R. Sher

William C. McGinnis School

7th Grade Language Arts/Room 217

rachsher@paps.net

(If you have any questions, feel free to contact me by email above during school hours. I will get back to you within a day.) 

Welcome to the 2024-25 school year!!!!

Hi, I am Ms. Sher and I am very happy to be teaching your child Language Arts this year. 

Reading: 

In Language Arts, we are working on annotating while reading. We are also following the Reader's Workshop format. Students will be reading in class for approximately 30 minutes every day! 

Students will also be reading an independent reading book throughout the marking period.  They should bring it back and forth to school every day.  Some questions you may want to ask your child as we begin the reading are:

            -Who is the main character? What is the conflict of the novel so far?  What is the setting? 

            -What obstacles has the main character faced thusfar? 

            -What do you predict will happen next? 

Writing:  

Students are beginning the Narrative Writing unit.  Within this unit, students will write a fictional story! Students will be writing independently every day in their class notebooks.

District Grading Policy:

Formal and Informal Assessments- 60%

Classwork- 35%

Homework- 5%