Read 180Melissa Lidstone

mlidstone@pdsd.org

DO NOW and WRAP-UP: 5 minutes at the beginning and end of the period. This activity is completed in your child’s composition book. This activity is 2 points per day. The grade appears at the end of the unit or workshop.

DO NOW Respond to the prompt in your journal.

Imagine that your parents just moved to a different country. What challenges do you think that you might face?

If my family moved to _____, a challenge that I might face is _____ because _____.

WHOLE GROUP/ SMALL GROUP:• The whole group lesson is approximately 20 minutes.

After this students break into small groups and begin centers. Students are graded on their completion of the rBook pages. Every page is graded. Points vary depending on the amount of work is required on the page.

Center RotationCenters last for 22 minutes each. There are three centers

• Independent Reading• Instructional Technology• Small Group

Small Group / Whole Group Topics:

Independent Reading Students are required to pick a book based on their lexile scores. They must complete a daily log, a comprehension worksheet, and a writing activity for each book. When they are finished the book they take the quiz on Reading Counts!. Students receive their grade at the end of the month for Reading Counts! and the worksheet.

Reading Counts! Quizzes: Students are expected to take and pass all Reading Counts! quizzes for the books in Read 180. When they pass they ring the Success Bell and move on to a new book. Sometimes students need to retake quizzes, but prior to taking the test again, I will print the quiz and they will reread the book.

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY: Students are expected to work through the word, spelling, reading, success, and writing zones. They are monitored on their time on task and accuracy of completing those zones. I do not administer a grade for this center.

Writing Projects:• Your child will be completing all of the same projects as the regular education students in cotaught English. We

will complete the assignments in school and they will model the Read 180 models. These projects will not be due at the same time as the other students in seventh grade. They will range in point values of 20-50 points.

• Research paper• Debates• Personal Narratives• Persuasive Essay• Advertising• Advocacy Letter

WRAP UP: 5 minutes at the beginning and end of the period. This activity is completed in your child’s composition book. This activity is 2 points per day. The grade appears at the end of the unit or workshop.

WRAP UP Write two things that you learned from the video about immigrants in America. In the video, I learned that _____.

I also learned that _____.

HOMEWORK:• It will be given 2 nights a week.• It will focus directly on the reading skills and strategies that we are focused on in class• Students are expected to highlight or underline to support every answer. This is the only way that they will

receive full credit.• It will range in points from 5-15 points.

SNACK: I allow students to bring in a snack as long as it is not messy. They cannot eat it in other rooms.