1. Welcome to Back to School Night 6th Grade Humanities
Mrs. Sark
Room 109

2. Tonight A little about the teacher 6th grade History English
Enrichment
Homework and Grades
Setting up Powerschool
Questions

3. About Me Bachelor’s in Child and Adolescent Development
Masters in Educational Technology
12th year teaching

4. W E L C O M

5. 6th grade
Student Teams
Sark – English, History
Lee – Math, Science
Benefits: Share students, challenges, workload

6. Ancient Civilizations
History Alive! – TCI Teachers’ Curriculum Institute
Interactive Student Notebook
Study Guides - online
History covers approximately one chapter a week
Mesopotamia
Egypt/Kush
India
China
Greece
Rome

7. Ancient Civilizations
Geographic
Political
Economic
Religious
Social structure

8. Fun Investigations Greek Olympics Cave Paintings Comic books
Trips down the Nile River
Culminating Unit Projects – songs, books, videos, gameshows

9. English

10. English Language Arts
Daily Oral Language (D.O.L.): grammar, spelling, vocabulary
Assignments
Core Literature Book – Wrinkle In Time
Writing

12. Reading Comprehension
Read, Read, Read (at appropriate level)
GOAL: Students will be critical readers who will demonstrate their abilities to comprehend and analyze increasingly complex text. Students will be encouraged to read for enjoyment as they strive to meet the goal of reading 1,000,000 words annually. 100,000 words per month 
Reading Counts Web Site

13. Reading Comprehension
SRI – Scholastic Reading Inventory
Reading Counts - similar to Accelerated Reader at Elementary School

15. E N G L I S H

16. Writing
One of the most difficult set of skills for students to acquire
Six Traits is used to strengthen student writing (Found in Student Agenda)
Focus on a few traits at a time and progress to all traits

17. 6 Traits of Writing Ideas Organization Voice Word Choice
Sentence Fluency
Conventions

18. Types of Writing Informative/Explanatory/ Research Persuasive
Narrative
Response to Literature

19. Art Drama Enrichment Painting Drawing Sketching Improvisation Staging
Games

20. Music Technology Enrichment Academic Enrichment Music Basics
Famous composers
composition
Technology
Typing Skills
PowerPoint
Excel
Programming
Academic Enrichment

21. H O M E W R K

22. Homework Different than elementary school
Additional 15 minutes of reading to add to SSR
Most writing and student activities done in class.
Parent/ Student/ teachers questions

23. Graded Work
Student work will be sent home every 1-2 weeks on Wednesday
Graded Work Papers
Student Portfolios
Check grades online

24. Grade Scale A+: 100% B+: 87%-89% C+: 77%-79% D+: 67%-69%
F: Below 60%

25. PowerSchool
Directions

26. ABSENCES AND LATE WORK RESPONSIBLE FOR WORK MISSED DUE TO ABSENCE
RESPONSIBLE FOR OBTAINING MISSED WORK AND SCHEDULING DUE DATE
PLEASE TELL ME ABOUT EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES

27. Daily Tools for Success
Student Agenda
Interactive Student Notebook
Interactive Reader
Study Guides
“R” Pages

28. Communications Student Agenda E-mail: hsark@ausd.net Grades Online
Graded Work
FMS Office

29. Google classroom