1. Welcome homeroom parents 
Please find your child’s schedule on the desk and have a seat  There are extra seats around the room!

2. Welcome to 6th Grade Math Hightower Trail Middle School
Open House
Welcome to
6th Grade Math
Hightower Trail Middle School

3. Mrs. Jaclyn Bonsecour
Bachelors Degree in Middle School Education at Georgia State University
Masters Degree in Mathematics Education from Kennesaw State University
This is my 11th year teaching and third year at HTMS

4. Awareness Test………
Test

5. No Brochure…… But this PPT will be on my blog for you to look at whenever you would like….you can’t misplace that 

6. Quick Information Synergy On-line Access to grades…
Please update addresses through synergy. I send a weekly e- mail EVERY Friday!!!!

7. Math 6 Syllabus
Pass out to Parents

8. Textbooks….
Text Workbooks Online Access
Information to log-in is on my blog 
Peach Coach Book

9. Math 6 Units Covered

10. Unit 1

11. Unit 2
Rates
Ratios
8th grade students travel to Washington, DC every year. If they go 425 miles in 5 hours, how many miles do they go in ONE hour?

12. Unit 3

13. Unit 4

14. Unit 5

15. Unit 6
HTMS 6th grade Parents were surveyed to see how many donuts they eat in one week. Results: What is the mean, mode, range, and median?

16. Unit 7

17. Grades Summative Unit Assessments – 40% Summative Quiz – 25%
Formative Classwork – 25%
Formative Homework – 5%
Formative Computation Challenge-5%

18. What is CAPS? Students will take a CAPS every MONDAY!
It is a math skills 10 minute challenge.
It will cover 5th grade standards along with new topics discussed in 6th grade.
5% of your child’s grade (will not affect overall grade if they don’t do well on a few of them…there will be 8 every 9 weeks)

19. Daily Agenda Sponge – review of material taught in a previous lesson
Homework reviewed – students make appropriate corrections
New material – direct instruction

20. Every Day Supplies
Pencils
Spiral Notebook
Peach Book

21. Student Notebook Organization
Left Side
Right Side
Sponge
Homework (If in worksheet form)
Notes and/or foldable from teacher on the standard for the day
Student Notebook Organization

22. Classroom Rules
Be Ready
Be Respectful
Be Responsible

23. Rewards in class…..
If I see students doing one of the three R’s they will get a ticket for a drawing every Friday 
100% Club (on quizzes, tests, and Comp Challenges

24. Leaping Towards Success Agenda
Around the room……
100% Club
Standards
Leaping Towards Success
Agenda

25. *Help Session Monday at 8:15
Weekly Friday 
*Unit 1 Test MONDAY 8/22
*Help Session Monday at 8:15
*Study Guide for TEST is DUE TOMORROW! All work shown.
*New unit of Factors and Multiples starts on Tuesday!

26. Bonsecour Wish List
Any of the following you can contribute would be AWESOME! Clorox Wipes Candy (no peanuts) Expo Markers Glue Sticks

27. Extra Help Sessions
Extra help sessions are held in room 6A2 on Mondays at 8:15.
I will go to theatre at that time and get any students who would like to come for a help session.

28. Contact In your child’s Agenda
Web Blog: (Let’s Take a LOOK)
Bonsecour Web Blog
Resource page on Blog is great for your
child to use for extra practice 

29. Any questions
Thank you for coming!