6 th Grade Language Arts Betty Lauder blauderkyrene

6 th Grade Language Arts Betty Lauder blauder@kyrene. org 480*541*5912

A little about me: • Grew up in Pennsylvania and went to Penn State majoring in Political Science. • Originally went into the legal profession then decided to get my Master’s Degree in Education-also from PA. • Started teaching in PA then moved to AZ in 2002. • Total of 13+ years teaching, also have my Gifted Endorsement • Been at Akimel A-al for 7 years in the same grade, same subject, and same pod. • I have an 8 year old son, Dante who is in 3 rd grade at Kyrene-Estrella.

Curriculum • Language, Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening • Informational reading & writing • defending responses with evidence from the text • Annotation, analyzing text • Making notes as they read and making connections • Spelling/vocabulary using Greek and Latin roots, context clues • Google docs, Turnitin. com, student email accounts for collaboration

Organization of text • Students will use the “stoplight” method to highlight information in a text. • They will use the same method to structure their writing. • Green- topic • Yellow- main ideas/points • Red- examples, evidence

Grading • Students receive daily grades for classwork and homework. This includes daily “walk-in” work. • Larger assignments such as assessments, projects, reader’s response, research, creative writing work will receive more points than daily work. • Please use the Parent Vue Portal on Kyrene website to check grade and work completion status. Updated often. Students can check grades via Student Vue with their student number.

Learning Goal Scale

Homework • Nightly homework – Spelling/vocabulary (5 -10 mins. ), grammar (5 -10 mins. ) – Unfinished classwork ? ? ? – Additional research/writing for projects. . . As needed – Read 20+ (for enjoyment) – Interactive Notebook prep work- cutting and gluing

Supplies • • • Composition book One subject notebook (maybe two) Two pocket folder Highlighters- green, yellow, pink, blue Toolkit- with general needs Jump/flash drive

Best way to reach me: • • blauder@kyrene. org 480 -541 -5912 Class website- resource, rubrics, and handouts Team website- homework Thanks for coming!

Expectations for Advanced Language Arts Class • Higher level Lexile reading (novels) • Vocabulary book (Classic Roots) SAT prep • Reading Responses with in depth evidence • Expected to maintain a B average or above • Quicker pacing • Higher quality work, discussions, thinking • Making inferences, Interpretations • Shakespeare study- continued through 8 th grade • Independent projects

Thanks for coming!