1. River Trail Middle School
6th Grade Curriculum Night
If you have a question, write it on a post-it note & leave it on the board at the end of this class.

2. COMMUNICATION ~Students must advocate
~Students may teachers too!
~Students accessing websites – Check everyday, even when absent!
~Check website first and then the teacher.

3. STEP 1 STEP 2 STEP 3 TEACHER WEBSITES -www.rivertrailmiddleschool.org
- “Staff”
- “6th grade”
STEP 2
-Choose team
STEP 3
-choose teacher

4. HOME ACCESS CENTER (HAC)
~Receive your Home Access ID & log-in from front office. (Must show driver’s license.)
~Students & parents should look at Home Access together
~Place log-in info somewhere so that students and parents can look at grades frequently.
~Some common codes in HAC:
NHI= Not Handed In EX = excused
ABS = Absent (doesn’t affect grade)
~If it’s left blank it also means not handed in or teacher hasn’t entered the grade yet.
~Some teachers leave it as a zero and some do not.

5. STEP 1 STEP 2 STEP 3 www.fultonschools.org -Fulton County site
“Students & Parents”
“Home Access”
STEP 3

6. PLAGIARISM Definition: To claim other work or ideas as your own.
~It includes copying & pasting text and not citing sources correctly
~Students should write ALL assignments in their own words. This includes everything from projects to homework assignments.

7. River Trail’s Plagiarism Consequences:
First Offense
~Conference with administrator, parent, teacher, & student. Receives a 0 until they make up the work– highest grade will be 50%
Second Offense
~Conference with administrator, parent, teacher, & student. Receives a 0 (if recovery is needed the assignment can be completed if student is eligible). Academic detention after school.
Third Offense
~Receives a 0. Loses all extracurricular activities AND receives one day of ISS (In School Suspension)

8. PROJECT PACING
~Students are given at least 1-2 weeks advanced notice of projects.
~Strategies to try are chunking assignments & checking students’ agenda.

9. PROJECT PACING

10. TIME MANAGEMENT ~Homeroom is a study hall.
~If absent, make up assignments in a timely manner.
~Students shouldn’t be spending hours completing assignments. If they are, communicate with the teacher.
~Help Sessions
~Each subject has specific days for tests so as
to not overwhelm students. Quizzes,
however, can be any day of the week.

11. IXL
~2 IXL lessons are assigned every Friday and are due the following Friday
~No additional time is given to complete these, so students should start as soon as they are assigned
~Late IXL assignments are NOT accepted
~School computers are available, but
advanced notice is needed.

12. IXL

13. HOMEWORK
~Homework should be done on a daily basis, however, it may not always be a written assignment. If there is not a written assignment for a class, then the homework would be to review what was done in class.
~One way to review is to have your child teach you the
material.
~Students should expect about an hour of
homework each night.
~Students should be reading a minimum of 2 hours a week.

14. HOMEWORK

15. STUDY SKILLS
~Most students struggle with organizational skills, so they will need your help with this.
~Plan ahead for tests & projects.
~Check your student’s agendas to make sure they’re
writing down assignments.
~Make students check teacher websites.
~Flashcards, re-writing notes, videos, online
textbooks are all great ways to study.

16. SCHOOL PROCEDURES

17. ATTENDANCE
~If students need to be absent or checked out, they need a hand-written note to turn in to the front office.
~When students are absent, they may have missed group work, class activities or direct instruction. Completing a worksheet doesn’t necessarily get them caught up Consider bringing them in to a help session
~Students should contact teacher regarding work that needs to be made up.

18. ATTENDANCE

19. SCHOOL PROCEDURES
~Students may have a cell phone, but it must remain turned off and locked in their locker.
~Students may not be dropped off before 8:15.
~All other school policies can be
found in the student agenda.

20. Thank you so much for coming tonight!
Please leave any post-it notes on the board as you leave.