Welcome to Riverview Curriculum Night Grade 6 Mrs. Roberts and Mrs. Gahres

Our goal: to provide each student the opportunity to meet all criteria needed to be promoted to the seventh grade. Pass all subject areas on the sixth grade report card. Meet attendance requirements for Brevard County Schools. Score at least a level two in reading on the 2009 FCAT.

Our Curriculum is the Sunshine State Standards! All texts are keyed to the individual subject standards. Outside sources of material are used frequently. Projects and demonstrations are encouraged as evidence of mastery.

Reading/Language Arts Macmillan/McGraw-Treasures Unit tests for units 1, 3, and 5 are used as benchmark tests. Spelling and grammar lessons are keyed to the texts and reference the Sunshine State Standards.

Mathematics MacMillan/McGraw Hill Students are assessed by an inventory test, a November diagnostic, and February diagnostic test, and an end-of-year test. Two workbooks are used: one for daily practice and one for FCAT practice.

Science Scott-Foresman Workbooks are provided for review and practice. Science Fair participation is a requirement. Sometime in November. Hands-on experiences will be provided for the students.

Social Studies Holt Geography (Western Hemisphere), as a tool, is emphasized. Map skills, historical perspective, and regional differences and similarities are explored.

Classroom Management Step one: verbal warning, card turns to blue. Step two: time out in classroom, card turns to yellow, note goes home. Step three: time out in another classroom, card turns to orange, student calls home. Step four: after school detention, card turns to red, student calls home. Severity clause: Office Referral

Procedures and Routines Riverview is learning procedures and routines. These procedures and routines teach students responsibility. Procedures and routines are simply how things are done, not rules to be broken.

Classroom Standards Come to school on time, dressed in school uniform, and prepared for class. Respect teachers, yourself, and others. Raise your hand to be recognized, and wait until you are called upon to speak. Follow directions the first time they are given. Turn in all assignments on time.

Homework Assignments not completed during class time are to be completed at home, and returned to school the next day. Your child will have a homework packet given to them on Monday and is due Friday by 8:00 a.m. Your child will have a reading log given to them on Monday and is due the following Monday by 8:00 a.m. Your child should read every night even Saturday and Sunday for thirty minutes and record their times on the reading log. Homework is assigned by the teachers to reinforce lessons taught during class time. Parents, please check your student’s planner each day to see what needs to be done.

Student Planners Each student will be expected to maintain a planner that has been provided by the school. All assignments should be recorded for each school day. The planner will be taken home each night. It should be reviewed and signed by a parent. It should be returned to school on the following day.

Dress Code Students are expected to abide by the Riverview dress code. Riverview has implemented school uniforms and students are required to wear them everyday. Blue, white, red polo shirts and khaki or blue shorts, pants or skirts. Each student should wear comfortable shoes they can run in everyday.

Activity Classes Students attend activity classes from 8:10-8:50 each day. P.E-Monday wear shoes that can get dirty; Art-Tuesday; Music-Wednesday; Media-Thursday; Computers-Friday

Supervised Activity Time Students engage in a variety of activities after lunch each day. Health and safety issues are addressed during this time, also.

Field Trips Kennedy Space Center-December 8, 2008…No chaperones are needed at this time. Various other trips are in the planning stage. End of Year trip??????

Volunteers Register with the school. Sign in every time Document work done outside of school in the notebook in the office If you want to go on any up coming field trips you have to be registered in the computer as a volunteer. This process can take up to 6 weeks.

Student Led Conferences This year your child will be the one who tells you how he or she is doing in class. We asked for a 2 inch binder on the first day of school. This binder is going to be your child’s portfolio. In the portfolio your child is going to put his or her work and tests, to show you how they are progressing throughout the year. The teacher will be there, but your child is going to lead the conference.

Questions Are there any questions at this time?