Parents and StudentsWelcome to the 2015-2016 school year! I hope you all had restful summer. I look forward to a great year
with my students. We will be reading Independent Reading novels at our own reading level (Lexiled),
reading Lexiled articles and writing responses on computer-guided lessons, and working in small groups
on specific skills.
I encourage students and parents to frequently visit my class web page
(https://www.killeenisd.org/teachers/index.cfm?param1=20353). It contains links to my syllabus, current
handouts (available for downloading), and other useful information. Additionally, assignments will be
made through Schoology, an online learning environment provided by KISD and linked to the online
grade book.
I highly encourage my students and their parents to sign up for Remind text alerts. This provides you a
way to receive reminders about homework and other class related information without me knowing your
cell phone number. I will not “blow up” your phone with texts. I will send out messages before
homework is due and several over a period of time about major projects. This information about how to
sign up for Remind alerts is available on my KISD web page
(https://www.killeenisd.org/teachers/index.cfm?param1=20353).
Each student will need the following supplies for class:
Ink pens – blue or black ink
Pencils – wooden or mechanical
Notebook paper – loose leaf or spiral notebook
Binder/folder – for current and returned work
I am looking forward to seeing parents at our open house at Ellison High School on Tuesday, September
8, 2015 from 6:00-8:00 PM.
Chandler Cox
EHS Reading
Where Eagles soar!
Reading Class Policies
Please read them and review them with your students. After reviewing them, please sign and return the
back copy.
1. Students are now in high school and will be treated accordingly until they prove they cannot be.
Students are responsible for their own behavior and will be given an opportunity to correct
misbehavior before their parents are contacted unless it is severe.
2. Students must be considerate of and not interfere with other students’ learning. The Reading
Lab is also the Dyslexia Lab. A calm, quiet environment is essential to learning these skills for all
students.
3. Students are permitted one restroom pass per grading period. There is no requirement for this.
Use this judiciously. We are in a portable quite a distance from the nearest restroom. You will miss
quite a bit of class to use the restroom. Plan your restroom breaks like you will need to plan stops at
your locker. Some classes are too far apart to take a restroom break or make a stop at your locker
between them. Do it another time.
4. Students will not be permitted to leave class to go to their lockers. Bring your materials with you.
We’re in a portable, quite a distance from any lockers.
5. Homework is due at the beginning of class the day it is due unless otherwise specified. Work not
submitted at the time it is due is late work.
6. No late work will be accepted beyond that due to absence or to meet accommodations or
modifications as required.
1. I drop the three lowest formative grades. This protects a student who inadvertently leaves an
assignment at home, in their locker, etc. from a zero for an honest mistake.
2. We review some assignments in class so students may get timely feedback on their work in
order to improve on the next assignment. When students do not turn in their work on time,
they miss the review, they get the answers during the review, or I must delay the review for
everyone until students submit their work late. This is not fair to the students who turn in their
work on time.
7. Students must read their Independent Reading books outside of class (i.e.: homework), and
make appropriate reading journal entries.
1. Students need to read a minimum of 20-30 minutes and make a reading journal entry four
evenings each week. (This is in addition to what the students read in class.)
2. I suggest three school nights and once on the weekend, but how you do this is up to you, so
long as it gets done each week.
3. Parents please sign the reading journal entries completed at home verifying the student
completed the assignment at home.
8. Tutoring will be offered after school Tuesday-Thursday 4:15 – 4:45 PM. There will not be
tutoring on early out days. Tutoring can be coordinated for before school on an individual basis.
______________________________________
Student Signature
______________________________________
Parent Signature
Reading Class Policies
Please read them and review them with your students. After reviewing them, please sign and return the
back copy.
1. Students are now in high school and will be treated accordingly until they prove they cannot be.
Students are responsible for their own behavior and will be given an opportunity to correct
misbehavior before their parents are contacted unless it is severe.
2. Students must be considerate of and not interfere with other students’ learning. The Reading
Lab is also the Dyslexia Lab. A calm, quiet environment is essential to learning these skills for all
students.
3. Students are permitted one restroom pass per grading period. There is no requirement for this.
Use this judiciously. We are in a portable quite a distance from the nearest restroom. You will miss
quite a bit of class to use the restroom. Plan your restroom breaks like you will need to plan stops at
your locker. Some classes are too far apart to take a restroom break or make a stop at your locker
between them. Do it another time.
4. Students will not be permitted to leave class to go to their lockers. Bring your materials with you.
We’re in a portable, quite a distance from any lockers.
5. Homework is due at the beginning of class the day it is due unless otherwise specified. Work not
submitted at the time it is due is late work.
6. No late work will be accepted beyond that due to absence or to meet accommodations or
modifications as required.
1. I drop the three lowest formative grades. This protects a student who inadvertently leaves an
assignment at home, in their locker, etc. from a zero for an honest mistake.
2. We review some assignments in class so students may get timely feedback on their work in
order to improve on the next assignment. When students do not turn in their work on time,
they miss the review, they get the answers during the review, or I must delay the review for
everyone until students submit their work late. This is not fair to the students who turn in their
work on time.
7. Students must read their Independent Reading books outside of class (i.e.: homework), and
make appropriate reading journal entries.
1. Students need to read a minimum of 20-30 minutes and make a reading journal entry four
evenings each week. (This is in addition to what the students read in class.)
2. I suggest three school nights and once on the weekend, but how you do this is up to you, so
long as it gets done each week.
3. Parents please sign the reading journal entries completed at home verifying the student
completed the assignment at home.
8. Tutoring will be offered after school Tuesday-Thursday 4:15 – 4:45 PM. There will not be
tutoring on early out days. Tutoring can be coordinated for before school on an individual basis.
______________________________________
Student Signature
______________________________________
Parent Signature