6th Grade On-Level and Pre-AP Reading

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6th Grade On-Level and Pre-AP Reading
Language Arts

• Mrs. Sony

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Who is Mrs. Sony?

• lived in Houston for most of my life
• - in Kingwood for 9 years
• 8th year to teach at Riverwood
• married with three children
• - son, 2014 KHS grad - off to
  
• - daughter, 11th _at_ KHS
• - son, 8th _at_ RMS
• enjoy reading, running, movies,
• outdoor concerts

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Course Syllabus First Nine Weeks

• Literature Literary Elements, Short Stories,
  Memoirs, and Poetry
• Writing Poetry, Literary Analysis, Paragraph
  Writing, Multiple Paragraph Essay
• Grammar Parts of Speech, Subject/Predicate,
  Types of Sentences, Sentence Structures
• Vocabulary Knowsys

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Grading Information

• Formative Assessments 40
• Daily Work, Homework, and Quizzes
• Summative Assessments 60
• Tests, Projects, and A.R.
• Testing days Tuesday and Thursday
• On-level Pre-AP students are allowed to
  reassess ONE summative grade per 9 week grading
  period. This is only allowed if the student
  scored below a 70. The highest reassessed grade
  will be calculated as a 70.

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RMS Grading Policy

• All assignments will be accepted up to 4 days
  late. It is worth 80 of the earned grade the
  1st day late the 2nd day is 60 credit of the
  earned grade, the 3rd day is 40 credit of the
  earned grade, and the 4th day is 20 credit of
  the earned grade . After the fourth day late,
  no credit will be offered (0 in grade book).
• Grade book Codes
• A student absent needs to complete for makeup
  work
• Z - student has not turned in assignment and
  0 is being calculated into grade as
• teacher waits for assignment to be turned
  in (see RMS late policy)
• X student exempt from assignment (typically a
  group work assignment that cant be recreated)
• O - final grade teacher has requested missing
  work student has not complied
• blank space teacher has not yet entered grade
• Make-up Work district policy is 1 extra day per
  excused day absent

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Pre-AP Class Novels

• Walk Two Moons Sharon Creech
• The Pearl John Steinbeck
• Gifted Hands - Ben Carson and Cecil Murphey
• It is a good idea for students to have their
  own copies
• of novels to practice annotating, but it is
  not required.

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On-level Class Novels

• Walk Two Moons Sharon Creech
• The Watsons go to Birminham, 1963 Christopher
  Paul Curtis
• It is a good idea for students to have their
  own copies
• of novels to practice annotating, but it is
  not required.

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Knowsys VocabularyVocabulary program used
throughout Humble ISD in grades 6-8

• New word list assigned each Friday (10-12 words)
• Quiz each Friday (formative)
• TEST (summative) after each five groups of words
• Quizzes and Tests are cumulative
• Word Group Lists and Alphabetical List are
  available on my website
• Pre-made vocabulary cards are available for
  purchase _at_ myknowsys.com
• iPhone and Android apps also available at
  myknowsys.com

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Accelerated Reader

• Novels are on a point value system.
• Pre-AP students need to earn 20 A.R. points per
  nine week grading period for the fall spring
  semesters
• On-level students need to earn 10 A.R. points per
  nine week grading period in the fall AND 15 A.R.
  points per nine week grading period in the
  spring.
• AR is an ongoing homework assignment
• AR is a summative (test) grade

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2015-16 AR Deadlines

• 1st 9 weeks- October 15
• 2nd 9 weeks- December 10
• 3rd 9 weeks- February 23
• 4th 9 weeks- May 24

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AR

• All tests will be taken on the computer in my
  room.
• All tests must be taken by the end of the class
  period on the due date.

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Tutoring

• 6th Grade -Wednesdays 745-825 a.m.
• Wednesdays 405-445 p.m.
• Other days/times by appointment
• Anytime your child is absent, he or she needs to
  come to tutoring on the first morning back to
  check the Absent student file to ask for
  clarification on missed assignments.
• I encourage students to come to tutoring as
  much as needed. They can use that time to finish
  incomplete work, ask for help for help with
  certain assignments, or to catch up on reading.
• Testing days are Tuesdays and Thursdays

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Contact Info

• Web Site
• http//www.humbleisd.net/rms/msony
• Email
• melissa.sony_at_humble.k12.tx.us
• Phone
• 281-641-4856

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How Parents Can Help

• Check planners.
• Check grades online.
• Make sure students are reading.
• Make sure students are reviewing vocabulary
  words.
• Proofread essays, but dont write or re-write.
• Check the teachers website when absent.
• Check the website to see if information is posted
  that will answer your question.
• E-mail questions.
• DONT bring their forgotten homework to school.
• Encourage independence.