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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!

Welcome to Verbal/ GATE Room 2419

ABOUT MISS BATES

❑ My 11th 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

• f 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?

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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 Pre Argumentative Pre Narrative Post Informational Post Argumentative Post 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

• r 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

1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter

Grade 6

1 = R or below 2 = S 3 = T/U 4 = V or above

Grade 6

1 = R or below 2 = S/T 3 = U/V/W 4 = X or above

Grade 6

1 = R or below 2 = S/T 3 = U/V/W 4 = X or above

Grade 6

1 = S or below 2 = T/U 3 = V/W/X 4 = Y or above

Grade 7

1 = S or below 2 = T/U 3 = V/W/X 4 = Y or above

Grade 7

1 = S or below 2 = T/U 3 = V/W/X 4 = Y or above

Grade 7

1 = T or below 2 = U/V 3 = W/X/Y 4 = Z or above

Grade 7

1 = T or below 2 = U/V 3 = W/X/Y 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