Homework assigned:
S:\Academic Departments\Language Arts\Reading\Recordings\Biographies\\WUHS-FILE\SHARED\Academic Departments\Language Arts\Reading\Recordings\Biographies.wma

TRACKING
Text:  Book of Biographies - page 9 - Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, Jr.
Recording:  http://debowe.podomatic.com/player/web/2010-09-01T10_14_50-07_00
Quiz:  http://www.quia.com/quiz/2536731.html

We read the last part of "The Most Dangerous Game" and discussed.

What you can do:

-Listen to Most Dangerous Game Part 7.  Track along starting on page 112, paragraph 191 ("When the general. . . ").
-Take the tracking quiz at http://www.quia.com/quiz/2291609.html 
MDG Tracking Part 7


-Answer questions 61-72 in your "Most Dangerous Game" packet.

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

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

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