BuiltWithNOF

Ms. Sackman

Learning Strategies

Mrs. Sackman

Para Educators:

Mrs. Gentry

Ms. Clonce

Mrs. James

The Middle School level learning strategies program is designed to perform two basic functions: to use a learning-strategies approach to teach students how to learn with their individual learning strengths and weaknesses, and to provide direct instruction in content areas where more in-depth or specialized instruction is required.

 The general goal of this program is to teach learning challenged adolescents strategies that will facilitate their acquisition, organization, storage, and retrieval or information, allowing them to cope with the demands of secondary curriculum and of the demands of social interactions.  It is not the goal of this program to “cure” the disabilities that exist, but rather to teach strategies for working with and around those disabilities.

Objectives include:

  • -To comply with all school, state, and federal regulations in the processing of referrals, testing, placement, and programming of the students.
  • -To maintain a close working relationship with parent/guardians and regular

    •  content area teachers, including collaboration and team teaching.

    • -Instruction in the learning strategies will follow goals and objectives of each individual student.

    Grading Scale Learning Strategies   Classroom

    A  93-100  Study Hall Classes   Rules:

          • B  84-92 Grades are based on:  1. Be responsible
          • C  74-83 -Bringing Materials   2. Respect others/self
          • D  65-73 -Class Behavior   3. Follow Instruction
          • F  64-0 -Agenda    4. No Whining
          • Learning Strategies Language Arts
          • Mrs. Sackman
          • Areas to be covered this year:
    • Grammar- Sentences, Parts of Speech, Phrases, Clauses
    • Usage- Agreement, Verbs/Pronouns Correctly, Glossary and Thesaurus
    • Mechanics- Capitalization, Punctuation, and Spelling
    • Composition- Creating Complete Sentences, Paragraphs, Stories, and Letters
    • Speaking and Listening- Formal and Informal Speaking, Listening
  • Other Areas:

    • Reading: Students in 6th grade will be required to read 300 pages per semester and 7th grade students will read 400 pages per semester. The students will keep a log in the class room of the pages that they read.  Students will also be required to complete a project on one of the books that they have read each semester. 

     Students will be encouraged to take AR (Accelerated Reading) test with the books that they read for extra credit.

    Classroom Rules:

      • Follow Directions
      • Respect Others and Self
      • Be Responsible
      • No Whining
  • Grading Scale:

    • A  93-100       

     B 84-92

     C 74-83

     D 65-73

     F 64-0

                                                                                     Mrs. Sackman

                                                                             Washington Middle School

    505 N. Meade

    Glendive, Mt 59330

    sackmank@glendiveschools.com