1. Welcome to Mrs. C’s 7 th Grade English Class

2. Introductions – Meet the Teacher

3. Family Information Stephen (44 yrs.) Lance (22 yrs.) Luke (19 yrs.) Sarah (40 yrs.) Blake (23 yrs.) Scot (5 ½ yrs.)

4. Class Information Edmodo Nightly Flipped Classroom Reading Log due on Thursdays Daily Vocabulary, Grammar, & SpringBoard Six Weeks Genre-Based Units Semester Goal Tracking End of Year Portfolio College Readiness

5. Student Expectations Mrs. Campbell’s Rules The 6 B’s Be safe. Be kind. Be respectful. Be prepared. Be on time. Bonus Rule The Fun Factor Be a Scholar.

6. Professional Expectations

7. Family Expectations Read with your student Talk about the news Show interest in her stories Reward effort over performance Communicate regularly with her teachers Enjoy this season Celebrate your talents Showcase your experiences

8. The Challenge “Fewer than 40 percent of students who enter college intending to major in a STEM field complete college with a STEM degree today.” - A Report by the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, February 7, 2012 Click Here Middle School Moment

9. Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy Evaluating Analyzing Applying Understanding Remembering Creating Visit Edmodo for videos and handouts on Bloom Kaboom!

10. 6 Traits + 1 Writing Prewriting (ideas, purpose, audience, form) Drafting/Discovering Responding Revising (ideas, organization, word choice, voice, sentence fluency) Editing (conventions, mechanics) Closure/Publishing (presentation)

11. Student Conferences Completed Prewriting Completed Rough Draft Completed Revision with Peer Support Completed Editing with Peer Support Completed Proofreading with Peer Support Completed Grouping = Time for… Publishing Station with Mrs. C

12. Virtual Tutorials

13. Family Conferences Please sign up for a parent conference for Wednesday, September 24, 2014. Or email, text, or call to schedule an appointment to talk about your student’s success in my class.

14. Grading Policy A++ Please refer to the YWCPA handbook for all HISD and YWCPA Grading policies and procedures.

15. Upcoming Deadlines Please refer to the reminder handout posted on Edmodo daily for updates. Library Card Friday, September 26 Personal NarrativeMonday, September 29 Vocabulary BookThursday, October 2

16. Contact Information Sarah Campbell, Pre-AP 7 th Grade English Cell phone: 713-449-6758 QR Code – Scan to your phone Edmodo Blog: http://sarahcampbell.edublogs.orghttp://sarahcampbell.edublogs.org scampbe5@houstonisd.org