1. our Sixth Grade Open House Mrs. Herbold and Mrs. Barone’s ELA Classes
Welcome to
our Sixth Grade Open House
Mrs. Herbold and Mrs. Barone’s ELA Classes
Periods 6/7

2. Curriculum Reading Workshop: Independent reading Shared texts: SLOB
The Lightning Thief
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Writing:
sentences-paragraphs-essays
grammar

3. MYP
What is MYP?
MYP stands for Middle Years Programme. It’s the same thing as the IB or International Baccalaureate program at Commack High School. There are many things that we do as an MYP school. Here are two of them.
First of all, we encourage all of our students to show the IB Learner Profile Traits in school. They are:
Inquirers Knowledgeable
Critical thinker Communicators
Risk-takers Principled
Caring Open-minded
Well-balanced Reflective

4. Another thing we do in our MYP school is we use Unit Questions to guide our learning. For example, the first Unit Question for ELA is:
Do connections with literature make reading more interesting?
We will continue to discuss this question throughout this unit of study.

5. English Department Grading Procedures:
Tests/Quizzes- 40%
Written and Oral Expression- 40%
Preparedness/Class Work: homework, notebooks, writer's notebook, journals, listening, class participation, etc.-20%

6. Homework For homework, students will: read for 20 minutes
complete Reading Log
complete writing or grammar assignments
review for tests

7. Extra Help Information
Mrs. Herbold:
Tuesday from 2:50 – 3:30
Mrs. Barone:
Wednesday from 2:50 – 3:30

8. Communication Agenda Planner eSchool View:
On the district’s website, listed alphabetically
* (best way to reach us)
Voic
Mrs. Herbold, ext
Mrs. Barone, ext

9. Questions?