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Welcome. Mrs. Goetz Period 1-2 Mrs. Goetz and Mrs. Kreutzer Grade 6 English Room B-11 Please sit at your child’s desk. (Refer to seating chart at each table. Red is period 1-2; Green is period 5; Blue is period 7-8) 2. Please sign in.
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Welcome Mrs. Goetz Period 1-2 Mrs. Goetz and Mrs. Kreutzer Grade 6 English Room B-11 Please sit at your child’s desk. (Refer to seating chart at each table. Red is period 1-2; Green is period 5; Blue is period 7-8) 2. Please sign in. 3. Please read your child’s goal card and write down your goals.
Thank you for visiting! Your children have shown themselves to be • Individuals • Respectful • Cooperative • Curious • Eager • Thinkers • READY
All About ME! • Mom • Education • Careers • New York • Weston • My HAND
Goals Philosophy Balance All children can be successful Attitude matters I am a teacher, a helper! Students respond to high expectations • Social, emotional and learning needs • Safe and secure environment to promote risk-taking • Supportive classroom community • Your child’s success!
Curriculum Overview • based on Columbia University’s Teachers College Reading and Writing Workshop Model • focuses on the internal process of composition and comprehension rather than the final product • Knowledge is transparent and transferrable
“The more you read, the better you write; the more you write, the better you read!”
Reading Workshop • Teach reader, not book • Self-select books • Mini-lessons • Small groups • Direct instruction groups • Conferences • Goal setting • Leads to • Engagement • Achievement • Comprehension • Depth of Understanding
Qualities of Good Reading • Read monitoring for sense • Read making connections to our lives • Reading thinking about characters • Read being in on the interior thoughts of characters • Read asking questions about the text • Read listening for the voice of the text • Read with a critical eye • Read checking the text against what you know • Read thinking new thoughts • Read to add onto what you know • Read to help you understand something • Read making connections to other texts • Read noticing crafts • Read thinking about BIG IDEAS • Read following a line of thought • Read building an overall interpretation (what does this all mean?) • Read with a purpose • Read and Reread!
Writing Workshop • Teach writer what writers do • Process driven • Envisioning • Planning • Drafting • Writing • Editing • Revising • Publishing • Mini-lesson • Independent work • Conferences • Independence
Technology • Cloud • Virtual desktop • Virtual printing • E-books • Wikis • Blogs • Glogster • BYOD • Edmodo • Parent Edmodo
Classroom Community Home Support Nightly reading Refer to as. notebook Monitor time online Contact me! • Tissues • Cups • Classroom help • Area of expertise • Period 7: snack & water
Great to meet you! • Please look for your child’s hand on the way out!!!