STUDENT - 2023 IAR Preview 7th Grade (Copy)
7th Grade Students can go through this PowerPoint SlideShow with the pages in their OneNote to help them gain strategies for the ELA portion of IAR.
Meet Mrs. Martin
UPDATE:
I am delighted to inform you that I have returned from maternity leave as of April 12. I feel incredibly fortunate to have had the opportunity to spend some quality time at home caring for my newborn daughter. Despite her premature birth and month-long stay in the NICU, I am happy to share that she has been home since New Year's Eve and is now thriving.I want to express my heartfelt gratitude for your patience and understanding, especially during those early weeks when my departure was sudden and unexpected. I must commend Ms. Prokaski and the ELA team for their exceptional work in ensuring that the curriculum stayed on track in my absence.Please feel free to reach out to me with your comments, questions, or concerns. I am here and ready to support you in any way I can.Thank you once again for your understanding and support during this special time in my life.
Hi! It's nice to meet you!
The 2023-2024 school year is my 9th year teaching ELA. You may know me by my maiden name, Ms. Manning. I got married on October 15, 2022 and have changed my name to Mrs. Martin. My husband Michael and I live in Oak Lawn with our daughter, cat, and dog.
A little about me professionally - I received my Bachelor's Degree in English Education from Trinity Christian College (go trolls!) then went on to get my Master's Degree in Reading from Olivet Nazarene University. In addition to teaching, this will be my 5th year coaching girls basketball. My #1 goal as a teacher is to get kids to enjoy reading. I whole-heartedly believe that once a person finds that joy, then all other reading and writing skills will follow suit quickly. Therefore, I emphasize choice, independence, and variety when it comes to reading materials.
Favorites:
food: Palermo's 95th pizza
drink: Starbucks
TV show: The Office
movie: Jurassic Park
sport to watch: Chicago White Sox
sport to play: basketball
book: Harry Potter series, The Nightingale
music: all types
candy: Reese's
color: blue
holiday: Halloween
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Selecting novels to read at HCMS: In an effort to build passionate readers, we continue to build classroom libraries in which students have choice over the texts they select. There may be books in libraries that are identified by publishers as “young adult” due to the fact that our students are young adults. With that being said, “young adult” books are considered appropriate for up to 18 years of age. Please discuss with your children any parameters that you would like for them to follow as they choose texts from our classrooms.
