1. Ms. Ellen M. Clark, Educator “Inspiring Excellence!”
Alonzo and Tracy Mourning SENIOR High School Biscayne Bay Campus Open House! WEDNEsday, September 27, 2017
Ms. Ellen M. Clark, Educator
“Inspiring Excellence!”
Intensive Reading
Grades 11th & 12th

2. Parents are the Most Important Influence in a Child's Education!

3. Superintendent’s website!
Alberto M. Carvalho, Superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS)
"From the impossible to the inevitable, there is only belief, skill and will."
Alberto M. Carvalho
Superintendent’s website!

4. Superintendent’s Open House Message!
Alberto M. Carvalho, Superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS)
"From the impossible to the inevitable, there is only belief, skill and will."
Alberto M. Carvalho
Superintendent’s Open House Message!

6. WELCOME!
Parents: Welcome to Open House at Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Senior High School Biscayne Bay Campus! Please make sure you sign-in and enjoy perusing our classroom. If you would like to discuss your child’s progress then indicate that on the sign-in roster and I will schedule an appointment to meet with you. Thank you so very much for coming this evening! Sincerely, Ms. Clark

7. The Mission of Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Senior High
The Mission of Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Senior High is to support student learning through the cooperation, devotion and determination of all stakeholders, including parents, students, teachers, administrators, support personnel, and the communities in which our students live. We intend to provide our students with the best academic choices and diverse educational opportunities. We will strive to establish an environment that fosters high standards and expectations, challenges all students to reach their fullest potential, and empowers them to become productive, successful and socially conscious members of our ever changing world.

8. The Vision of Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Senior High
The Vision of Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Senior High is to provide the highest quality of education through small learning communities and challenge our students to achieve and demonstrate academic excellence by acquiring the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in a competitive, ever-changing global society.

9. Values Matter Miami!!! Class Rules!
Be prompt to class and prepared for learning.
Respect your teacher and classmates at all times.
Complete all assignments in an exemplary manner.
Keep your school and classroom neat and clean.
NO ELECTRONIC DEVICES ARE ALLOWED!
Make sure cell phones are inaudible and in a safe place. (No talking or texting on cell phones during class!)
Cell Phone Parking
Lot!

10. DETENTIONS!!!
VALUES MATTER MIAMI!!!

11. Florida Standards Assessment (FSA) (Grades 11th and 12th)
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Intensive Reading is designed to prepare students for the Florida Standards Assessment (FSA) test.
Florida’s K-12 assessment system measures students’ achievement of Florida’s education standards, which were developed and implemented to ensure that all students graduate from high school ready for success in college, career, and life. Assessment supports instruction and student learning, and test results help Florida’s educational leadership and stakeholders determine whether the goals of the education system are being met.
Florida Department of Education

12. Florida Standards Assessment Grades – 11th & 12th
FSA

13. Alonzo & Tracy Mourning Senior High School Biscayne Bay Campus
Website!

14. ACT & SAT Test Preparation
SAT

15. ACT & SAT Tests Schedules

16. Kevin Kearney English teacher, grad student, coach, and voracious reader.
5 Steps to Improve Your High Schooler’s Reading Comprehension
Strong reading comprehension is one of the most valuable skills a student can learn.
This holds true in basic high school coursework, and on standardized tests like the SAT and the ACT. Beyond the tests, though, the ability to comprehend what you read is an essential tool for any career. Competency in reading comprehension is not an inherent trait, however. Students must actively work at improving their reading skills, a task that can be difficult in a world that offers so many distractions.

17. Kevin Kearney English teacher, grad student, coach, and voracious reader.
1. Remember the importance of location, location, location.
Reading for school should be completed at a desk in a room that doesn’t have a TV or computer. Phones and other devices should be elsewhere.
2. Reading comprehension is not the same as memorization.
This statement may sound like a contradiction. A large part of reading comprehension, after all, is the ability to recall plot events from a story or specific details from an article. To assume that memorization is synonymous with comprehension, however, is a mistake.

18. Kevin Kearney English teacher, grad student, coach, and voracious reader.
3. Encourage your child to become an active reader.
Reading should be done with one hand on the book and the other holding a pen. Students should note details about characters, whether it’s in the book itself or in a separate notebook. (While there are a number of note-taking apps and tools available for computers and smartphones, these can be an invitation to distraction for high schoolers.)
4. Teach your child to love reading.
Some students and parents are looking for a quick fix to improve reading comprehension, but the truth is that a solution is not that simple. Reading comprehension is a gradual process, and those students who develop the best skills tend to be those who love reading.

19. Kevin Kearney English teacher, grad student, coach, and voracious reader.
5. Read along with your child and discuss the book.
Reading comprehension is not mere memorization — it’s one of the most important skills a student can develop in the literature classroom (or in any other classroom, for that matter). You can assist in your child’s critical-thinking development by keeping up with his/her reading and discussing books with him/her.

20. Final Points! Test Preparation: 1. Practice reading daily!
2. Utilize Close Reading strategies
when engaged with text.
3. Complete Reading Plus assignments!
4. Study vocabulary daily!
vocabulary.com
READ!!!

21. Tracy Mourning Senior High!
Thank you for visiting
Alonzo
&
Tracy Mourning Senior High!
Have a great evening!