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Subject: Reading
Course: Reading - Grades 7-8
Grade Level: 07 - 08
01 Use a variety of strategies to develop vocabulary such as
structural analysis, Greek and Latin roots, affixes, and context clues.
02 Read and comprehend fiction and nonfiction
demonstrating understanding of main idea, details, cause
and effect, compare and contrast, fact and opinion,
inference and chronological order.
03 Predict, clarify, question, and summarize fiction and
nonfiction selections.
04 Self-select and independently read both fiction and
nonfiction.
Subject: Reading
Course: Reading - Grades 7-8
Grade Level: 07 - 08
01 Use a variety of strategies to develop vocabulary such as
structural analysis, Greek and Latin roots, affixes, and context clues.
02 Read and comprehend fiction and nonfiction
demonstrating understanding of main idea, details, cause
and effect, compare and contrast, fact and opinion,
inference and chronological order.
03 Predict, clarify, question, and summarize fiction and
nonfiction selections.
04 Self-select and independently read both fiction and
nonfiction.
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| Welcome to Ms. White's 7th & 8th Grade Reading/Literature Class!
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7th & 8th Grade Reading Class
Reading classes focus on helping students develop reading strategies to improve comprehension. This is done through both independent and classroom reading.
Students read self-selected books and complete projects to show understanding of what they have read. Fiction and non-fiction works are used as students “train their brain to read." We also work to increase students’ vocabulary and help them de-code words and use context clues as they read.
Reading classes provide students with valuable skills they can use when reading anything across the curriculum. These classes truly give students knowledge that will help them throughout their lives!
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  Click here to see the Reciprocal Teaching strategies we use in class
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Train Your Brain to READ!
Strategies for Success
Clarify
Reread or discuss words or points that were not clear.
CLARIFY hard parts when:
- You don't understand
- You can't follow the text
- You don't know what a word means
CLARIFY stems:
- I don't really understand...
- A question that I have is...
- A question that I would like answered by the author is...
- One word/phrase I do not understand is...
Predict
What will happen or what will we learn?
Make a PREDICTION when:
- A title is given.
- Headings are provided.
- The author poses a question in the text.
- The text suggests what will be discussed next.
PREDICTION stems:
- Based on the title, I predict this is going to be about...
- I think the next chapter/selection will be about...
- Based on... (a clue), I predict...
- Based on what _____ said/did, I predict...
Question
After reading, ask a question for others to answer.
Ask TEACHER-LIKE QUESTIONS:
- Who is ______?
- What does __________?
- When is __________?
- Where is ___________?
- Why is ___________ significant?
- Why does ____________ happen?
- How is ___________ an example of __________?
- How do _________ and __________ compare?
- How are __________ and __________ different?
- How does ___________ happen?
- What is most important ___________?
- What is your opinion of ____________?
Summarize
Tell what we read.
How to do a SUMMARY:
- Look for the topic sentence.
- Look for who, what , when, where, why and how.
- Omit unnecessary information.
SUMMARY Stems:
- This story/paragraph is mostly about...
- The topic sentence is...
- The author is trying to tell me...
Visualize
Try to picture what you are reading in your mind.
VISUALIZE a picture in your mind:
- When I read this, I imagine that...
- As I read, in my mind I see...
Use these strategies and you will have SUCCESS!
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Sally White
3720 Florence Blvd.
Omaha, NE 68110
(402) 557-3720
email: sally.white@ops.org
Sally White
3720 Florence Blvd.
Omaha, NE 68110
(402) 557-3720
email: sally.white@ops.org
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Sally White is a graduate of the University of Nebraska - Lincoln. She will also be graduating from Walden Univeristy, with a Master's degree in Literacy and Learning in the Content Areas Grades 6-12, in December 2009.
This is her eleventh year teaching in the Omaha Public Schools. She has taught 8th grade Language Arts at Morton Middle School, Sophomore English and Beginning/Advanced Yearbook at Burke High School and currently teaches 7th & 8th grade Soar to Success and Reading Essentials classes at King Science and Technology Magnet.
Ms. White loves reading and is happy to be at KSTM working with students to improve their reading skills.
Sally White is a graduate of the University of Nebraska - Lincoln. She will also be graduating from Walden Univeristy, with a Master's degree in Literacy and Learning in the Content Areas Grades 6-12, in December 2009.
This is her eleventh year teaching in the Omaha Public Schools. She has taught 8th grade Language Arts at Morton Middle School, Sophomore English and Beginning/Advanced Yearbook at Burke High School and currently teaches 7th & 8th grade Soar to Success and Reading Essentials classes at King Science and Technology Magnet.
Ms. White loves reading and is happy to be at KSTM working with students to improve their reading skills.
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