The Importance of Reading

TPG Survey: click here


Aims:

1. IWBAT explain why reading is important.
2. IWBAT explain how the brain develops, to allow us to read.
3. IWBAT state my MAP reading goal and explain how I will meet my goal.

Tasks:
1. Do Now: Complete the following activities (in order):

• A: Select the correct pronoun: Pronoun Poppers 1 (mild)
• B: Select the correct pronoun: Pronoun Poppers 2 (mild)
• C: Write the correct pronoun: Pronoun Clubhouse (mild)
• D: Select the correct pronoun: Which Pronoun? (medium) 
• E: Select the correct pronoun: Battleship (mild)
• Finished early? Select the correct pronoun: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (medium)

2. Explain Why Reading Is Important: Click here for Classwork

• Mr. T's Scoop: 
• Students who read 40 minutes a day, regardless of their reading level, make much higher gains in reading growth than students who only read 15 minutes a day.
• On average, students who achieved in the 98th percentile in reading ability read about 4.5 million words in a school year, whereas students in the 10th percentile read only 8,000 words.
• To be an expert in something, you need to do it well for at least 10,000 hours. If students are practicing reading just over two hours a day, 365 days a year, for 13 years, they will reach mastery--which would be just in time for college.

3. The Videos & Articles:

• A: Justin Tuck explains the value of reading: click here
• B: Keke Palmer explains the value of reading: click here
• C:  Will Smith explains the two keys to life: click here
• D: article: "Why Reading is the Most Important Thing You Will Ever Do": click here 
• E: video(s): "Why Reading Matters": click here for part 1 and click here for part 2
• F: article: "If They Don't Read Much, How They Ever Gonna Get Good?": click here 

4. MAP Testing:

• computerized: different than paper, easy to rush
• adaptive: gets harder or easier when you answer correctly/incorrectly
• taken 2-3 times per year: assesses progress
• compares students from different schools across the country

• about 42 questions, with passages: read and reread carefully!
• 90 minutes to test: usually, the more careful you work, the better score you get
• grade in ELA: 
• A: exceeded goal
• B: met goal
• C: made some progess towards goal
• D: no progress
• F: made backwards progress
• incentives: progressive ice cream sundae (part-ay!), eternal glory

 

Homework: Pronouns #5

Want to see students' Xtranormal videos (replaying favorite scenes from books)? Click Here