Welcome+to+Mrs.+Oswalt's+7th+Grade+Language+Arts+Class





Dear Parents,

My name is Mrs. Becky Oswalt, and I am excited about the up coming year at EMS. I retired from Middletown City Schools where I spent 19 years teaching language arts and 16 years as a middle school counselor. Three years ago, I returned to teaching at EMS teaching 7th grade language arts. I am looking forward to getting to know all of my students and their interests. I am sure it will be a fun year, both challenging and rewarding.

This year the 7th grade classes will be studying thematic units which integrate many genres including nonfiction, historical fiction, realistic fiction, science fiction, poetry, drama, etc. Our belief is that a student's reading level will only improve through daily independent reading. Therefore, students will be encouraged to independent read 20-30 minutes per day. Parents can help by encouraging and monitoring their child's reading at home. Students will also continue to implement grammar, vocabulary, and spelling to build their language skills. Reading and writing will be an integral part of both in-class activities and homework.

Our class will be filled with many activities that are based on the following beliefs:  I believe that communication is so very important for the success of your child. I will always contact you if I have a concern or notice a change in behavior. I encourage you to contact me if you have a concern or you child is experiencing a difficult time. If I don't know about the problem I won't be able to address it. I welcome any suggestions that you may have that would help make your child's language arts experience a great one! Please click the contact information link to communicate with me.
 * Students have different learning styles.
 * Cooperative interaction increases learning and improved social skills.
 * Daily independent reading increases vocabulary and reading level.

I look forward to working with your child this year.

Becky Oswalt