WELCOME TO TUTORIAL STUDY

HALL!

Mrs. Gingrass

Resource Teacher

ABOUT MEI live in Morton with my husband and two children:

Madison, 9, and Eliot, 5.

I graduated from Rockford College in 2008 with a BA in

History and Secondary Education.

I have endorsements in both Language Arts and Special

Education.

I am halfway through the MS in Special Education program

at ISU.

This is my 7th year teaching Special Education and my 5th

year teaching at Morton Junior High School.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Pull-out classes: 7th grade Language Arts, Tutorial Study Hall

Collaboration classes: White team Language Arts, Green

team Language Arts, Green team Science

Accommodations: White team Language Arts, Green team

Language Arts, White team Science, Green team Science,

White/Green team Health

CONTACT INFORMATION

Email

• Katherine.gingrass@morton709.org

• Katherine.gingrass@mcusd709.org

Phone:

• School line: 309-266-6522 x225

• Direct line: 309-284-5225

Planning periods are 3rd hour (10 – 10:50) and 6th hour (12:20 –

1:10)

TUTORIAL STUDY HALL

Review & discuss assignment web page

• Link from MJHS webpage under “My Class: Resource”

Work on homework/Check for accuracy

Pre-teach/Re-teach – as time allows

Review for tests (very limited on time - still need to

study at home!)

TUTORIAL STUDY HALL GUIDELINES

Homework not finished at school needs to be completed at

home.

Just save questions for study hall – NOT the entire

assignment.

Time management: an ongoing process

Tests: Students need to use the provided study guides and

review for tests and quizzes at home with a parent.

CLASS DOJO

COMMON MODIFICATIONS

“Homework helpers”

Copies of notes or fill-in-the-blank notes

Study guides

Written directions

Possible math worksheets for book assignments

COMMON MODIFICATIONS

One-on-one assistance

Small group instruction

Checking homework for understanding

Re-teaching concepts

Organizational support

Assignment sheets

After school check

TESTING ACCOMMODATIONS (AS NEEDED)

Oral testing

Testing in the resource room

Chunking vocabulary

Word banks

STUDY GUIDES – Please use these to review with your

student at home!

Review time before the test (limited!)

MODIFICATIONS POLICY

I tell the students that the modifications I give to them

(“homework helpers”, study guides, etc.) are not to be

shared with other students.

They are for students in the resource/collaboration

program and their parents.

CHECKING HOMEWORK & GRADES

Resource webpage

• All white team assignments are posted each day on the resource webpage. This webpage is reviewed with the students each day in study hall.

MyHomework app

• Students will have this app on their iPads to keep track of their assignments. Assignments are automatically added to the assignment calendar.

PowerSchool

• Students will have the PowerSchool app on their iPads.

• Please check your student’s grades on a weekly basis.

RESOURCE STAFF

Mrs. Gena Jones• Fellow 7th grade resource teacher• 28th year at MJHS• Responsibilities: 7th grade pull-out math, READ 180, Tutorial

study hall, Collaboration Geography (green & white), Collaboration Math (green & white)

Mrs. Jackie Herr• 8th grade resource teacher

Ms. Leslie Gray• 8th grade resource teacher

7T H GRADE RESOURCE AIDES

Mrs. Diane Conklin

Mrs. Kim Serrurier

Ms. Larilyn Hill

THANK YOU FOR COMING!

QUESTIONS???