1. Welcome Mrs. Goetz Period 1-2 Mrs. Goetz and Mrs. Kreutzer Grade 6 English Room B-11 1.Please sit at your child’s desk. (Refer to seating chart at each table. Red is period 1-2; Green is period 5; Blue is period 7-8) 2. Please sign in. 3. Please read your child’s goal card and write down your goals.

2. Thank you for visiting! Your children have shown themselves to be Individuals Respectful Cooperative Curious Eager Thinkers READY

3. All About ME! Mom Education Careers New York Weston My HAND

4. Goals Social, emotional and learning needs Safe and secure environment to promote risk-taking Supportive classroom community Your child’s success! Philosophy Balance All children can be successful Attitude matters I am a teacher, a helper! Students respond to high expectations

6. Curriculum Overview based on Columbia University’s Teachers College Reading and Writing Workshop Model focuses on the internal process of composition and comprehension rather than the final product Knowledge is transparent and transferrable

7. “ The more you read, the better you write; the more you write, the better you read !” Reading GenresWriting Genres Narrative (memoir, realistic fiction, and fantasy) Narrative (memoir) Non-Fiction/Critical Literacy (Digital Print Media, Analyzing Texts in Digital Form) Persuasive Writing Action Research Action Research Literature Circles Genre Choice (Expository review) Author Study Fiction Writing PoetryPoetic Writing

8. Reading Workshop Teach reader, not book Self-select books Mini-lessons Small groups Direct instruction groups Conferences Goal setting Leads to Engagement Achievement Comprehension Depth of Understanding

9. Qualities of Good Reading Read monitoring for sense Read making connections to our lives Reading thinking about characters Read being in on the interior thoughts of characters Read asking questions about the text Read listening for the voice of the text Read with a critical eye Read checking the text against what you know Read thinking new thoughts Read to add onto what you know Read to help you understand something Read making connections to other texts Read noticing crafts Read thinking about BIG IDEAS Read following a line of thought Read building an overall interpretation (what does this all mean?) Read with a purpose Read and Reread!

10. Reading Record

11. Vocabulary : Self-Collection

12. Writing Workshop Teach writer what writers do Process driven Envisioning Planning Drafting Writing Editing Revising Publishing Mini-lesson Independent work Conferences Independence

13. Personal Spelling Words

14. Technology Cloud Virtual desktop Virtual printing E-books Wikis Blogs Glogster BYOD Edmodo Parent Edmodo

15. Classroom Community Tissues Cups Classroom help Area of expertise Period 7: snack & water Home Support Nightly reading Refer to as. notebook Monitor time online Contact me!

16. Great to meet you! Please look for your child’s hand on the way out!!!