Sixth Grade Back to School Night Tax Referendum
Sixth Grade Back to School Night
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6 th Grade IMPORTANT Info We Need from You Please add cbs 6 thgraders@gmail. com to your contact list. This is the best way to reach us with questions you may have about the 6 th grade. Photos for 6 th Grade Recognition Posters and Videos. Please return the envelopes with the following suggested photos to your homeroom teacher by November 15, 2019. 1. Baby Photo 2. Candid Toddler Photo 3. Early Halloween Photo 4. Candid Kindergarten Photo 5. Candid 5 th or 6 th Grade Photo Pay your classroom dues ($174) by check to Courtney Passerella or by Venmo @courtney-passarella Take pictures at school events and send them to: cbs 6 thgraders@gmail. com
2019 -2020 CBS 6 th grade Budget Breakdown per Student Recess (3 x) and Locker Treats (2 x) Class of 2026 T-Shirts (custom printed) Food & Parties (Iron Bowl breakfast, Holiday Parties, Surprise Lunch) 6 th grade Dance Party in May (DJ, Venue, Dinner, Decor, Photo) Recognition Gift (class photo, video, gift) Recognition Posters Recognition Event (mailbox decor, invites) Pool Party (food, pool rental) Sloss Furnace Field Trip Iron Pour Discretionary $6. 75 $11. 00 $13. 50 $36. 00 $25. 50 $2. 50 $8. 00 $6. 50 $12. 00 $2. 25 Total to 6 th Grade Class Account $124. 00 Paid directly to Chief PTO by every student at CBS Holiday Gift for our Classroom Teacher Holiday Gift for our Bend Friends Birthday Gift for our Classroom Teacher Birthday Gift for our Bend Friends End of Year Gift for our Classroom Teacher Appreciation Week Benefit for the Bend Art Project Carnival Prizes $6. 50 $5. 00 $3. 00 Total Chief PTO $50. 00 Total 6 th Grade & Chief PTO $174. 00
7: 50 -8: 10 Chief Chat 8: 15 -9: 15 1 st Period 9: 15 -10: 15 2 nd Period 10: 15 -11: 15 3 rd Period 11: 20 -11: 45 Lunch 11: 50 -12: 20 Specials 12: 25 - 1: 15 PE 1: 20 -2: 20 4 th Period 2: 20 – 2: 50 WOW/Intervention/Recess
SCHOOL-WIDE EXPECTATIONS Responsible • I take appropriate steps to solve a problem before involving an adult. • I make good choices when working alone or with a group and when finished with my work. • I take ownership of my learning and complete high quality work. • I am a good listener and contributor. • I share my ideas and build on the ideas of others. • I stay on task, do my part, and add value to my group. Ready • I come to class with my needed materials and resources. • I complete and turn in my assignments on time. • I come to class ready to learn and immediately begin my required tasks. Respectful • I follow the expectations of the school and all adults inside and outside the classroom. • I use language that is supportive and positive toward everyone around me. • I show consideration for other people’s property and personal space.
th 6 Grade Behavior Plan After spending a reasonable amount of time teaching, modeling, and redirecting, we will begin signing students’ expectation communication form after Labor Day if they do not meet one of the 6 th grade expectations. The expectation form will be located in their Wednesday Folder. Parents will need to sign the form weekly.
th 6 Grade Behavior Plan continued • For any unmet expectation in the Respect category, teachers will sign the expectation communication form. Students are required to email their parent(s) explaining why their form was signed. In addition, the teacher signing the expectation form will contact the parent. • For any unmet expectation in the Responsible and Ready category, teachers will sign the expectation communication form. After two reminders written on the form, students will email their parent(s) explaining why their form was signed. In addition, the teachers signing the expectation form will contact the parent. • If there are unmet expectations in Specials, Specials teachers should sign the communication form and have the student email his/her parent(s).
th 6 Grade Behavior Plan continued • If a student emails their parent(s) three times, teachers will schedule a conference with the parents and student. • If a student emails their parent(s) four times, students will be referred to the office.
6 th Grade Behavior Plan continued Positive Behaviors • Positive behaviors will be noted in students’ expectation communication form. • Positive office referrals will be implemented. • The 6 th Grade Team will also recognize positive behaviors during Chief Chats – grade level morning meetings.
Wednesday Folders Every Wednesday, students will bring home a Wednesday Folder. This folder will include all flyers and school communication. The folder will contain a monthly calendar that will serve as an expectation communication tool. Teachers will notate positive behaviors, as well as areas of concern. We ask that parents sign the monthly calendar each week. Wednesday folders should be returned by Friday mornings.
Chief Chat Overall Purpose: The purpose of Chief Chat is to build community, reinforce social skills, whole group announcements or concerns, and to set a positive tone for the day. Format: Every 6 th grader participates in Morning Meeting from 7: 50 -8: 10 each day of the week. • On Monday and Thursday, the entire grade meets together in the gym or auditorium. It is important to meet in a large enough space to include everyone in a large circle. • On Tuesday, each homeroom meets together to build classroom community. • On Wednesday, 6 th graders serve as mentors for kindergarten students. • On Friday, students will watch Broadcast in their homeroom.
Absences • Students need to have an excuse turned in to the office within 3 days of an absence. • Pre-planned absences must be discussed and approved by Mrs. Ritchey in advance. • For excused absences, students have two school days to make up work for each day absent. • Students who have been absent should check School Notes before returning to school; on the day of return, students should see their teachers prior to the morning bell or during WOW time. • Make-up work requiring teacher assistance may be worked on before or after school or during WOW. Check with the teacher ahead of time to be sure she is available.
