Ms. Watkins
JMU
3rd Year @
JML
I love the
outdoors &
running!
I love reading!
Goals:
To encourage students to be lifelong readers
●To develop critical reading skills
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Means:
●Book Clubs
●Mentor Texts
●Independent Reading
●Reading Goals
●One-on-One Conferences
Quarter 1
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Building Fluency: Writing Notebooks
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Writing Process: Narrative Non-Fiction—Biography
● Editing: Reader Response Journals
● Analytical Writing: Character Analysis
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Independent Reading: 30 Minutes Every Day
Enrichment Activities
Writing Contests
NanoWriMo:
www.nanowrimo.org
Spelling Bee Practice:
www.myspellit.com
Vocabulary Practice:
www.freerice.com
Grammar Practice:
www.chompchomp.com
Formative Assessment
Daily assessments are used to
determine students’ progress toward
mastery of learning targets.
● Formative assessments do not count
toward the report card grade.
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You may locate summative assessment dates
in both Phoenix and my teacher’s web page.
Many summatives are completed in class. If it
is not completed in class, then the student is
responsible for completing it as homework.
Re-Teaching
Students learn at different rates. Our goal as teachers is to make
sure that each student masters the skills, even if it takes more than
one assessment.
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69% or lower on summative assessment: Teacher Directed
Reassessment Students are required to attend a re-teach session
and re-take.
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Re-Teach/Re-Test con’t.
70 and above—Student–Directed Reassessment
Students who have completed all formative assessments but would
like to improve their summative grade must follow these procedures:
Quizzes and Tests:
1. All formative assessments and study guides must have been
completed on time.
2. Tell the teacher that they would like to retake the assessment.
3. Attend the scheduled re-teach session.
4. Retake the assessment within a two week window.
Projects & Essays
Students will receive teacher feedback throughout the drafting
process regarding necessary revisions.
Students are expected to incorporate the revisions into their
final projects and essays. Therefore, final products that earn a
grade 70 or above are not eligible for retakes.
QR Codes
App store
IT’S FREE
“NeoReader”
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.gavitec.android
Once your app is
loaded, open and scan!
Follow us on Twitter!
@JMLEnglish7
@rblwatkins
Our goal: To open communication
pathways with parents using
available technology.
Assignment updates
Important Info
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Google Classroom
° Each child has a Google Locker and a Google
Classroom account.
° To log into their Google Locker account:
Username: first initial.last name last three digits of their
student ID @ locker.lcps.org
Ex. Larry Lion 864: l.lion864@locker.lcps.org
° Password: Same as what they use to log onto the
school computers.
° From there, they can access Google classroom and
don’t forget to check the teacher
websites as well.
English 7 Website
Please check out our website
How Can You Help? Check out our “Sticky
Note” Display!
● Donate an item to our comfy corner: bean
bag, reading pillow, lamp.
● Contribute to our Workshop Supply Center:
cardstock, colored pencils, magic markers,
highlighters, glue sticks, EXPO markers.
● Donate books to our classroom library.
● Let us know when you donate something,
and your student will receive a ROAR!
One last thing…
●Check out your child’s work on the right side of
the room!
●“I AM” Poems were created at the beginning of
the school year to get to know each other.