Ms. Dawn Windham « Teacher Connection / Documents / Calendar

 

Hello,

 

 Welcome to middle school! I am glad to have the privilege of teaching your child this year for ELA. I have been teaching at the charter school for 16 years and am passionate about reading and writing. Together, this can be the best year ever. 

 

 Extra Credit: Students can earn extra credit by completing 2 MY Path lessons each week. 

 

 

 

 

Weekly Nonfiction Passages: Every week there is a new 2-page text. Students have daily work related to the texts. They are given these passages in class on Monday and posted on Google classroom. 

 

Monday: Read the passage and take Google Quiz

Tuesday: Text evidence which means finding specific sentences in the text and marking with the directed colors.

Wednesday: Skill page

Thursday: Integrate knowledge video and final test. Students can use their passages and all completed work on the final test. 

 

IReady: Each week students need to complete two “My Path” lessons using their Chromebooks. They will get 100 practice points for passing two lessons. Students can earn extra credit by completing extra lessons.

 

Independent Reading Program: IR: Students must always read and have a book with them. Each week by Friday, they are expected to write a summary of what they read that week. This is worth 50 points; 25 for having the book they have signed in with them and 25 for the written summary.  Students must sign their books in the classroom with me. All books must be signed in before Friday to receive points during reading time. 

Students will be given class time on Friday to read their IR book and work on the weekly summary. Once every nine weeks they will choose a book project from the project board to complete for a mastery grade of 100 points. Students must select their book and project by this Friday and no changes can be made without teacher approval after that time. Projects are due September 27; no late work is accepted since this is a long-term project. 

 

We will also be reading novels as a class, short stories, nonfiction texts, and many articles from the Scholastic Scope magazine. The first novel is called Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Parks. After many years of teaching, I found that novel studies always work best when every student has their own book copy. We are still short, so it would be greatly appreciated if anyone is willing to purchase a single copy for their child to use. Please let me know if you can do this.

 

This year is already off to a great start and I look forward to having your child in ELA class this year,

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Ms. Windham

Parents, if you want to get a head start on your PI Time, please consider donating some books to our classroom.  As an ELA teacher, I want to inspire a love of reading in all my students. I have found that having an actual copy of the book we are reading in class promotes better comprehension for all students. We are starting the year reading, A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park. It is a true inspirational story that students enjoy reading. Please look over the below list and if you can help by purchasing some of them, I would be so grateful! Please remember to send in your receipt for your PI time. 

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1HHJ1X1NODVV1?ref_=wl_share

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

Contact: Dawn.Windham@tvcs.org

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