1. Welcome TJMS Families Back-to-School Night Ms. Lopez
7th Grade Penguin Team

2. A little about me…
I am a Special Education teacher with 9 years of classroom teaching experience. This is my third year with Thomas Jefferson. Prior to teaching I worked as an ABA instructor for five years and special education classroom assistant for five years. Helping students grow to their fullest potential is my passion.

3. What self-contained reading class is...
The reading curriculum is designed to improve reading performance.
This course is a self-contained special education reading class taught by a special education teacher.
Class placement is determined by student need through reading assessments and IEP goals.
This reading program focuses on: comprehension, vocabulary, decoding and fluency.
What self-contained reading class is...

4. Methods and Programs used...
These reading programs focus on: comprehension, vocabulary, decoding and fluency
Orton Gillingham (OG) methodology is an explicit multisensory research based structured language approach for teaching reading and spelling
OG breaks reading and spelling down into smaller skills involving letters and sounds
Leveled Literacy Intervention (LLI) provides fast paced, daily, small-group instruction
LLI is a series of systematically designed lessons and original, engaging leveled books sequenced to build a reading vocabulary of high frequency words and lessons provide explicit instruction on comprehension
Methods and Programs used...

5. Instruction and Comprehension
Students are given explicit instruction in reading comprehension strategies: including the reading process, and guided practice in applying them
Through instruction and practice students become more effective readers of fiction and nonfiction text
Students will be expected to keep an interactive notebook with comprehension activities on given reading material
Instruction and Comprehension

6. Class Expectations Class Expectations: Interactive Notebook:
Arrive in class prepared with an independent reading book, pencil, binder and iPad (fully charged)
Follow teacher instructions
Give their very best effort on all their work
Treat classmates with kindness and respect
Participate actively, ask questions, and self-advocate
Interactive Notebook:
 Students will keep an interactive notebook in class
This will count as 25% of their summative grade
Class Expectations

7. Grading *grades will be posted in StudentVue or ParentVue by Fridays
Grading *grades will be posted in StudentVue or ParentVue by Fridays
Grading Scale: Per APS policy: Grades reflect student achievement, not behavior
In this course, students will be graded using the terms:
O (outstanding) 85% and above,
S (satisfactory) 70 – 85%,
U (unsatisfactory) below 70%,
to communicate student achievement
Formative Assessments
For “Practice”
Summative Assessment
To show Mastery
Weight toward grade
50%
Reading Log 10%
Class work 25%
Homework 15%
Projects 15%
Interactive Notebook 25%
Performance Assessments 10%
Late Work
Policy
Assignments are accepted through the end of the unit

8. Email is the best way to contact me at kelly.lopez@apsva.us
School phone number (703)
How to contact me…