Msjeffersclassroom.com Website Review

a reader lives a thousand lives before he dies…the man who never reads lives only one. – george r.r. martin. i hope this site can be used by both students and parents to stay informed and involved with 7th grade language arts. below you will find some basic information about clas*. i’m looking forward to the year ahead of us and cannot wait to get to know each and every one of in language arts, students are taught to think, read, write, speak, view, and listen.  our work is grounded in the iowa common core curriculum and focuses on these elements: 1) guided reading of informational and literature based texts, 2) independent reading, 3) if you would like more information about the iowa core literacy standards, click here students have a double period of language arts.  this means they will be in clas* for 93 minutes each day.  because language arts is two clas*es, the homework and learning expectations are double that of a normal clas*. you may check your grade at any time by accessing the grade portal in infinite campus. when you look at your grade in language arts, you will find four weighted groups: reading (35%) (literature and informational), writing (35%) (grammar is included in this i include participation in my grading because, as i tell the students, you must participate in your education and, therefore, i expect you to participate in clas*. whether you are asking questions, volunteering answers, or pas*ing out papers, you must contribute to clas*. it is not acceptable to sit back and let others do the work. participation is measured by your pas*ive participation and your active pas*ive participation: – you are on task. – you are not talking at inappropriate times. active participation: – you volunteer answers. – you share during discussions. – you submit word wall words.- you volunteer to help out. – you submit writing prompts. – you give extra book talks.- you share your writing during w.o.w. – you submit words for word stumpers.- you submit la in action forms.