Course Goal: Students will grow as readers, writers, critical thinkers and members of a community in a safe environment. 

Course Norms:

• Independent reading 

  • All students will read at least 210 minutes a week (30 minutes a day).  We will use Whooo’s Reading, book logging, and reading logs to track our reading progress.

  • Students will have quarterly reading goals.  A baseline for the goal will be 1 book for every 2 weeks.  

• Book Clubs: During our writing units, students will participate in classroom book clubs with the aim of forming social reading practices and practicing literature skills. 

• Most classes will begin with a daily writing prompt.  Students are expected to begin promptly after sitting down for class. 

• If in-class work is not completed during class, students will need to complete it as homework.

Trimester 1

Trimester 3