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Curriculum Night!
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About Me
 About Me

• Born and raised in the Upper Peninsula.

• Attended Northern Michigan University –Degree in Education with double minors (Social Studies
and Language Arts).

• Received my Masters in Literacy from Marygrove College.

• This is my 9th year of teaching, and my 3rd year at Hart.

• I have been married for 17 years. 8 of those years I spent raising my children in Mississippi.

• 3 awesome kids-Dylan (9th Grade), Devin (7th Grade) and Delaney (6th Grade). Super busy with
travel baseball, football, and competitive cheer.
 Writing
● My goal is to get their voice in their
writing, and not be so “formulated”.
● 3 Major Writing Pieces
● Research Paper (End of 2nd quarter and into 3rd
quarter)
● Writing will be modeled in class.
● Rewrites are allowed for work that was turned
in on time and is a writing assignment, not nightly
homework.
● Grammar is taught throughout the year.
 Reading
❖ A variety of full class novels
❖ Graphic Novels Unit
❖ Choice unit
❖ Short stories from textbook and other short nonfiction
pieces.
❖ The textbook is available online. See my
website for instructions.
 Vocabulary
❖ Students will get the new words on Monday.
❖ Tuesday through Thursday we will do bell ringer
activities with the words.
❖ On Friday, students will have a few minutes to review
the words, and then take the quiz.
❖ Biggest take away….they must know how to use the
word in context.

● Quizlet.com – link is on my website

 Homework
• I do not favor heavy homework. Between 6 classes, novels, projects, etc. I feel
this is an adequate amount of homework for middle school students. Your child
will work VERY hard throughout the day. Lives are crazy. Believe me, I get it! I
have three, active kiddos!

• I ALWAYS recommend that your child read for 20 minutes a day.

• Agenda is posted on Google Classroom and my website:

http://mrswolsker.weebly.com/

• I will ALWAYS give a study guide for a major test.

 Absent?
• What Should I do when my child is absent?
* Do not worry
* Check my website/Google Classroom
* Exceeds 2 days, may request work from office

• Absence is due to an illness? -

* Student is responsible for checking absence
folder once they return.
* Check with a classmate or my website.
* Allowed one day per each day of absence to
complete and turn in assignments.
 Discipline System
Lead with “HART”
• Hart Beat Tickets
• H-Helpful
• A-Accountable
• R-Respectful
• T-Thoughtful
• Remind System
• Teacher gives a reminder
• 2nd reminder will require students to fill our a form to
be signed by parent
• 3rd reminder is a referral to office
 My Website & Remind
http://mrswolsker.weebly.com/

*8th Grade LA Families: Text 810-10 with the words

“@wolskerla8” to get updates from Mrs. Wolsker via text
message.

*8th Grade ALA Families: Text 810-10 with the words

“@wolskerala” to get updates from Mrs. Wolsker via text
message.
 Ways to REALLY Help!!!
• Organization is KEY!!!! Maybe have a homework folder?? Use
what works!

• Check grades often. I WILL make mistakes, so please email

me if something seems off.
https://rcsvue.rochester.k12.mi.us/

• Are you getting emails from me? If not, your email may be
entered in wrong.
 ParentVue
• ParentVue - The Rochester Community Schools webpage has
a link for ParentVue. There is also a help link if you have lost
the paper that was mailed with your access code or are
having difficulty.

• https://rcsvue.rochester.k12.mi.us/

• There’s an app for that!

• Still having issues….please email

rcsvuehelp@rochester.k12.mi.us 
 How To Contact Me:
• Email is my preferred way of contact:
swolsker@rochester.k12.mi.us

•Phone 248-726-4500
Ext. 4546
 Enjoy the Ride!
• At times it may feel as if you are all on a roller coaster,
but roller coaster rides don’t last for long, and they can
be fun. Remember to take time to enjoy your kiddo. This
awkward, quirky stage won’t last forever. Before you
know it, they will soon be driving a car.
Any Questions??
• I am looking forward to
an exciting year!

• Thank you for coming!