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