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Welcome to Back to School Night!!!. GEMS Team Ms. Rydzewski. CA Goals:. To develop strategies to become life-long readers, writers, thinkers, and speakers To improve reading comprehension and language usage in order to meet target growth goals. Communication Arts.
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Welcome to Back to School Night!!! GEMS Team Ms. Rydzewski
CA Goals: • To develop strategies to become life-long readers, writers, thinkers, and speakers • To improve reading comprehension and language usage in order to meet target growth goals Communication Arts
This is what the homework page looks like for Comm.Arts. You can view the entire month’s homework ahead of time.
Communication Arts Standards-Based Content • Language Usage • Coordinate conjunctions • Subordinate conjunctions • Semicolon usage • Principles of agreement • Punctuate compound sentences • Punctuate complex sentences • Appositives and Interruptives • Capitalization • Comma usage • Speeches • Commemorative • Persuasive • Informative • Writing • Persuasive • Narrative • Creative fiction • Cause/effect, chronological order, compare/contrast • 21st Century Skills • Interpret technical resources • Read facts, charts, maps • Visual literacy • High-order thinking • Interactive communication • Context Clues • Vocabulary • Inferences • Synonyms • Antonyms • Analogies • Reading • Elements of fiction • Strategy focus • WWII literature • Seedfolks &Nothing but the Truth • Greek mythology • Non-fiction
STAY ORGANIZED PRIORITIZE ASK QUESTIONS GO IN FOR HELP CHOOSE FRIENDS WISELY REPORT BULLYING STUDY EVERY DAY BE ON TIME KEEP YOUR LOCKER ORGANIZED HAVE FUN How to be Successful in 7th Grade
Classroom Expectations BE ON TIME Be in your seat before the bell rings. ___________________ Consequence: Stay two minutes after the bell. BE PREPARED Have: all materials, completed work, focus. ___________________ Consequence: Stay two minutes after the bell. BE RESPECTFUL Zero-tolerance for bullying, harassment, teasing, exclusion, cliques, name-calling, laughing, or gossiping. ___________________ Consequence: Fill out behavior slip and conference after class.