September 2003     Vol.4 Issue 9

Suggested lesson plan for "Local
Challenger website opens this month"

Possible hard words: Proper names: Tasmyn Front, McCluer South-Berkeley High School, Paducah, KY.
Other words: priorities, organizations, memorial, reservations, capacity, curriculum

BEFORE READING: Ask the young reader to read the list of possible hard words with you providing any help where needed. Then ask him or her to read the short article aloud to you and be ready to discuss it afterward.

DURING READING: Supply and words fairly quickly that seem to be disrupting fluency.

AFTER READING: Use questions to check understanding and to stimulate a discussion of the article. Some examples follow.

1. How can you get a detailed preview of activities at the Challenger Learning Center before it opens?
2. How and why did these various Learning Centers come about?
3. Why does it appear that early reservations to visit the St. Louis Center would be a good idea?
4. Would you like to go to the Center with your classmates? Why or why not?