Monday, March 18, 2012Welcome to Reader’s Workshop!

Please do the following:1. Grab a note card and handout

from the front table.2. Find the desk with your name on it.3. Complete the top of side A of the

handout.

Please write the following on the NOTE CARD:

• Name• Nickname• Birthday• Parents/Guardians Names (first & last)• Parents/Guardians Contact Numbers (if you

know it)• Parents/Guardians Email (if you know it)

Intro to Mrs. Koyl• Three Things to Know:–Recovering coffee addict (I try

to only drink the caffeinated stuff when I’m really tired)– Easily distracted (just think

Doug from UP)–Married to my wonderful

hubby for 14 months (check out my gorgeous ring, ladies!)

My husband Mitchell

(and me!)

Things to Know About RW

• Grades:– Prepared (personal book, pencil, journal/folder)– Weekly Assignments (correspond to strategy)– Personal Reading Books (checked daily)

• Clock Partners / Seating• Journals & Folders• Silent Reading• Abandon Slips/ Book Reviews

Classroom Procedures

• Entering the class – Come in quietly, grab your folder and journal, sharpen your pencil if necessary, go to your seat, and begin reading quietly. Sometimes I might have a journal posted – always check the board when you come in!

• Finishing work early – If you finish an in-class activity early, please read silently. Do NOT distract your classmates!

Classroom Procedures

• Backroom – If you go into the back room without my permission, it is an immediate after school detention (no exceptions!).

• Passes – There are NO PASSES in our classroom. Get your stuff done before or after class. If you forget something in your locker and go after class has started, it’s a tardy.

• Getting out of your seat – Do NOT get out of your seat without asking. If you need something, please raise your hand.

Classroom Procedures

• Tardy Policy – I know it’s difficult to hear the bell but learn to keep an eye on your watch/phone. You must be in the room, in your seat, by the time I come in from the hallway. If you come unprepared for class and need to retrieve something from your locker (homework, journal, pencil, etc) or borrow from me, it is a tardy. Your fourth tardy will earn you an after school detention. Nine tardies will earn you an office referral.

Classroom Procedures

• Make-up Work – In this class, we typically don’t have a lot of take-home work. Most often, you will be marked exempt if you were absent for an in-class activity.

Classroom Procedures

• End of class – The bell does NOT dismiss. DO NOT get up and walk towards the door until I have dismissed you.

• Attention – When my hand goes up and I count down, the room must be quiet by the time I reach zero. Otherwise I will start adding time on to the end of class.

Classroom Discipline• If a student chooses to be disrespectful, I will

use the following four basic steps, but I may skip steps or improvise depending on the severity of the situation.

1. Verbal Warning2. Verbal Warning & Discussion (out in the hall

or after class on YOUR time) – may include loss of privilege and/or parent contact

3. After School Detention & Parent Contact4. Office Referral

“Could It Be True???”

Get ready to “check” side A.

1. I’m a fan of the Lions because my husband loves the Lions, and we’ve seen them play at the Lion’s stadium once. FALSE! We’ve never been there.

2. My car’s name is Prudence; she’s purple and is over 10 years old (but I love her!). TRUE!

3. I lived in New Mexico for two years and visited the Grand Canyon twice. TRUE!

4. I will only drink decaf coffee now because the regular stuff gets me too jittery! FALSE! I drink regular every now and again.

5. I enjoy watching “Mythbusters” and other random sci-fi series (Atlantis anyone?). TRUE!

6. When I was two years old, I fell, busted open my head, and had to be treated at a veterinary (animal!) clinic. TRUE!

7. I am a twin and am the youngest of six children. FALSE! I AM a twin, but I am NOT the youngest.

8. Some of my favorite foods are coffee cake, chips & salsa, spaghetti & meatballs, and sauerkraut (sour-krout). FALSE! I can’t stand sauerkraut.

9. I have watched the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy at least twice but just read The Hobbit for the first time this past September. TRUE! Awesome read!

10. I have been to Disney World, Disney Land, AND Universal Studios! FALSE! I’ve never been to ANY of them.

Your Turn

• Write ten of your own true/false statements (five of each).

• Find someone you don’t know real well and take each other’s quizzes.

• Turn them in to me.