1. Key Procedures for ELA

2. Commit to Excellence Follow our norms Talk RELEVANTLY SET goals
Have a growth mindset

3. Bellringers
Yearlong assignment

4. Bellringer Notebook
You will need a completely separate (smaller) notebook for this.
Each Day
Grammar Monday
Newsday Tuesday
What’s Going On/Poetry Wednesday
Think Through Thursday
Writing Prompt Friday
Will be collected/checked several times per quarter (Informal grade)

5. Reading Logs
Yearlong assignment

6. Reading Logs
Over each 2 weeks span (14 days), you must do 30 minutes of reading at home on 10 of those nights. (Informal grade)
In “monthly” section of agenda, document
What was read
Pages read
This does NOT have to be a novel every time
Magazines, internet sources, books, newspapers, etc..
VIDEO content does not count

7. Carry Around Books
Yearlong requirement

8. Carry Around books
Everyone is required to have reading material on them during school
Finish early, etc…
In school reading will NOT be counted toward nightly reading logs
We will go to the media center for book check out as soon as possible

9. Article of the Week
Yearlong assignment

10. Article of the Week (AoW)
Will be given/assigned every Monday
(unless we have a Monday holiday)
Assigned task will be due Thursday (Informal grade)
(unless Thursday is a holiday)
Task will be vary but will mostly involve some writing
Article can be counted as one of your nightly readings
Can be turned in early (Turn-in bins)

11. MrGardnerELA8.weebly.com MY WEBSITE
Google Classroom will be set up when technology is distributed

12. RECAP
Bellringers every day in a dedicated notebook (Informal grade) Reading Logs 10 of 14 nights in planner (Informal grade) Article of the week due every Thursday (Informal grade) Must have a book with you 2 notebooks