Team 8CAmicalola Falls State Park

Field day winners

2004/2005

Teamwork makes

anyThing possible!

iT’s going To be

anoTher greaT year!

A little about Mrs. New•This is my 5th year teaching at CMS

•I am participating in the Teach 21 program this year

•I have been married for 20years and have 2 children, Austin (17) & Jordan (14).

•I have 2 dogs, Luke & Daisy.

•I love to travel and visit with family & friends.

•My favorite part about teaching is getting to know my students and helping them to become life-long learners.

my FavoriTe quoTe

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

R alph Waldo Emerson

reading

What can you expect in reading class this year?

8th grade ReadingCourse Map

• 1 st Semester– Active Reading Strategies– Informational Text Comprehension– Literary Text Comprehension, “The Diary of Anne

Frank”• 2 nd Semester– Poetry – Novel Study – To Kill a Mockingbird, The Wave– Response to Literature

• Throughout the Year– Vocabulary Development and Word Analysis– GCRCT Skills

Helpful Resources

• Mrs. New’s Reading Websitehttp://mysite.cherokee.k12.ga.us/personal/liesl_new/site/default.aspx

Daily Assignments & homeworkQUIA - Wordly Wise practiceLiterary text onlineSyllabusReading Unit links

Procedures• Daily Lessons (posted on board)

Warm-ups Lesson Homework: weekly reading logs

• Turning in Work Class basket Late Work What to do when you’re absent

• Reading Center Entering the Area – pass required

Checking out books

• Reading Logs 2 ½ hours of reading each week

Due each Tuesday/Late after Friday

Classroom GuidelinesrespeCT & responsibiliTy

My personal Pet Peeves:2. Name-calling3. Not respecting others4. Not being responsible for your own actions

Reading CountsRead each night

Meet your individual reading goals Take RC tests on books

25 book club

Keep track of your reading and earn rewards!

Group & Partner Activities

lisTen For The bell!sTop, look, lisTen

Skits: “Diary of Anne Frank” & “The Hitchiker”

Corey & Josh 2004

Chase, Amy, & Ginger 2005

Taylor & Turner 2006

Storytelling DaysOctober 30th & 31st

Reading Goals Accomplished!

Meeting reading goals pays off!

Examples: Social time

ice cream partiespizza parties, etc.

Also, no reading logs the following 9 weeks!