Charlene Kupersmith, 6th grade (Pegasus) ckupersmithprt@olatheschools.com Website
Patty Zabloudil , 6th grade (Orion) pzabloudilprt@olatheschools.com Website
Deb Jaeger, 7th grade (Glacier) djaegerprt@olatheschools.com Website
Tammi Landis, 7th grade (Tundra) tlandisprt@olatheschools.com Calendar
Melinda Keil, 8th grade (Patriot) mkeilprt@olatheschools.com Website
Amber Smith, 8th grade (Liberty) asmithprt@olatheschools.com Website
Angie Gill, 8th grade (Freedom) agillprt@olatheschools.com Website
Stephanie Braden, READ 180 sbradenprt@olatheschools.com
Patty Partridge, Reading ppartridgeprt@olatheschools.com

 

Language Arts Curriculum

6th Grade	7th Grade	8th Grade
Language Arts 6 (1.0)	Language Arts 7 (1.0)	Language Arts 8 (1.0)
Reading Seminar 6 (.5)	Reading Seminar 7 (.5)	Reading Seminar 8 (.5)
Reading 6 (READ 180) (.5 or 1.0)	Reading 7 (READ 180) (.5 or 1.0)	Reading 8 (READ 180) (.5 or 1.0)

 

LANGUAGE ARTS COURSES

Language Arts 6- This course is the beginning of the secondary language arts program. This course includes the study of literature, reading comprehension skills, composition, the writing process, vocabulary, spelling, grammar, and other communication skills.

Reading Seminar 6- This inquiry-based course will focus on content-area reading support as well as immerse students in reading experiences of interest that will meet their comprehension and vocabulary needs. Throughout their reading, students will engage with others through discussion, make connections through writing, and self-reflect on their own skills and strategies.

Reading 6 (READ 180)- This course offeres intensive instruction to improve basic reading skills in term of fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary, based on individual student needs. Students will also choose reading materical based on interest and reading level.

Language Arts 7- The course includes the study of literature, reading comprehension skills, composition, the writing process, vocabulary, spelling, grammar, and other communication skills.

Reading Seminar 7- This inquiry-based course will immerse students in reading experiences of interest that will meet their comprehension needs. Throughout their reading, students will engage with others through discussion, make connections through wirting, and self-reflect on their own skills and strategies. Continued content-area reading support will be provided.

Reading 7 (READ 180)- This course offeres intensive instruction to improve basic reading skills in term of fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary, based on individual student needs. Students will also choose reading materical based on interest and reading level.

Language Arts 8- The course includes the study of literature, reading comprehension skills, composition, the writing process, vocabulary, spelling, grammar, and other communication skills. Emphasis is on correlating language arts instruction to the social studies curriculum.

Reading Seminar 8- This inquiry-based course immerses students in reading experiences of interest that will meet their comprehension and vocabulary needs. Throughout their reading, students will engage with others through discussion, make connections through wirting, and self-reflect on their own skills and strategies. Students pursue an area of interest to explore and then create and present a portfolio of learning. Continued content-area reading support will be provided.

Reading 8 (READ 180)- This course offeres intensive instruction to improve basic reading skills in term of fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary, based on individual student needs. Students will also choose reading materical based on interest and reading level.

 

Exciting things happening in the classroom...

Team Tundra students created prefix/suffix/root posters for a display in class to help them learn them all!