welcome, students! mrs. foltz 8 th grade english/language arts room 501 please do the following:...
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Welcome, Students!
Mrs. Foltz8th Grade English/Language Arts Room 501
Please do the following:
1. Find your seat on the seating chart and have a seat.
2. Take the blank sheet of white paper and fold it into fourths (hot dog style); Write your first and last name on the paper so it becomes a name plate for you. (See my name plate on the white board.)
3. Quietly complete the student information sheet. I will collect these before the end of the period.
A little bit about me…
• My family• Grady, almost five years old
• Batman• Shylo, just turned three!
• Princess• Travis, my husband…also a teacher!
• Summited Mount Rainier• Older sister…she is my best friend and new neighbor
• My background• Big Sky Country!
• My interests• Reading! • Playing with my kids• Cleaning/Organizing
My classroom expectations(in a nutshell)
• Be respectful• Classmates, classroom, Mrs. Foltz,
and, of course, yourself!• Be responsible
• Planner• Website• At-home/In-class files
• Work hard and be an Active Learner!
Beginning Class…• Be in class and in your seat when the bell rings.
• One tardy: Warning• Each subsequent tardy: Infraction
• Bellringer! (warm-ups): begin right away• Done in spiral notebook
• Journals • Vocabulary• Quote of the Week• Learning checks
• Weekly grade
Class…
• Mrs. Foltz’ desk is her space• Get a drink, use the bathroom, sharpen your
pencil, throw garbage away and recycle recyclables during “non-instructional” time
• Binders, books and supplies are stored under your seats ONLY
• No GUM• No backpacks or bags• No cell phones
Class continued…• Work/study time (determined by Mrs. Foltz):
Type… Looks like… Sounds like…
Independent -students in seats
-students being productive
-students on task
-silence
Partner -students in seats next to partner
-students being productive
-students on task
-students sharing responsibility
-”6 inch” voices, a little louder than a whisper
Group -students in seats with group
-students working cooperatively together
-students on task
-group accomplishing work
-inside voices
Class continued…• Computers
• Available for student use, need permission• Lockers
• Students will not be permitted to retrieve materials from lockers; come prepared!...or solve your problem!
• Textbooks• Remain in room 501. Available for check out if needed, see Mrs.
Foltz…also online. • Give me 5!
1. Be seated2. Be still3. Voices off4. Eyes on speaker5. Active listening
Assignments• Name, date, class period on every paper• Use pencil or blue/black pen only!• Neatness counts • Late work = no credit (no exceptions!)
• Turn in what you have done, something is better than nothing)• Be responsible for absent work• Grade/correct all assignments neatly (red pen only)
Ending Class…• Mrs. Foltz dismisses you, NOT the clock
• Stay seated until dismissal• Books and supplies are put away neatly• Desks are neat• Floor is clean
Language Arts• Reading
• Becoming better readers• Literature books• Novels
• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain• To Be A Slave by Julius Lester• The Light in the Forest by Conrad Richter (optional)• Junior Scholastic magazine
• Self-Select Reading requirements (all year)• Writing
• Becoming better writers • Six Traits• Essays
• Personal Narrative/Memoir• Explanatory• Argumentative
• Grammar• Vocabulary- Greek and Latin roots• Speaking and Listening
How does Mrs. Foltz decide what to teach you?
Grades• Categories and Weights
• Performance= 60%• Projects, Unit Tests, Essays, etc…
• Homework= 20%• Weekly reading logs, vocabulary exercises, grammar practice, etc….
• Class work= 20%• Bellringers, reading responses, quick writes, Socratic Seminars, etc…
