Last week, our students were word wizards! This coming week, they will be equipped with the tools to be expert readers who can attack a grade level text with finesse and skill. We had so much fun last week, and we can’t wait to keep the good times rolling with our reading labs on November 1 & 2! To register, click this link: https://tinyurl.com/3n7j4few
Objective: Students will be able to read a passage with appropriate speed, accuracy, and emotion.
Essential Questions:
- How do I make sure that I am reading the words in a passage accurately?
- How can I increase how fast I am reading, but maintain that accuracy?
- How can I understand the emotion behind a passage and translate that into my read-aloud voice?
Enduring Understandings:
- Reading with accuracy and speed allow students to better comprehend and understand the works they are given.
- Reading with emotion can help students to understand the tone in the passage and relate more clearly to the events.
Standards:
| Grade 6: | Grade 7: | Grade 8: |
| CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.10By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 6-8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. | CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.10By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 6-8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. | CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.10By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 6-8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. |
Materials:
- Please print the following documents: Eating Poetry by Mark Strand | Poetry Foundation; Microsoft Word – The Train Ride Fiction 7th grade.doc (depaul.edu)
- Pen or pencil
- A few colored markers
Can’t wait to see you there!
