mrs. mays– 7th gr ade language arts
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Welcome, S tudents !. Mrs. Mays– 7th Gr ade Language Arts. Welcome to 7th grade!. All About Me. My background I grew up in Topeka. I attended West Avondale and Stout Elementary School, Jardine Middle School, Topeka High School, and Bethany College. My experience - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Welcome, Students!Mrs. Mays–
7th Grade Language Arts
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Welcome to 7th grade!
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All About Me• My background– I grew up in Topeka.– I attended West Avondale and Stout
Elementary School, Jardine Middle School, Topeka High School, and Bethany College.
• My experience– I’ve been teaching for 13 years.– I have also taught at Chase Middle School and
Ross Elementary as the PE teacher but Landon 7th grade Language Arts is my favorite.
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• My husband– Brian
• My child– Brynna
• Our pets– Porsche
– Izzy
My Family
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My Goals• To give you the academic and social skills
you need to survive in 7th grade.• To provide a supportive and fun classroom
environment.• To help you learn the following things:– how to research for projects– how to correctly do daily editing– how to use grammar appropriately– how to create writing projects
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Mrs. Mays
Language Arts
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7th grade core classes• The subjects you cover during 7th grade
are:– Reading- Mr. Lavin– Math- Mrs. Davids– Science- Mrs. Villahermosa– Social studies- Mr. Meyer
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Writing- Mrs. Mays• We will be doing 3 research writing
assignments.• We will do a narrative writing piece.• We will do a persuasive writing piece.• We will do an autobiography piece.
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Reading• We will be doing some projects with the
novels and vocabulary from Mr. Lavin’s class.
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Math• You will study hard and prepare for the
state standards test in the spring.
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Science• You will find yourself busy with
experiments and ideas for the science fair.
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Social Studies• The research projects that will we be doing
will have to do with the material you are learning from Mr. Meyer’s class.– Kansas History– Geography
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Our Classroom CommunityMrs. Mays– 7th Grade
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Class Rules• Our classroom is a community. In our community,
we have rules to help us get along with each other.• Our class rules are:
– Must be in the room by the time the tardy bell rings, or you will be counted tardy.
– Gum will be allowed if it is not disrupting the class. No candy unless given by Mrs. Mays.
– Bring all materials to class. This includes 3-ringed notebook with notebook paper, planner, pencil/ (red) pens, and assignment(s).
– Respect is expected! – The bell does not dismiss you, I will.
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Homework and Websites• I do not assign homework every night. You
might need to finish rough drafts or grammar assignments periodically during the year.
• Your vocabulary packets are due on Fridays.
• There are several websites that you can visit to study while at home.– http://landon-mays.wikispaces.com
• Here you will find a copy of the late work policy– www.studystacks.com
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Let’s Have a Great Year!