Transcript Welcome Families!Mrs. Kamrar’s 6th Grade Class

Welcome Families!
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Mrs. Kamrar’s 6 Grade
Class
Please find your child’s seat.
The papers are yours to take
home.
A little about me…
A little about me…
• Our Mission
The Rocklin Academy Family of
Schools are public charter schools that
embody high standards, parent
partnership, rich core content and
collaborative use of data resulting in
high quality teaching and learning in a
nurturing environment.
• Our Vision
All students achieve their personal best
and will become productive,
compassionate and engaged citizens.
Our Core Values
1. The future we want to create includes a community of
leaders who have strong shared beliefs and values that
all students have the ability to learn at high levels and the
expectations of our organization/schools to meet or
exceed that level.
2. The future we want to create includes a community of
leaders who are data savvy; they embrace and monitor
data, and use it to drive continuous improvement.
3. The future we want to create includes a community of
leaders who have a collaborative relationship and
establish a strong communication structure to inform
and engage both internal and external stakeholders in
setting and achieving district-wide student learning and
achievement goals.
4. The future we want to create includes a community of
leaders who are knowledgeable, ethical, responsible,
critical thinking, and engaged members of society.
5. The future we want to create includes a community of
leaders who utilize research based, varied, differentiated
Classroom Community
• Love and Logic
• 3 Rs
– Respectful
– Resourceful
– Responsible
• Birthdays
– Rock Ceremony
Communication
• Email
– [email protected]
• Weekly Updates
• Website
Field Trips
Sly Park
Pigeon Point
Pollock Pines, CA Pescadero, CA
Sept 8-12 (Mon-Fri) October 15-17
Chaperones:
(Mon-Wed)
1-2 females, 1-2 Chaperones:
Sunsplash
Sierra College
males
4 females,
4
Roseville, CA
Planetarium
males
Friday, late May
Rocklin, CA
Friday, February 6, Chaperones:
unlimited
1-2pm
Sly Park
• Hikes
Sly Park Lake
• Telescopes
• Rock Wall
Park Creek
Children’s Forrest
and Shelters
Adventure Challenge!
Sweeping
Meal Time and Cafeteria
Duty
Table Washing
Dish Washing
(916)-228-
Night Activities
Tug-o-War
Relay Races
Carnival
And…
•Night
Hikes
•Skits
•Songs
•Jeopardy
Cabins
•2 boy cabins
•2 girl cabins
•3 bunk beds per
room
•4 rooms per cabin
•Common shower and
restroom facilities
in each cabin
http://www.scoe.net/slypark/qtvr/Sly_Park_Cab
in_Room.html
Your Sly Park Homework
• Read handbook and packing list
– http://www.scoe.net/slypark/index.htm
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• Consider chaperoning or driving
– Read chaperone handbook
– Note driving on Rocklin Academy
permission slip
– Send me an email if you’d like to
chaperone before August 28th (lottery
on Friday, August 29th)
• Fill out both permission slips
iPads
• 1:1 in grades 3-6
• iPad contract (turn in as soon as
possible)
– For school and home
– Charge and power down each night
– Digital citizenship
• Email from Apple
– Follow the link to set up iPad for
your student
Our Weekly Schedule
Monday
8:159:30
9:309:45
9:4510:00
10:0011:00
11:0011:40
11:4012:00
12:001:10
1:10-
Math
8:15
9:30
CK Literature 9:30
9:45
RECESS
9:45
10:0
0
History
10:0
011:0
0
LUNCH
11:0
011:4
0
Independent
11:4
Reading
012:0
0
Language Arts 12:0
01:10
Nutrition
1:10
Tuesday
Math
Math
Enrichment
RECESS
History
LUNCH
Independent
Reading
Language Arts
Nutrition
Wednesday
8:15
9:30
9:30
9:45
9:45
10:0
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10:0
011:0
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11:0
011:4
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11:4
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12:0
01:10
1:10
Thursday
Math
8:159:30
CK Literature
9:309:45
RECESS
9:4510:00
History
10:00
11:00
LUNCH
11:00
11:40
Independent
Reading
11:40
12:00
Language Arts
12:00
-1:10
Nutrition Break 1:10-
Math
8:15
9:30
Math
9:30
Enrichment
9:45
RECESS
9:45
10:0
0
History
10:0
011:0
0
LUNCH
11:0
011:4
0
Independent
11:4
Reading
012:0
0
Language Arts 12:0
01:10
Nutrition
1:10
Friday
Math
CK Literature
RECESS
History
LUNCH
Independent
Reading
Language Arts
Nutrition Break
Math
• Engage New York Math
– Aligned to Common Core State
Standards
• 6 Modules
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Module workbooks
Daily Exit Tickets
Nightly HW
Mid-Module and End of Module
Assessments
Parent Support in Math
• In the classroom
– Float, observe, whisper
– Take on a “student mentor” role in a
group
• At home
– Ask: “What did you learn today?”
– Ask: “Teach me how.”
– Ask: “Let’s read your last problem
together.”
Core Knowledge
Literature
• Greek Myths
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Daphne & Apollo
Orpheus & Eurydice
Pygmalion & Galatea
Echo & Narcissus
The Iliad
The Odyssey
Julius Caesar
The Prince and the Pauper
Core Knowledge History
• Core Knowledge Text Book
– One lesson per day
– Occasional HW (preview, re-read,
review notes, extension activity)
• Parent Support
– Classroom
• Read “chunks” and summarize with a small
group
– At home
• Read What Your 6th Grader Needs to Know with
your child
• Ask: “What was the central idea of today’s
lesson?”
Independent Reading
• 25 Book Challenge
– Turning HAVE to read into WANT to
read
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Free choice of books
Genre requirements
Reading time every day
Book blog –
www.kidblog.org/kamrarsclassrea
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Language Arts
• Engage New York ELA
– Common Core aligned
– 4 modules
• 3 units in each module
• Mid-Unit and End of Unit Assessment
• End of Module Assessment
– Daily homework
– Writing blog –
www.kidblog.org/kamrarsclasswrites
• Parent Support at home
– Provide distraction free reading zone
Science
• Core Knowledge
– Three lessons per week
– Demos & labs
– Occasional HW (preview, re-read,
review notes, extension activity)
• Parent Support At home
– Read What Your 6th Grader Needs to
Know with your child
– Ask: “What was the central idea of
today’s lesson?”
– Ask: “Talk me through the notes you
Special Schedule
• Music – Tues, Thurs
– Collaborative assignments
• PE – Tues, Thurs
– Shoes, water bottle, HYGIENE
• Library – once a week
• Renaissance Rallies – 1st Friday of
the month
– 8 Keys, Core Virtues
Assessments and
Grading
• 1 – 3 Rubric
• ALL students will achieve
– Additional support and time is
given
– Enrichment support
• Kathy Putkey
Homework
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Approximately 60 minutes
Prepare the space
Prioritize
Communicate with me
– Too little? Too much?
• Encourage Resourcefulness
ISPs
• Not intended to replace a day of
school
• Check to ensure work is
completed
• Sign and initial
Thank you
An apple for the teacher
is really nothing new,
except when you remember
that parents are teachers too.