1. Back To School Night
2017 – 2018 School Year

3. About Mrs. Arroyo
BS Mathematics: Math Education degree from CSU Dominguez Hills.
Received Single Subject (Math) and later Multiple Subject Credential at CSUDH.
Taught:
3 years at high school at a charter school
4 years at Catholic elementary schools
I attended a Catholic elementary and high school and feel a great sense of home on these properties.

4. Expectations and Standards

5. Classroom Expectations
You don’t have to like everyone, but you do have to treat everyone with respect (adults and youth)
Be prepared
Any behavior that interferes with a teacher from teaching, and a student from learning will not be tolerated

6. Not Following Expectations
Warning (verbal or non – verbal)
Refocus Sheet
to Parent
Conduct Referral
Parent Meeting

7. School-wide Learning Expectations (SLEs)
What students at Our Lady of Perpetual Help School are expected to achieve during their educational careers here at our school.

8. Middle School Life 3 Classrooms and 3 Teachers
We only have students for 90 minutes or less in a classroom
Students need to be prepared and responsible
Can not go back to homeroom for missing items
Gradelink keeps parents, children, and teacher informed
Check regularly
Set up to you for incompletes and low grades

9. Standards
Next Generation Science Standards
Common Core (Math, ELA)

10. Next Generation Science Standards
Research based standards that look at providing a solid foundation for students to enter into the competitive global world of science.
These are internationally benchmarked
Focus on the 4 disciplines: physical, life, earth/space, and engineering.

11. Common Core Standards
The Common Core State Standards provide a consistent, clear understanding of what students are expected to learn, so teachers and parents know what they need to do to help them. The standards are designed to be robust and relevant to the real world, reflecting the knowledge and skills that our young people need for success in college and careers. With American students fully prepared for the future, our communities will be best positioned to compete successfully in the global economy.

12. Math Curriculum and Standards
In order to meet the math common core standards and provide a rigorous math program, we are using the Advanced Pathway
This allows students to complete the Common Core State Standards for grades 6, 7, and 8 in two years. It prepares students for High School Algebra 1 in their 3rd year of middle school mathematics. Students who complete the Advanced Pathway will have the opportunity for conceptual understanding, procedural fluency, and application through the use of focus, coherence, and rigor. This pathway opens doors to abstract thought, reasoning, and inquiry that will serve students well not only in mathematics, but across all curricula throughout their academic careers.

13. Math Curriculum and Standards
If you are absent 1 day, it is really 1.5 days of a traditional program.
Students must make up all classwork, notes, and homework if absent

14. 6th Grade Math Topics Big Ideas Math - Advanced 1
Numerical Expressions & Factors
Fractions and Decimals
Algebraic Expressions and Properties
Areas of Polygons
Ratios and Rates
Integers & the Coordinate Plane
Equations and Inequalities
Surface Area and Volume
Statistical Measures
Data Displays
Integers
Rational Numbers
Expressions and Equations
Ratios and Proportions
Percent

15. 6th Grade Science Topics
MS – ESS1: Earth’s Place in the Universe
MS – ESS2: Earth’s Systems
MS – ESS3: Earth and Human Activity
MS – ETS1: Engineering Design

16. Homework Policy
Homework reinforces what has been taught in class and prepares students for upcoming lessons.
Additionally, helps students develop self- discipline, responsibility, and organizational skills.
Success in learning like anything else requires practice for mastery.
Have students review work, read, math facts, and write

17. Grades Students will be graded on the following types of assignments:
Classwork (2 – 15 points)
Homework (5 – 15 points)
Notes / Notebook Checks (2 – 10 points)
Tests / Projects (50 points)
Labs / STEM (25 points)
100% A – 93.5 A 93.4 – 89.5 A – 86.5 B – 82.5 B 82.4 – 79.5 B – 76.5 C – 72.5 C 72.4 – 69.5 C – 66.5 D – 62.5 D 62.4 – 59.5 D & below F

18. Late / Missing Work
ABSENT Work (Absent: not in classroom during class time; regardless of reason)
Student’s responsibility to gather missing work and see teacher if they need assistance (not during instruction time)
Pick up worksheets in the “Absent” drawer for their grade
Students have the number of days they were absent to turn in any assigned while they were gone
Turn into the math or science drawer – write “ABSENT” at top of paper
Any assignment that is due on the day a student is absent, is still due. Thus if not turned in, then late work rules apply
LATE Work
Students have a week after the due date to turn in any assignment
Submit in the appropriate drawer (math or science) for their grade
The assignment will have 10% of their score deducted.

19. *see school website for detailed directions
Raising their Grades
Retake Test
Study
Set up time with Mrs. Arroyo to retake test
After school
Before school
New version of the test
Higher of the two grades go in the gradebook
Test Corrections
Write each questions
Correctly answer the question
Show all work
Attach behind the test
Receives 50% of the points back for each right correction
*see school website for detailed directions

20. GRADELINK Passwords were sent home earlier this week
Please have your student check weekly
Can set system to you if a grade below a certain percent is entered
If there is a problem, please have the student discuss it with the teacher outside of instruction time

21. Standardized Testing (STAR)
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles is using Renaissance Learning STAR testing in Reading and Math
Done on the computer
System will adjust test questions based on student response
The students will take the STAR reading and math tests four times a year.
The first testing window is August 21 – September 1st

22. How to Contact Me: School Phone Number: (661) 259-8254
*Note; I spend most of the time I am on campus with the students. As such, I will not be able to respond to a message immediately. I will respond as soon as possible.

23. Responsibility Focus for the children to learn to be responsible
THEY bring supplies, problem solve when they forget something, be prepared
It is okay to not be perfect all the time
Parents, take a step back from the classroom
Give chores
Check gradelink with your student
Check agenda with your student