Welcome to Open House

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Welcome to Open House

• Mr.
• Nash 6C-2

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General Information

• Introduction
• Palmer Passport in Agenda
• Lunch-2.75
• Blog http//www.cobblearning.net/nashla/
• Synergy check weekly
• Email darin.nash_at_cobbk12.org

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Agenda Info.

• Agendas are to be with the students at all times.
  
• Students need to write Homework into their agenda
  every day.
• Parents can communicate with teachers via the
  agenda.
• Students will earn Palmer Paws.
• If lost, the agenda needs to be replaced within
  one week at the students expense.

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Homeroom Information

• Our mission is to provide a safe and nurturing
  environment in which each unique student is
  challenged to learn, think critically as a
  life-long learner, and apply their knowledge and
  skills.

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Homeroom Information

• Homeroom Procedures/Purpose
• Breakfast
• Attendance/Tardy Letter/Early Dismissal
• Lockers
• Communication Wednesdays

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ELA Literacy Mr. Nash
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ELA Literacy - Purpose

• To help students become skilled, passionate,
  habitual, critical readers
• To help students choose books, develop and refine
  their literacy criteria, and carve out identities
  for themselves as readers

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The Key the plan

• Frequent, voluminous reading
• Only frequent, sustained, voluminous reading will
  bring struggling readers up to grade level
• The major predictor of school success is the
  amount of time a student spends reading. The top
  5 of US students read up to 144 times more than
  the kids in the bottom 5

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Homework

• Read 20 minutes a night
• While students are reading in class, I circulate
  with a clipboard and ask questions about their
  books. (What do you think so far? or Whats
  happening now? or How is this book compared to
  others youve read by this author?)
• One question I frequently ask is What page are
  you on? If they are not on pace (15 or so pages
  a night), I will contact you.

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Book Choice

• The only delivery system for reading
  comprehension is READING.
• When reading is meaningful, understanding cannot
  be separated from decoding.
• When students are reading stories that are
  interesting to them, when the books are written
  at their independent reading level, comprehension
  is direct.

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Book Choice

• The number one reason kids cite for not reading
  more? They cant find books they want to read.
• Kids who choose the books they read are more
  likely to become adults who read.

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Typical Class

• Booktalks
• Read-alouds
• Student-teacher conversations
• Time to read (silence)
• Simple systems of record keeping (Books Read,
  Someday List)
• Classroom Library

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Typical Class

• Introduce new books and old favorites
• Talk about and read authors and genres
• Discuss effective reading habits
• How to tackle unfamiliar words
• Identifying different purposes for reading that
  affect a readers style and pace
• How to tell if a book is too hard, too easy, or
  just right
• Book awards Newberry, ALA Top Ten Best Books for
  Young Adults

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Letter-Essays

• Student write me or a fellow student every 3
  weeks
• Write about a book theyve recently finished
• 1 ½ - 2 pages
• First-draft-finals, informal and unrevised
• Written in Readers Notebook

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Grades

• Formative (Classwork, Readers Notebook,
  Homework) 50
• Summative (Letter-essays, self-evaluation in
  reading, etc.) 50 

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Welcome to Language Arts

• Mr. Nash

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Class ProceduresWhen you first walk in

• 1. Write Homework in Agenda section from the
  board/screen.
• 2. Begin Warm-Up Activity DGP (Daily Grammar
  Practice).

• 3. Correct Daily Grammar Practice.
• 4. Dive in to the days lesson.
• 5. Have a novel.

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Georgia Standards for Excellence

• Students will be applying a Thematic Unit of
  English Language Arts
• which will focus on reading and writing skills of
  different structures

• All Units include academic vocabulary lists.
• Writing Forms
• Argumentative
• Technical
• Expository
• Narrative
• Creative

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AVID

• This class will be enhanced through AVID
  research-based strategies on a daily basis.

• WICOR writing, inquiry, collaboration,
  organization, reading.
• Cornell Notes
• Summarizing Skills
• Costa Level of Questioning
• Marking the Text

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Other Classroom Procedures

• Late work is accepted for a 70. Make-Up work- 1
  day for every day absent. Use Palmer Middle
  School Blog - http//www.cobblearning.net/nashla/.
  
• If student misses a test, it is their
  responsibility to take that test within the
  allotted time.
• Papers and Projects are deducted 10 points for
  each day late. If it is turned in one day late,
  points will be deducted.

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Materials to Review

• Interactive Notebook
• Daily Grammar Practice
• Written notes from class
• Binder Section
• Handouts in ELA section
• Students should review their notes nightly.

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Tests and Projects

• All major tests and projects will be due on a
  Monday or a Wednesday for Language Arts.
• A process piece means we use the writing process
  prewrite/draft/edit/revise/publish

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How to Contact Me

• Darin.nash_at_cobbk12.org
• Please email me with any questions.
• I am available for conferences with students and
  parents on Monday or Tuesday at 815 am or 445
  pm

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Textbooks

• Textbook McDougal Littell Literature 77.47
• Writing and Grammar workbooks-in class
• Online textbook classzone.com
• 3532040-10 for access.
• Lost textbooks, if issued, will be the
  responsibility of the student.
• Your student may check out a textbook for
  extended absenses.

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Grading Scale/Policy

• A 90-100
• B 80-89
• C74-79
• D70-73
• F69 and below

• Classwork, homework, and quizzes30
• Tests, projects, and Process Piece70