2. 10/14/2015 2014-2015 School Year Montgomery Junior High School Cheryl Kolstad 7 th Grade: Language Arts/Reading

3.  Graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a degree in Secondary Education  Areas of Certification English Social Studies Composite history, government, economics, geography, psychology and sociology ESL GIFTED/TALENTED 10/14/2015

4.  Began teaching in 1985  Subjects taught 7 th grade ELA 9 th grade United States History 7 th grade Texas History I’m very proud to be a Bear! 10/14/2015

5.  Literature Texas Treasures  Sign up on line to access the L.A. textbook 10/14/2015

7.  Grammar, editing and revision (ongoing)  Reading skills, story elements (ongoing)  Short stories and Folklore  Drama  Poetry  Spelling and Vocabulary (root words, and words in literature)  AR

8.  Writing Essays/Compositions Journals Quick Writes 10/14/2015

9.  Grammar and Spelling Daily Oral Language (DOL) Conventions/Warm ups 10/14/2015

10.  Reading Skills Predicting Inferencing Fact/Opinion Main Idea Summary Character Traits Sequencing Drawing Conclusions Root Words Context Clues 10/14/2015

11.  Short Stories Study the elements and their function 10/14/2015

12.  Novels The Outsiders Out of the Dust Walk Two Moons  Poetry 10/14/2015

13.  Oral Tradition Folk Tales Fables Myths Legends 10/14/2015

14.  Accelerated Reader 12% of overall grade Silent Sustained Reading for approximately 30 minutes in their AR book Students take tests on the AR books they finish to reach their assigned goal 10/14/2015

15.  AR Book Study  Computer Lab Project One project every six weeks 10/14/2015

16.  Major Assignments55%  Accelerated Reader12%  Daily Assignments/Other 33%  Total 100% 10/14/2015

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19.  Communication between the student, parent, and teacher is the key to your child’s success.  Conference: 9:59-10:44  Phone: 936.582.6400  Cell Phone: 936.827.2475  Email: ckolstad@misd.org 10/14/2015

20.  Held in Fall at the library  Spring/on-line 10/14/2015

21.  Your child’s education can be greatly enhanced by your involvement.  I appreciate your involvement tonight, and thank you for coming!  Make sure that you have signed in so that I have your contact information 10/14/2015

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