Tonight’s PowerPoint can be found in Google Classroom AND my class website. *

I love the outdoors & running! Ms. Watkins JMU 4th Year @ JML I love the outdoors & running! I love reading!

Goals: To encourage students to be lifelong readers To develop critical reading skills Means: Book Clubs Mentor Texts Independent Reading One-on-One Conferences

Editing: Reader Response Journals Analytical Writing: Theme Quarter 1 Building Fluency: Writing Notebooks Writing Process: Narrative Non-Fiction—Biography Editing: Reader Response Journals Analytical Writing: Theme

Independent Reading: 30 Minutes Every Day Enrichment Activities Writing Contests NanoWriMo: www.nanowrimo.org Spelling Bee Practice: www.myspellit.com Vocabulary Practice: www.freerice.com Grammar Practice: www.chompchomp.com

Formative Assessment Daily assessments are used to determine students’ progress toward mastery of learning targets. Formative assessments do not count toward the report card grade.

You may locate summative assessment dates in both Phoenix and Google Classroom. Many summatives are completed in class. If it is not completed in class, then the student is responsible for completing it as homework.

Re-Teaching Students learn at different rates. Our goal as teachers is to make sure that each student masters the skills, even if it takes more than one assessment. 69% or lower on summative assessment: Teacher Directed Reassessment Students are required to attend a re-teach session and re-take.

a) If a student scores an 86% or above on a summative assessment, they are not eligible for a retake. They have shown they understand the content substantially and can move onto the next unit. b) If a student scores between a 70%-85% on a summative, they are eligible for a retake, but the highest they can score on the new summative is an 85%. Optional retakes must be initiated by the student and follow the teacher’s directions for completing a re-teaching session and scheduling the new assessment. Only one retake per summative will be allowed. Reteach/Retest con’t.

Projects & Essays Students will receive teacher feedback throughout the drafting process regarding necessary revisions. Students are expected to incorporate the revisions into their final projects and essays. Therefore, final products that earn a grade 70 or above are not eligible for retakes.

Google Classroom ° Each child has a Google Locker and a Google Classroom account. ° To log into their Google Locker account: Username: student ID @ locker.lcps.org Ex. Larry Lion 864: 12345@locker.lcps.org ° Password: Same as what they use to log onto the school computers. ° From there, they may access Google classroom and don’t forget to check the teacher websites, as well.

Follow us on Twitter! @JMLEnglish7 Our goal: To open communication pathways with parents using available technology. Assignment updates Important Info http://pixabay.com/static/uploads/photo/2013/07/12/15/50/tweeting-150413_640.png

FAQs Where can I find informational papers? Nine week plans, Back to School Night, Syllabus, etc. can be found on my classroom website. Where can I find homework and assignments? Google Classroom

One last thing… Check out your child’s work throughout the room and outside in the hallway! “I AM” Poems were created at the beginning of the school year to get to know each other.