1. WELCOME PARENTS
BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT

2. Sixth Grade Transition
Student Role - Cognitive Development
Learning
Accountability
Developing Skills for Success
Distractions:
Emotional, Social, and Physical Development

3. Sixth Grade Transition
Parent Role – Support and Advocacy
Hold Child Accountable-Sometimes Tough Love
Expect Mistakes
Active Monitoring of Academics/Organization
Communication with Child and Teachers
Listen and Problem Solve

4. Sixth Grade Transition
Our Role – Support and Advocacy
Hold Child Accountable-Sometimes Tough Love
Expect Mistakes
Active Monitoring of Academics/Organization
Communication with Child and Parents
Listen and Problem Solve
Work Together to Maximize Coordination of Work Load, Monitor Student Progress, and Provide Interdisciplinary Instruction

7. Student Work Homework? Yep. It has not fully kicked in yet.
Expect an average of less than 60 minutes per night.
Way too much homework? USE OF CLASS TIME
Balanced by Teachers who Communicate
Using Homework Calendars/Planners
Scaffolding Complexity from Modified to TAG – the Balancing Act from Swamped to Bored.
iPads

8. Student Work CURRENT ASSIGNMENTS THE “UH-OH” LATE ASSIGNMENTS
STUDY HALL – HOW AND WHY?
ABSENT ASSIGNMENTS
REDO/RETAKE
EXTRA CREDIT

9. Student Work
Shifting Paradigm from Elementary to Middle Homework is not just a behavior in the corner of a report card. A student’s grade is the accumulated effort and quality of work that is put in over the course of a grading period. Student grades include classwork, homework, participation, assessments and tests, and performance tasks.

10. Twality Grading* 90-100% A 80-89% B 70-79% C 60-69% D LESS THAN 60% F
*You will also receive progress on CCCS. This will be reported separately.

11. Our Weighted Grading PARTICIPATION: 5% PRACTICE: 20% ASSESSMENT: 75%
TESTS
ASSESSMENT
PERFORMANCE TASKS

12. Our Team Grading EPS Exceeds PS 100% BPS Beyond PS 92%
MPS Meets PS 85%
APS Approaching PS 75%
DPS Developing PS 65%

13. Progress Communication
WEEKLY MISSING WORK PRINTOUTS GIVEN TO STUDENT AS HARD COPY AND SENT IN AN TO PARENTS (NO PARENT SIGNATURE)
FULL GRADE PRINTOUTS GIVEN TO STUDENTS AS HARD COPY AND SENT IN AN THE LAST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH - FIRST GRADE PRINTOUT NEXT THURSDAY – OCTOBER 9 (PARENT SIGNATURE REQUIRED)
SYNERGY WILL BE UPDATED AT THE END OF EACH QUARTER FOR REPORT CARDS AND WITH CCCS STANDARDS PROGRESS

14. Parent Communication

15. Parent Communication

16. Parent Communication

17. FOLLOWS ADOPTED STATE STANDARDS:
Classes
SOCIAL STUDIES
FOLLOWS ADOPTED STATE STANDARDS:
GEOGRAPHY – 5 THEMES
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS
SUPPORT READING AND WRITING STANDARDS AND STRATEGIES
INTEGRATED WITH LANGUAGE ARTS

18. Classes MATH DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION AND CONTENT
CONTENT DETERMINED BY 6TH GRADE CCCS
HOLT TEXTBOOK WITH ONLINE RESOURCES, EXTRA PRACTICE, AND INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS
NIGHTLY PRACTICE OF SKILLS

19. The last designated reading class for most students.
Classes
READING
The last designated reading class for most students.
• Curriculum and instruction determined by Common Core Standards – Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening
• Emphasize both informative text and literature
• Focus on strategies that can be used to access content in other subjects
• Use a variety of reading sources – novels, short stories, news articles, subject text books, etc.
• Weekly vocabulary starts next week
• Look for an emphasis on “Responding to Literature”

20. Classes
Language Arts
• Curriculum and instruction determined by Common Core Standards – Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening
• Approximately 1/3 of the year spent on each of the following: Narrative Writing, Explanatory (Informative) Writing, Argumentative Writing
• All three units begin with paragraph development and evolve into longer forms of writing
• Within each writing type, focus on Statement of Purpose, Elaboration, Organization, Language & Vocabulary, and Conventions
• Instruction is often integrated with other subjects, especially Science and Social Studies

21. Classes SCIENCE • Environmental Science • Lab Safety
FOLLOWS ADOPTED NGS STANDARDS
• Environmental Science • Lab Safety
• Human-Environment Impact • Energy
• Climate & Weather • Heredity
• Body Systems • Cells
• STEM/Engineering & Design/Inquiry

22. Classes CONNECTIONS • Study Skills • Geography
• Art • Creative Writing
• G.R.E.A.T.
•Other extension activities for Math, Science, Social Studies, Reading, Writing, etc.

23. CONFERENCES OCTOBER 20 (ALL DAY) OCTOBER 21 (MORNING)
SINGLE CONFERENCE TOGETHER
YOU CAN ALSO MEET WITH SPECIALISTS, OTHER CONTENT TEACHERS, AND ELECTIVE TEACHERS ON A DROP-IN BASIS