Mrs.+Forgie

Mrs. Forgie READING WORKSHOP
 * Course description:** Students in Reading Workshop will be participating in a step-by-step guide for accelerating their maximum potential in reading. Students will do this by adopting, practicing and incorporating critical reading strategies across academic content disciplines. The AMP Reading System is a groundbreaking intervention system designed for middle school students who are reading at the third to fifth grade reading level. The program provides three full years of reading instruction and is based on scientific research.

The Pennsylvania academic standards, the assessment anchors and eligibility content are the basis for the Reading Workshop course curriculum. These standards and anchors can be viewed at [|www.pde.state.pa.us] = Class Materials =
 * Pennsylvania Department of Education Standards Aligned System: ** The course focuses on implementation and application of the PDE Grade 8 Academic Standards and Anchors.

__ Textbook __ - Our basic textbook will be **//AMP Student Workbook and Backpack Reader//**. The textbook will be kept in the classroom. The text may be taken home or outside of the classroom if a student is absent and needs to make up his/her work. __ Homework- __ Homework will be assigned on a weekly basis. Homework assignments will focus on specific reading strategies to enhance reading skills.

__ Grading Criteria: 9-week grading period (estimated point totals)- __
Exams/Quizzes- 300 points In- class assignments/workbook/participation -500 points Independent Readings, Skills Tutor, Apex assignments--200 points
 * Units of Study: **
 * __ Unit 1 __ – Summarizing
 * __ Unit 2 __ –Questioning
 * __ Unit 3 __ –Predicting
 * __ Unit 4 __ – Text Structure
 * __Unit 5-__ Visualizing
 * __Unit 6__- Inferencing
 * __Unit 7__- Metacognition

HOMEWORK **3-17-10**--Context Clues
 * 3-25-10**--Antonym/Synonym
 * March 31**-Predicting, Main Idea, Summarizing
 * March 24, April 5**---Open Ended Response PSSA Prep
 * April 7,15,21,28**--Complete daily assignments on APEX, Skills Tutor/Reading Web Link
 * April 14-**Titanic Article- Locate an article on the RMS Titanic (This week is the 98th anniversary of it's sinking) and write a 2 paragraph summary on article. Article can be a web article, magazine, or newspaper.
 * Week 0f 4/12/10- Mrs. Forgie's classes are working on a research and Power Point project on the RMS Titanic.


 * April 22**-Language Arts-Synonyms/Antonyms
 * April 28-** Language Arts Review--Capitalization/compound words
 * May 6-**Context Clues--Synonyms
 * Note-Mid terms close on May 1
 * May 13**-Inferences and Similies
 * May 19-**Context Clues-Comparison Clues


 * Beginning May 20 Mrs. Forgie's classes are completing a research project on epidemics and pandemics. Due date is to be determined.

EDUCATION WEB LINKS Student Resources [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] []
 * May 26-**Cause and Effect
 * Skills Tutor
 * VisuWords
 * [|edline]
 * RAMP to Reading Resources: []
 * Department of Education Reading Resources:
 * Scholastic Reading Resources and Skills:
 * Reading Rockets
 * International Reading Association:
 * The Teacher’s Corner:
 * Microsoft Learning Games – Bing:
 * RIF Reading Planet:
 * Readquarium:
 * Help for Parents to Help Students:
 * Math and Reading Help:
 * Study Guides and Strategies
 * FunBrain:
 * Apex:

Create your own flashcards or choose from already created card sets. There are also games that students can play to study for different subjects.
 * StudyStack