Pat, I have had at least one Reading Intervention class for the past two years, and this year I will be having two. The first year I really floundered.....tried to make it "fun" and do some novels, etc. That did not work at all. So last year I tried to make a routine that would make the kids feel safe, but not punished. I did a vocabulary activity (including a SHORT worksheet , modeling state questions) on Monday, some short text from magazines on Tuesday, some extended response questions on Wednesday, and some personal responses to articles (including compare/contrast, questioning visualizing, connecting) on Thursday. If everyone was there every day, and tried to complete the work, on Friday I gave them a day to play chess, scrabble, or do jigsaw puzzles. These activities are excellent for concentration and problem solving. I had a very successful year with the kids, and all but one passed the Ohio State Reading Achievement Test. When I use short text, I often use magazines from Scholastic. Hope this helps. Janet...Ohio 8th Grade Reading -------Original Message------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 8/8/2007 4:23:50 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [LIT] Struggling MIddle School Readers I just received my schedule for the next school year. I will have three 8th grade AIS (academic intervention services) classes. These students are the lowest regular ed readers on the grade level. Class size will be kept small. These kids will be missing some of the more fun classes (technology, art etc) to take this reading course. I would love to hear how other middle school teachers would work with this group. Pat - NY ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org
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