1. Curriculum Night 2015 Mrs. McFarland

2. Teaching for more than 15 years Walker for 4 years Mom of three children

3. Goals To create a welcoming environment where students are comfortable to speak up and ask questions. To share my love of learning with them! To create a classroom of life long learners. To teach students to be respectful and responsible citizens.

4. Expectations Put forth their best effort in everything they do Be respectful and responsible with their work and their actions.

5. New This Year Daily P.E. Cycle Schedule

6. Reading Vocabulary Short Stories Novels Reading Strategies Literary Terms

7. Book Challenge Goal is to read more books Engage in book talks

8. Language Writing Essays Extended Response Grammar Skills Creative Writing

9. Assignments Question of the Week Due every Friday Greek and Latin Root Words 3 new roots with words introduced every other week Daily Oral Language Practice skills

11. Contact Please contact me with any questions Email: jmcfarland@summithill.orgjmcfarland@summithill.org Check webpage for updates/assignments/websites