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Essential Questions

Enduring Understandings

Reading Survey

Reading Response Journal Outline and Example

August 25 PowerPoint: Strategies and Practicing Responses August 25:Reading Strategies Constructivism Jigsaw August 26: Pre-assessment

August 27 and August 30 PowerPoints: Prior/Background Knowledge and Text Annotation

August 31: I can comprehend text.

September 1: I can identify problems and evaluate solutions. My computer will not allow me to download the video. Sorry. Here is the YouTube link instead: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPzq3on2qiA&NR=1

September 2: I can explain cause and effect situations. PowerPoint; Graphic Organizers; Video media type="file" key="Girls Attacked with Acid in Afghanistan.flv" width="360" height="270"

September 3: Review problem/solution and cause/effect; introduce vocabulary

September 7: I can summarize.

September 8: I can persuade an audience and support my thoughts.

September 9: I can persuade an audience and support my thoughts.

September 10: I can summarize.

September 13-14: Because of testing, the schedule is a little different. Some classes will not meet on these days.

September 15: I can construct the meaning of unknown words September 16: I can comprehend text. September 17: Field Trip

September 20: I can ask questions to help me comprehend text. September 21: I can make connections to help me comprehend text. September 22: I can make predictions to help me comprehend text. September 23: I can make inferences to help me comprehend text. September 24: I can show what I know on a common assessment.

September 27: I can discover the meaning of unknown words.