Transcript Document 7168814

Sixth Grade Open House
Murray Elementary
September 4, 2013
Meet the Teacher
Ms. Gaines
•12years of teaching experience
•Master’s Teaching Certificate: National Board for Professional
Teaching Standard: English Language Arts
•M. Ed., Educational Leadership
•M.S., Instructional Design & Technology
•B.A., Elementary Education
•Endorsements: Language Arts, Social Science, Math
•Taught grades 1st , 2nd , 5th , 6th , 7th , 8th (language arts)
•Literacy Coach
Meet the Teacher
Ms. Paulinski
Meet the Teacher
Mr. Rowell
6th Grade Science Teacher
Language Arts
This year in reading we will learn:
•Curriculum: Language Arts- McDougal Littell: The Language of Literature, Social
Studies- MacMillan/ McGraw-Hill, Our World
Our developmental reading class creates readers and writers who are able to
comprehend a variety of selections then analyze, synthesize, and apply what they read
through writing and speaking in a clearly developed manner.
Classroom Goals
•Read and analyze a variety of genres in class and independently.
•Successfully apply various reading strategies for monitoring comprehension.
•Write clear, well-developed essays, reports, etc. to enhance comprehension and build
your knowledge base.
•Effectively prepare and present orally.
Class Expectations
•Read assigned selections and complete comprehension activities such as structured
overviews, essays, projects, summaries, journals, etc.
•Complete daily readings, embedded questions, written assignments, constructedresponse quizzes and objective / essay test.
•Participate in class discussion and group work.
•Learn and apply comprehension skills and literary terminology.
Sixth Grade Social Studies
• The Sixth Grade curriculum has the students step back into the
ancient world while studying the archaeology of early man followed by
investigations into the cultures of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece,
Rome, China, and Mesoamerica. These civilizations all share
components of culture:
• Geography
• Economics
• Religion
• The Arts
• Communication
• Technology
• By examining these ancient peoples, students come to understand
the links between past and present societies, with each building on
others’ accomplishments, failures, and advances in technology.
Teachers target common misunderstandings held by students.
Sixth Grade Math
Course Description to prepare for high school and beyond. During
this course, students will develop the reasoning, problem solving, and
communication skills that enable them to apply mathematics to real life
situations. The following topics will be covered:
•Multiply and Divide Decimals and Fractions
•Ratios and Rates
•Comparing and Converting Fractions, Decimals and Percents
•Algebraic Expressions
•Equations
•Functions, Inequalities, and Integers
•Properties of Triangles and Quadrilaterals
•Perimeter, Area, and Volume
•Volume and Surface Area
•Analyzing Data and Graphs
•Probability
Sixth Grade Pre-Algebra
Course Description to prepare for high school and beyond. During
this course, students will develop the reasoning, problem solving, and
communication skills that enable them to apply mathematics to real life
situations. The following topics will be covered:
•Operations with Integers and Rational Numbers
•Expression and Equations
•Multi-Step Equations and Inequalities
•Ratio, Proportion, and Similar Figures
•Properties of Triangles and Quadrilaterals
•Perimeter, Area, and Volume
•Volume and Surface Area
•Analyzing Data and Graphs
•Probability
Sixth Grade Science
This year in science we will cover a variety of topics that relate to earth
sciences. Throughout the year we will incorporate mathematical reasoning
to build and strengthen math skills. Students may find it heavy in math, yet
math is the primary tool a scientist uses, and the math we will be using this
year will provide a good foundation for further study in science, and well as
algebra. Already students are learning calculate speed, distance, and time
given two of the three variables, and they are learning to manipulate the
speed equation using just the variables. This year we will cover:
Forces, Motion and Energy
The Changing Earth
Earth's Processes
Climate and Weather
Space Science
We will be doing most of our major lab investigations at the Museum of
Science and Industry through their programs. Please make sure your child
has a walking permission slip signed and on file as we will be walking to the
museum on these field trips
Sixth Grade Science Fair
• Science Fair
• It is time to begin planning a science fair project that will demonstrate the use of the
scientific method. The topic you choose should be on interest to you. It should be
something you can investigate yourself, worded as a question so you can answer it
through experimentation. Your results must be measurable by numbers (timed,
weighed, measured, etc.) in metric units.
