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Please refer to the 'Events'
section for daily assignments and
homework.
Our daily work
schedule will be as follows:
We will also begin "Read Naturally" very soon which students would
be working on independently. This will happen a few times a
week. I have not decided when we will be doing this because I
am still waiting for the program to arrive.
As you should know, students are required to read at least 800
pages a semester. Their communication arts teachers are
monitoring this by assigning reading logs for students to document
their reading on. Any reading we do in class can count as
outside reading on their reading log. Students are also
encouraged to bring the book that they are reading for
communication arts to class daily. I keep explaining to them
that they should be reading any chance they get not only to fulfill
their requirements but also to become an active reader.
Homework - all classes:
Students are required to read a minimum of 800 pages a semester,
therefore, we will have reading homework every night.
Students will be required to read at least 20 minutes a night and
fill out their reading log. The homework coincides with
Reading
Counts. (Please see below) The students
will be reading their Reading Counts books and
filling out a reading log that I will provide for them once we
start. The reading logs have a front side and a back
side. Each side will be for a different week so, therefore,
the reading logs will be due every other Monday. I also do
this so that the students have the opportunity to make up any day
that they might have missed during the week. They can make it
up on any day during the week or the weekend. As we all know,
Life Happens! Students will not be excused from their
required reading for any reason, however, because they are given
time to make it up throughout the week. Reading logs are
worth 40 points, and are worth 10% of their grade.
Due dates for all reading logs:
Reading
Counts:
Reading Counts is a reading
program we use here at Cedarcrest offered by Scholastic. Reading
Counts, similar to Accelerated Reader or
STAR reading, is a
program where students read books at their reading level and then
take a quiz on the book. My reading classes will be visiting
the library soon and anytime, thereafter, to check out our
Reading Counts
books. Books that are Reading Counts books or have quizzes to
be taken, will be labeled. Students can check out any book
that they desire to read, but must make sure that they have a book
to read that they can take a quiz on to get class credit. The
students do not have to check out books here at the Cedarcrest
library, but books from home or from the public library will not be
labeled Reading
Counts books, unfortunately and not all books have quizzes
for Reading
Counts. Students will be encouraged to check out books
that are of their interest and at their reading level.
When the student finishes reading their Reading Counts books, they
need to take their quiz. These quizzes are all on
computer. There are 8 computers in my classroom which have
access to 'Reading Counts' and, I believe, 3 in the library that
students can use to take their quizzes. I am requiring all of
my classes to participate in 'Reading Counts' this
semester.
Each quiz consists of 10 questions. In order for the students
to receive class credit for their quiz and move on to the next
book, they must receive a passing score of 7 points or more.
If the student receives a score of 6 or less, they must retake the
quiz again and can not receive credit for it until they have
passed. If the student takes a quiz 3 times and fails all 3
times, they will be locked out of that book indefinitely.
This will tell the student and I that either they didn't read the
book completely or that they will need to choose an easier one.
Due dates for 'Reading Counts' books to be
done and quizzes to be taken:
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