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!
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