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7th Grade Reading

by Jennifer Fitch

Aug 21, 2010

I am a lateral entry 7th grade reading teacher. I am currently reading Harry Wong's "First Days" and have created a powerpoint of procedures and rules for my classs. My concern is that I have no clue what to do after that! I've heard talk of AR but how do I begin this program? Also, what is the best way to become acquainted with middle school books...See More

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Mae in Texas rocedures - Teach one procedure at a time as you come to it. Model it, practice it, review it.

AR - Don't bother with it unless you have to.

Middle grade reading - Read "In the Middle" by Nancy Atwell and "The Book Whisperer" by Donalyn Miller. Challenge yourself to read one or two middle grade / young adult novels a week. If you ...See More

Aug 21, 2010

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rhonda I'm a retired teacher and just for fun this summer I read a book called Schooled by Gordon Korman. It's about a boy who was raised in a commune and enrolls in 8th Grade. I think that 7th graders would like this book. You could even use it for your read aloud time. Lots of good places for discussion. I think it would be good for building community i...See More

Aug 25, 2010

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how should I go about pairing up kids for book project

by sb

Aug 21, 2010

I have decided to start off SSR/DEAR time with a novel study using partners. Since I will not have known the kids that long before we begin the project, I'm not sure how best to figure out how to pair them together. I obviously don't want an avid reader who will read the book in a week paired with a kid who despises reading. Here is the plan thus f...See More

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Teri One recommendation, do a timed reading. Give everyone a short story to read and give them the amount of time you plan on using for SSR. At the end of the time, have the students mark where they stopped reading. That way, you could pair students who read at similar speeds together. I would do this in conjunction with the book pass.

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Aug 22, 2010

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reading fluency--help!

by Garrett

Aug 26, 2010

Hey, I'm a student teacher and I was asked to test reading fluency...but apparently what I was taught in school is different from what this school does. I was taught to time it, count the number of errors, question, and move up and down on readers as appropriate until we reach the right level.

But I was told not to time it and not question...See More

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Jo Sounds like you were doing a great job on leveling.

Regarding the loss of comprehension for the one student, the cause was that he was an excellent decoder. Some are, but still struggled with the comprehension. It is just one of the flavors of students who still have lacking reading skills. Since there are so many parts to effective readi...See MoreSounds like you were doing a great job on leveling.

Regarding the loss of comprehension for the one student, the cause was that he was an excellent decoder. Some are, but still struggled with the comprehension. It is just one of the flavors of students who still have lacking reading skills. Since there are so many parts to effective reading, any lacking part can cause an issue.

If you are going to work on fluency, I expect that the next step would be in line with what you were taught. However, some schools of though still see fluency as just something that builds with increased reading. This is not always the case. Keep us updated and let us know what your mentor does to increase the fluency rate for those that need it.

On 8/28/10, Garrett wrote: > Hey, thanks for your advice. Actually, I already found your > website through a different thread. It's very useful. > > Also, I talked more with the teacher and with other teachers. I > guess she is actually trying to get their level according to the > series of readers that she is using. She just wants a "ball > park" estimate. When compared to other testing the students have > been doing, she (and other teachers I've been working with) say > they are fairly accurate and are at the levels they thought the > students would be on. So it seems I must be doing something > right. > > What I do is have them read a passage (usually about 150 words), > then test for comprehension. If they don't read fluidly, decode > easily, or read with prosody, among other things, then I bump > them down until they are able to read well and comprehend what > they read. > > See, I had one student that could read anything put in front of > him with ease, but he didn't comprehend what he read after a > certain level. So that really confused me because I haven't > encountered a student like that. > > So, while what I have been doing might not be the most accurate, > it seems to give us a general estimate of what level the student > is reading. It's just one of the many battery of reading tests > these kids are taking. This is just not the way I was taught how > to test for reading fluency... > > On 8/27/10, Julie Niles Petersen wrote: >

Aug 28, 2010

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Mark Pennington Garrett,

I agree with Jo that you are doing a great job; however I thought you should have resources that are more in line with diagnostic fluency assessments and, secondly, a strategy to improve fluency instruction according to the data. [link removed]

Aug 31, 2010

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Great Writing Web Site for Grades 5 - 8

by Keenan Hart

Aug 28, 2010

Hello! I'm a teacher with almost 30 years experience in the classroom. Technology integration, especially in the area of language arts, has long been my passion.

I would like to share my latest summer vacation project, "Prompts to Publishing", with those who teach writing in the intermediate and middle school grades.

Please take...See More

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Marsha I am a 24 year veteran Writing teacher from East Texas. I was thrilled to find out about your website for Intermediate Writing teachers! I appreciate it so much and know that my students will be excited to use it, also. Thanks so much!

