7th Grade Reading

Achieve 3000

• We completed the LevelSet Assessment to determine initial Lexile Level

• Weekly Homework Assignment:

  • Complete one student choice Article and Activity each week

  • Goal is to earn 75% or better on the first attempt at answering the questions

Phonics

• We are working in small groups on targeted phonics skills using Phonics For Reading and REWARDS 

• We are recording ourselves reading passages in the app SeeSaw to document our Fluency growth.

Reading:

Short Story Format-  Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling

• We will be reading/listening to the short story from the 7th grade literature book

• Learning Objectives:

  • Students will complete a Plot Diagram

  • Students will identify the different types of Conflict in the story

  • Students will identify the figurative language in the story.  

Achieve 3000

• We are continuing to complete one student choice Article and Activity each week for homework.

Phonics:

• We are continuing to build our phonics and fluency skills

Reading:

Short Story Format-  Suspense 

• We will be reading/listening to short stories:  Three Skeleton Key and The Elevator

• Learning Objectives:

  • Students will identify the ways the author adds suspense to a story including through the setting, plot and characters.  

  • Students will complete a  plot diagram.

  • Students will identify the different types of Conflict in the story

  • Students will identify the figurative language in the story.  

Achieve 3000

• We are continuing to complete one student choice Article and Activity each week for homework.

Phonics:

• We are continuing to build our phonics and fluency skills

Reading:

Short Story Format-  Suspense 

• We will be reading/listening to teledrama:  The Monsters are Due on Maple Street

• Learning Objectives:

  • Students will identify the ways the author adds suspense to a story including through the setting, plot and characters.  

  • Students will complete a  plot diagram.

  • Students will identify the different types of Conflict in the story

  • Students will identify the figurative language in the story.  

Achieve 3000

• We are continuing to complete one student choice Article and Activity each week for homework.

Phonics:

• We are continuing to build our phonics and fluency skills

Reading:

Non-fiction Format- Text Structures

• We will learn the five common types of text structures:  descriptive, sequence, compare & contrast, problem/solution and cause & effect.  

• We will use graphic organizers to improve our reading comprehension of passages written using the structures: descriptive, compare & contrast and sequence.  

Figurative Language

• During remote weeks, we will learn the basic types of figurative language: simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration, allusion, onomatopoeia, and idiom.  

  • • We  will identify figurative language in stories

    • We will analyze the meaning in the stories

Achieve 3000

• We are continuing to complete one student choice Article and Activity each week for homework.

Phonics:

• We are continuing to build our phonics and fluency skills

Reading:

Non-fiction Format- Text Structures

• We will learn the five common types of text structures:  descriptive, sequence, compare & contrast, problem/solution and cause & effect.  

• We will use graphic organizers to improve our reading comprehension of passages written using the structures: compare & contrast, sequence, problem/solution and cause & effect.  

Achieve 3000

• We are continuing to complete one student choice Article and Activity each week for homework.

Phonics:

• We are continuing to build our phonics and fluency skills 

Mrs. Cimaglio

michelle.cimaglio@mcsd.org

970-249-2581 ext. 4158