Mrs.

Berman
8th Grade
English Language
Arts and Reading

Graduated from Illinois State

University in 1997 with a bachelors
degree in English-Education.
Received a masters degree from
St. Xavier University in 2000 in
Curriculum and Instruction.
Moved here 9 years ago from
Chicago, where I taught 8th grade
for many years, and I have been
teaching in Blue Valley for 7 years.

Trey is a
freshman at BVW
and he is 15.
Taylor is a 7th
grader at LKM
and is 13.
Kyra is a 4th
grader at LKE and
is 10.
Nate is a 2nd
grader at LKE and
is 8.

ELA
Grammar and

Punctuation
Writing Workshop
Research and argument
writing
Technology-based curriculum
Public Speaking

Reading
Free choice reading
still important
More nonfiction/complex
text
Comprehension, fluency,
plot development, making
inferences, and literary
elements

Reading Logs
In school logs will be signed
by teachers and encourages
you to read in school and do
HW at home.

Class novels
will be read in
addition to
free-reading
novels. The
goal is to
prepare you for
high school
ELA classes.

ELA class will be in

the morning and
reading class will be
in the afternoon.
One grade. All work
turned into ELA bins.

 These units will directly correlate

with the strands of the College and

Career Readiness Standards for ELA.
Language/Grammar
Writing
Speaking and

Listening
Literature
Informational Text

BYOD
BV WIFI: Log in and click on BV,

not BV2.
Put in your username and
password is student ID#
Phones and devices may come
every day and stay face-down
on your desk until you need
them for class purposes only.

Download the StudentVue app

to your mobile device and
connect with Blue Valley
School District.

Please check grades and

assignments regularly
using StudentVue.
No excuses!
Grades will be updated once a
week.

Also, download the Google Drive

app to your device. This is how
we will be word processing/typing
papers/working collaboratively.

Late Work Policy

O Work is expected to be turned in on time. In

order to receive full credit, work must be

submitted on the due date during class.
O Students will have 24 hours from the original

due date to turn in work to be graded for a

maximum score of 70%.
O Work received after 24 hours will not receive

credit.
This policy is adopted by the entire 8 th grade.

PSM Plagiarism Policy

The Prairie Star Middle School plagiarism
expectations are consistent with the Blue
Valley High School plagiarism policy.

Copying of another persons ideas and/or

works, whether intentional or not, in whole
or in part, from a print or nonprint source,
and using those ideas or works as ones
own, whether for written, visual, or spoken
assignments/products.

Examples:
- Wordforword or imageforimage
copying of material without quotation
marks and/or attribution.
- Copying computer programs, disks,
classroom tests, homework, reports
- Surrendering or distributing ones work
for anothers use.
- Deliberate and/or consistent lack of
proper documentation and citation in a
project or paper.
- Intext documentation that is not
reflected in a Works Cited page.

Communication is Key!
Please contact me via email @
nmberman@bluevalleyk12.org
BV student email on apple device:
http://itunesu.bluevalleyk12.org/resources/appledevicewifi.pdf
BV student email on Android or Windows device:
http://www5.bluevalleyk12.org/techsource/?p=3140

Netiquette
Dear Mrs. Berman,
Sorry to bother you, but there is no
link for tonights homework on
Edmodo. Could you possibly check that
at your earliest convenience?
Thank you,
Joe Shmoe

Sign up for text

reminders:

Bins:
*All work is turned into your ELA hour
bin on the side counter.
-Homework
-Late work
-Absent work
*Do not place on my desk.
*I will add grades in once per week.

Be Inspiring!
Go for the Gold!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwlhUcSGqgs