Good evening. Please sit at your child’s desk. Look for their names on the letter they wrote you. Write something back if you’d like. Find their daily schedule. Please do not take another child’s schedule.

On You Child’s Desk: Indicate if they have any food allergies. Camp Permission slip (fill out pages 2 & 3). Lunch is provided. Last year it was chicken nuggets, sweet potato fries, soup, pita bread & hummus, and a great salad bar. Indicate if they have any food allergies. Check the line if you would like to chaperone on page 2. There is a fee. 6th Grade information packet 6th Grade movies permission slip

Welcome to Mr. Knobbe’s Class Room 17 Curriculum Night

No need to take notes! This Powerpoint slide show will be on my website. Just sit back and relax!

Typical Day a.m. 8:25 – 8:35 Warm-up and stretches 8:35 – 9:25 Math 9:25 – 10:15 Specials (Gym, Library, Music, etc.) 10:15 – 10:25 Snack break 10:25 - 11:25 Reading 11:30 – 12:15 Lunch

12:20 – 1:10 Writing / Grammar with Mrs. Rimas 1:15 – 1:30 Recess Typical Day p.m. 12:20 – 1:10 Writing / Grammar with Mrs. Rimas 1:15 – 1:30 Recess 1:30 – 2:15 Social Studies with Mrs. Nawrocki 2:15 – 3:00 Science 3:05 – 3:15 clean-up, dismissal

Citizenship and Work Habits Citizenship and Work Habits: The report card states that a “3” means “Meets Expectations”. If your child desires a higher marking, they need to work for it.

Completed Assignments Completed work and notes are sent home on Mondays. Look over their work and check their progress. Talk about what they did well and what they need to work on. Communication is the key.

Agenda Notebooks These should be filled out daily as practice is assigned. You should see it out while they practice their lessons. If you don’t see their agenda, ask about it. This is a great tool to keep them organized, especially if your child has had issues in the past with missing or late work.

Absences If your child is absent for any reason, it is important that they keep up on their studies. It’s easy to fall behind but hard to catch up. The sooner they start to feel better, the sooner they should complete lessons they may have missed. If you call the office, I can arrange to have the work left in the office after school or send it home with a sibling or buddy.

Parent Portal Allows you to monitor your child’s academic progress Your portal ID will allow you to track your child’s progress through high school. There’s no need to get a new ID every year.

My website Weekly Schedule Dates to Remember This presentation will appear. http://www.becksixthgrade.weebly.co m/

6th Grade Expenses Please make checks payable to the BFV $130 dollars this year. $65 due by Friday, September 20th. This covers Camp, DARE program, Mini-Society program, and various opportunities and activities. Please refer to the 6th Grade Expenses document on your child’s desk. Please make checks payable to the BFV

Field Trips A list of Dates to Remember will be updated on my website as the dates become firm. Check it before emailing me. Camp is on Tuesday, October 1st. We will leave Beck at 7:30 and return by 3pm. Chaperones must pay a fee. A Volunteer Background check needs to be filled out prior to the trip.

D.A.R.E. Drug Abuse Resistance Education class is taught by the Macomb County Sheriff’s Department. D.A.R.E. class will be taught again this year during the winter semester.

Birthday Treats Due to the prevalence of food allergies, we are transitioning away from food for birthday celebrations. Send in something else. How about crickets for Lucy and Ethel? Who are they? Ask your child.

Scholastic Book Club Please order the books online. Our class code is: LBR9L

Classroom Liason and Class Parties We need a parent volunteer to be our Room 17 Classroom Liason. You will help our class in various capacities such as the Fun Run, Santa Shop, as well as organizing our 6th Grade Bagel Day once or twice during the school year. Sign-up after this session.

This year’s goal: Independence Learning to think problems through on their own Advocate for themselves. We should want our 6th graders to solve problems on their own.

Weird question of the evening! Are you a taxidermist? No. Seriously. If not, do you know of any? See me if you do.

Please sign-up for our class parties Sign-up is on the round table by the door.

Disclaimer All classroom policies are subject to change.

Time to go! You will now continue on your “child’s journey” through their sixth grade day. Please continue to your child’s Mathematics class. This should be indicated on the schedule they left for you.

Welcome to Mr. Knobbe’s Math Class Room 17 Curriculum Night

No need to take notes! This Powerpoint slide show will be on my website. Just sit back and relax!

Mathematics Math Warm-ups at the beginning of every class consisting of ten (10) problems. A quiz will be given on most Fridays covering these essential skills. Common Core Mathematics, meaning inquiry- based learning with an emphasis on critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Mathematics – Unit 1 Numerical Expressions and Factors Whole Number Operations Powers and exponents Order of Operations Prime Factorization Greatest Common Factor Least Common Multiple

Mathematics – Unit 2 Fractions and Decimals Multiplying Fractions Dividing Fractions Dividing Mixed Numbers Adding and Subtracting Decimals Multiplying Decimals Dividing Decimals

Mathematics – Unit 3 Algebraic Expressions and Properties Writing Expressions Properties of Addition and Multiplication The Distributive Property

Mathematics – Unit 4 Areas of Polygons Areas of Parallelograms Areas of Triangles Area of Trapezoids Polygons in the Coordinate Plane

Mathematics – Unit 5 Ratios and Rates Ratios Ratio Tables Rates Comparing and Graphing Ratios Percents Solving Percent Problems Converting Measures

Mathematics – Unit 6 Integers and the Coordinate Plane Integers Comparing and Ordering Integers Fractions and Decimals on the Number Line Absolute Value The Coordinate Plane

Mathematics – Unit 7 Equations and Inequalities Writing Equations in One Variable Solving Equations Using Addition or Subtraction Solving Equations Using Multiplication or Division Writing Equations in Two Variables Writing and Graphing Inequalities Solving Inequalities using Addition or Subtraction Solving Inequalities using Multiplication or Division

Mathematics- Unit 8 Surface Area and Volume Three-Dimensional Figures Surface Area of Prisms Surface Area of Pyramids Volumes of Rectangular Prisms

Mathematics – Unit 9 Statistical Measures Introduction to Statistics Mean Measures of Center Measures of Variation Mean Absolute Deviation

Mathematics – Unit 10 Data Displays Stem-and-Leaf Plots Histograms Shapes of Distribution Box-and-Whisker Plots

Mathematics continued Math practice daily We do the “front-side five” together. The students should use these as notes when they work on the “back-side ten” on their own. Show the work!!! If they said they did it mentally, have them write down what they did. No calculators unless directed!

Mathematics continued Math journal Ask about it. Check to see that they use it. No calculators unless directed!

Mathematics continued Area and Volume problems, or any question that requires a formula to be used. I require the students to F.S.S.L. the problem. I pronounce it as “Fizzle.” What is that? Well, it is not on the internet!

F.S.S.L (pronounced “fizzle”) F means to Write the Formula. A=L x W S means to Substitute the variable(s) with the value(s). A=5 x 4 S means to Solve. A=20 L means to Label your answer. A=20 cm2

Mathematics Grading Grading – Math practice graded for completion on a 3-point scale, tallied up for one homework grade per week leading up to the weekly skills quiz. 3 points given if assignment is done AND work is shown. 2 points given if mostly completed AND work is shown. 1 point given if many problems are incomplete. 0 points if over half are incomplete or it is missing. Math practice points are tallied up in Powerschool each week. 20% of final grade. This is to encourage students to practice. Quizzes – every Friday (unless we don’t have one.) 30% of final grade Tests – 50% of final grade

Mathematics continued In case of a mathematics emergency, go to www.Khanacademy.com -This is a great resource if your child is absent, confused, or both. Interactive Math Journal – use this!!!

Mathematics Please check your child’s math teacher’s website for their weekly schedule of lessons.

Report Cards Grades are earned, not given. True learning is often accompanied by frustration in the beginning. Expect this, and encourage your child to have grit! I do not offer extra credit. The effort needs to be put forth throughout the marking period. Watch their progress on the Parent Portal.

Absences If your child is absent for any reason, it is important that they keep up on their studies. It’s easy to fall behind but hard to catch up. The sooner they start to feel better, the sooner they should complete lessons they may have missed. If you call the office, I can arrange to have the work left in the office after school or send it home with a sibling or buddy.

Time to go! You will now continue on your “child’s journey” through their sixth grade day. Please continue to your child’s Reading class.

Welcome to Mr. Knobbe’s Reading Class Room 17 Curriculum Night

No need to take notes! This Powerpoint slide show will be on my website. Just sit back and relax!