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• Topics may include: aerospace, behavioral science, biochemistry, botany, chemistry,
computer science, earth science, electronics, engineering, environmental science,
mathematics, and physics. Be aware that there are strict guidelines that need to be
followed in order to get the proper endorsements for experiments with animals or
bacteria. If you are interested in growing plants you must present your idea to me as
soon as possible to allow time to complete the project.
• Due dates have not been set yet, however you need to have your idea by the 13th of
September.
• Helpful websites
• For information and requirements:
• http://cpsscifair.org/
• For help in choosing a topic:
• http://www.sciencebuddies.org/
Classroom Rules
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Stay on task
Talk politely and work quietly
Always follow directions and procedures
Respect everyone and everything
• In addition to the rules, Muuray Language Academy is a
CHAMPS school. The CHAMPS acronym stands for
"Conversation, Help, Activity, Movement, and
Participation."Each major classroom genre of activity or
transition has a CHAMPS procedure associated with to help
students know and understand what the teacher expects of
them. We will be reinforcing this program and its elements
during the first several weeks of school and will expect full
adherence to this program by all of all my students.
Behavior Management System
•Each student has a clothespin and they all start the day in the middle of
the chart on "Ready to Learn." The clothespins move throughout the
day. Positive choices will move you up one level at a time. Negative
choices move you down. There is a buffer zone between "Ready to
Learn" and facing any form of consequence so if a child "clips down" he
has the opportunity to clip back up.
1st warning- move clip to slow down
2nd warning- reflection sheet and conference with teacher
3rd warning- contact
Students will earn incentives for displaying positive behavior, turning in
homework, and attendance
Daily Schedule
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Daily Schedule
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216 Special Classes
Students will visit six special classes each
week. Our schedule is as follows:
Monday –World Language
Tuesday –World Language
Wednesday – Art/ World Language
Thursday –P.E/Library
Friday – Art
* On P.E. days please make sure your child
wears gym shoes and dresses appropriately. If
they do not dress appropriately they will have to
sit out of P.E. and this does effect their grade.
219 Special Classes
Students will visit six special classes each
week. Our schedule is as follows:
Monday –World Language
Tuesday –World Language
Wednesday – Art/ World Language
Thursday –P.E/Library
Friday – Art
* On P.E. days please make sure your child
wears gym shoes and dresses appropriately. If
they do not dress appropriately they will have to
sit out of P.E. and this does effect their grade.
Grading
• Assessments 50%
• Homework 25%
• Classwork and Participation 25%
Grade book will be updated
weekly and will be accessible
in Parent Portal and Student
Portal
Assessments
• NWEA –Once in May
• ISAT – March 2013
• Weekly or bi-weekly
comprehension assessments
• Timed Multiplication/Division tests
twice a month, once you reach
100% you no longer are tested on
them
Parent Involvement
• We will be working with room parents this year.
These parents will help organize special projects and
events. All parents are important to me. No one will
be left out. Volunteers will be called during the year to
help with various activities. Occasionally you will
receive a note or a call from me for help on various
activities or assistance in our classroom. We would like
to thank you in advance for your help this year.
LA Homework
• Written homework will usually be assigned on Monday through
Thursday of each week. Occasionally, students will bring home a
reading assignment to read with you. There will also be several projects
and/or writing assignments throughout the year that require more time
to complete. For these, I will provide at least a two week written notice
of the assignment before it is due.
• Each student should have a homework assignment book which will be
brought home each day. I ask that you sign it at home each evening,
acknowledging that you are aware of your child's homework
assignment. Assignments are written on the white board in the
classroom. Students will have one day beyond an absence to submit
missing work for full credit.
MATH Homework
• Math Homework is assigned everyday Monday through Friday. All homework is
to be done in Math Homework Notebook, all work is to be shown.
• Sometimes the homework is to read and take notes. Students are learning the
Cornell Notetaking Method.
• Each student should have a homework assignment book which will be brought
home each day. I ask that you sign it at home each evening, acknowledging that
you are aware of your child's homework assignment. Assignments are written on
the white board in the classroom. Late work is only accepted if there is an
absence.
• Assessments will be graded and returned, students can make up the wrong
problems by re-doing them on a separate sheet of paper, getting a parent
signature, stapling the MAKE UP on top of the assessment and turning it in
within 2 days.
Stay Connected!
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My Email: [email protected]
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Welcome to a great year
in 6th Grade!