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Welcome to Verbal/ GATE Room 2419 Back to School Night 2019-2020 Please sign in on the sheets located at the two back tables. Take any handouts you are interested in from the back tables. Help yourself to a treat… or two!

ABOUT MISS BATES ❑ My 11 th year in East Brunswick- 3rd year at HMS- previously at Memorial and Chittick Elementary Schools ❑ Education ❑ Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education and Psychology ❑ Master’s degree in Educational Administration ❑ My Mission: ❑ I am very excited to be teaching sixth grade again this year. My goal is to create a challenging learning environment where students will feel comfortable enough to take academic risks. I will work with students to help them gain better organizational skills and a greater sense of responsibility and independence.

SUPPLIES •3 Composition Notebooks (Reading, Writing, and Word Study)- First and Last Name clearly written along with “Miss Bates Room 2419” • 2 Folders (Classwork and Homework) • 6 packs of Post-Its • IR (independent reading) Book • Pens, Highlighters, Scissors, Scotch Tape or glue stick(s) • 2-Gallon Ziploc Bag to store ILA supplies • A 1/2 inch binder

What is Verbal GATE? •Gifted and Talented Education course for Integrated Language Arts (ILA) •Double periods •Reading and Writing Workshop Model with mini lessons •Accelerated Curriculum with higher level mentor texts •Independent reading/writing time, conferencing, and small group instruction

Why Reading Workshop? http://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/went1yfcjv?popover=true

Writing Workshop Middle School students will be asked to: • Generate ideas - Notebook work (free writing/planning) vs. loose leaf writing vs. typing • Rehearse their writing • Draft/revise original pieces of writing • Revise and edit their work as they finish pieces

Reading Workshop Middle School students will be asked to: Choose an independent book to read in school and at • home Listen to the teacher Read Aloud (absolutely essential!) • Participate in Book Clubs • Write about their reading approximately 10% of the time • Remember that readers should not be restricted to reading levels! Interest, background knowledge, and teacher support all make a difference.

READING WORK • Students will have reading homework 4 nights a week. They may choose the nights that work best for them (including weekends) but be sure to spend a minimum of 20 minutes per night. During that Reading Work time, they could be working on any of the following: • independent reading • maintenance of the Reading Log • a quick jot entry • a Write Long • their Words & Language section **Additional reading homework may be assigned in other subject areas.**

Assessments Students are assessed to help the teacher determine instructional priorities for each student using: • Running records including their fluency rate • Writing On-Demand pieces • Writing E-portfolio • Spelling inventory for word study

Running Records These are completed at teacher’s discretion; they are inputted every marking period, but do not need to be done again for each student per marking period. Available: • Fountas & Pinnell running records (short books) • Teachers College running records (excerpts from packet)

“On Demand” Writing Assessments MP 1 MP 2 MP 3 MP 4 Narrative Pre Informational Post Argumentative Post Narrative Post Informational Pre Argumentative Pre Narrative Post

Other Formative Assessments • In-progress drafts • Bend “checkpoints”: Students show an example of using an essential skill of the unit with a shared text or their independent book • Unit check-in & check-out assessments

GRADING POLICY ❑ Reading = 40% ❑ Writing = 40% ❑ Word Work = 10% ❑ Homework = 10% ➢ Larger assignments that are late will lose partial credit. ➢ Homework is accepted one day late for half credit. After that, it is a zero. The exception to this rule is grammar sheets- those are a zero if they are not complete because we go over them in class. ➢ A student has 2 days for every day he/she is absent to make up work. It is the student’s responsibility to show the teacher made up work. Otherwise the work will receive a zero. ➢ Class Buddies ➢ Handout Folders ➢ Parent Access

READING BENCHMARKS 1 st Quarter 2 nd Quarter 3 rd Quarter 4 th Quarter Grade 6 Grade 6 Grade 6 Grade 6 1 = R or below 1 = R or below 1 = R or below 1 = S or below 2 = S 2 = S/T 2 = S/T 2 = T/U 3 = T/U 3 = U/V/W 3 = U/V/W 3 = V/W/X 4 = V or above 4 = X or above 4 = X or above 4 = Y or above Grade 7 Grade 7 Grade 7 Grade 7 1 = S or below 1 = S or below 1 = T or below 1 = T or below 2 = T/U 2 = T/U 2 = U/V 2 = U/V 3 = V/W/X 3 = V/W/X 3 = W/X/Y 3 = W/X/Y 4 = Y or above 4 = Y or above 4 = Z or above 4 = Z or above 1=Below Grade Level 2=Approaching Grade Level 3=Meeting Grade Level 4 =Exceeding Grade Level

FLUENCY Fluency is the ability to read a text automatically, accurately, and with good understanding. It is the mark of a skilled reader. It forms the bridge between decoding and comprehension. Benchmarks for Oral Reading Rate – Words per minute

PARENT INVOLVEMENT ** Research shows that students with parents who are involved in their children's education achieve more. Below are a few things you can do with your children on a daily basis that will make a difference in their education: ~Monitor your child’s agenda ~Frequently check Parent Access and discuss your child’s grades with him/her ~Look through your child’s notebooks and ask them questions about their learning. ~Watch them do their Reading Work each night and discuss what they worked on. Ask to read their writing about reading. ~Help organize your child’s materials ~Encourage your child to develop a reading and writing habit. ~Model independent reading. Children learn from watching models. If they see you read instead of watching television or surfing the web, they are more likely to pick up a book during their free time. ~Read to your with your child frequently. ~Read your child’s published writing piece, but please DO NO CORRECT or CHANGE them. ~Make frequent trips to the library. ~Provide your children with a quiet homework space as well as appropriate reading and writing materials.

THANK YOU!! for getting involved in your child’s learning! Your involvement is crucial to your child’s success, and I look forward to working with you this year.

MISS BATES’S CONTACT INFORMATION • Email: • KBATES@ebnet.org • Google Classroom- you will get an invite via email • Donations are always welcomed and appreciated! • books • magazines • expo markers • tissues • hand sanitizer • pens/markers/highlighters • post-its