Readin’ Whole group instruction from the anthology Reading skills for comprehension written responses to prompts Students will use their Writing binder for Reading as well. They have a “tab” divider I provided them. Small group with leveled readers Skill reinforcement Students not meeting work on Language Arts lessons for that day Novels Weekly quizzes on assigned chapters

Readin’ Reading Wonders resources are available online (from my website). ConnectEd Students have login id’s and passwords in their red folders.

Spellin’ & Vocabulary Spelling and vocabulary practice is through Spelling City online tutorial program. www.spellingcity.com Students use same login id and password as ConnectEd (reading). Activities are due on Fridays (unless otherwise indicated). Spelling tests and vocabulary test are given on Fridays (unless otherwise indicated). Spelling and vocabulary units are supported through the reading anthology. Spelling patterns through sorting and word meaning will be stressed.

Handwriting Cursive skills will be taught periodically throughout the year. It appears on the report card. People are still asked for their signature, aren’t they?

Agenda Notebooks These should be filled out daily as practice is assigned. You should see it out while they practice their lessons. If you don’t see their agenda, ask about it. This is a great tool to keep them organized, especially if your child has had issues in the past with missing or late work.

Absences If your child is absent for any reason, it is important that they keep up on their studies. It’s easy to fall behind but hard to catch up. The sooner they start to feel better, the sooner they should complete lessons they may have missed. If you call the office, I can arrange to have the work left in the office after school or send it home with a sibling or buddy.

Report Cards The first marking period report will be discussed at the November conferences. It will be sent home with the student for all other marking periods. Grades are earned, not given. True learning is often accompanied by frustration in the beginning. Expect this, and encourage your child to have grit! I do not offer extra credit. The effort needs to be put forth throughout the marking period. Watch their progress on the Parent Portal.

Time for lunch recess! You will now continue on your “child’s journey” through their sixth grade day. If Mrs. Rimas is your child’s homeroom teacher, then please walk to Mrs. Nawrocki’s Social Studies class. If Mrs. Nawrocki is your child’s homeroom teacher, then please stay here for science class. If I’m your child’s homeroom ”creature”, then please continue to Mrs. Rimas’s Writing and Grammar class.

Welcome to Mr. Knobbe’s Science Class Room 17 Curriculum Night

Science Focus on modeling scientific phenomenon Mi-STAR and Next Generation Science Standards – Inquiry-based science curriculum Focus on modeling scientific phenomenon Hands-on investigations, Online simulations, videos, reading passages Communication of thoughts and ideas Taught through investigations, questioning and discussions, demonstrations,and informational reading.

Science Topics of study include: Interactions within Ecosystems The Water Cycle Investigating and Modeling Body Systems Interactions within Ecosystems Chemical Processes in Organism Digestion And much, much more!!!

Science Daily Routine Review from the previous day Pacing is dependent on the difficulty or length of the lesson. Each lesson follows a repeated pattern. The entire unit begins with a Unit Challenge (The big picture). The Unit concept is then broken down into smaller units called lessons.

Science Day 1 = Anchoring Experience (to build interest). Day 1& 2 – Uncover Your Ideas (What do you already know about the topic as well as an investigation to find out new information. This is the hands-on part). Day 2 & 3 – Share Your Ideas Day 3& 4 – Connect Your Ideas to the Unit Challenge Day 4 & 5 = Check Your Progress. This is usually in the form of a quiz.

Science I expect the students to: complete all lessons on time. answer questions with complete sentences. Any work that is graded may be graded on completion/effort. They should be able to craft a response to all questions they are asked.

Agenda Notebooks These should be filled out daily as practice is assigned. You should see it out while they practice their lessons. If you don’t see their agenda, ask about it. This is a great tool to keep them organized, especially if your child has had issues in the past with missing or late work.

Absences If your child is absent for any reason, it is important that they keep up on their studies. It’s easy to fall behind but hard to catch up. The sooner they start to feel better, the sooner they should complete lessons they may have missed. If you call the office, I can arrange to have the work left in the office after school or send it home with a sibling or buddy.

Report Cards The first marking period report will be discussed at the November conferences. It will be sent home with the student for all other marking periods. Grades are earned, not given. True learning is often accompanied by frustration in the beginning. Expect this, and encourage your child to have grit! I do not offer extra credit. The effort needs to be put forth throughout the marking period. Watch their progress on the Parent Portal.