Mrs. Worsham

6th Grade

Pre-AP Reading & Language Arts

About Mrs. Worsham

Native Kingwood resident Attended Humble ISD

schools K-12

Graduated from KHS

Fightin’ Texas Aggie Class of ‘98—WHOOP!

Taught 6th & 7th grade RELA for eleven years

Took a five-year hiatus

Married for 13 years & have two sweet boys Five year old, kindergarten

Three year old, preschool

Excited to be back in the classroom at Riverwood!

Their first day of school…bless their teachers.

Grading Information

Formative Assessments: 40%

Daily Work, Homework, and

Quizzes

Summative Assessments: 60%

Tests, Projects, and A.R.

Testing days Tuesday and Thursday

RMS Grading Policy All assignments will be accepted up to 4 days late. 1st day late - 80% of the earned grade

2nd day – 60% of the earned grade

3rd day - 40% of the earned grade

4th day - 20% of the earned grade

After the fourth day late, no credit will be offered (“0” in grade book).

Make-up Work:

District policy is 1 extra day per excused day absent.

Online Gradebook Codes:

A – student absent; needs to complete for makeup work

X – student exempt from assignment

O - final grade; teacher has requested missing work & student has not complied blank space – teacher has not yet entered grade

Course Syllabus: First Nine Weeks

Literature: Literary Elements, Short Stories, Memoirs, and Poetry

Writing: Poetry, Literary Analysis, Paragraph Writing, Multiple Paragraph Essay

Grammar: Parts of Speech, Subject & Predicate, Types of Sentences, Sentence Structures

Vocabulary: Knowsys

Class Novels

Walk Two Moons – Sharon Creech

The Pearl – John Steinbeck

Gifted Hands - Ben Carson and Cecil

Murphey

It is a good idea for students to have their own copies of novels to practice annotating, but it is not required. *On sale in library tonight!

Knowsys Vocabulary Vocabulary program used throughout Humble ISD

in grades 6-8

• New word list assigned each Friday (10-12 words)

• Quiz each Friday (formative)

• TEST (summative) after each five groups of words

• Quizzes and Tests are cumulative

Word Group Lists are available on my website

Pre-made vocabulary cards are available for purchase at myknowsys.com

iPhone and Android apps also available at myknowsys.com

Accelerated Reader Basic Information Due Dates for 2014-15

• Novels are on a point value system. Students need to earn 20 A.R. points per nine week grading period.

• AR is an ongoing homework assignment.

• AR is a summative (test) grade. • All tests will be taken on the

computer in my room. • All tests must be taken by the end of

the class period on the due date.

1st 9 weeks October 21

2nd 9 weeks

December 16

3rd 9 weeks March 17

4th 9 weeks

May 28

Make Up Work When your child is absent:

• Students are expected to check the “Make Up

Work” folder in the classroom

• Attending tutoring may be necessary for

clarification or making up a test/quiz

• Can check the website to see what was missed

• District policy is one extra day per excused day

absent to turn in work

Tutoring

Students may use tutoring to:

finish incomplete work

make up tests or quizzes

ask for help with certain assignments

catch up on reading

take AR tests

Mondays & Wednesdays

7:45-8:25am

Testing days are Tuesdays and Thursdays

How Parents Can Help • Check planners.

• Monitor grades online.

• Make sure students are reading.

• Make sure students are reviewing vocabulary words.

• Proofread essays, but don’t write or re-write.

• Check the teacher’s website when absent.

• Check the website to see if information is posted that will answer a question.

• Email your questions if you can’t find the answer.

• Encourage independence.

Contact Info Web Site

http://www.humbleisd.net/rms/kworsham

Email kristin.worsham@humble.k12.tx.us

Phone 281-641-4849