Grades 6-8

Learning Targets:

• Students will apply independent fix-it strategies to new/unknown words.
• Students will use context clues to determine the meaning of new/unknown words using word parts, sounds, context, and a dictionary.

Learning Targets:

• Students will acquire active listening skills.
• Students will use active listening.
• Students will apply active listening skills to a discussion about the text.
• Students will rate their own listening skills using the Good Listening Rubric.

Learning Targets:

• Students will know how to identify distractors when surfing on the Internet.
• Students will apply knowledge of distractors to timing when reading digital print.
• Students will increase digital reading comprehension and memory by avoiding distractors.

Learning Targets:

• Students will make predictions about a chunk of text.
• Students will read a chunk of text independently and annotate the main ideas onto a main idea chart.
• Students will note and combine the main ideas of a text.
• Students will write details about the main ideas using evidence from the text and place into a comprehensive writing piece.

Learning Targets:

• Students will apply independent decision-making to develop time and attention for the internet.
• Students will effectively use multiple applications on the World Wide Web.

Learning Targets:

• Students will develop fix-up strategies to apply to new/unknown words.
• Students will use context clues to understand new/unknown words.
• Students will apply knowledge of roots, prefixes, and suffixes to determine the meaning of new/unknown words.

Learning Targets:

• Students will apply dual language strategies when reading digital print.
• Students will comprehend and synthesize printed and digital information.

Learning Targets:

• Students will navigate the World Wide Web successfully and efficiently.
• Students will apply knowledge of the conventions and concepts of digital print.

Learning Targets:

• Students will independently drive an informational quest to synthesize information read independently.
• Students will form a conclusion of their own.
• Students will think broadly about the text and apply alternative text approaches using character substitution or character perspective.

Learning Targets:

• Students will summarize information after an independent read of text.
• Students will apply new information to their own lives and articulate its relevancy to the text.

Learning Targets:

• Students will highlight and annotate information pertinent to the main idea of the text.
• Students will articulate the main idea of a text by analyzing and synthesizing highlighted and annotated sections.

Learning Targets:

• Students will infer information from a text.
• Students will gather and evaluate evidence from a text.
• Students will draw logical conclusions using evidence gathered.
• Students will apply a questioning process to make evidence-based conclusions.

Learning Targets:

• Students will understand how to complete a KWL form after reading a short selection of text.
• Students will apply a KWL strategy to a reading selection.

Learning Targets:

• Students will combine sentences to strengthen their message.
• Students will apply knowledge of grammar to properly compose and combine sentences.

Learning Targets:

• Students will organize information into a literature web.
• Students will make predictions about an upcoming reading.
• Students will identify main idea.
• Students will identify chronological order of events.

Learning Targets:

• Students will apply understanding of web navigation to decipher credible from non-credible information to conduct research.
• Students will incorporate credible information into their research.

Learning Targets:

• Students will time themselves when reading online print.
• Students will make effective decisions when researching.
• Students will scan and surf the internet efficiently and successfully.

Learning Targets:

• Students will apply fix-it strategies to new words.
• Students will apply metacognitive strategies to what they already know about new words.
• Students will rate themselves as new word learners.

Learning Targets:

• Students will make predictions before reading.
• After reading students will determine whether their predictions and anticipations were true or false.
• Students will use an Anticipation Guide to record predictions and anticipations.

Learning Targets:

• Students will highlight and annotate information pertinent to the main idea of the text.
• Students will articulate the main idea of a text by analyzing and synthesizing highlighted and annotated sections.