Transcript Welcome to Cary Junior High!!

Welcome to Cary
Junior High!!
Team Six Green-Axarlis, Brashear
Calbalbo, Dunn, Fotre, Falk, Flannigan,
Gold, Hancock, Hatfield , Salmon,
Swanson
Team Green…
 45 minute classes with a
double class period for
literacy block
 Art, Music, Foreign
Language, Technology,
and Gym taught by
certified professionals in
their teaching areas
 Lunch/recess 20/20
minutes
 All students travel from
house to house with
lockers in the B and C
hallways
Parent Communication…
 Assignment Notebook
 www.cjh26.weebly.com
Infinite Campus
Passwords will be mailed out this week.
Language Arts…
Mrs. Falk
Miss Salmon
Common Core Standards
Anchor Standards
Literature and Informational Text
Key Ideas & Details
Craft & Structure
Integration of Knowledge & Ideas
Range of Reading & Leveled Text Complexity
Language Arts…
Speaking and
Listening
Anchor Standards
• Comprehension and
Collaboration
• Presentation of
Knowledge and Ideas
Language
Anchor Standards
• Conventions of Standard
English
• Knowledge of Language
• Vocabulary Acquisition
and Use
Literacy..
Fiction vs. Non Fiction
Short Stories
Types of Non Fiction
Poetry
Drama
Themes in Folk Literature
6th Grade Novel List
Mockingbird
Drums, Girls, and
Dangerous Pie
Chasing Lincoln’s
Killer
By: Katherine Erskine
By: Jordan Sonnenblick
By: James Swanson
Color of my
Words
The Wednesday
Ways
Abraham Lincoln
By: Lynn Joseph
By: Gary Schmidt
By: George Sullivan
Language Arts…
Common Core
Anchor Standards
Writing
• Text Types and Purposes
• Production and Distributive Writing
• Research to Build and Present
Knowledge
• Range of Writing
Writing…
• Types of Writing
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Non Fiction Narration
Fiction Narration
Poetry and Description
Exposition
Argumentative
Response to Literature
Research Writing
Grammar
• The Writing Process
A new challenge….
 Forty books in a
school year!! New
initiative for
our school!!
Math…
Mrs. Dunn
 “IS A PARTY FOR YOUR BRAIN!”- Be positive!
 EVERYONE HAS STRENGTHS & WEAKNESSES we differentiate in many ways
 PRACTICE MAKES PERMANENT – Daily practice
 NEW TEXTBOOK w/ COMMON CORE !!!
(Ratios & Proportions, Number System,
Expressions & Equations, Statistics & Probability,
Geometry)
WE FOCUS ON THE 8 MATH PRACTICES as well.
Social Studies…
Miss Hancock
 Syllabus
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Maps/Regions
Industrial Revolution
Women’s Rights
Civil War/Reconstruction
Westward Expansion
The Gilded Age
 Grading
 Expectations
“And in the end, it is not the years in your life that count, it
is the life in your years” – Abraham Lincoln
Science…
Ms. Swanson
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Scientific Method
Process Skills
Solar Energy
Weather
Models and Designs
Environments/Ecology
Microscopes
Safety
Specials…
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Music – rotating schedule
Art – rotating schedule
Study Hall- rotating schedule
Foreign Language- rotating schedule
Technology- rotating schedule
Foreign Language Spanish
Señor Ford
Foreign Language - Spanish
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6 week exploratory course – language
and culture of the Spanish-speaking
world
-Spanish-speaking countries
-Greetings & goodbyes
-Basic Verbs
-Colors
-Days & months
-Pets & animals
-Numbers
-Telling time
-Classroom objects
-Holidays/celebrations
-Sports
-and MUCH more!!!
Foreign Language - Spanish
Specials Rotation for Spanish Class
Rotation 1
Rotation 2
Rotation 3
Rotation 4
Rotation 5
Rotation 6
8 GOLD
8 GREEN
7 GOLD
7 GREEN
6 GOLD
6 GREEN
Foreign Language - Spanish
Need Help?
• Ask questions during class
• Be an ACTIVE participant
• Speak Spanish when asked and
whenever possible – it’s the best
way to learn and practice
• Arrange a time to come in after
school
ART
Mrs. Bishop
Music
Ms. Zozokos
General Music for all students
Beginning keyboarding, iPads, and more!
Choir starting on September 10th
All students are welcome.
CJH Band
[email protected]
http://cjh26.weebly.com/band.html
Symphonic Band MWF
2:50-3:30
Concert Band TR 2:50-3:30
Weekly pullout lessons
Lesson Grades/Report
Cards
Jazz Band TR 7:00-7:40am
Mrs. O’Donnell
Grades 6 – 8
Follows the International Society for
Technology Education(ISTE) standards
Students at each grade level receive
six consecutive weeks of daily
technology instruction
Project based learning approach using
the program, TechnoKids, to learn and
master skills in word processing, data
gathering and analysis, and multimedia
 File management
 Computer terms
 Use of equipment
 Communication skills
 Internet safety/ethics  Research skills
6th
• Word
processing:
Word,
Publisher, and
Google Docs
• Excel
• Keyboarding
4 days/week
7th
• Word
processing
• Excel
• PowerPoint
• Keyboarding
2 days/week
8th
• Word
processing
• Multimedia –
PowerPoint,
Windows Movie
Maker, Photo
Story 3
• Keyboarding
2 days/week
Homework: 10%
Keyboarding skills: 15%
Class work/Quizzes/Tests: 25%
Projects: 50%
Open lab times for each team:
Tuesday and Thursday
3:00 to 4:00
P.E.
 Mr. Capalbo
 Classes between 20-30 students
 1st Quarter will be outside every chance
we get. (Dress Appropriately)
 Fitness testing twice a year (Fall and
Spring)
 Mile, pull ups, curl ups, jump rope, flex arm
hang, pacer, vertical jump, sit and reach
 Grading – 10 points per day
P.E.
 Curriculum (Fall)
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Fitness Testing
Soccer
Track and Field
Lacrosse
Softball
Health
 I will be teaching Health to all of 6th grade
 Students will be required to take notes,
complete worksheets, quizzes, and 4
chapter tests
 Curriculum – Understanding Your
Health, Skills for a Healthy Life,
Relationships, Social Health, Conflict,
Physical Activity and Fitness, Personal
Care
How Can Students Be
Involved?
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Sports:
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Conference Cross Country
Conference Poms
Conference Cheerleading
Conference Wrestling
Conference Track
InHouse
How Can Students Be
Involved?
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Activities:
Academic Club
Chorus
Lego Club
Art Club
SSA
Tech Crew
Band
Anime Club
Drama Club
Musical
Recycling Club
Student Council
Yearbook Club
Homework Club
How Can Parents Be
Involved?
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PTO - meets at 3:00 on the first
Tuesday of the month
Cary 26 Education Foundation
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www.cary26foundation.org