1. WELCOME to Curriculum Night 12 September 2013 Mrs. Kelley’s Homeroom Website Link

2. Housekeeping Details! PLEASE make any corrections and/or updates necessary to the Profile Sheets.. And return them to me tonight! You will get to visit all of your child’s classes tonight… Please find the schedule to follow!

3. WELCOME to Curriculum Night 12 September 2013 Grade 7 Language Arts Mrs. Kelley’s Classroom Website Link

4. Meet Mrs. Kelley I started in Sterling in 4 th grade 17 years ago… spent 12 years in 5 th grade… “graduated” to 7 th grade 4 years ago… Personal qualifications?? I have managed to produce 6 very different learners – some great student-athletes, currently a lawyer, engineer, and teacher… and a few athlete-students, currently in nursing school, Wachusett, and Mountview! My professional qualifications: B.A. in English from Holy Cross…Masters of Education from Anna Maria…certifications for both elementary and secondary English…

5. The ACADEMIC Curriculum… LITERACY in Grade 7 – Destination: Literacy Destination: Literacy  Major Components: Readers’ Workshop Writers’ Workshop Word Study: vocabulary development & grammar conventions

6. Listen… Watch…Try It! -Good teaching/coaching! -Perfect vehicle for differentiated instruction Reading and writing strategies are explicitly modeled and then tailored for individualized instruction, which is necessary for meeting each learner at his/her starting point and for developing his/her skills to the highest potential! Readers’ & Writers’ Workshops… the Workshop Model:

7. Ladder of Learning I do, You watch (MODELED) You do, I help (GUIDED) I do, You help (SHARED) You do, I watch (INDEPENDENT)

8. Literature Logs for Independent Reading Strategic Reading Shared Reading through Interactive Read-Alouds Group Analysis through Literature Circles  Analyzing literary elements  Enhancing comprehension & vocabulary  Expanding genre exposure

9. Strategic Writing Developing Writer’s Craft -Narrative Writing: Short Story -Expository Writing: Feature Articles -Poetry -Nonfiction: developing theses with support -Persuasive composition “Every writer has a ‘tool box’… (full of) words, imagination, a love of books, a sense of story, and ideas for how to make the writing live and breathe”. ~Ralph Fletcher Immersion…Drafting…Revision…Editing

10. Word Study  Vocabulary  Class review  Online components  Daily reinforcement  Incorporation into Writers’ Workshop  Grammar  Daily Sentence Editing  Daily Language Review  Incorporation into Writers’ Workshop WS Quizzes include both

11. The 21 st Century Classroom Can you keep up??

12. How can we prepare them for jobs that don’t exist yet?? -Focus on project-based learning and inquiry- based research/essential questions… -Collaborate and communicate! -Allow for student voice and choice! -Incorporate Technology Information Literacy! -Let students learn by doing, revising and reflecting! -Provide a public audience! Ask…Imagine…Plan…Create…Improve

13. He guides the plane to safe takeoffs and landings… He does what’s necessary to “turn the plan around” for its next journey… He assists in emergencies… He is present, visible, and consistent on the runway… How about this guy?

14. My Goals for Your Child For students to expand their reading skills and become proficient at self-selecting books they can love and get lost in For students to find and develop their “voices” as writers For students to exhibit best effort, respect, and responsibility for their work and behavior For students to develop organization and time management skills

16. ORGANIZATION is the KEY!! You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make him drink! Your required supplies have been carefully chosen to help you stay organized…YOU need to keep your work in its proper home Your work area should NOT look like this:

17. Time Management!!! How will this benefit me? More time for YOU and less stress on:

18. Housekeeping Details… Academic Enrichment –Extra help/makeup work/small group instruction –Organization!!! –Time management!!! –Goal setting PowerSchool GoogleDocs TeacherWeb MCAS Long Comp: 3/18 Save the Date!! (The SOCIAL CURRICULUM)

19. Thank you for joining us this evening. We appreciate your time and your commitment to your child’s education here at Chocksett!