Reading, What to Expect
Transcript of Reading, What to Expect
Team 8CAmicalola Falls State Park
Field day winners
2004/2005
Teamwork makes
anyThing possible!
iT’s going To be
anoTher greaT year!
A little about Mrs. New•This is my 5th year teaching at CMS
•I am participating in the Teach 21 program this year
•I have been married for 20years and have 2 children, Austin (17) & Jordan (14).
•I have 2 dogs, Luke & Daisy.
•I love to travel and visit with family & friends.
•My favorite part about teaching is getting to know my students and helping them to become life-long learners.
my FavoriTe quoTe
The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.
R alph Waldo Emerson
reading
What can you expect in reading class this year?
8th grade ReadingCourse Map
• 1 st Semester– Active Reading Strategies– Informational Text Comprehension– Literary Text Comprehension, “The Diary of Anne
Frank”• 2 nd Semester– Poetry – Novel Study – To Kill a Mockingbird, The Wave– Response to Literature
• Throughout the Year– Vocabulary Development and Word Analysis– GCRCT Skills
Helpful Resources
• Mrs. New’s Reading Websitehttp://mysite.cherokee.k12.ga.us/personal/liesl_new/site/default.aspx
Daily Assignments & homeworkQUIA - Wordly Wise practiceLiterary text onlineSyllabusReading Unit links
Procedures• Daily Lessons (posted on board)
Warm-ups Lesson Homework: weekly reading logs
• Turning in Work Class basket Late Work What to do when you’re absent
• Reading Center Entering the Area – pass required
Checking out books
• Reading Logs 2 ½ hours of reading each week
Due each Tuesday/Late after Friday
Classroom GuidelinesrespeCT & responsibiliTy
My personal Pet Peeves:2. Name-calling3. Not respecting others4. Not being responsible for your own actions
Reading CountsRead each night
Meet your individual reading goals Take RC tests on books
25 book club
Keep track of your reading and earn rewards!
Group & Partner Activities
lisTen For The bell!sTop, look, lisTen
Skits: “Diary of Anne Frank” & “The Hitchiker”
Corey & Josh 2004
Chase, Amy, & Ginger 2005
Taylor & Turner 2006
Storytelling DaysOctober 30th & 31st
Reading Goals Accomplished!
Meeting reading goals pays off!
Examples: Social time
ice cream partiespizza parties, etc.
Also, no reading logs the following 9 weeks!