Welcome to Open House 2013-2014 Reading Dynamics

1. Welcome to Open House2013-2014Reading Dynamics Ms. Lambrecht/Mrs. DiFiore

2. Communication • Telephone: (630)636-2555 • E-mail: clambrecht0505@oswego308.org • Office Hours: Monday-Friday from 7:30-8:00 a.m. (If you need to see me outside of these hours you need to make an appointment) • Home access: updated daily/weekly to show students grade

3. Communication • Website: Important information and weekly homework assignments • http://intranet.oswego308.org/schools/be/tools/admin_pagecontent3.asp?Mode=update&ID=8885 ** If you would like to have a conference with me please schedule a time in advance.

4. Classroom Expectations Overview • Students come with their materials every day. A silent reading book is required every day. • Tardy policy- 3 tardies and they receive a demerit (Continue to follow the demerit system posted in the back of their planners) • Absence policy- students need to report to me for information/tests to make up • Homework policy: Full credit turned in on the due date. Half credit received when turned in the following day (1st and 2nd quarter only).

5. Grading Policy Homework-10% Classwork-15% Projects-30% Participation-15% Tests-30% • 90-100 = A • 80-89 = B • 70-79 = C • 60-69 = D • 59 and below = F How can my child raise his or her grade? Extra Credit: Which will be posted on my website when extra credit is available

6. Reading • Review basic reading skills • Higher order thinking • Develop and apply more advanced skills to different forms of text • How to read different text • Apply what is learned in Language Arts • Read Core Novel- Number the Stars

7. Holes • We're headed to camp! Actually, scratch that exclamation point: Holes begins with a description of Camp Green Lake, a juvenile detention facility in Texas. Basically, it's a place for kids who have committed crimes. Stanley Yelnats, overweight, lonely, and poor, has been arrested for a crime he didn't commit, and he's on a bus headed for Camp Green Lake. Stanley's arrest is just the latest in a string of bad fortunes for the Yelnats family. Turns out that several generations back, the Yelnatses were cursed by a one-legged gypsy. And over the course of the book, we get a glimpse into some different time periods: the story of Stanley Yelnats and his unlikely friendship with another camper named Zero; the story of Stanley's great-great-grandpa who was cursed by Madame Zeroni; and the story of Miss Katherine's transformation to Kissin' Kate Barlow after a failed love affair with an onion man.

8. Other Projects • Readers Theater • Literature Circles • Debates • Write their own book???

9. Common Core • Explanation of thinking and evidence (detail) • Independent work • Collaborative work • Increased autonomy • Increased writing in all classes

10. Common Core- Reading • Graded Discussions • Set of standards for listening and speaking • Taught how to present and engage in meaningful discussions • Discussion will be scored so we can measure student growth • Re-reading of text • Student focus will be based around a different skills or task

11. If you have any questions please feel free to email me, call me, or make an appointment to meet with me. Thank you!