7th Grade Language Arts

Room 230
Teacher: Ms. Fairbee
Phone: (757) 850-7422
Email: hfairbee@hampton.k12.va.us

Hello and welcome to the 2017-2018 school year! Below contains important
information in order to help get this year off to a great start! Please read thoroughly with
your student and have them return the signed portion to me by Friday September 8th. I
look forward to a very productive year!
This class will focus on a variety of skills such as reading comprehension and writing
composition. We will take several RI (reading inventory) tests throughout the year to monitor
student comprehension. We will read various fiction and nonfiction texts (short passages as
well as longer stories) in order to practice for the Reading SOL.
Along with reading, students will be required to use a Writing Notebook in order to
respond to prompts and receive effective feedback in order to prepare them for the 8th grade.
This notebook will be used in class on a weekly basis and may need to be taken home to
complete assignments. Students are to bring this notebook with them to class everyday, along
with any other required supplies.
I encourage you to communicate with me at any time if you need to. Whether it is a
general question or a larger concern, I am committed to supporting you with whatever you need.
Support from you is also gravely important to the success of your student. Lets work together in
order to ensure this success
My class number and email are located at the top of this page. My weebly site is
hfairbee.weebly.com. Here you can get an idea of our weekly agenda and any assigned
homework as well as links to any of our class sites such as Google Classroom and NOREDINK.
Both of these recourses will be used frequently for work inside and outside of the classroom.

Grading Categories
-Practice: 20%
-weekly warm ups, vocabulary classwork/homework, reading passages, NOREDINK
practice assignments
-Minor Assessments: 35%
-vocabulary quizzes, essays, NOREDINK quizzes, short story quizzes, larger reading
passages
-Major Assessments: 40%
-major tests, larger reading passages, final drafts of essays
-Critical Skills Assessment: 5%
 Student and Parent/Guardian Acknowledgement Form
Ms. Fairbee will hold her students to high expectations in order to foster a safe and
effective learning community. Please read and sign that you acknowledge these expectations and
will make your best effort to uphold them. Parents/Guardians please read and sign that you will
help your student to reach these expectations each day.

1. I expect my 7th graders to be on time and prepared with proper supplies everyday.
(pencils/pens, writing notebook, chrome book, binder, etc.)
2. I expect my 7th graders to follow all of the rules and guidelines set forth by Hampton City
Schools.
3. I expect my 7th graders to respect their peers as well as themselves at all times.

I,_________________________________________________________(print student name), have read and

understood the class syllabus and the expectations set before me. During class discussion, I have
asked any questions of it that I needed further explanation. I understand that by signing and
returning this form I am agreeing to meet the expectations listed.

____________________________________________
(Student Signature)

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(Parent/Guardian Signature)

Parent/Guardian best form of contact: