• Students will be graded on the following grading scale.

• Students will need help from parents to complete some of the assignments
• Students are required to complete a make up assignment in place of a lab if absent on a lab day, otherwise the student is expected to turn in the work missed one week following the date of absence.  Anything not turned in withing a week from the absence will result in yiour child being asked to come in during lunch or after school to finish.
• Students will be required to redo an assignment that he/she may have failed.  For each area that originally was awarded a point and answered correctly after the redo, allows the student to receive half credit for that question.  The grade WILL take into account your child's specific abilities and he/she will not be downgraded because of ability.

• Students will be graded on the following grading scale.

• Students will need help from parents to complete some of the assignments
• Students are required to complete a make up assignment in place of a lab if absent on a lab day, otherwise the student is expected to turn in the work missed one week following the date of absence.  Anything not turned in withing a week from the absence will result in yiour child being asked to come in during lunch or after school to finish.
• Students will be required to redo an assignment that he/she may have failed.  For each area that originally was awarded a point and answered correctly after the redo, allows the student to receive half credit for that question.  The grade WILL take into account your child's specific abilities and he/she will not be downgraded because of ability.

READ 180 SYLLABUS

3rd Block
11:22-12:05
12:35-1:22

Reading Content/Genres:

Combat Zone

• Literature
• Short Story
• Poetry

 When Music Offends

• Life Issues Nonfiction
• Current Topic
• Mass Media

        In the Money

• Life Issues Nonfiction
• Current Topic
• Mass Media

        Amigo Brothers

• Literature
• Short Story

        Your Brain Exposed

• Science Nonfiction
• Mass Media

        Crime, Punishment…and Teens

• Life Issues Nonfiction
• Current Topic
• Mass Media

        The Front Lines of Justice

• Nonfiction and Literature
• Historical Documents
• Poetry

Reading Skills:

Text Structure

• Identify Main Idea
• Recognize Supporting Details
• Sequence events accurately

Reading Strategies

• Develop Graphic Organizers
• Participate in Modeled Reading
• Practice Oral Reading

Vocabulary Development

• Utilize Individualized software programming at student’s lexile level.

Literary Devices

• Determine Problem/Solution Relationships
• Read Graphs
• Determine Cause and Effect Relationships

Word Recognition

• Utilize Individualized software programming at student’s lexile level.

Writing Topics/Genres

Expository Paragraph

• Use appropriate writing conventions
• Include a Main Idea Sentence
• Organize supporting details

Narrative Paragraph

• Use appropriate writing conventions
• Include a Main Idea Sentence
• Organize supporting details

Summary Paragraph

• Practice use of appropriate writing conventions
• Include appropriate connecting words
• Organize support details

Compare/ Contrast Paragraph

• Organize supporting details
• Present position on the topic
• Practice use of appropriate writing conventions

Writing Skills

Connecting Words

• Organize chosen words
• Use a variety of connecting words
• Use writing conventions accurately

Content/Composition

• Include only relative information
• Use writing conventions accurately
• Essential Learning 3

 Summarizing

• Organize main points
• Include only relative information
• Use writing conventions accurately

Literature Review

•  Read/Discuss Fiction
• Read/Discuss Nonfiction
• Read/Discuss Mass Media

Grammar/Spelling

Prefixes /Suffixes

• Identify prefixes/suffixes
• Define 10 common prefixes/suffixes
• Attach 10 common prefixes/suffixes to appropriate root words

 Homophones

• Define and then generate list of troublesome homophones
• Select correct homophones
• Spell homophones correctly

Antonyms/Synonyms

• Pair antonyms/synonyms when given a word bank
• Generate list of synonyms/antonyms
• Apply knowledge of synonyms/antonyms to decode vocabulary

Mechanics

• Apply Correct Capitalization Rules
• Apply Correct Punctuation Rules
• Use Subject/Verb Agreement in Sentences

Listening/Speaking

Demonstration Speech

• Present steps in logical order
• Speak in front of a group
• Pace presentation appropriately

Power Point

• Organize information on slides
• Present information to group
• Document sources

Persuasive Speech

• Introduce topic to group
• Provide supporting details
  • Summarize position in conclusion

Common Assessments: 

• Scholastic Reading Inventory
• Scholastic Reading Counts Quizzes
• rSkills  Tests

EXPECTATIONS:

Students are expected to be honest, respectful, mature, and attentive.  Simply, they need to act like young adults.

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Read 180 is a program focused on improving the student’s reading comprehension, reading fluency, vocabulary and writing skills.  The program meets daily for a 95-minute block.   

1. The class is divided into four sections, 20 minutes a piece.
2. Class begins with approximately 20 minutes of large group instruction. 
3. Groups of students then rotate through three stations in twenty-minute blocks. 
4. The stations are small group instruction, silent reading, and a computer-based, individualized reading program that READ 180 was founded upon.
5. Last few minutes of class are generally used for review.

*For the silent reading portion students are to pick a book from the Read 180 library unless they have read them, then they are able to pick a book from the library appropriate for their reading level and complete an independent reading portfolio.  It is expected that a student complete at least two books in a semester.  The books must be approved by instructor.

ATTENDANCE POLICY:

Students are expected to be to class on time.  On time constitutes in their seats as the bell is ringing.  Students are required to make-up homework when they are absent.  See student handbook for details.

LATE/MISSING ASSIGNMENTS:

Students will be given time according to their IEP to finish work if need be.  Normal assignment due dates rarely occur due to the students individual needs.

TEXT/MATERIALS:

Students will be using the READ 180 workbook as their guide for large group instruction.  Supplemental grammar and reading comprehension materials will also be used at the teacher’s discretion. 

• Students are required to bring a pencil or pen.
• Students will be provided with a folder to keep worksheets in.
• Students will be provided with an in-class library to choose their books from for silent reading time.

COURSE SCHEDULE:

The course schedule is subject to change.  This is only a basic outline of the materials that will be covered.

• Students will be graded on the following grading scale.

• Students will need help from parents to complete some of the assignments
• Students are required to complete a make up assignment in place of a lab if absent on a lab day, otherwise the student is responsible to turn in the work missed one week following the date of absence. Anything not turned in within a week from the absence will result in lyour child being asked to come in during lunch or after school to finish.
• Students who miss on a lab day in which they are to go out in the community will not be paid in Career dollars because an alternative assignment will be completed instead. Career dollars will build their mock paycheck that will help them pay for mock expenses and allow them to purchase items beyond their mock expenses.
• Students will be required to redo an assignment that he/she may have failed. For each area that originally was awarded a point and answered correctly after the redo allows the student to receive half credit for that question.  The grade WILL take into account your child's specific abilities and he/she wil lnot be downgraded because of ability.