Welcome to my classroom. I am Mrs. Wolpert-Gawron, and if you are here, I'm assuming it's because you or your student will be spending their year in WolpertWorld either as a Language Arts student or Speech & Debate team member.
This year, you will be able to find agendas, assignments, information on upcoming assessments, and resources all posted here on the WolpertWorld website.
I will also share resources for parents as I find them. For instance, as a parent or guardian, you may want to explore the following articles:
"55 Best Back-to-School Articles for Parents" - this list is full of gems and take-aways that could help you and your student during the upcoming school year.
Advice for a Tween Parent (Me) from a Tween Teacher (Also Me) - this is a post I wrote when my own son entered middle school
The Tween Brain: Under Construction - here's a short video about some of what's going on in your 8th grader's brain!
As a teacher, I am dedicated to the 5Cs: Creativity, Critical Thinking, Collaboration, Communication, and Curiosity. You will find that these terms help guide my lesson planning, my unit design, and my love of teaching middle schoolers.
During the first week of class, I asked my classes to come up with a series of norms, a set of vows regarding their academic efforts and in how they treat one another both online and offline. During the first week of school, Mrs. Wolpert-Gawron's classes all combined their heads and hearts and created the following list of norms:
We, the students of Mrs. Wolpert-Gawron’s Room 1 know that there are certain academic and behavioral expectations when we work together both in the classroom and online. We pledge to do the following as stated in our student-created Classroom Constitution:
ROOM 1 CLASSROOM CONSTITUTION, 2018-2019
This year, you will be able to find agendas, assignments, information on upcoming assessments, and resources all posted here on the WolpertWorld website.
I will also share resources for parents as I find them. For instance, as a parent or guardian, you may want to explore the following articles:
"55 Best Back-to-School Articles for Parents" - this list is full of gems and take-aways that could help you and your student during the upcoming school year.
Advice for a Tween Parent (Me) from a Tween Teacher (Also Me) - this is a post I wrote when my own son entered middle school
The Tween Brain: Under Construction - here's a short video about some of what's going on in your 8th grader's brain!
As a teacher, I am dedicated to the 5Cs: Creativity, Critical Thinking, Collaboration, Communication, and Curiosity. You will find that these terms help guide my lesson planning, my unit design, and my love of teaching middle schoolers.
During the first week of class, I asked my classes to come up with a series of norms, a set of vows regarding their academic efforts and in how they treat one another both online and offline. During the first week of school, Mrs. Wolpert-Gawron's classes all combined their heads and hearts and created the following list of norms:
We, the students of Mrs. Wolpert-Gawron’s Room 1 know that there are certain academic and behavioral expectations when we work together both in the classroom and online. We pledge to do the following as stated in our student-created Classroom Constitution:
ROOM 1 CLASSROOM CONSTITUTION, 2018-2019
If you are a parent, thank you for visiting; and if you are a student, thank you for entrusting me with your learning this year. However, I admit it; I'm a selfish teacher. In exchange for teaching you, I also expect to learn from you too.
Sincerely,
Heather Wolpert-Gawron
8th Grade ELA
7th Grade ELA
Sincerely,
Heather Wolpert-Gawron
8th Grade ELA
7th Grade ELA