1. Welcome to Curriculum Night
and the school year
Trish Healy
Language Arts

2. What is the curriculum?
Writing
Reading
Speaking
Listening
Higher level thinking

3. Resources New Resource this year Great Higher Level Thinking options
Consumable – students expected to write in it.
Great Higher Level Thinking options
Wonderful stories, articles, and application assignments
Excited to use it
On-line access – code coming soon!
Theme of the year is Choice
Cost to replace lost book is $82.82

4. How will your child be graded?
Major – 40%
Minor – 30%
Classwork – 25%
Homework – 5%

5. Homework Policy Homework is due the day it is assigned.
Homework not turned in on the due date will receive a grade of 0%

6. It is important to check teacher blogs, especially if your student is absent.
Students should use their Edmodo account to log into their teachers’ blogs

7. STEM for 7th grade Theme: Design with Purpose 7th Grade Capstone
Led by Science - Design Water Filtration systems to save the planet from running out of potable water.
Reading/writing/presentation of choices to be made to solve this problem and consequences of not making the correct choice

8. We encourage your students to ask questions, and we welcome any questions from you ---tonight or any other time.
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9. Remind 101
TO:
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10. Help Sessions:
8:15 Thursday mornings
Language Arts/
Reading