1. Mr. Levy’s Wonderful World of Language Arts
A Day Without Language Arts Is Like A Day Without Sunshine…

2. What are our goals for your children?
SNEAKER STORY
What are our goals for your children?
Selling Sneakers?
Critical Thinkers!
Problem Solvers!

3. Our Classroom The Student Experience:
Quick Start (Let’s get thinking!)
Daily Mini Lesson
Now you!
Conferencing (Individual Instruction)
One-to-One Initiative:
Chromebooks
Grading vs. GROWTH

4. BALANCED LITERACY Turning Students Into Effective Communicators!
Reading
Instill a love of reading!
Build Stamina
Studies indicate that sheer volume of reading increases reading comprehension.
Independent Reading! Let’s have some fun!
Writing
* Literary, argumentative, informational, and creative writing for a given audience.

5. BALANCED LITERACY Turning Students Into Effective Communicators!
And let’s not forget…
PUBLIC SPEAKING!!!
TED Talks

6. “The Complete Middle School Experience!”
The Whole Student:
Social
Emotional
Educational

7. GRADING and RETAKES LANUAGE ARTS DEPARTMENT Grading Policy:
Reading 40%
Writing 40%
Grammar 10%
Word Study 10%
LANUAGE ARTS DEPARTMENT Retake Policy:
Retake Policy is on my website
It’s all about GROWTH!

8. PARTNERS! Teachers and Parents!
Working together builds success!
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