Course Outline
Study Skills
Teacher: Julie Berglund
Room: 240
Contact Information
[email protected]
320-629-4274
Course Description
Grades 10-12
Students will be enrolled in this class for the entire year, or upon successful completion of the Minnesota State GRAD requirements. Fusion Reading is designed for students in Sr High who have a continued need for development of reading skills and is a two year program. It is a highly structured course designed to teach an array of reading strategies within a scaffolded scope and sequence of instruction, guided and independent practice, feedback, and ongoing assessments for monitoring progress. A major goal of Fusion Reading is to increase student motivation, engagement, and reading outcomes through word recognition skills and linguistic comprehension.
Major Topics Covered
A major goal of Fusion Reading is to increase student motivation, engagement, and reading outcomes. Reading instruction is built upon two primary components: The first is word recognition, consisting of advanced phonics, decoding, word recognition, and fluency skills and strategies. The second is linguistic comprehension, consisting of instructional components designed to enhance students’ skills in making predictions, summarizing, building a strong vocabulary, and using reading strategies to succeed when taking standardized tests.
Learner Outcomes
Students will develop reading skills
Students will learn Literary and Text Elements
Students will read and identify different genres
Students will learn and practice vocabulary skills
Students will enhance their writing skills through different types of writing
Students will learn and use correct grammar
Students will practice and perform listening, speaking, and viewing skills
Standards Covered in Class
The standards covered in class are the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.
Literature
Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text.
Analyze how complex characters develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text.
Analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it and manipulate time create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise..
Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature from outside the Unite States, drawing on a wide reading of world literature.
Analyze multiple interpretations of a story, drama, or poem evaluating how each version interprets the source text.
Read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, with scaffolding as needed.
Informational text
1. Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
2. Determine central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of text.
3. Analyze a complex set of ideas or sequence of events and explain how specific individuals, ideas, or events interact and develop over the course of a text.
4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text.
5. Analyze how an author's ideas or claims are developed and refined by particular sentences, paragraphs, or larger portions of a text (a section or chapter)
6. Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and analyze the author's position on the piece.
7. Evaluate multiple sources of information presented in different media or formats as well as in words in order to address a question or solve a problem.
8. Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant and sufficient.
9. Analyze U.S. Documents of historical and literary significance including how they address related themes and concepts.
MCA-GRAD Test Preparation
Students will review and use the RAPT, Sum it Up, and other reading strategies learned prior to this class and develop new strategies including, The Prediction Strategy, The Summarization Strategy, and the Bridging Strategy.
Students will learn new vocabulary strategies
Students will set individual and group goals for performance
Materials Used in Class
FUSION Reading materials including Novels from the Bluford Series
News Articles from Pine City Pioneer, St. Paul Pioneer Press and Scholastic Magazines
Evaluation:
1. Pass (80% or higher) Fail (79% or below)
2. Classwork, assessments and participation
Reading goals for you are:
Demonstrate independence
Build strong skills
Comprehend as well as critique
Value evidence presented to you as a reader
Use technology and digital media strategically and capably
Classroom Management Plan
Warning to correct the discussed behavior
See the teacher after class
Refocus/Detention
Referral to office and contact home
Tardiness
Verbal reminder and marked in Schoolview
After three tardies, detention will be assigned (every 3 days tardy is counted as 1 day absent)
Materials Needed for Class
Planner-Dragon Handbook
notebook/folder
current novel for book study project
How Parents Can Help
Expect your child to read a book within their lexile at home each day
Encourage your child to read a variety of books, magazines and newspapers at home.
Ask to see your child's Dragon Handbook weekly
Sign up for a Schoolview account and check Schoolview two times a week.
Discuss the importance of school, district and state assessments throughout the year
Review Test Preparation Suggestions for Parents on the PCPS Homepage
Study Skills
Teacher: Julie Berglund
Room: 240
Contact Information
[email protected]
320-629-4274
Course Description
Grades 10-12
Students will be enrolled in this class for the entire year, or upon successful completion of the Minnesota State GRAD requirements. Fusion Reading is designed for students in Sr High who have a continued need for development of reading skills and is a two year program. It is a highly structured course designed to teach an array of reading strategies within a scaffolded scope and sequence of instruction, guided and independent practice, feedback, and ongoing assessments for monitoring progress. A major goal of Fusion Reading is to increase student motivation, engagement, and reading outcomes through word recognition skills and linguistic comprehension.
Major Topics Covered
A major goal of Fusion Reading is to increase student motivation, engagement, and reading outcomes. Reading instruction is built upon two primary components: The first is word recognition, consisting of advanced phonics, decoding, word recognition, and fluency skills and strategies. The second is linguistic comprehension, consisting of instructional components designed to enhance students’ skills in making predictions, summarizing, building a strong vocabulary, and using reading strategies to succeed when taking standardized tests.
Learner Outcomes
Students will develop reading skills
Students will learn Literary and Text Elements
Students will read and identify different genres
Students will learn and practice vocabulary skills
Students will enhance their writing skills through different types of writing
Students will learn and use correct grammar
Students will practice and perform listening, speaking, and viewing skills
Standards Covered in Class
The standards covered in class are the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.
Literature
Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text.
Analyze how complex characters develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text.
Analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it and manipulate time create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise..
Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature from outside the Unite States, drawing on a wide reading of world literature.
Analyze multiple interpretations of a story, drama, or poem evaluating how each version interprets the source text.
Read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, with scaffolding as needed.
Informational text
1. Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
2. Determine central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of text.
3. Analyze a complex set of ideas or sequence of events and explain how specific individuals, ideas, or events interact and develop over the course of a text.
4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text.
5. Analyze how an author's ideas or claims are developed and refined by particular sentences, paragraphs, or larger portions of a text (a section or chapter)
6. Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and analyze the author's position on the piece.
7. Evaluate multiple sources of information presented in different media or formats as well as in words in order to address a question or solve a problem.
8. Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant and sufficient.
9. Analyze U.S. Documents of historical and literary significance including how they address related themes and concepts.
MCA-GRAD Test Preparation
Students will review and use the RAPT, Sum it Up, and other reading strategies learned prior to this class and develop new strategies including, The Prediction Strategy, The Summarization Strategy, and the Bridging Strategy.
Students will learn new vocabulary strategies
Students will set individual and group goals for performance
Materials Used in Class
FUSION Reading materials including Novels from the Bluford Series
News Articles from Pine City Pioneer, St. Paul Pioneer Press and Scholastic Magazines
Evaluation:
1. Pass (80% or higher) Fail (79% or below)
2. Classwork, assessments and participation
Reading goals for you are:
Demonstrate independence
Build strong skills
Comprehend as well as critique
Value evidence presented to you as a reader
Use technology and digital media strategically and capably
Classroom Management Plan
Warning to correct the discussed behavior
See the teacher after class
Refocus/Detention
Referral to office and contact home
Tardiness
Verbal reminder and marked in Schoolview
After three tardies, detention will be assigned (every 3 days tardy is counted as 1 day absent)
Materials Needed for Class
Planner-Dragon Handbook
notebook/folder
current novel for book study project
How Parents Can Help
Expect your child to read a book within their lexile at home each day
Encourage your child to read a variety of books, magazines and newspapers at home.
Ask to see your child's Dragon Handbook weekly
Sign up for a Schoolview account and check Schoolview two times a week.
Discuss the importance of school, district and state assessments throughout the year
Review Test Preparation Suggestions for Parents on the PCPS Homepage