1. WELCOME TO MEET THE TEACHERS NIGHT
Black Team
Mrs. Zdanavage: Language Arts,
Social Studies
Mrs. Petrosky: Math, Science
Red Team
Mrs. Adams: Language Arts,
Mr. Mellas: Math, Science

2. GENERAL RULES FOR 6TH GRADE
All school rules apply, including dress code. Violation of the dress code will mean the child must get a change of clothes or spend the day in the office with desk work.
Students are expected to come to school on time.
Students may not be dropped off in the morning until 8:40 am and, for an appointment, should be picked up before 3:00 pm.
Students can check our class websites for homework.
Assignments and homework for extended absences, will be made up when the student returns.
Information about the school rules can be found in the student handbook.

3. Integrated Language Arts: Mrs. Adams, Mrs. Zdanavage
Comprehension is the main focus of this course.
There is a text, consisting of condensed versions of books, novels, current events, using the newspapers/internet, and book reports.
Students will be assigned a book report during the school term.
Progress monitoring will be implemented three times throughout the year.

4. ILA Mrs. Zdanavage, Mrs. Adams
Students will be responsible for current events, usually on Friday.
Students will be taken to the computer lab for various exercises, including web quests and Compass Lab activities.
The students’ grades will be figured as 60% for tests, and book reports, and 20% for homework, 20% quizzes.

5. ILA: Mrs. Zdanavage, Mrs. Adams
6TH grade language will be incorporated into reading and social studies.
Writing assignments are graded according to a rubric which is explained before each assignment.
Students are expected to keep a journal. They will make daily entries. Journals will be graded at regular intervals.
Tests and writing assignments will be graded and incorporated into the reading grade as Language Arts.

6. SOCIAL STUDIES: Mrs. Zdanavage, Mrs. Adams
Students will be responsible for information in text and notes.
Tests will be given at the end of each chapter.
Projects to be announced.
Grading based on homework, tests, and projects.

7. SCIENCE: Mrs. Petrosky and Mr. Mellas
Students will utilize text, notes, computer lab, science kits, and classroom discussions.
Assessments will be given at the end of each unit or activity. Rubrics will be utilized.
Grading percentages: 50% class experiments, 25% assessments, and 25% for presentations, activities and homework.

8. MATHEMATICS: Mrs. Petrosky, Mr. Mellas
Students will be responsible for text, homework and class participation.
Students will be responsible for keeping a notebook.
Tests will follow each chapter or unit.
Quizzes may be unannounced.
Grading based on 60% tests, 10% for homework, and 30% for class participation and quizzes.

9. Extra PSSA/PA Core Practice
Students will meet weekly for Flex time.
These classes will focus primarily on Math and Reading.
These will not be included in the students’ grades.
These classes are meant to prepare students for PSSA/PA Core assessments and provide remediation/enrichment.

10. 6th grade Social Responsibilities
“Stop and Think”
Promotes student organization and self-control.
Our main focus for pro-social is respect and responsibility.

11. Contact Us We can be contacted during the hours of 9:00-9:45 AM.
If you need to call at a different time, please leave a message with the office and we will return your call.
If problems arise with your child, we will be contacting you for either a telephone conference or an in-person conference.

12. Contact Us Students are given a planner,
providing an organizational tool for
students to utilize. All homework
should be written in the planner daily.
Homework may also be checked on
our web pages.
Students’ grades will be updated in a
reasonable time frame.
We can also be contacted by
which can be found through the
Crestwood website at csdcomets.org.
Links are provided on our web pages
for your convenience.

13. We are all looking forward to a good year.
Thank you for coming!
We are all looking forward to a good year.