RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
Something you do daily, or as a habit
What is a ROUTINE?
What the letters of the alphabet make
What are sounds (phonemes)
The English alphabet has FIVE permanent _________ and sometimes "Y"
What is a VOWEL?
In this class, where you do most of your writing assignments
What is a (WRITING) JOURNAL?
They are given for effort, work completion, following directions, cooperation, and participation.
What are participation tickets?
Our rules for us
What are our ESSENTIAL AGREEMENTS?
What happens when you put sounds together (segment sounds) and blend them to make a "beat," in English. HINT: You probably learned to clap them.
What is a syllable?
When you read with someone, and help each other to figure out the words and to understand
What is "PARTNER-READING?"
What you do to the first letter in a sentence
What is CAPITALIZE?
You get this for 85% or more for a unit grade or participation grade, or grade on extra reading homework.
What are hot fries.
The first assignment in the class period, though the bell has usually rung.
What is BELLWORK?
What you get when you blend syllables
What is a word?
What you do after you have finished reading, to find an answer or to figure out the main idea
What is REREAD?
A sentence needs a s___________ and a verb,
What is a SUBJECT?
You get these for winning games or extra credit fluency reading
What are cookies?
What almost everyone said we should have for each other, including Aretha Franklin
What is respect?
When you put words together to express a complete thought you get...
What is a (complete) SENTENCE?
What a reading passage is mostly about, expressed in 1 or 2 sentences, in your own words
What is the MAIN IDEA?
Where you can find the spelling of basic words
What is the front of your writng journal, a dictionary, or a spell-checker?
How you improve your reading
What is practice (reading)?
Two things you should do to be a successful student: Be c_________ and be s________________
What is, "Be cool and be serious?"
How you begin and end a correct sentence
What is a CAPITAL LETTER and ( END) PUNCTUATION (period, exclamation point, question mark)?
When you look at the subheadings and pictures before you read, as a PREVIEW, to help you understand a text
What is "PRE-READING?"
What you get when you write a TOPIC SENTENCE, 3 SUPPORTING SENTENCES, and a CONCLUDING SENTENCE.
What is a PARAGRAPH?
People will cheat you, studying will be a pain, and you may have trouble finding a job. These are reasons that you want to ______________.
What is READ (well)?