Reading syllabus
Kino Jr. High School
Ms. Franco
Room number 57
Phone Number: 480 472 2503
Teacher of 7th/8th Grade Reading
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MAJOR AREAS OF STUDY
PHONEMIC AWARENESS AND PHONICS
o Close, open, final silent “e”, r-controlled, stressed and
unstressed Syllables.
o Multisyllable words
o Long, short vowel sounds
WORD RECOGNITION AND SPELLING
o Read and spell words composed of closed, open, r-controlled
syllables, multisyllable words, “y” as a vowel, and silent “e”.
o Read words with shifting stress patterns.
o Read and spell words with prefixes.
o Read and spell contractions with am, is, and are.
VOCABULARY AND MORPHOLOGY
o Unit vocabulary words
o Antonyms, synonyms, homophones, analogies, and word
attributes
o Compound words
o Prefixes
o Adjectives
GRAMMAR AND USAGE
o “Be” as helping verb
o Normative and object pronouns
o Direct object
o Nouns, verbs, and adjectives
o Prepositions and prepositional phrases
o Complete subject and complete predicate
o Compound subject/predicate
o Conjunction
o “have” as a main or helping verb
o Compound direct object
o Adverbs
o Irregular verbs
 LISTENING AND READING COMPREHENSION
o Context-based strategies
o Signal words
o Transitional words
o Topic, main ideas and details
o Fact and opinion
o Inference
o Cause and effect
 SPEAKING AND WRITING
o Organize main idea and details for writing
o Signal words
o Transition words
o Outline for writing a summary paragraph
o Classification
o Topic sentence
o Conclusion sentence
 Reading for one hour is your child’s daily Home Work.
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The
more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”
By Dr. Seuss