2. Welcome to Back to School Night!
Mr. Evans
7th grade English
and History

3. Mr. Evans: English, World history (Middle Ages), Shakespeare Elective

4. Contact information/ Communication
DCIS website – use it for general school news
PACK planners – grade check weekly + nightly assignments
AERIES – check weekly for grades and missing assignments
Progress reports/report cards sent home every 6 wks.
Thursday folders – return by Monday at the latest
Telephone:
Teacher Website: Updated nightly with homework
Bloomz app/website: Homework notification and announcements
Class Dojo: behavior notices

5. Bloomz: Notification app
Bloomz app on your phone or computer
Use our class code to sign up.
CMJQ92 (It’s on the bright pink sheet)
Students, sign up with parent permission
You will not receive nightly notices from me, but I’ll let you know when anything interesting is coming up.

6. Class Dojo Used for behavior management/parent communication
Easy to get positively recognized
App for Android and iOS
Sign up/class code distribution in next week’s Thursday folder

7. Thursday folders
Manilla folder sent weekly, contains notifications and graded work
Assignments completed online will not be sent home
Check AERIES for scores/feedback
Scores on worksheets:
A check is full credit on most homework assignments
1/2 or 0 will be scored for partially/poorly completed assignments
x/10 is the usual for quizzes (these come home in folders)
x/20+ is the usual for tests (scores online, tests not sent home)
Please return folder by the following Monday with a parent signature. Getting this done is a weekly graded homework expectation.

8. Homework expectations
Generally assigned M-Th, ELA often online
Softcover book coming home for times when Internet access is a problem.
Projects/compositions/backlogged reading might require weekend work if your child gets behind
Homework listed on website and written daily in PACK planner
No night-to-night late work is accepted
AR goals near the midpoint and end of each trimester – make sure your child ALWAYS has a book for daily independent reading
Your child should have a book to read here at school at all times. Books from the school library, community library, and books from here/home are fine!
Want to read a book that’s not AR? I can work with that.

9. Grades
Homework: 10% of grade. Seems small, but can make a letter grade difference. Scored 0, 1, or 2 pts.
Class work: 25% of grade. Also scored 0, 1, or 2 pts.
Quizzes and projects: 30% of grade. Usually scored out of 10 pts.
Tests: 35% of grade. Raw score, usually ranging from pts. AR goals count for 10 test points.
Fail a test or quiz? Make an appointment to take it again. If at first you don’t succeed…
Retake max score is 70%
History tests can only be retaken after the study guide has been completed
Parents and students can access grades online (more coming…)
PLEASE read comments on assignments. You might have to scroll right if you access AERIES on a phone.
Missed assignments marked in red on AERIES, averaged as 0.
Progress reports every six weeks
Students required to check and record grades/parents must sign to verify the grades on pages of the PACK planner

10. Weekly grade checks – Thursday nights:
Page 26.
Students and parents record grades here, parents initial weekly.
Please do not sign unless you’re verifying the grade written in the planner.
Sign up on AERIES to get weekly grade notices on Thursdays.

11. Parents acknowledge receipt of 6-week progress reports in the planners, p. 22.

12. Schedule Periods 1 and 2: Core classes
Period 3: PACK (starts later this month)
Periods 4/5: PE/Elective
6 week rotations for all electives including mine: Shakespeare 101.
Periods 6/7: Core classes

13. P.A.C.K. personally achieving character and knowledge
Period 3: PACK- students grouped according to student needs
Based on benchmark scores, SBA scores, and other assessments
Flexible grouping- students will move as needed
Students will get challenging work, reinforcement, or help as needed
Four days a week, T-F, rotating between ELA and Math on a weekly basis
Mondays: Character Ed – the whole school will be reading the book Wonder.

14. Suggested Supply List
Small 3-ring binder with tabs: English and history
College ruled paper
Mechanical pencils, pens
Pack of colored pencils for home – I’ll announce when needed here.
Earbuds/headphones to keep in backpack
Highlighters in 4-6 different colors
Please come Monday with paper, pencils, pens, and headphones/earbuds if you’re able!

15. Home expectations this year: Language Arts
Read here and at home until your point goals are met. Goals based on reading self-chosen AR books for minutes each school day.
There are two AR goals throughout each trimester, with goals based on a placement test.
Online assignments. Softcover book for times with no Internet access.
Students will be challenged and asked questions that push them to refer back to what they’ve read.
Annotating – recording thoughts during the reading process

16. Home expectations: History/Social studies
Cloze (fill-in-the-blank/complete the sentence) notes for each chapter section. Graded as homework.
Classwork (CW) notes: Students take notes on the people, places, and content vocabulary. Placed here because they often get started in class and finished at home. Graded as classwork. Always typed; submitted online. These can be done early (for the entire year if you so desire!).
Study guides: Given out at the beginning of each chapter and announced on Bloomz. Extra credit test points are assigned for completion, but these are required work.

17. Thank you for coming!
Let’s make 7th grade a positive, successful, and memorable year!
Your mission: Please complete and return:
For the office:
PACK planner acknowledgment (coming home soon but not tonight, p. 1 of your child’s planner)
For the teachers: We’d like these by Wednesday, please!
Pink sheet: “Help Us Get to Know Our Students” questionnaire by this coming Wednesday.
Blue signature sheet at the end of the big packet
Consider installing:
Bloomz
Class dojo
Fridge material:
Orange Room C-4 “Cheat Sheet”