The Discovery program consists of three rotations. Each rotation is for twelve weeks. Students will spend time in Readers Workshop, Math Enrichment, and Project Alert. Click on the icons below to read about these Discovery programs.
Readers Workshop Math Enrichment Project Alert.
One twelve-week rotation in Discovery is Readers Workshop. During this time, students will learn new strategies for reading different kinds of materials: textbooks, tests, novels, poetry, essays, magazines and nonfiction books. Students will experience new books that are appropriate to their individual reading levels.
The Readers' Workshop will be divided into 20-minute segments of Informal
Reading Instruction and Formal Reading Instruction. Mini-lessons
will be used in the areas of "Management", "Strategy",
and "Formal Reading Lessons".
Examples of "Management" mini-lessons are: book-tasting, rules
and routines for Readers' Workshop, keeping a reading log, abandoning
books, and book-talks.
Examples of "Strategy" mini-lessons are: why good readers have
a plan when they read, what to do when you encounter a work you do not
know, finding known word parts or roots, point of view of the text, how
an author captures a reader's attention, and personal connections to the
text.
Examples of "Formal Reading Lessons" are: reading assessment
(SRI), organization, time management, main idea of nonfiction, main idea
of fiction, library research, technology, summarization, graphic organizers,
reading maps and reference material, and post reading assessments.
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Project Alert and Computer Technology
(PACT)
In this class students will be covering the seventh grade drug awareness curriculum. Combined with drug awareness, the class will be learning technology. Students will become more proficient in typing, word processing, spread sheets, databases, internet research, and multimedia presentations.