How can you contact me?

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How can you contact me?

• Email
• mark.winters_at_cobbk12.org
• Phone
• 770-928-5560 ext. 406
• Email is the quickest and most reliable way to
  reach me!

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Please check my BLOG often!

• My BLOG is full of useful information that will
  keep you up to date on what your student is doing
  in my classroom.
• Items you can find on my BLOG
• Class notes
• Assignment directions
• Links to games and websites that can supplement
  classroom instruction.

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Areas of Study

• Writing
• Narratives
• Persuasive
• Response to Literature
• Expository
• Poetry
• The Writing Process
• Brainstorming
• Drafting
• Revising
• Editing
• Publishing
• Grammar/Conventions
• Parts of speech
• Sentence types
• Figurative language

• Reading
• 25 BOOKS!
• Genre requirements
• Elements of
• Theme
• Plot
• Characters
• Setting
• Conflict
• Fluency

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How will writing grammar be taught?

• Write, write, write, write!
• Daily journal free-writing (see the rules on the
  wall)
• Daily mini-lessons covering conventions grammar
  (editing checklist, wall charts, mentor texts,
  etc.)
• Daily editing revising where students revisit
  their free-writing to apply the new concepts
• Students will choose pieces from their
  free-writing to turn into a polished, published
  piece

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How will reading be taught?

• Students need to read at least 25 books
  throughout the school year.
• Students will respond weekly to me about what
  they are reading in their reading journal
• Two days a week will be used for the teaching of
  reading
• One to teach reading skills
• One for reading and response
• Students will recommend books to others and write
  at least one book review every nine weeks.
• One larger project will be assigned every nine
  weeks