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