Reading with Ms. Yarbrough
by Kim Yarbrough)
Classroom News and Important Dates
Information will be
added for 2009-2010 school year
|Welcome!!! Ms. Yarbrough is now
located in room 409. Come by and see me. I look forward to this year!
co-teaches 8th grade READING. A
places two teachers in the classroom as extra support for students who
with the subject area. Co-teachers use a
variety of resources and strategies to make learning fun and more
for all students. One benefit of having
two teachers in the classroom is that students can have individual or
group instruction as needed from each teacher.
Another benefit is that co-teachers can actually team teach and
material and activities together so that students can see a variety of
strategies and accommodations that better help them to learn and retain
reading class will explore literary text (fiction) as well as
informational text (non-fiction). CA
Gray follows the Georgia Performance Standards,
as mapped out by the Georgia Department of Education.
Students will learn to indentify characterization, setting, plot
elements, author's purpose, and other standards of reading. Since
reading and language arts are grouped
as one subject area for middle and high schools, the 8th
reading standards are grouped with language arts on the following site. These standards are also posted in the classroom
so that students are aware of the expectations for the
Georgia Performance Standards
Resources and CRCT Preparation for 8th Grade Reading
About CA Gray Jr High
first school year for our new CA
Gray Jr. High School. Previously, Gray
was a middle school that served 6th-8th grades. Under the new school configurations, Gray Jr.
High serves all 8th and 9th grade students in Colquitt County.
CA Gray Jr. High is located at 812
11th Ave. N.W.
in Moultrie, Georgia.
The city of Moultrie is known as the “City of Southern Living”. Moultrie,
population 15,000, is situated in the
heart of Colquitt
County. The county
552 square miles. The temperature ranges from an average of 55 degrees
January to an average of 82 degrees in July. The average yearly
rainfall is 52
inches, snowfall is rare. The economic base is comprised of a healthy
agriculture and industry. Click on the
links below to learn more about Gray Jr. High and the city of Moultrie.
About Ms. Yarbrough
Ms. Yarbrough is
native of Colquitt County and graduated from Colquitt County High School
is 1995. She attended Valdosta State
1998-2000, where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree. Ms. Yarbrough’s favorite hobby is reading,
and she is passionate about getting young people to read.
Ms. Yarbrough also enjoys traveling and visiting art museums.
Click on the links below to see some of Ms.
Yarbrough's favorite places in the U.S. to visit, including art
Contact Ms. Yarbrough
C.A. Gray Middle
School, Room 409
11th Ave. N.W.