Author: Brett

ELA CAFÉ
OVERVIEW

In Mr. Hughes’s class , students will be creating their own learning and learning what is means to add value to their education. Students will be responsible for their learning and will be held to the highest expectations during the school year. My classroom is a safe environment for learning. Students will be free to verbalize their answers as well as give suggestions, comments, and evaluate their class mates work. Students will learn from each other thus teaching them how to be life long learners. Students will use all subjects to create their learning. Finally, students will have the opportunity to share their work with students from other districts as well as our own.

Creation is the key to learning not consuming.

The icons used on the cover in this project are created by: Cafe by Arthur Shlain from the Noun Project, 24 by Pause08 from the Noun Project, Learning by lastspark from the Noun Project

Parent/Guardians,
I will be using 3 forms of daily/weekly communication with you. Those forms are REMIND 101, Email, or phone. This will allow us to stay in contact about your student. Please fill out the spaces below and return one copy to me and keep a copy for your records.
Name: ___________________________
Cell #: ___________________________
Email: __________________________________________________________________

ANYTIME YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME
Tel: 330-679-2305 Ext. 4031
E-mail: brett.hughes@southern.k12.oh.us

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ELA CAFÉ
2019-2020
SYLLABUS /EXPECTATIONS

YOU CAN FOLLOW YOUR STUDENTS WORK ON TWITTER AT
@MrHughes2019

EXPECTATIONS

What you can expect from Mr. Hughes:
To be fair
To provide immediate feed back on work
To expect nothing less than the students best
To keep in contact with parents/guardians on a weekly basis
To listen and not judge
To provide every opportunity to be successful
To help students to create not consume
To learn several different methods to create their learning
To be able to use the methods and materials to create their learning to show how and what they learned
What Mr. Hughes can expect from his students:
To listen
To be willing to try
To be willing to step outside the box
To be open to listen to their peers
To give 100% on all work
To live up to the expectations of the classroom
To be prompt with completing work
To respect others work and creations
To be willing to F.A.I.L. Foster Aspire Invent Learning— meaning understand that you will be more successful when you allow yourself to make mistakes along the way and not be afraid to learn from those mistakes
To Add value to their and their classmates education
Thomas Edison was said to have failed nearly 2000 times when trying to invent the cotton carbonized filament for the incandescent light bulb. When he was asked about it he said, “I didn't FAIL I found 2000 ways how not to make it, I only need to find one way to make it work.”

1st nine weeks overview
During the first nine weeks students will be learning the classroom procedures and expectations. They will also be learning all of the different ways they can create their learning through the use of technology. While learning these methods and pieces of software, students will be creating examples using each piece of software. Students will be completing DLR’s (DAILY LANGUAGE REVIEWS) each day as part of their daily routine. I as the teacher will be in control of what goes into each example that they create
2nd Nine weeks overview
During the second nine weeks, students will review the software pieces that they learned to use and will learn new pieces of software that they will create examples of to show what they are learning and how it adds value to their learning. DLR’s will continue and students will culminate the first and second nine weeks by creating a project that will show the value that they added to their education as well as what they learned and how they learned it. I will begin to slowly relinquishing control of their creating by giving them less restrictions for each example they create
3rd nine weeks overview
During this nine weeks, I will become more of the facilitator during the students time to create. We will be going on journeys through using what they have learned and allowing them to use their knowledge to create legacy in learning. This nine weeks will consist of projects that will highlight their learning and show their progress on how they have added value to their education. DLR’s will be continued as well
4th nine weeks overview
During this nine weeks, the control of learning becomes the responsibility of the student. As the teacher, I will be the CEO of the class, while the students will be creating a final culminating project to show case their learning and how they have added value. Students will be working at their own pace and using all of the software they want to include in their final project.

EXPECTATIONS
Be respectful of others
Begin with the end in mind
Be willing to try even if you FAIL
Follow directions and procedures
Be on time

HOME WORK POLICY
Homework will be given on Wednesday and will be due by 11:59 pm that night. Failure to complete home work will result in zero points. All points possible for the assignment will be listed with the assignment.

Student work will be pushed through GOOGLE CLASSROOM, and GOOGLE SITES. Students will be able to have 24/7 access to their work at all times. Thus there will be no excuse for not having their work completed .