Reading & Writing

Dear Parent or Guardian,

I’d like to welcome your son/daughter back to a new year of learning, growing, socializing, and self-discovery. It is my pleasure to have the opportunity to enrich your child’s life with the English Language Arts. As your child’s language arts and reading teacher, I am committed to providing a learning experience that elicits inquisitive thinking and profound discovery while at the same time inspiring success and ambition.

This year, ELAR will be implementing a structured curriculum which allows for a rigorous learning environment that will better prepare your son/daughter to meet the demands of high school and college readiness, improve critical thinking, and will ultimately serve as a supportive structure that will inspire success in future English and reading classes through a vertical alignment of objectives spanning from now through high school. Your child will experience challenging reading and writing opportunities while practicing relevant strategies needed to succeed in my class as well as other academia.

Accountability for all work will be seen in a variety of ways. Progress and development will be evident within writing portfolios and a variety of differentiated products created by your child throughout the year.

Once again, I look forward to this new school year, a year full of rich, learning experiences.

Sincerely,

Stacey H. Ross