Welcome to 7th Grade Language Arts and Social Studies with Mrs. O’Hara

1. Good Evening • Sign up for the Newsflash at the back computer table • Please sign in • Find child’s desk & peruse paperwork

2. Welcome to 7th grade Language Arts & Social Studies Mrs. O’Hara Summit Intermediate 2013-2014

3. Team Up For Student Achievement • Contact Information: • Mrs. O’Hara: • Jamie_ohara@etiwanda.org • Teacher Web: • Mrs. O'Hara's Teacher Web page • Phone: 909 899 1704

4. Monitor Your Student’s Achievement ESPRI: http://etiwanda.org/ • Parents • Student information • Access ESPRI/Grade book • Create ESPRI account • Why ESPRI? • 24 hour access to student grade books • Monitor attendance • Monitor missing assignments • State testing results

5. Bell schedule

6. Common Core State Standards • CCSS • 2014 • Emphasis: • Problem-solving • Critical thinking • Writing skills • Collaboration • Increase Expository Text reading

7. College & Career Readiness • Demonstrate Independence • Comprehend and evaluate complex texts • Construct effective arguments • Convey multi-faceted information • Build Strong Content Knowledge • Produce works of quality and substance • Respond to Varying demands • Adapt communication to appropriate audiences

8. College & Career Readiness, continued • Comprehend and Critique • Assess veracity of claims • Cultivate open-minded and discerning attitudes • Value Evidence • Cite specific evidence • Use Technology and Digital Media • Understand Other Perspectives & Cultures • Collaboration • Effective communication with respect for cultural differences

9. Kagan Strategies • Teams • 3 or four per group • Decrease Achievement Gap • Foster Collaboration and Cooperation • Increase Interaction and Engagement • Try It! • Round Robin • Memories associated with school?

10. Curriculum Curriculum is driven by: • CA State Standards • Common Core Content Standards Students will continue to develop skills in: LANGUAGE ARTS: * Word analysis * Reading fluency & comprehension * Vocabulary development * Response to literature * Writing genres & strategies * Writing conventions * Listening and speaking skills

11. Reading and Vocabulary * Reading a lot • -fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. • * Vocabulary Development • - Command of grammar & usage for CCR success • - Differences in vocab. Development & achievement gap • - Context-rich stagnation in 4th/5th • - 5 to 15% vs. 95% *Tiers - One: everyday speech - Two: general academic; high frequency - Three: academic and domain-specific

12. Morphology Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis • Students will study Greek and Latin prefixes, suffixes, and root words daily • Quizzes given about every 15 roots • Easy Grammar • Builds on skills for 6th grade volumes • Easy recognition of prepositional phrases, etc. • Why? • Reading and Writing, Volume 5, Number 2, 227-241, DOI: 10.1007/BF01027486 • Builds sophisticated vocabulary • Context (sub= under, marine= sea) • Precise meaning http://www.springerlink.com/content/qj7w8227715w4462/

13. AR Reading • REQUIREMENTS: -Accelerated Reader Tests in the library/ classroom - Book every 4 weeks - Comprehension score in grade book * LIBRARY: • - We visit the library every other week. • - The library is also open before and after school as well as at lunchtime • Battle of the Books

14. Social StudiesMedieval & Early Modern Times : • Islam • Africa • China • Japan • Middle Ages • Renaissance • Reformation • The Americas

15. Grading for Language Arts &Social Studies Tests 40% Quizzes/projects 30% Classwork 20% *Homework/Reading10% * According to District guidelines, homework is not to exceed 10% of a student’s grade.

16. Current Events • Skills: • Expository Text • Annotation • Citation/Paraphrasing • Summarization skills • World Exposure • Assigned weekly • Sample Lesson completed in class

17. X-Time • Focus: • Literature • Reading, Writing, Cross-Curricular • Relation to CCSS • Goal: • Support to students in core areas • Homogeneous • Flexible grouping • Rotation in Core at 6 weeks

18. Homework • Homework is assigned everyday • Assignments are written in the binder reminder and on Teacher Web • Assignments are generally a review and practice of the day’s lessons • District guidelines are 50-60 minutes* • Use judgment • Quality, not quantity • Homework in Grade book • 0 unless late work is submitted for reduced credit • Students should be reading at least 20 minutes a day

19. Behavior Expectations • Be prompt, be prepared, and complete ALL assignments ON TIME. • Treat people and their property with respect. • Follow procedures and directions the first time they are given. • Accept the consequences of CHOSEN behaviors. • Do not interfere with others’ learning.

20. Grade First Aid • Have the original test signed by your parent or guardian. • Submitted within ONE week • DO NOT WRITE YOUR CORRECTIONS ON THE ORIGINAL TEST SHEET! • On another piece of paper, write out each answer you missed. This means writing out the question and the full answer or definition. I will not accept a word or a letter only • Social Studies, write the page number you found the answer on! • Staple your corrections to the original test (CORRECTIONS on top) • Turn into your period basket for grading

21. Ensure Student Success • Sign up for and monitor ESPRI • Check Teacher Web and/or binders • Sign up for emails via Newsflash • Allow student to be responsible and to accept consequences • Allow him/her to be challenged • Maintain communication between school and home

22. Thank you for coming! I am looking forward to a wonderful year.