1. Welcome Parents! Mrs. Boyle and Ms. Heath 6 th Grade Language Arts Please take a minute to fill out the information sheet that you picked up.

2. Mrs. Taylor is the long-term substitute for Mrs. Boyle. I have been teaching in the county for 10 years. I have three girls who graduated from Dominion HS in LCPS and I live in Leesburg with my husband. I have a BA and MS from Rutgers University and am currently working on my teaching licensure. Here is a picture of Mrs. Boyle and her new daughter Mollie

3. Ms. Heath I have been teaching in Loudoun County for 7 years. I taught in Maryland for 5 years. I am originally from a small town in PA. I have a BA in Special Education from Mercyhurst College, Autism certification from GMU and am currently working on my MS in Leadership and Curriculum and Development at GMU.

4. Things To Expect This Year Library is every other week. There will be homework every night consisting of reading and sometimes vocabulary, grammar and spelling. The students have Spanish every other day for 30 minutes during Language Arts (SAMS). I will send home Scholastic Book Orders every month starting in October.

5. Reading We will be reading several novels as a class. The students will participate in literature circles within the class later on in the year. We will also be using the Interactive Readers and Accelerated Reader program. We are participating in a 25 book challenge where the students will read and record throughout the year.

6. Preparing for the Reading SOL Vocabulary Study Island Reading Comprehension activities Practice SOLs

7. Types of WRITING we will work on this year. Journal writing to a prompt Creative/Descriptive Reflective/Narrative Research Poetry Grammar/Editing Argumentative/Persuasive

8. Incentive Program Awesome Attitude Awards- If a student is caught doing something nice for someone else, they will receive an awesome attitude award. Every Friday, I choose one “AAA” for each block, and the winner will receive a candy bar or pack of gum. Students can nominate someone else for an “AAA”; however, they cannot nominate themselves. RAVENS – Students can receive a RAVEN award ticket from any adult in the building for being 1) Respectful, 2) Responsible and/or 3) Ready. This school-wide PBIS initiative provides quarterly rewards.

9. Contact Information If you have not already done so, please email me with your email address: Lynn.Taylor@lcps.org (please keep in mind that I may not discuss any grade correspondence via email) Lynn.Taylor@lcps.org School phone number: 571-434-3220 Absentee call-in number: 571-434-3222 Homework is posted on the Sarah Boyle page of the RBMS website