2014-2015 School Year
Montgomery Junior High School
Cheryl Kolstad
7th Grade: Language Arts/Reading
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Graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a
degree in Secondary Education
Areas of Certification
English
Social Studies Composite
history, government, economics, geography,
psychology and sociology
ESL
GIFTED/TALENTED
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Began teaching in 1985
Subjects taught
7th grade ELA
9th grade United States History
7th grade Texas History
I’m very proud to be a Bear!
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Literature Texas Treasures
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textbook
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Grammar, editing and revision (ongoing)
Reading skills, story elements (ongoing)
Short stories and Folklore
Drama
Poetry
Spelling and Vocabulary (root words, and
words in literature)
AR
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Writing
Essays/Compositions
Journals
Quick Writes
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Grammar and Spelling
Daily Oral Language (DOL)
Conventions/Warm ups
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Reading Skills
Predicting
Inferencing
Fact/Opinion
Main Idea
Summary
Character Traits
Sequencing
Drawing Conclusions
Root Words
Context Clues
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Short Stories
Study the elements and their
function
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Novels
The Outsiders
Out of the Dust
Walk Two Moons
Poetry
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Oral Tradition
Folk Tales
Fables
Myths
Legends
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Accelerated Reader
12% of overall grade
Silent Sustained Reading for approximately 30
minutes in their AR book
Students take tests on the AR books they finish
to reach their assigned goal
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AR Book Study
Computer Lab Project
One project every six weeks
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Major Assignments
55%
Accelerated Reader
12%
Daily Assignments/Other
33%
Total
100%
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Communication between the student, parent, and
teacher is the key to your child’s success.
Conference: 9:59-10:44
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Phone: 936.582.6400
Cell Phone: 936.827.2475
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Email: ckolstad@misd.org
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Spring/on-line
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I appreciate your involvement tonight,
and thank you for coming!
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