1. Welcome Back to School Night 6th Grade Orientation August 24, 2017
Orchard Middle School
Please sign-in on one of
the clipboards being
passed around.

2. Introductions
Ms. Forrest
Mr. Bushell

3. Student Planners Backpack checks Binder/notebooks
Organization is Key!
Student Planners Backpack checks Binder/notebooks

4. Quarter 1 ends October 19th
Grading Periods
Semester 1
August 17- January 12
Semester 2
January 15- June 7
Quarter 1 ends October 19th
Progress Report
Quarter 3 ends March 23rd
Quarter 2
Report Card
Quarter 4

5. Common Core State Standards
6th grade Language Arts
Reading
Public , school (opening in a few weeks) and class libraries available
Novels as a class
Articles/handouts from Mr. Bushell and Ms. Forrest
Reading Logs and Monthly book reviews
Accelerated reading program
Vocabulary Development:
Flocabulary
Word study (root words, suffixes and prefixes)
Writing
Informational, argumentative, and narrative
Grammar and Mechanics
Listening/Speaking Skills
Critical thinking/Collaboration
Common Core State Standards

6. Social Studies Interactive Student Notebook Notebook (Forrest Only)
Topics covered this year
Early Humans and the Rise of Civilization
Ancient Egypt and the Near East
Ancient India
Ancient China
Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome

7. Resources www.edmodo.com
(communication and collaboration on school assignments and projects)
docs.google.com  (Google Docs is a free Web-based application in which documents and spreadsheets can be created, edited and stored online. A Gmail account is needed to access google docs.
Remind app and text message communication
Class codes are on the website below.
Ms. Forrest’s website: jforrest.weebly.com

8. Family/School Partnership
Show Interest
Attendance
Ready with supplies
Organization
Check student planners
Check Power school once a week
School website
Consistent homework area and time…they will have some kind of homework daily.
Home and school communication
PTA