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Breakdown by Quarters of Reading and Vocabulary Skills:

Reading 8:

 

Quarter     Reading                 Vocabulary

1                 Book Log/600 pgs.              Word Wisdom - Weekly

                   Fiction Pretest

                   Nonfiction Pretest

                   Reading Process

                   Textbooks Skills                    Vocabulary Review

                   Decoding Samples

                   Trait 1: Decoding

                   Trait 2: Comprehension               ITBS Skills Reviewed:  Prefixes,

                   Trait 3: Context                             Suffixes, Roots, antonyms

                   Trait 4: Interpretation                  Synonyms, homonyms,

                                                                          Analogies

                   Assessment – Nonfiction "Baseball Barrier"

                   Assessment - Fiction "The Treasure of Lemon Brown"

 

 

 Quarter     Reading                       Vocabulary

2                Book Log/ 600 pgs.                       Word Wisdom -Weekly

                   Fiction Texts                                 

                   Nonfiction Texts

                   Novel – …Charlotte Doyle           Fiction Terms

                   Assessment – “Jack…Beanstalk”

                   Drama Unit                                     Drama Terms

                   Trait 5:  Synthesis

                   Trait 6:  Evaluation                    

                   Assessment – Fiction "" 

                   Assessment – Nonfiction "Inventions by Accident"          

 

Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS): November__TBA_____


Quarter    Reading                          Vocabulary

3               Book Log/ 600 pgs.                       Word Wisdom - Weekly

                   Fiction Texts

                   Nonfiction Texts                           

                   Poetry Unit                                     Poetry terms

                   Symbolism Test

                   All 6 Traits

                   Assessment – Fiction                   

                   Assessment – Nonfiction

 

 

 Quarter     Reading             Vocabulary

4                 Book Log/ 600 pgs.                      Word Wisdom - Weekly 

                   Fiction Texts

                   Nonfiction Texts                           

                   Novel – Z for Zachariah or

                   Novel – The Outsiders

                   6 Traits

                   Poetry &/or Drama Texts            Portfolio Entries

                   Assessment – Fiction                    Final Assessment of 8th

                   Assessment – Nonfiction                 grade terms

 

     **Reading Assessment – Stanford Diagnostic Test**                  

 

 

 

 

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