Welcome to Curriculum Night Mrs. Finch’s ELA Class

7th Grade Tiger Tails Monday: Novel Study Reading comprehension, vocabulary, foster a love of reading Tuesday: Novel Study comprehension and discussion Comprehension check of material Wednesday: Workbook In-depth discussion and practice of various components of ELA Thursday: Practice for spelling test, discuss answers from Wednesday’s workbook pages Friday: Chromebook Day + Preparation for tests NewsELA ReadTheory.org Kahoot Quizlet

5th Grade Textbooks Reader’s and Writer’s Notebook Reading Street Wordly Wise

4th Grade Textbooks Wordly Wise Reading Street Reader’s and Writer’s Notebook

Textbook online companion 4th and 5th Grade: PEARSONREALIZE.COM

Novel Studies Students will be assigned several texts to read throughout the year Rules Keeping the books nice Reading required chapters (no more, no less) Contributing to class discussions Complete corresponding work thoroughly

Scholastic Ordering books for your student: SCHOLASTIC.COM/READINGCLUB CODE: N G 6 Y Z (no spaces)

Class website: finchela.weebly.com Online resources Wordly Wise Grammar Plagiarism info Online textbooks Occasional news (answers to homework assignments, study tools, etc.)

Communication Email and PowerSchool are my primary sources of communication Email: afinch@tmsacademy.org PowerSchool: upcoming due dates for tests, quizzes, homework assignments, etc. Subject to change (students should be using agenda to write down their homework) Missing work, late work, scores, grades

Reading at Home! http://www.rif.org/books-activities/tips- resources/reading-checkup-for-independent-readers- grades-3-and-up/ EXCELLENT RESOURECE I strongly encourage you to read with your student at home. This website has some great tips for enjoying books together at home. The more students read, the better readers they will become! Weekly reading logs

Questions?