What We're Learning
Academic English 7 supports students who are working to improve their reading abilities and/or fluency in the English language. The district provides HMH Read 180 and System 44 curriculum for all students, as well as Rosetta Stone, for students who are just beginnng to learn English.
Our class begins with a community circle and then we break into station-rotation blended learning. This means that we participate in a whole-group lesson and then break into three stations: small group instruction with the teacher, independent reading, and student application time. We spend approximately thirty minutes in each station twice a week. On Fridays, we have a class meeting and participate in Step Up to Writing Lessons.
Additionally, we read novels checked out from the library, record Book Talks to post on YouTube, write monthly letters documenting our learning, and take turns posting to our class's social media accounts.
This is all possible because we have one-to-one Chromebooks and use GSuite, formerly known as Google Apps for Education accounts.
Our class begins with a community circle and then we break into station-rotation blended learning. This means that we participate in a whole-group lesson and then break into three stations: small group instruction with the teacher, independent reading, and student application time. We spend approximately thirty minutes in each station twice a week. On Fridays, we have a class meeting and participate in Step Up to Writing Lessons.
Additionally, we read novels checked out from the library, record Book Talks to post on YouTube, write monthly letters documenting our learning, and take turns posting to our class's social media accounts.
This is all possible because we have one-to-one Chromebooks and use GSuite, formerly known as Google Apps for Education accounts.