Achieve 3000

Introduction

Achieve 3000 is a proven way for students to improve reading comprehension and lexile level. To become more fluent readers it is recommended that students complete a minimum of 4 articles per month. In order to have the best impact students must complete all 5 steps in articles. To gain lexile growth, you must score 70% or better on first attempt of activities.

Tracking your Lexile level Links to an external site.          First Try Activity Tracker Links to an external site.

Below are vetted articles that correlate to the units of study, I give 6 and have the students pick 4 to complete, if they do more than required possible bonus.

Unit #1 

Show Marks 400 years Since Hudson Set Sail

Colonization: It Must Be Witchcraft

The Lost City

Unit #2

Unit #3

Unit #4

Freedom for All

A Man of Courage
December 1861: At Year's End

Unit #5

On the Go
Our Great Migration
The Annexation

Women Adventurers
Women Who Led the Way

Tesla Back in the Spotlight
Welcome to Great Falls Park!
Where Dreams Were Put on Hold

Unit #6

 In the Trenches - WWI
Remembering WWI - WWI
Hard Times - Great Depression
Getting by in Lean Time - Great Depression
A Park for FDR - Great Depression
They Were Americans - Japanese Internment Camps
Brothers Forever - WWII 
America Says Thank you - Tuskegee Airmen
Reconstruction to Present: Women in WWII (WWII)

Unit #7

Out of this world-Space Race  - Cold War

First Person in Space

This Wall Is History

Vietnam: Fighting Overseas and at Home

How To Change the Constitution

Unit #8

Wanted: More Women in Top Jobs
More Than Just Worry