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You can STILL submit Grade Recovery Tickets with work but only until this Wednesday (5/24)!
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Final 3rd Quarter Assignments List + attached documents. Click below.
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Students, there were a COUPLE of you that I was unable to update your grade before they kicked me out of the grade book today. I will have to submit a grade change form for you. I will also print out a notice for you to give your parents with your report card, signed by me. For MOST of you, your grade is accurate as reflected. I gave an excess amount of extra credit 2nd quarter. Get ready to buckle down for some hard work 3rd quarter!
If you forgot your Winter Packet at school, I have uploaded everything for you. Do not miss this opportunity to help your grade!
Click below...
absent, see me immediately. The deadline is Friday, 12/16/16. Read the ticket very carefully! If you have been paying attention to Focus, you now see that Independent Rotations (Reading and Critical thinking via book and via Achieve on the computer) now count as 40% of the grade (50% is Whole Group/Small Group and 10% is the Outside Reading Project). Too many were ignoring certain parts of class and managing to pass anyway. This is NOT what is best for preparing you for future success (whether FSA or more difficult text next year). This allows for more even grade/assignment distribution.
Don't think reading every day is important? Check out the video below.
***Outside Reading Project and KFC Quiz are happening soon! (B-day: Monday, 12/12 and A-day: Tuesday, 12/13
Thanks!
Mrs. M.
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Students Helping Students = Peer TutoringGetting stuck on an assignment and want a different perspective? Why not try a little help from another student that I have confirmed "gets it"! This is a new initiative that I hope will help you with a different approach. The following students did well on their assignment and are approved to peer tutor you. (Your peer tutor does not have to be from your class but it may be easier to find them that way.) They do have the right to refuse to peer tutor anyone though, as their own work comes first. However, if they keep a log of exactly who they helped and how they helped them (and I see the evidence of this in your work), then they get EXTRA CREDIT. It's a win-win!
***Peer tutors, you may NOT do the work for them. Your job is just like mine would be. Explain the concept, ask questions to get them thinking, peer edit, and brainstorm. Please also read the notes in Focus and on your assignment (with me) before you peer tutor to make sure that you are guiding them correctly. |
Weigh the Words (with "Lost at Sea"): Danila Villada (1st block), Nadya Matthews (1st), Reanne Mendoza (2nd), Ethan Deleon (3rd), (none for 5th yet), Daniela Sayan (6th - conditional on her reading the comments on her paper first), and Jennifer Rivera and Tarah Ayers (7th - both conditional on reading them reading the comments on their paper first).
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ALL STUDENTS who submitted a project last quarter (Thinking Blooms) that did not make it on the Reading Rockstars Wall! You need to pick up your project from the Independent Reading chair no later than Friday, December 2nd. If you do not pick it up, I will have to throw it away as I have no where to house them. This is fair warning. Thank you! :)
***ANY STUDENT that did not get a GRADE RECOVERY ticket or
who lost thier's, needs to see me immediately!
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Online Solutions Box:Have ideas on how to make things better in our class and didn't get a chance to drop it off in the Solutions Box in class? You still can here! (Just remember, in class is private. Online is public.)
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Parent Information Form:Parents, please take the time to follow the link to fill out this information form. Thank you!
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PARENTS AND STUDENTS: I invite you to join REMIND. REMIND is a service that allows me to send reminder texts to students and parents in a safe and convenient way while keeping our numbers private. I am going to use this service to remind students of due dates, quizzes, and other information throughout the year.
*As incentive to join, I will send out previews of one part of each vocabulary quiz ONLY to those on Remind! If you are interested in joining this service: Text: @4a3a32 To: 81010 |
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Welcome! I'm glad you're here!
I am so excited to get to know and work with you! I have an open door policy and encourage your regular communication. Together, we are going to make this an awesome year! EVERYONE can become a better reader, writer, and collaborator. We’re all here for the same reason, so don’t fight it, embrace it! I am not your enemy. This class is not your prison. If you can put aside the “I can’t,” “Don’t wanna,” “Don’t like it,” “Don’t care,” “This is stupid, “ and work with me… REALLY work with me… I guarantee that your reading level will improve, your success in other classes will improve, and your test scores will improve. Becoming a proficient reader impacts your present success and your future opportunities for the GOOD life, for the rest of your life. Remember, YOU are in charge of your future. YOU are in charge of your learning. With power, comes responsibility. I will help you, but you have to help me help you. If you need more help or if something is going on outside of class that is affecting your work, you must tell me. If you are absent, you must get the make-up work, complete it, & return it in a timely manner. So no more excuses! Decide to pass. Decide to succeed. Decide that you are worthy of an amazing future. I am here for YOU! |
Yes, I am tough and will hold your feet to the fire but someone once told me my heart is bigger than a VW Bus.
Here are some things you should know: - I loved you before I even met you. (No really, this is completely true. I would say that it's a mom thing but I was like this before so it's just a me thing. I hope it becomes a you thing too.) - I can dislike you intensely but still love you fiercely. (You may tick me off royally but if you ever needed me, truly needed me, I would be there for you in an instant with no questions asked. This fact stands forever. Period.) - I have dreamed for you, hoped for you, prayed for you... just like I have with my own child. (I want the best for you! When you make mistakes, fail, hurt... my heart breaks too. When you succeed, make that connection, overcome that barrier, rise above it - seeing the light bulb click, your face crack a smile, your laughter - BEST. THING. EVER.) - What you say to me, good and bad, matters. I have a heart and a soul and am not a robot. (Wait, what?! Surprise!) - My crazy faces help me keep my cool but also, hopefully, breaks the monotony, adds some levity, and makes your load just a little lighter with laughter. (I'm okay with seeming just a little crazy. Hey, fair warning now that I'm a cheesy goofball. Don't believe me? Just you wait....) - I will sacrifice SO much for you... my health, my family, my sanity. No one is making me - you mean THAT much to me. I won't know for years if it was worth it, but I hope it makes a difference. Know that I will have tried and given it my all. |
You will soon learn that I take my job very seriously and I know that I will work you harder than many of your other teachers. Hopefully, you now understand why. It will not be because I hated you; it will be because I loved you. I know that hard work is what it takes for you to grow and succeed in this world. I also know that my job isn't just about educating you.
My goals for you this year are for you to: learn to trust, take risks (academically and socially), increase your reading skills and level, gather a bag of tricks (strategies) that you could apply to any class, think and analyze deeply, make a friend, listen to your gut, speak intelligently (and without curse words), break the failure cycle, realize your worth, discover your voice, abandon laziness, find your inner motivational cheerleader, help others, experience success, and always, ALWAYS, to remember our mantra... |
Sincerely,
Mrs. McHone
Mrs. McHone
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"Last Date Accepted" deadlines are quickly approaching! Don't get caught with a permanent zero in the grade book. Get your parent to sign your Late Work Slip, attach it to your completed work, and turn it in the yellow Late Work Box before time runs out. (Dates are always on the Work & Learning tab.)
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Grading Update:
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New StudentHere are the basics to get you started! The entire website is in essence the syllabus but you will find supplies, a program description, grading, tutoring, and parental involvement ideas highlighted here.
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WorkEverything having to do with classwork, homework, extra credit, and learning may be found here.
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Policies & ProceduresIt's a good idea to review rules, consequences, reward systems, and other policies and procedures that make our class a well oiled machine.
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