6/29/2016 Welcome! School Year Orville A. Todd Middle School Mrs. Hutchinson Reading Specialist 6-8

6/29/2016 Agenda/Topics to Be Covered Mission Statement/Goals Who’s Who Classroom Policies Special Projects Grading Parent Conferences Summary

6/29/2016 Mission Statement Our middle school is inspired by a tradition of excellence and a spirit of continuous improvement. We are committed to empowering students to succeed in an ever- changing world.

6/29/ Student awareness of personal strengths. 3. Expect incremental application of learned strategies through the course 4. Strengthen each student’s reading, writing, listening, speaking and thinking skills. GOALS Specifically, the goals of Academic Intervention Services in the areas of Reading and Writing are to improve: 1. Student awareness of personal skill deficiencies

6/29/2016 Who’s Who Dr. Powell, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Mulford, Asst. Director of Curriculum & Director of Pupil Personnel Mr. Murphy, Principal Mrs. Brady, Dean of Students

6/29/2016 Classroom Policies Flow of the Day: Aim/objective (the goal for today) Do Now (review of previous work) Lesson Guided Practice (Practice together) Ind. Practice (Practice alone!) Review (processing as a group) Reflection: Individually: What did you learn? What confused you? What do you need help with? Closure: What we’ll be doing the next day

6/29/2016 Special Projects Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking, Thinking every day: Through effective note-taking Games Computer quizzes On-line tests Test Preparation for the State ELA in April Preparing for the world as effective communicators through reading, writing, listening, speaking and thinking!

6/29/2016 Grading 5 week progress reports SSR’s when necessary 10 week RTI narrative reports Student feedback every day: oral and written in notebooks

6/29/2016 Parent Conferences Call guidance Call the school and leave a message

6/29/2016 Q&A About the new Common Core State Standards: About the MAPS testing: services/computer-based-adaptive- assessments/map

6/29/2016 Summary Discuss topics covered Reiterate welcome Wrap-up