Index of Skills and Subjects, 2010-2011

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ACTION SKILLS INDEX FOR 2010-2011

• Fluency
  
• Map, Charts, or Graphs
  
• Practical Literacy
  
• Reading Comprehension
  
• Subject Index
  
• Vocabulary
  
• Writing

Chunking
Flipped • September 20, 2010 • page 6 

Practice Difficult Vocabulary
Iron Man 2 • October 4, 2010 • page 6

Read With Feeling
Avatar • September 6, 2010 • page 6

Capital Letters
Using Capital Letters • Teaching Guide Lesson Plan • September 20, 2010 • page T4

Creating a Bar Graph
Graph It • September 6, 2010 • Online Skills Activity Page

Reading a Bar Graph
Texting Teens • September 6, 2010 • page 19

Reading Pie Graphs
Time for Gym! • Lexile 610 • October 4, 2010 • page 19

Reading a Map
Skeletons on Parade • Lexile 780 • September 20, 2010 • page 19 

Calculating Sale Prices
Shop Smart • October 4, 2010 • page 22

Making a Budget
Your Best Budget • September 6, 2010 • page 22

Making a Schedule
It's About Time! Your After-School Schedule • September 20, 2010 • page 22 

Analyzing Character
Character Counts • September 20, 2010 • page T7 

Cause and Effect
What Made That Happen? • September 6, 2010 • page T7

Character Traits
They've Got Character • October 4, 2010 • page 11

Compare and Contrast
Two Holidays • September 20, 2010 • page T8 

Fact vs. Opinion
The Facts About LeBron • September 6, 2010 • Online Skills Activity Page
The Real Deal • October 4, 2010 • Online Skills Activity Page
No Teens Allowed • Lexile 790 • September 6, 2010 • page 20

Main Idea and Supporting Details
Back It Up • September 6, 2010 • page T8
The Big Idea • September 20, 2010 • Online Skills Activity Page
Get the Idea? • September 20, 2010 • page 11
Making a Main Idea Graphic Organizer • Teaching Guide Lesson Plan • September 20, 2010 • page T3

Myths vs. Facts
Teaching Guide Lesson Plan • October 4, 2010 • p. T4

Reading Comp Test Prep (Quiz with Bubbles)
About Your Health... • October 4, 2010 • Online Skills Activity Page
All About "Day of the Dead" • September 20, 2010 • Online Skills Activity Page
All About “Texting Can Kill” • September 6, 2010 • Online Skills Activity Page
"My Dad's Away at War" • September 20, 2010 • page 15
On Drugs at 13 • Lexile 520 • September 6, 2010 • page 15
Skating Blind • Lexile 620 • October 4, 2010 • page 15
Sweet Fifteen • September 20, 2010 • Online Skills Activity Page
Test Your Knowledge of Iron Man 2 • October 4, 2010 • Online Skills Activity Page

Sequence of Events
Sum It Up • September 6, 2010 • Online Skills Activity Page

Summarizing
Out of Order • September 6, 2010 • page 11

Taking Notes
What Do You Know? • September 20, 2010 • Online Skills Activity Page 

Understanding Text Features
Teaching Guide Lesson Plan • September 6, 2010 • page T3

Compound Words
6 Secrets About Tony Hawk • Lexile 640 • October 4, 2010 • page 4
Build a Word • October 4, 2010 • page T6
Compound Words • October 4, 2010 • Online Skills Activity Page

Contractions
Lessons from LeBron • Lexile 610 • September 6, 2010 • page 4
Put it Together • September 6, 2010 • page T6

Plurals
Make it More • September 20, 2010 • page T6

Plurals and Possessives
6 Secrets About America Ferrera • Lexile 580 • September 20, 2010 • page 4

Vocabulary Words in Context
Gwynneth Paltrow • October 4, 2010 • page 24
Zoë Saldana • September 6, 2010 • page 24
Mario Lopez • September 20, 2010 • page 24

Vocabulary Review (Quiz with Bubbles)
Match the Meaning • September 6, 2010 • Online Skills Activity Page
Match the Meaning • September 20, 2010 • Online Skills Activity Page
Match the Meaning • October 4, 2010 • Online Skills Activity Page

Autobiography
Write Your Own Autobiographical Facts • Teaching Guide Lesson Plan • September 20, 2010 • page T2 

Fact vs. Opinion
Know the Facts • Lexile 790 • September 6, 2010 • page 21

Persuasive Writing
Make Your Point • Lexile 860 • September 20, 2010 • page 21
Teaching Guide Lesson Plan • September 6, 2010 • page T4

Taking Notes
About Your Health • October 4, 2010 • page T8

Writing Headlines
Teaching Guide Lesson Plan • October 4, 2010 • page T3

Writing Interview Questions
Teaching Guide Lesson Plan • October 4, 2010 • page T4

Writing a Letter
Write to Tony Hawk • October 4, 2010 • page T7

Writing Quotations
Teaching Guide Lesson Plan • September 6, 2010 • page T2

SUBJECT INDEX FOR SCHOLASTIC ACTION STUDENT EDITION, 2010-2011

A
America Ferrara • September 20, 2010 • p. 4
Avatar movie (readers theater play) • September 6, 2010 •  p. 6

B
"Best Buddies" • September 20, 2010 • p. 2
“Bubble Gum Art” • September 6, 2010 •  p. 3
Budgets (real-life reading, “Your Best Budget”) • September 6, 2010 •  p. 22

C
"Coconut Squirrels" • October 4, 2010 • p. 3

D
Day of the Dead • September 20, 2010 • p. 16
Drug abuse (teen spotlight, “On Drugs at 13”) • September 6, 2010 •  p. 12

F
Flipped play • September 20, 2010 • p. 6

G
Gwynneth Paltrow, • October 4, 2010 • p. 24

H
Health Myths and Facts ("Blot Your Pizza (and other fitness tips)") • October 4, 2010 • p.16

I
Iron Man 2 play • October 4, 2010 • p.6

K
"Kicked off Facebook" (debate) • September 20, 2010 • p. 20

L
LeBron James (celebrity scoop, “Lessons from LeBron”) • September 6, 2010 •  p. 4

M
Making a Schedule • September 20, 2010 • p. 22
Mall curfews for teens (debate, "No Teens Allowed") • September 6, 2010 • p. 20
Mario Lopez • September 20, 2010 • p. 24
"My Dad's Away at War" • September 20, 2010 • p. 12

O
Owl skateboarding ("What a Hoot") • October 4, 2010 • p. 3

P
Poetry (“Dream Poetry Contest”) • September 6, 2010 •  p. 3

S
Sale Prices ("Shop Smart") • October 4, 2010 • p. 22
"Skating Blind" (Teen spotlight) • October 4, 2010 • p.12
“Skydiving Dog” • September 6, 2010 •  p. 2

T
"Teen Eco-Car" • September 20, 2010 • p. 3
Texting and driving (current events, "Texting Can Kill") • September 6, 2010 • p. 16
Tony Hawk ("6 Secrets About Tony Hawk") • October 4, 2010 • p. 4
Tony Hawk ("Letter from Tony") • October 4, 2010 • p. 2

W
"Worm Pizza" • September 20, 2010 • p. 3

Z
Zoë Saldana (vocabulary puzzle) • September 6, 2010 •  p. 24