Meet the Teacher/ Curriculum Night 7th grade English Language Arts Mrs. Mallory

About Mrs. Mallory 25th year of teaching Second year in middle school Master’s in Educational Administration and a Masters in Curriculum and Instruction

Our textbook: myPerspectives by Pearson COPY of BOOK for our class will be in your child’s BINDER Book available online!!

myPerspectives Topics Broken up into 5 units. Each unit has an essential question that relates to all of the passages Performance-Based Assessment Students will individually produce a paper, presentation, or both.

7th grade Units and Essential Questions Unit 5: How do we overcome obstacles? Explanatory/Informative Essay Unit 2: Should we make a home in space? Argument Writing Unit 3: What can cause a sudden change in someone’s life? Unit 4: What effects do people have on the environment?

Tradebooks A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

Grades Grades will be posted on ParentVue regularly. Please check student grades there on a regular basis. Found on Kyrene.org, Parents, ParentVue In 7th grade the students grades are weighted. 80% of your child’s grade will be assessments, projects, and writing. 20% of your child’s grade will be practice work which is classwork and homework. Rounding: Students grades can be rounded up if they are .5% away from the next letter grade and they have NO missing assignments.

Materials One- 2.5 Inch three ringed binder* (will be used in all content areas) One pack of notebook dividers Pencils with erasers Highlighters 1-Marbled COLLEGE ruled Composition Notebook Reusable water bottle

Classroom Wish List #2 Pencils Kleenex Disinfecting Wipes

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Discipline & Behavior Expectations 7th Grade Refocus Policy A student who is disturbing class or not following class rules will be given a refocus. A student can receive only one refocus per day. If a student has already been refocused and is disruptive in any more classes that day, the student will be sent to ISI for a time-out. Parents will be notified of the ISI visit. A student can receive a maximum of two refocuses per week. The refocuses do not have to be from the same teacher. If a student is considered for a third refocus at any time that week, the student will be instead sent to ISI for a time-out. Parents will be notified of the ISI visit. If a student has received 6 refocuses total at any point during the school year the student will have a conference with the teachers & administration, and from that point forward the student will go directly to ISI for a time-out instead of being refocused. Once a student starts to receive ISI time-outs, Akimel A-al’s progressive behavior policy for ISI is as follows: 3 time-outs to ISI results in 1 full day of I.S.I. & meeting with parents, Academic Behavior Specialist, and School Counselor 6 time-outs to ISI results in 2 full days of I.S.I. & meeting with parents and District Behavior Intervention teacher to consider special education services for social/emotional needs 9 time-outs to ISI results in 3 full days of I.S.I. 12 time-outs to ISI results in a 1 day Off Campus Suspension

ELA & ALA Work at a glance End of Selections tests for group and individual texts Reading Log due every two weeks Quarterly Spelling Tests Book Reports will be assigned as long term assignments up to one each quarter All assignments will be on the calendar and students will be responsible for being prepared and turning assignments in on time. ELA/ALA students should expect the following type of work Weekly vocabulary 5-10 words will be tested on through various ways Reading from text on a daily basis, basic comprehension questions and text structure assignments 2-3 a week End of Unit Performance Task Two Mid Unit Performance Tasks Literary Analysis for Trade book one per quarter

Thank you for coming! *More information will come home with your child on Thursday.