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Back to School Prep Week
Grades 7 – 8
9:00 - 12:00
Back to School Prep Week for Shelton students entering 7th or 8th grade is a three-hour class taught by trained Shelton
teachers. The student-teacher ratio will be a maximum of 8:1.
Reading Comprehension: includes direct instruction in comprehension strategies, such as following directions, getting
the facts, detecting sequences, using context, getting the main idea, drawing conclusions, making predictions, creating
imagery, as well as questioning, annotating and highlighting pertinent text while reading, review and practice novel
coding.
Writing: will review, practice and guide students through the process of paragraph writing from brainstorming to the
final product.
Math: will review and drill the concepts of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of whole numbers, fractions,
and decimals in preparation for school in August.
ACT Prep Class during Back to School Prep Week
Grades 10 – 12
9:00 - 12:00
Prerequisites: Algebra I and Geometry
Getting ready for the ACT? This two-hour class is designed to help students prepare for the ACT college entrance exam
and will include review and practice for concepts and topics covered on the ACT exam. Students will learn strategies for
taking the exam, take a practice exam, and analyze their answers with the guidance of the teachers. This class includes
one teacher for the math portion and one for the verbal portion.
