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OPEN HOUSE

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Welcome to Room 335

Please sign in at the front table in the center.

Please take the Open House Visitor Comment Form.

Grab a half-sheet for taking notes if you wish.

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Welcome to Intensive ReadingWelcome to Wharton High School, home of the Wildcats.

My name is Diana Bell.

Educational background-USF, UF & USM

I am certified to teach K-6 & English grades 6-12.

I also have completed my ESOL Endorsement, Reading Endorsement and Gifted Certification classes.

I am also a certified Clinical Educator, a teacher of teachers.

In addition, I am a district trainer for the Read 180 Program.

Lastly, I have my Master’s degree in Curriculum & Instruction.

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Read 180-IR II & IR ABlocked classes for 100 minutes of instructions which means you’ll be with me two ‘periods’ back-to-back.

Class format:

Bellwork/Whole Group-novels & Rbook

Rotations:

Small Group

Independent Reading

Computer Center

Wrap-up/Whole Group

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Helping Your StudentEach student needs a one-inch binder.

Activate & use edline.net (more info to come soon).

Ask him or her about reading homework.

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HomeworkReading homework every night for 20 minutes.

Finish up by filling out Reading Logs.

Reading Logs are due on Friday.

Quarter 2=25 minutes.

Quarter 3=30 minutes.

Quarter 4=35 minutes.

There will occasionally be other homework in addition to the reading logs & these vary.

How will you know?

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www.edline.netAll of us at Wharton utilize a fantastic tool called Edline.

We post grades in Edline (my content-private reports).

We post assignments and due dates in Edline (calendar &/or folders).

We post important links in Edline (E-reads).

Sometimes students will use Edline to take a quiz or survey.

Students may need to submit homework through the Edline drop-box.

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Activation CodesI have printed out Activation Codes for all of the parents.

We can go over to the computer center in a moment & enter your activation codes.

Entering codes-not case-sensitive (Caps or not=okay)

You don’t have to type in the dashes.

Your username cannot have spaces or punctuation.

Questions?

Let’s go activate accounts!!

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Read180 Demohttp://read180.scholastic.com/reading-intervention-program/about