In 2013, Bachelor of Arts – English – Creative Writing from Brigham Young University – Idaho.

During the 2016-2017 school year, I completed my internship and student teaching 7th grade ELA here at Aprende!

In 2017, I earned a Master of Education in Teaching and Teacher Education from the University of Arizona.

I love this school and am excited to continue to be a part of this amazing community and work with your student.

What you can expect from the teacher:

Updated website, which may include such items as the assignment calendar for each class, homework help, handouts, or additional resources

The commitment to reply to parent contact via email or phone within one business day

Grades posted online through ParentVue in a timely manner

What you can expect from your student:

Clear expectations of assignments each week (a hard-copy agenda is encouraged)

Knowledge of classroom structure and behavior

Ways to communicate classroom learning with you at home

What your teacher and your student expect from YOU:

Current email address(es) updated through ParentVue

The commitment to check your student‘s grade on ParentVue on a regular basis

The commitment to check the teacher’s website on a regular basis

iReady Novel Study (Possible novels: Holes by Louis Sachar and

Stargirl by Jerri Spinelli, Grand Canyon Reader Nominees) Scholastic Action Magazine MyPerspectives

Student A Student B Student C

Reads 20 minutes per day = 3,600 minutes per school year = 1,800,000

words per year

Reads 5 minutes per day = 900 minutes per school year = 282,000

words per year

Reads 1 minute per day = 180 minutes per

school year = 8,000 words per year

Scores in the 90th

percentile on standardized tests

Scores in the 50th

percentile on standardized tests

Scores in the 10th

percentile on standardized tests

Assuming these students started reading each day in kindergarten, by the end of 6th grade: Student A will have read for the equivalent of 60 school

days, Student B will have read for 12 school days, and Student C will have read for 3.

Want to be a better reader? It’s easy: just read.

Grading Scale

Grading Scale

If your student is absent – it is his/her responsibility to get any missed work upon return.

Assignments are posted online on my website and ParentVue/StudentVue.

If you know your student will miss a day of class, have them ask me ahead of time for the work that they will miss to ensure that they do not fall behind.

Your student is your best source of information about our class!

“Education should be the process of helping everyone to discover his uniqueness, to teach him how to develop that uniqueness, and then to show him how to share it because that’s the only reason for having anything.”

-Leo Buscaglia

Paper (lined or printer paper—white or color)

Pencils. Lots and lots of pencils!

Pens

Highlighters

Tissues

rpolay@kyrene.org