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Welcome to Miss Babin’s

7th Grade ELA 2018-2019

Team Phoenix

Welcome Parents!

Please complete the following… 1. Sign in on the sheets provided (there are

two clipboards for convenience).2. Take an index card - write down a

positive message for your student with his/her name! → Finished in red basket.

3. Take an FYI (if you want or need).4. Sit where you’re comfortable!

○ NJ & NY Certified.○ Marist College alumni & Teachers College

student.○ 2nd year at MTMS → 3rd year teaching.

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About Me

Falcon Yearly

Informer

Expectations & Class Rules

Being Prepared Means...

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Independent Reading Book

Student Agenda

Pens and Pencils Highlighter

Post-It Notes Glue Stick

Tape Index Cards

Reader’s Notebook Writer’s Notebook

Grading & Absent/Late

Work

Grading Summative - 40%

Formative - 30%

Independent Practice - 20%

Habits of Mind - 10%

8The “Checks” System✔ ++ = 100%✔ + = 90%✔ = 80%✔ - = 70%✔ -- = 60%

Homework

Nightly

Reading 20 minutes (at least)

Post-It (late grade: one day - max ½ credit)

Post-its worth 3 points each unless stated

otherwise.

Weekly

Writing Long → in the notebook.

Other

Larger writing assignments or other

project will be assigned throughout units.

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Absent Work

○ Students have as many days to finish the work as they were absent, unless stated otherwise.

○ It is the students’ responsibility to turn in any missing work or arrange to take a missing assignment. This includes work checked or collected on the day the student was absent and the work that was assigned on that day.

○ I will NOT ask for their work.

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Student Recorder

Absent Work Bin

Late Work

Team Phoenix Late Work

○ 10% off each day late for homework.

○ 5% of each day late for other assignments.

○ Post-its you have ONE day for half credit.

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Habits of Mind & Team Points

Habits of Mind

- Start at 25 for each month.

- Lose points for…- Behavior- Preparedness- Participation- Effort- Classwork

Team Points

- Earn Points- Lose Points- Rewards- Reset at the end of

unit.

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GOALS

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Readers & Writers

Workshops

Book Clubs & Independent

Reading

Literary Analysis &

Writing About Reading

Some things we are doing this year…

More in Units of Study…

Reading Workshop

Reading Workshop Philosophy Student Choice: Students select books of their choice; putting the ownership in their hands. Students are encouraged to check-out books from the school library, classroom library or the township library.

Differentiation: Students conference one-on-one with the teacher throughout the week. Students tell me what they are reading, goals, and I assess what they need to do in order to become stronger readers and writers.

Reading workshop is the most effective way to instill a passion for reading in students, and ultimately a lifelong love of reading.

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Student

Choice :

Books

ELA Units of StudyReader’s and Writer’s Workshop Launch

● Procedures and Routines ● Stop and Jot Nightly HW & Writing Long Weekly HW● Book Talk Presentation● Humans of MTMS Project-informative writing interview● Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper-Unit Read-Aloud Text

Perspective/ Investigating Fiction● Short stories where reading strategies will be reviewed.● Writing About Reading with textual evidence. ● Plot & fiction structure will be taught.

Overcoming Obstacles: Deep Study of Theme ● Tangerine by Edward Bloor-Unit Read-Aloud Text● Literary Analysis Writing Piece

Nonfiction: Healthy Choices● Read Aloud & text sets with nonfiction reading strategies● Research Simulation Writing (Argumentative Writing Piece)

Genre Study: Fantasy & Science Fiction● Book Club ● Daily mini-lessons on reading strategies and literary elements (focusing on setting)● Narrative Writing Piece

Drama ● “Monsters Are Due On Maple Street” by Rod Serling

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Notebook OrganizationReader’s Notebook is divided into 4 sections:

1) Goals and Reflectionsa) Record titles and authors of books they read each month.b) Conference notes will be held here.

2) Mini-Lessonsa) Classwork notes & handouts.

3) Vocabulary and Grammara) Students are expected to record new and interesting vocabulary words

inside Word Wall.b) Students will be expected to know how to spell and use vocabulary

from Read Alouds & other tier 3 words.4) Writing About Reading

a) All “Stop and Jots” and writing about reading will be completed here.b) Other Writing About Reading may be drafted here, as well.

Writing Workshop

Goals of Writers Workshop

We will analyze mentor texts as readers, and then as writers.

From the mentor texts, students will brainstorm ideas, and continuously write out ideas.

Writing About Reading is not necessarily Writers Workshop.

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ELA Units of StudyReader’s and Writer’s Workshop Launch

● Procedures and Routines ● Stop and Jot Nightly HW & Writing Long Weekly HW● Book Talk Presentation● Humans of MTMS Project-informative writing interview● Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper-Unit Read-Aloud Text

Perspective/ Investigating Fiction● Short stories where reading strategies will be reviewed.● Writing About Reading with textual evidence. ● Plot & fiction structure will be taught.

Overcoming Obstacles: Deep Study of Theme ● Tangerine by Edward Bloor-Unit Read-Aloud Text● Literary Analysis Writing Piece

Nonfiction: Healthy Choices● Read Aloud & text sets with nonfiction reading strategies● Research Simulation Writing (Argumentative Writing Piece)

Genre Study: Fantasy & Science Fiction● Book Club ● Daily mini-lessons on reading strategies and literary elements (focusing on setting)● Narrative Writing Piece

Drama ● “Monsters Are Due On Maple Street” by Rod Serling

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Class Jobs

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Class Ambassador Librarians

Clean-Up Crew Table Jobs

Class Jobs

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Contacting Miss Babin 25

Email: mbabin@monroe.k12.nj.us

School Phone: (732)-521-6042

From 8AM to 3PM.

1. Staff Webpage

2. Google Classroom

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Team Phoenix Technology

Technology

Each team now has their own Chromebooks. This means that our team can use the Chromebooks more than in previous years.

Students are given their log-in information. Their passwords will continue to be the six-digit code.

No cell phones are permitted in class.

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TechnologyGOOGLE CLASSROOM

- ELA (Ms. Babin)- Social Studies (Ms. Ponsini)

ALL TEACHERS - TEAM PHOENIX PAGE OR STAFF WEBPAGES

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Thanks!Any questions?You can find me at mbabin@monroe.k12.nj.us

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