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Ella Woods
KNOX MIDDLE
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Greetings:

    My position as an AIG Facilitator affords me the challenging opportunity to serve and to help students succeed in ELA.  Having received state-of-the-art training over the last two years from the North Carolina Teacher Academy in the position of a 21st Century Literacy Coach, I bring to the classroom the latest researched based teaching techniques and strategies to help students in reading, writing, comprehension and speaking.
     Because I truly believe that one should treat students as if they were what they ought to be and to help them to become what they are capable of being, I solicit the support of those parents who expect their child(ren) to come to school to learn and to do what is required to be successful in this subject (i.e., come to class prepared, do all assigned tasks, do not disrupt class, and so forth—see class syllabus).
     I am committed to doing my best to maintain high expectations and to provide an atmosphere of excellence in the classroom, and I welcome parental input that lends itself to that commitment.

Respectfully yours,

Ella D. Woods
woodsed@rss.k12.nc.us

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STUDENT TIP:  Do your all of your work-including homework.
                             "Perhaps the most valuable result of any education
                              is the ability to make yourself do the things you 
                              have to do, ‘when they ought to de done,’ whether
                              you like it or not."      –T. L. Huxley

PARENT TIP:  Please, check agenda for homework assignment(s) and follow
                            up to make sure it is done.

A WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT TO STUDENTS 
     I know. . .you don’t like to write, but it’s part of the program so “just write” and agonize (like all good writers do).  Throw out and refine. Agonize some more and re-write again if necessary to produce quality essays and responses to questions.
     In one of her recent publications, Vreeland shared her thoughts on writing.  I wholeheartedly agree with her that writing well doesn’t come easily; in fact, writing can be downright hard.  With this in mind, I want you to know I expect you to make mistakes; however, I also expect you to learn from your mistakes.  Once I teach (or re-teach) a lesson or concept you should apply that knowledge and your writing should show steady improvement.  I should not continually find the same kinds of errors after those errors have been addressed.  I do expect long-term learning—not “hear today, forget tomorrow.” 
     Most importantly, do not become discouraged.  Pay attention, take notes, ask questions. Are you going to be successful?  Of course you are.  After all, WE are in this together!