Welcome to our Grade 8 Reading Class Lessons!

To start with, we'll place our lesson syllabus here as we learn each day:

Lessons

Classroom Strategies:

Reading Strategies & Reading Strategy Assignment

What Else Site --

Reading Power

clarify

scuba

ActiveListening

ThinkPairShare

sdqr

Link to download Graphic Organizers:

http://www.educationoasis.com/curriculum/graphic_organizers.htm

Link of explanations of some organizers:

http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/learning/lr1grorg.htm

and

 http://www.writedesignonline.com/organizers/index.html

Ms. Edwards welcomes you to a year of exploring ideas through reading!

Reading is magic!  Let's ZAP some powerful thoughts together! 

ms_edwards@mac.com

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