Curriculum & Instruction Resource Page
by Anne-Marie Foret
Curriculum & Instruction
Resource Links
| Grade Level | Novel Selections |
| 6th Grade Theme: Fitting In And Standing Out! |
Summer Reading- Summer of Secrets – Paul Langan - Reading Level – 4.1 AR Points – 4 points Classroom Novels – 1. Loser – Jerry Spinelli Reading Level – 4.3 AR Points – 5 points 2. Maniac Magee – Jerry Spinelli Reading Level - 4.7 AR Points – 5 points |
| 7th Grade Theme for the Seventh Grade Language Arts Curriculum is Tolerance. |
Summer Reading The Gun Paul Langan AR Grade Level - 4.7 AR points - 3.0 Classroom Novels 1. The Outsiders S.E. Hinton AR Grade Level – 6.7 AR Points – 8.0 The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1963 Christopher Paul Curtis AR Grade Level – 6.0 AR Points - 8 2. Freak the Mighty Rodman Philbrick AR Grade Level – 5.5 AR points – 5.0 3. Slam! Walter Dean Myers AR Grade Level – 4.5 AR points – 8.0
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| 8th Grade Due to the transition that occurs at the end of the eighth grade, the students/class will have two distinct themes for the 2008 – 2009 school year. The Pre-ISAT theme will be Justice and the Post-ISAT theme will be Change. |
Summer Reading Blood is Thicker Bluford Series AR Grade Level – 4.8 AR Points – 4.0 Classroom Novels 1. Monster Walter Dean Myers AR Grade Level -5.1 AR Points – 5.0 2. Animal Farm George Orwell AR Reading Level – 7.3 AR Points – 5.0 3. Malcolm X, By Any Means Necessary Walter Dean Myers AR Reading Level – 6.0 AR Points - .5 4. Who Moved my Cheese? Spencer Johnson AR Reading Level – 5.5 AR Points – 2.0
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- Brain Pop*
- Ed Helper*
- Renaissance Place*
- Illinois Learning Standards
- Read Write Think
- Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
- Guide to Grammar and Writing
- Plagiarism.org
- Education World
- Carol Hurst's Book Reviews
- Doucette Library of Teaching Resources
- Literacy Planning Resources
- National Science Teacher Association - Resources
- Teachers Network- Technology Integration
* Please see Mrs. Foret for logins and passwords to these sites.
