Welcome homeroom parents Please find your child’s schedule on the desk and have a seat There are extra seats around the room!

Homeroom Parents…. A BYOD form was sent home, along with the Cobb County Online Technology Use form – please return and sign if you have not yet. BYOD 6 th Grade Policy: Students will be told when BYOD is planned for a class. Students will be sent to their locker to retrieve their device at the beginning of that class period. When that class is over, the student will be sent to their locker again, to place the device back for safe keeping. Students will be told how they may use their device for that class ONLY. BYOD is under the same internet restrictions as the entire school. Any unauthorized use of the device will cause the teacher to collect the device and turn it into the front office administrators. A parent/guardian will then have to come to the school to pick up the device. Any student whose device has been turned in to the front office, will forfeit their opportunity to use BYOD in any class for the remainder of the year.

Agenda Spot Check…. Please make sure to check your child’s agenda to make sure homework is written in there for every class

Synergy  Please update addresses through synergy.

Open House Welcome to 6 th Grade Math Hightower Trail Middle School

Mrs. Jaclyn Bonsecour Bachelors Degree in Middle School Education at Georgia State University Masters Degree in Mathematics Education from Kennesaw State University This is my 10th year teaching and second year at HTMS

Mrs. Christoria Jonas  Bachelor’s Degree at University of Georgia.  This is my 10 th year of teaching and first year at HTMS.

Quick Information Synergy On-line Access to grades… Please update addresses through synergy. I send a weekly EVERY Friday!!!!

Curriculum  Text Workbooks: Glencoe Grade 6-Volumes 1 and 2  Text: Online Access  Information to log-in is on my blog  Replacement cost: $10.00 per volume

Daily Agenda  Sponge – review of material taught in a previous lesson  Homework reviewed – students make appropriate corrections  New material – direct instruction

Math 6 Units Covered

Unit 1

Unit 2 Rates 8 th grade students travel to Washington, DC every year. If they go 425 miles in 5 hours, how many miles do they go in ONE hour? Ratios

Unit 3

Unit 4

Unit 5

Unit 6 HTMS Parent were surveyed to see how many donuts they eat in one week. Results: What is the mean, mode, range, and median?

Unit 7

Every Day Supplies  Spiral Notebook or Composition Book  Math Textbook  Pencils

Student Notebook Organization Left Side  Sponge  Homework (If in worksheet form) Might be textbook page Right Side  Notes and/or foldable from teacher on the standard for the day

Classroom Rules  Be Ready  Be Respectful  Be Responsible

Grades Unit Assessments – 35% Classwork – 30% Quiz – 20% Homework – 8% Computation and Problem Solving-7%

What is CAPS?  Students will take a CAPS every MONDAY!  It is a math skills 5 minute challenge.  It will cover 5 th grade standards along with new topics discussed in 6 th grade.  7% of your child’s grade (will not affect overall grade if they don’t do well on a few of them…there will be 8 every 9 weeks)

Rewards in class…..  If I see students doing one of the three R’s they will get a ticket for a drawing every Friday

Extra Help Sessions  Extra help sessions are held in room 6A2 on Mondays at 8:15.  I will go to theatre at that time and get any students who would like to come for a help session.

Contact In your child’s Agenda Web Blog: Bonsecour Web Blog Resource page on Blog is great for your child to use for extra practice

Thank you for coming! Any questions