Aug 28, 2010

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Need help with journal, writing folder, etc

by luvzkats

Aug 28, 2010

This will be my first year teaching Language Arts. The class includes writing, reading, etc. I'm trying to decide on journals and folders to use. I was thinking about having a journal for daily bellwork use and a writing folder. My principle says that we must also have a work folder. We need to place all graded work inside it and have the students ...See More

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Help! They pass extended writing, bomb paragraph writing.

by L. Iozzo

Aug 28, 2010

Hello!

After data-mining I've discovered that my students pass extended writing, but bomb paragraph writing because of the test question format, "This sentence would fit best between sentence A. B. C. " etc.

I'm making my own examples from text to help them, but it is taking a LONG TIME. My test prep books don't have anything sim...See More

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4TH GRADE Check with the FCAT site. just google it

Oct 27, 2010

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Sara Anyone know of a resource or a place I could go to find > questions in that format? > > Thank you for your time and attention in this.

Just try this. Pull paragraphs from stories or simpler texts in the Internet - copy and paste it on a document. Then pull a sentence out of the paragraph as I did below. It takes seconds.

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Oct 28, 2010

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Overused words in writing

by Melissa

Aug 29, 2010

I'm looking for some new ideas for those overused babyish words in writing. I've called them dead words before because they were "extinct" and had them on a poster with dinosaurs. For the last 5 years I've called them "Dead Words" and have the students make tombstones with alternate words to use and we decorate the door for Halloween with the tombs...See More

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Laura On 8/29/10, Melissa wrote: > I'm looking for some new ideas for those overused babyish > words in writing. I've called them dead words before > because they were "extinct" and had them on a poster with > dinosaurs. For the last 5 years I've called them "Dead > Words" and have the students make tombstones with alternate > words to ...See More

Sep 9, 2010

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txteacher586 I put them to bed! I have a picture of bed and put all the words that are overused on it. I have a graphic if you're interested. Just email me!

Sep 15, 2010

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Bell Work for Pre-AP Language Arts

by Melissa

Aug 29, 2010

This is my first year teaching 1 section of pre-ap LA, and I'm unsure what to use for bell work. With my regulars, the bell work is my grammar mini-lesson. This week we are starting the grammar, and they will begin with identifying the nouns in a sentence and by the end of the week we will be ready for complete subjects of sentences.

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Melissa I teach 7th grade.

Aug 29, 2010

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MissJones Try Daily Grammar Practice (DGP). It's an awesome resource. It's similar to what your regular class of LA is doing but turned up a notch. The students are given one sentence per week. Each day they must do different activities. Monday - parts of speech, Tuesday - sentence parts, Wednesday - sentence purpose & clauses, Thursday - punctuation and...See More

Sep 19, 2010

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planning for the year????

by Lettie

Aug 29, 2010

I am now with a district that has the curriculum and suggested skills for each quarter! Question: Does this mean that "they" have already planned for the entire year or is there still planning to do?

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Debbie On 6/05/12, aah wrote: > No one ever answered her questions>>>> > > On 8/29/10, Lettie wrote: >> I am now with a district that has the curriculum and >> suggested skills for each quarter! Question: Does this >> mean that "they" have already planned for the entire year >> or is there still planning to do?...See More

Jul 1, 2012

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lettie Thanks so much, ladies. I decided to check on the post and was happy to see the responses.

On 7/01/12, Debbie wrote: > On 6/05/12, aah wrote: >> No one ever answered her questions>>>> >> >> On 8/29/10, Lettie wrote: >>> I am now with a district that has the curriculum and >>> suggested ski...See More

Aug 2, 2012

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Need instructions for writing.

by Melissa

Aug 29, 2010

My brain is just not working today. I want to start doing picture writing prompts every Friday to break away from doing grammar as my bell work each day. How do I word the instructions? I don't want them to just tell me what is in the picture. I want creativity and imagination, which I seem to be lacking today. Help!

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Sara On 8/29/10, Melissa wrote: > My brain is just not working today. I want to start doing > picture writing prompts every Friday to break away from > doing grammar as my bell work each day. How do I word the > instructions? I don't want them to just tell me what is in > the picture. I want creativity and imagination, which I > seem t...See More

Sep 2, 2010

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txteacher586 I had them start with regular prompts, reflections on their science experiments, etc, and today I introduced the first image for them to respond to. I told them (4th graders), "Look at the image... this was painted by an Impressionist painter...the painting is not supposed to look like a photograph or realistic, but rather it is the artist's impres...See More

Sep 15, 2010

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