Reading and Language Arts Mrs. Bakos Grade 7

Agenda for this evening Materials Daily Procedures Homework Grade Breakdown Curriculum Overview

Materials –Gluesticks/Tape –3 Marble Composition Books - Pencil pouch –Blue/Black Pens –Pencil –Post-its Needed Daily

Daily Procedures Do Now Homework check/turn in Reading Workshop/Writing Workshop Conferencing

Homework Written on the board daily No credit will be given to unexcused late homework Is given 4-5 times a week Ongoing work –Independent Reading Book –Entries in WNB and RNB

Grading Summative (50%): on demand writing assessments, final drafts (process pieces), reading and grammar tests Workshop (40%): notebook checks, quizzes:vocabulary and grammar, reading logs, Skill of the Month packets, participation (based on rubric) Homework (10%): daily homework/independent practice

Reading Curriculum--- units utilizing the Columbia University Teacher’s College Reading Workshop approach Minilesson Active Engagement Independent Work/ Student Conferences Share

Literature Selected by students based on interest and reading ability Individual reads, partner reads, book clubs Book Log Conferences Responses

Reading Logs Students should read at least 400 minutes a month. Reading does not have to be every night, but students should be reading consistently. Reading logs are randomly checked. They will be collected the last school day of each month.

Reading Units Launch Dystopian/Fantasy Reading Informational reading (structures) Non-fiction research clubs Developing analytical reading practices Reading play adaptations of short stories Poetry Tackling Complex Text- Holocaust Unit

Writing Curriculum based on Columbia University Teacher’s College Writing Workshop approach created and researched by Lucy Calkins Minilesson Active Engagement Independent Work/ Student Conferences Share

Writing Units: Launch/Writing realistic fiction Raising the level of reading notebooks (literary analysis focusing on theme) Informational writing Research-based argumentative essay Compare/contrast essay Writing a script for a scene in a short story Poetry Multigenre response

Vocabulary Greek and Latin roots Centers: Writing, Study Tools, Visual, Word Growth Academic vocabulary

Grammar Accountable within writing lessons Minilessons with opportunities to practice the skills Skill of the Month packets Assessments

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