Graded papers: Graded papers come home for parents to see on an as needed basis. These papers will be found in students’ Wednesday Folder. Test Calendar: Check the Test and Events Calendar in CANVAS for dates of upcoming tests or assignments. This information will also be posted to School Notes.
Digital Devices • Students are under the same guidelines with personal digital devices as they are when using computers and other digital devices at school. The Technology Usage Policy that all students and parents sign each year applies to, but is not limited to, all digital devices, storage devices/media, and digital content. Students are subject to disciplinary action for misuse of personal devices. Students are expected to use digital devices only for reading and academic purposes. • If a student misuses his/her device, it will be taken and sent to administrators in the office. Parents will be required to retrieve the device at the end of the day.
Cell Phones • Student cell phones must remain in lockers at all times. If you need to get a message to your child, please call the office or email a teacher. It is helpful to email all four teachers to ensure the message is delivered. Students should not need to check phones during the school day.
Dress Code • Students must come to school wearing tennis shoes for FOAC or PE. There will be no time to change shoes during the school day. • For field trips, students will be asked to wear khakis and collared shirts for boys and dresses or skirts for girls. Shoes may be changed on field trip days only.
Birthdays • • • You are welcome to celebrate your child’s birthday at school. Please email the homeroom teacher at least one day in advance. You may bring a treat for homeroom OR the entire grade. Please be sensitive to food allergies. If your child has a summer birthday, consider celebrating their half birthday instead – the end of May gets busy.
Field Trips • • • Sloss Furnace Community Food Bank Rise Against Hunger Civil Rights Institute US Space and Rocket Center
ELA: English Language Arts
About Miss Bishop • Birmingham native • Auburn University graduate • Recently moved home from Auckland, New Zealand • Third year in the classroom
ELA is a compilation of English (grammar and writing) and Reading (literary analysis, vocabulary, etc. ).
ELA Curriculum First 9 Weeks: Myths: Not Just Long Ago • In this module, students are involved in a deep study of mythology, its purposes, and elements. Students will read Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief.
ELA Curriculum Second 9 Weeks: Rules to Live By • What are “rules to live by”? How do people formulate and use “rules” to improve their lives? How do people communicate these “rules” to others? Students consider these questions as they read the novel Bud, Not Buddy, Steve Jobs’ 2005 commencement address at Stanford University, President Barack Obama’s Back-to-School Speech, “If” by Rudyard Kipling, and informational research texts.
ELA Curriculum Third 9 Weeks: Understanding Perspectives: Sustaining the Oceans • Students will read Mark Kurlansky’s World Without Fish, a literary nonfiction text about fish depletion in the world’s oceans. They analyze how point of view and perspective is conveyed in excerpts of the text and trace the idea of fish depletion in both the main text and the graphic novel at the end of each chapter. • Students will also read Carl Hiaasen’s Flush, a highinterest novel about a casino boat that is polluting the ocean and the effort of a family to stop it.
ELA Curriculum 4 th 9 Weeks: Insecticides: Costs vs. Benefits • Students explore the benefits and harmful consequences of the use of the controversial pesticide DDT. • Students read the novel Frightful’s Mountain by Jean Craighead George, focusing on the how the main character, Frightful, is affected by the actions of other people and her own interactions with the natural world.
6 th Grade Math
About Ms. Tucker • MBHS graduate • 6 th year teaching • 4 th year at CBS
Units of Study
Math Grades are made up of… • Quizzes • Tests *Students will be given a numeric grade for all quizzes and tests, but will also be responsible for mastering our learning goals. This will be done by the student after a quiz or test is taken.
Study Sessions o On the mornings of test days, I will have a study session at 7: 10. During this time, students may ask specific questions and/or can practice problems with me.
Sixth Grade Social Studies U. S. History 1880 s - present “If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday. ” ~Pearl Buck
About Mrs. Fuentes • • • MBHS graduate 22 nd year teaching 13 th year at Cherokee Bend
Units of Study – First Semester Rapid Change 2 nd Industrial Revolution/Inventions Immigration Progressive Reformers World War I Growing Pains Roaring Twenties Harlem Renaissance Great Depression Dust Bowl The New Deal
Units of Study – Second Semester Building Walls World War II Cold War Tearing Down Walls Cultural/Social Change Civil Rights Decade Projects
Social Studies Grades • Homework 5 points • Quizzes 10 -50 points • Current Events 80 points • Interactive Notebook 100 points • Unit Tests 100 points • Projects 100 points
“Professor Johnston often said that if you didn't know history, you didn't know anything. You were a leaf that didn't know it was part of a tree. ” ~Michael Crichton
th 6 grade Science Earth & Space
About Miss Andrews • I am from Homewood, AL • I attended The University of Alabama • Third year in the classroom, and 2 nd year at CBS. • Both of my parents teach at Mountain Brook Elementary! (5 th grade) • Attending UAB for Master’s Degree.
Units of Study- First Semester • Science safety • Scientific method • Weather – Reading a map – Forecasting • Geoscience Processes – Tectonic plates – Earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis • Cycles – Rock, nitrogen, carbon, water
Units of Study-Second Semester • Distribution of Earth’s resources • Earth’s Magnetic Field • Human Impact on the environment • Earth, Moon & Sun – Moon phases – Day/night/year/season cycle – Tides • The Solar System – Inner, outer, dwarf planets – Comets, meteorites • Patterns of Motion
Science Grades Brainpop 10 points / week Quizzes/Tests 30 -80 points
“The important thing is to never stop questioning. ” -Albert Einstein
Great things to donate… We use a TON of paper towels and Clorox wipes in Science. If you are out shopping and think about us…we would GREATLY appreciate it!
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