WELCOME to Curriculum Night

12 September 2013Mrs. Kelley’s Homeroom

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Housekeeping Details!

PLEASE make any corrections and/or updates necessary to the Profile Sheets.. And return them to me tonight!

You will get to visit all of your child’s classes tonight… Please find the schedule to follow!

WELCOME to Curriculum Night

12 September 2013Grade 7 Language ArtsMrs. Kelley’s Classroom

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Meet Mrs. Kelley

I started in Sterling

in 4th grade 17

years ago… spent

12 years in 5th

grade…

“graduated” to 7th

grade 4 years ago…

Personal qualifications?? I have managed to produce 6 very different learners – some great student-athletes, currently a lawyer, engineer, and teacher… and a few athlete-students, currently in nursing school, Wachusett, and Mountview!

My professional qualifications: B.A. in English from Holy Cross…Masters of Education from Anna Maria…certifications for both elementary and secondary English…

The ACADEMIC Curriculum…LITERACY in Grade 7 –

Destination: Literacy

Major Components:Readers’ WorkshopWriters’ WorkshopWord Study: vocabulary development & grammar

conventions

Listen… Watch…Try It!

-Good teaching/coaching!

-Perfect vehicle for differentiated instruction

Reading and writing strategies are explicitly modeled and then tailored for individualized instruction, which is necessary for meeting each learner at his/her starting point and for developing his/her skills to the highest potential!

Readers’ & Writers’ Workshops… the Workshop Model:

Ladder of Learning

I do, You watch (MODELED)

You do, I help (GUIDED)

I do, You help (SHARED)

You do, I watch (INDEPENDENT)

Literature Logs for Independent Reading

Strategic Reading

Shared Reading

through Interactive

Read-Alouds

Group Analysis through Literature

Circles

Analyzing literary elements

Enhancing comprehension & vocabulary

Expanding genre exposure

Strategic Writing

Developing Writer’s Craft

- Narrative Writing: Short Story

- Expository Writing: Feature Articles

- Poetry- Nonfiction: developing

theses with support- Persuasive composition

• “Every writer has a ‘tool box’… (full of) words, imagination, a love of books, a sense of story, and ideas for how to make the writing live and breathe”. ~Ralph Fletcher

Immersion…Drafting…Revision…

Editing

Word StudyVocabulary

Class reviewOnline

componentsDaily

reinforcementIncorporation

into Writers’ Workshop

GrammarDaily Sentence

EditingDaily Language

ReviewIncorporation

into Writers’ Workshop

WS Quizzes include both

The 21st Century Classroom

Can you keep up??

How can we prepare them for jobs that don’t exist yet??

- Focus on project-based learning and inquiry-based research/essential questions…- Collaborate and communicate!- Allow for student voice and choice!- Incorporate Technology Information

Literacy!- Let students learn by doing, revising and

reflecting!- Provide a public audience!Ask…Imagine…Plan…Create…Improve

He guides

the plane to

safe takeoffs

and

landings…

He does

what’s

necessary to

“turn the plan

around” for

its next

journey…

He assists in emergencies…

He is present, visible, and consistent on the runway…

How about this guy?

My Goals forYour Child

• For students to expand their reading skills and become proficient at self-selecting books they can love and get lost in

• For students to find and develop their “voices” as writers

• For students to exhibit best effort, respect, and responsibility for their work and behavior

• For students to develop organization and time management skills

ORGANIZATIONis the KEY!!

• You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make him drink!• Your required supplies have been

carefully chosen to help you stay organized…YOU need to keep your work in its proper home

• Your work area should NOT look like this:

Time Management!!!

How will this benefit me?

More time for YOU and less stress on:

Housekeeping Details…• Academic

Enrichment– Extra help/makeup

work/small group instruction

– Organization!!!– Time management!!!– Goal setting

• PowerSchool

• GoogleDocs

•TeacherWeb

• MCAS Long Comp:

3/18

Save the Date!!(The SOCIAL CURRICULUM)

Thank you for joining us this evening. We

appreciate your time and your commitment to your child’s education here at

Chocksett!