Welcome Back: Parent Letter

Dear parents and students,

My name is Ms. Lauren Reynolds, I will be your/your child’s English teacher for the 2019 – 2020 school year. This will be my third year at Salina Intermediate. I am a graduate of both Wayne State University and Western Michigan University, with a bachelor’s degree in in English and art, a master’s in English, and a second master’s degree is higher education. I have spent several years working in the Office of Admissions at Western Michigan University.

My other teaching endorsements include k-12 Art and ESL. For the past 2 years, I taught 6-12th grade art at Star International Academy. Before that, I was an assistant art teacher at the Dearborn Heights Montessori Center, for k-8th grade students. My interests include: writing poetry, reading, painting and learning new recipes. I live in the Dearborn area with my husband, and my cat, Simba. I look forward to getting to know you and your student this year!

Last year, we had 86% of students show reading growth. This year, I plan to have 100% reading growth for our kids! But, in order to do this, we need your help. Supplemental reading will be assigned all year. 20 minutes per night, documented on our nightly reading logs, and culminate in a book-talk, third card marking. Additional logs will be available in the classroom, and on the Iblog and Google Classroom (where assignments are regularly posted). For the 3rd and 4th card markings we will have required IXL assignments each week. This means that they can never say, “I don’t have homework.” Nope, not true!  Reading, is homework! We want reading to be fun for your child, going to the library together, picking out books, reading and talking about the stories together, this is a great way to make reading logs the most painless homework ever!

Sincerely,

Ms. Lauren Reynolds

Recommended Supply Lists:

  • pencils, erasers, blue and red pens and highlighters
  • pencil case to store supplies
  • three ring binder with pockets and loose leaf paper
  • college-ruled composition notebook (for 6th grade reading response journal only)
  • spiral notebook with at least 4 subjects (for interactive writing notebook)
  • 8 color set of crayons or colored pencils (for interactive writing notebook)

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