Welcome to Sixth Grade! ?

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Welcome to Sixth Grade!?
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Sixth Grade Teachers

• Mrs. Collier -Room 210
• Religion and Science
• Mrs. Pietrzak - Room 207
• Math and Social Studies
• Mrs. Paskey - Room 208
• Language Arts

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Expectations and Procedures

• Please review, sign and return to homeroom
  teacher
• Expectations and Procedures
• Classroom Contract
• Homework Policy

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Homework Policy

• Homework is assigned directly to support and
  enhance learning taking place in the classroom
  and it is vital to your students success
• We expect it to be turned in on the due date,
  unless there is an illness or excused absence
• Policy is as follows
• 1 day late loss of a point
• 2 days late visit to the opportunity room to
  complete the assignment, no points rewarded
• 2 visits to the Opportunity Room lunch AND
  recess detention with 6th grade teacher and
  notification to parents
• Excessive missing assignments will result in a
  parent conference.

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Friday Folders

• Sent home last day of the school week
• Review papers, sign and return on Monday
• Please note the Assignment Notebook skills
  checklist! It is a great tool to go over with
  your students to build good habits ?

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PowerSchool

• EDLINE IS GONE!!!
• Continue to check the St. Gabriel website for
  updates on launch of PowerSchool
• We will be sending home paper copies of Student
  Progress reports in a couple of weeks. Until then
  it is the students responsibility to record
  homework ?

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Study Hall

• 3rd period daily
• Tutoring, AT
• Library visits
• Band lessons

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Snacks

• Snacks during morning study hall
• Please keep healthy and easy to eat
• Water bottles
• Birthday treats
• To be handed out during study hall
• Treats should be easy to pass out- NO PIZZA, POP,
  ANYTHING NEEDING TO BE HEATED, COOLED, OR CUT
  PLEASE ?
• Please be aware of students allergies. i.e
  peanuts

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Science

• Scientific Inquiry
• Scientific Ways of Knowing
• Earth and Space Science
• Physical Science
• Life Science
• Science and technology
• Health

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Religion

• Introduction to Old Testament Scripture
• Creation, Prophets and Holy Spirit
• The New Testament
• Liturgical Year
• Prayer
• Community

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Social Studies

• Ancient Civilizations
• 8 features of a civilization
• Mesopotamia, Egypt, China and Indian
• Characteristics of a civilization, similarities
  and differences, unique features, etc.
• Geography
• Latitude and Longitude, location, kinds of maps,
  land characteristics

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Social Studies

• Economics
• Supply and Demand
• Consumer Choices
• Government
• Roles of Citizens
• Different Types of Government and reasons for
  Government

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Math

• Fractions and Decimals
• Ordering, operations, conversion
• Number Sense
• Place value, exponents, order of operations
• Ratios and Percent
• Geometry
• Angles, plolygons, area, circumference,
  perimeter, surface area, volume)

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Math

• Expect homework regularly as it really enforces
  what was taught and practiced in the classroom
• Simple Solutions quizzes will be on WEDNESDAYS
• You can expect quizzes 1- 1 ½ weeks
• Unit/Chapter tests every 3-4 weeks

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New Reading Program!

• Our school will be transitioning to a new
  language arts program that will encompass the new
  common core state standards in reading, writing,
  and spelling.
• Your child will be joining the Grizzly 800 Step
  Reading Challenge. That means, your child will
  be doing lots of reading in school and at home.
• 15 minutes of silent reading will be built into
  your students language arts block, which directly
  aligns to the new reading program
• Additional silent reading will be assigned for
  homework NIGHTLY.
• On September 13th at 700 we will be holding a
  mandatory parent meeting to kick off this new
  focus on literacy. You will be receiving more
  information from the office about this workshop
  for parents that will be presented by The
  American Reading Company.

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Language Arts

• We will be learning comprehension strategies
• Purpose for Reading
• Answering literal, inferential, evaluative, and
  synthesizing questions
• We will be gaining a deeper understanding of
  literary elements
• Plot, Setting, Character, Theme, Etc.
• Types of Genres

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Language Arts

• We will continue to engage in all steps of the
  writing process.
• We will write for a variety of purposes to
  inform, to persuade, to explain, to describe, to
  tell a story.

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Language Arts

• We will be working on becoming better
  self-editors and peer-editors.
• Most of our published work will be completed at
  school
• Research skills and integration of technology
  will be a main focus in Language Arts classes

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Language Arts

• Spelling will no longer be a separate subject.
• Spelling homework and tests will be part of the
  English grade.
• We will not have weekly units and tests.

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Sixth Grade Camp

• Where Cuyahoga Valley Environmental Education
  Center (CVEEC) in Peninsula, Ohio
• When March 25-28th, 2014
• Cost 210.00 per student includes all meals,
  transportation, programming, and t-shirt
• 4 days/3 nights
• Students become Junior Rangers of National
  Parks System

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Curriculum at CVEEC

• All The Rivers Run Resident Program
• Incorporates the arts, technology, science,
  math, social studies, and language arts
• Discovery based hands-on learning
• Complements classroom instruction
• CVEEC has won local and national awards for
  quality

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More on Camp

• Parent Information Night TBA
• There will be sign up sheets for chaperones at
  the Information Night.
• All Chaperones must be VIRTUS trained and up to
  date on bulletins.

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Contact Us

• Collier cheryl.collier_at_Leeca.org
• Pietrzak erika.pietrzak_at_Leeca.org
• Paskey beth.paskey_at_Leeca.org

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THANK YOU!We look forward to working with you
and your child this year!!!