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Homebase 203
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Homebase 203 Information
Contact Information
Miss Nicole Abes
Navigator Team English and Social Studies
abesn@garnetvalley.org
x 5149
Absences: After a child is absent for the second day, we are
more than happy to collect work for him/her to send home.
Please call or email me. I will send around a folder to each core
area teacher. The folder will be down in the lobby, on the 6th
grade shelf, outside of the main office, after 2:30 p.m.
Welcome Parents!
English Periods 1 & 2
English Periods 1 and 2
Contact Information:
Miss Nicole Abes
Karen Cunningham
Navigator Team English
Specialist
abesn@garnetvalley.org
cunnink@garnetvalley.org
610-579-5149
579-5116
Mrs.
Reading
610-
The best time to reach us by phone is between 7:00 am and 7:30
am or 12:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. daily. You can reach us by email
anytime.
About Me
• LTS for Megan Markley
• Graduated from Unionville High School
• Graduated from Penn State- secondary ed and
special ed
• Taught Social Studies and English at Great Valley
High School for the 2014-2015 school year
P 1 & 2 Course Content and Expectations
In Class Reading
Reading Materials
•
Newberry Award-winning and/or high interest novels
•
Literature Anthology (kept at school)
•
Non-fiction
•
Poetry
Skills we will be working on
•
comprehension, text analysis, vocabulary, reading fluency, understanding
organizational structures and graphics, identifying literary elements, and
interpreting literature to distinguish essential information from non-essential
information
P 1 & 2 Course Content and Expectations
Independent Reading
Why Reading Workshop?
•
Accelerated Reader encouraged students to read a lot
of books at their level and choose from a variety of
works. Reading Workshop includes those ideas but it
adds conferencing, modeling and the teaching of
reading strategies.
•
There are three ‘parts’ to Reading Workshop:
•
Mini-lessons
•
Activity Conferencing Period
•
Reflection
Grammar
Concepts and skills will be taught and reinforced
through various avenues including:
•
mini-lessons
•
direct instruction
•
Writing Workshop
Writing
• Journals
• Writing
Workshop
• Variety of assignments:
•
•
•
•
responses to literature
quick-write activities
special assignments
research papers
English
Materials Needed
3 inch binder (used for all subjects)
• 1 section in binder designated for English
• Composition book/Journal
• Pencils
• Dividers
•
Homework
•Homework will be given every night.
•Use of the student planner is required.
•Typically it will include an English assignment
as well as a reading assignment.
•Independent reading/Reading Workshop will
be ongoing.
•Homework is due on the due date.
•Assignments will be accepted one day late for
half credit.
• Students are encouraged to check teacher
webpage
Grading
Grades are calculated using a total points
system.
•
Each assignment or assessment given is worth a certain number
of points. Homework assignments are typically worth 5-15
points, quizzes are worth around 40-50 points, and tests and/or
projects can be worth up to 100 points. Final grades are
determined by the total number of points earned, divided by
the total number of points offered.
English Periods 4 and 5
Contact Information:
Miss Nicole Abes
Karen Cunningham
Navigator Team English
Specialist
abesn@garnetvalley.org
cunnink@garnetvalley.org
610-579-5149
579-5116
Mrs.
Reading
610-
The best time to reach us by phone is between 7:00 am and 7:30
am or 12:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. daily. You can reach us by email
anytime.
About Me
• LTS for Megan Markley
• Graduated from Unionville High School
• Graduated from Penn State- secondary ed and
special ed
• Taught Social Studies and English at Great Valley
High School for the 2014-2015 school year
P 4 & 5 Course Content and Expectations
In Class Reading
Reading Materials
•
Newberry Award-winning and/or high interest novels
•
Literature Anthology (kept at school)
•
Non-fiction
•
Poetry
Skills we will be working on
•
comprehension, text analysis, vocabulary, reading fluency,
understanding organizational structures and graphics,
identifying literary elements, and interpreting literature to
distinguish essential information from non-essential
information
P 4 & 5 Course Content and Expectations
Independent Reading
Why Reading Workshop?
•
Accelerated Reader encouraged students to read a lot
of books at their level and choose from a variety of
works. Reading Workshop includes those ideas but it
adds conferencing, modeling and the teaching of
reading strategies.
•
There are three ‘parts’ to Reading Workshop:
•
Mini-lessons
•
Activity Conferencing Period
•
Reflection
Grammar
Concepts and skills will be taught and reinforced
through various avenues such as:
•
•
•
mini-lessons
direct instruction
Writing Workshop
Writing
• Journals
• Writing
Workshop
• Variety of assignments:
•
Responses to literature
•
Quick-write activities
•
Special assignments
•
Research papers
English
Materials Needed
3 inch binder (used for all subjects)
• 1 section in binder designated for English
• Composition book/Journal
• Pencils
• Dividers
•
Homework
•Homework will be given every night.
•Use of the student planner is encouraged. We
will sign planners for accuracy in class.
•Typically it will include an English assignment
as well as a reading assignment.
•Independent reading will be ongoing.
•Homework is due on the due date.
Assignments will be accepted one day late for
half credit.
• Students are encouraged to check teacher
webpage
Grading
Grades are calculated using a total points
system.
•
Each assignment or assessment given is worth a certain number
of points. Homework assignments are typically worth 5-15
points, quizzes are worth around 40-50 points, and tests and/or
projects can be worth up to 100 points. Final grades are
determined by the total number of points earned, divided by
the total number of points offered.
Social Studies Period 6
Contact Information:
Miss Nicole Abes
Navigator Team English and Social Studies
aben@garnetvalley.org
610-579-5149
The best time to reach me by phone is between
7:00 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. or 12:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.
daily. You can reach me by email anytime.
About Me
• LTS for Megan Markley
• Graduated from Unionville High School
• Graduated from Penn State- secondary ed and
special ed
• Taught Social Studies and English at Great Valley
High School for the 2014-2015 school year
Social Studies
•
Focus: geography, culture, and ancient civilizations
•
Two textbooks will support our learning: World Studies:
Foundations of Geography and My World History: Early Ages.
•
We will begin the course with the World Studies: Foundations
of Geography textbook.
Social Studies
Foundations of Geography
•
Themes of Geography
•
Map Skills
•
Geographic Tools
•
Physical Characteristics of Place
•
Human Characteristics of Place
•
Patterns of World Settlement
Social Studies
World Cultures
•
Mesopotamia
•
Ancient Egypt
•
Ancient Greece
•
Ancient Rome
•
Mesoamerican Civilizations-Olmec, Aztec, Mayan Civilizations
•
South American Civilizations-The Incas and The Andes
Social Studies
Materials Needed
3 inch binder (used for all subjects)
• 1 section in binder designated for Social Studies
• Colored pencils
• Glue
• Pencils
•
Grading
Grades are calculated using a total points
system.
•
Each assignment or assessment given is worth a certain number
of points. Final grades are determined by the total number of
points earned, divided by the total number of points offered.