1. Good evening.
Please sit at your child’s desk. Look for their names on the letter they wrote you.
Write something back if you’d like.
Find their daily schedule.
Please do not take another child’s schedule.

2. On You Child’s Desk: Indicate if they have any food allergies.
Camp Permission slip (fill out pages 2 & 3).
Lunch is provided. Last year it was chicken nuggets, sweet potato fries, soup, pita bread & hummus, and a great salad bar.
Indicate if they have any food allergies.
Check the line if you would like to chaperone on page 2.
There is a fee.
6th Grade information packet
6th Grade movies permission slip

3. Welcome to Mr. Knobbe’s Class
Room 17
Curriculum Night

4. No need to take notes!
This Powerpoint slide show will be on my website.
Just sit back and relax!

5. Typical Day a.m.
8:25 – 8:35 Warm-up and stretches
8:35 – 9:25 Math
9:25 – 10:15 Specials (Gym, Library, Music, etc.)
10:15 – 10:25 Snack break
10: :25 Reading
11:30 – 12:15 Lunch

6. 12:20 – 1:10 Writing / Grammar with Mrs. Rimas 1:15 – 1:30 Recess
Typical Day p.m.
12:20 – 1:10 Writing / Grammar with Mrs. Rimas
1:15 – 1:30 Recess
1:30 – 2:15 Social Studies with Mrs. Nawrocki
2:15 – 3:00 Science
3:05 – 3:15 clean-up, dismissal

7. Citizenship and Work Habits
Citizenship and Work Habits: The report card states that a “3” means “Meets Expectations”.
If your child desires a higher marking, they need to work for it.

8. Completed Assignments
Completed work and notes are sent home on Mondays.
Look over their work and check their progress. Talk about what they did well and what they need to work on. Communication is the key.

9. Agenda Notebooks
These should be filled out daily as practice is assigned.
You should see it out while they practice their lessons.
If you don’t see their agenda, ask about it. This is a great tool to keep them organized, especially if your child has had issues in the past with missing or late work.

10. Absences
If your child is absent for any reason, it is important that they keep up on their studies.
It’s easy to fall behind but hard to catch up. The sooner they start to feel better, the sooner they should complete lessons they may have missed.
If you call the office, I can arrange to have the work left in the office after school or send it home with a sibling or buddy.

11. Parent Portal Allows you to monitor your child’s academic progress
Your portal ID will allow you to track your child’s progress through high school. There’s no need to get a new ID every year.

12. My website Weekly Schedule Dates to Remember
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13. 6th Grade Expenses Please make checks payable to the BFV
$130 dollars this year.
$65 due by Friday, September 20th.
This covers Camp, DARE program, Mini-Society program, and various opportunities and activities. Please refer to the 6th Grade Expenses document on your child’s desk.
Please make checks payable to the BFV

14. Field Trips
A list of Dates to Remember will be updated on my website as the dates become firm.
Check it before ing me.
Camp is on Tuesday, October 1st. We will leave Beck at 7:30 and return by 3pm. Chaperones must pay a fee.
A Volunteer Background check needs to be filled out prior to the trip.

15. D.A.R.E.
Drug Abuse Resistance Education class is taught by the Macomb County Sheriff’s Department.
D.A.R.E. class will be taught again this year during the winter semester.

16. Birthday Treats
Due to the prevalence of food allergies, we are transitioning away from food for birthday celebrations.
Send in something else.
How about crickets for Lucy and Ethel?
Who are they? Ask your child.

17. Scholastic Book Club Please order the books online.
Our class code is: LBR9L

18. Classroom Liason and Class Parties
We need a parent volunteer to be our Room 17 Classroom Liason.
You will help our class in various capacities such as the Fun Run, Santa Shop, as well as organizing our 6th Grade Bagel Day once or twice during the school year.
Sign-up after this session.

19. This year’s goal: Independence
Learning to think problems through on their own
Advocate for themselves.
We should want our 6th graders to solve problems on their own.

20. Weird question of the evening!
Are you a taxidermist?
No. Seriously.
If not, do you know of any? See me if you do.

21. Please sign-up for our class parties
Sign-up is on the round table by the door.

22. Disclaimer
All classroom policies are subject to change.

23. Time to go!
You will now continue on your “child’s journey” through their sixth grade day.
Please continue to your child’s Mathematics class. This should be indicated on the schedule they left for you.

24. Welcome to Mr. Knobbe’s Math Class
Room 17
Curriculum Night

25. No need to take notes!
This Powerpoint slide show will be on my website.
Just sit back and relax!

26. Mathematics
Math Warm-ups at the beginning of every class consisting of ten (10) problems. A quiz will be given on most Fridays covering these essential skills.
Common Core Mathematics, meaning inquiry- based learning with an emphasis on critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

27. Mathematics – Unit 1 Numerical Expressions and Factors
Whole Number Operations
Powers and exponents
Order of Operations
Prime Factorization
Greatest Common Factor
Least Common Multiple

28. Mathematics – Unit 2 Fractions and Decimals Multiplying Fractions
Dividing Fractions
Dividing Mixed Numbers
Adding and Subtracting Decimals
Multiplying Decimals
Dividing Decimals

29. Mathematics – Unit 3 Algebraic Expressions and Properties
Writing Expressions
Properties of Addition and Multiplication
The Distributive Property

30. Mathematics – Unit 4 Areas of Polygons Areas of Parallelograms
Areas of Triangles
Area of Trapezoids
Polygons in the Coordinate Plane

31. Mathematics – Unit 5 Ratios and Rates Ratios Ratio Tables Rates
Comparing and Graphing Ratios
Percents
Solving Percent Problems
Converting Measures

32. Mathematics – Unit 6 Integers and the Coordinate Plane Integers
Comparing and Ordering Integers
Fractions and Decimals on the Number Line
Absolute Value
The Coordinate Plane

33. Mathematics – Unit 7 Equations and Inequalities
Writing Equations in One Variable
Solving Equations Using Addition or Subtraction
Solving Equations Using Multiplication or Division
Writing Equations in Two Variables
Writing and Graphing Inequalities
Solving Inequalities using Addition or Subtraction
Solving Inequalities using Multiplication or Division

34. Mathematics- Unit 8 Surface Area and Volume Three-Dimensional Figures
Surface Area of Prisms
Surface Area of Pyramids
Volumes of Rectangular Prisms

35. Mathematics – Unit 9 Statistical Measures Introduction to Statistics
Mean
Measures of Center
Measures of Variation
Mean Absolute Deviation

36. Mathematics – Unit 10 Data Displays Stem-and-Leaf Plots Histograms
Shapes of Distribution
Box-and-Whisker Plots

37. Mathematics continued
Math practice daily
We do the “front-side five” together. The students should use these as notes when they work on the “back-side ten” on their own.
Show the work!!! If they said they did it mentally, have them write down what they did.
No calculators unless directed!

38. Mathematics continued
Math journal
Ask about it.
Check to see that they use it.
No calculators unless directed!

39. Mathematics continued
Area and Volume problems, or any question that requires a formula to be used.
I require the students to F.S.S.L. the problem. I pronounce it as “Fizzle.”
What is that?
Well, it is not on the internet!

40. F.S.S.L (pronounced “fizzle”)
F means to Write the Formula.
A=L x W
S means to Substitute the variable(s) with the value(s).
A=5 x 4
S means to Solve.
A=20
L means to Label your answer.
A=20 cm2

41. Mathematics Grading
Grading – Math practice graded for completion on a 3-point scale, tallied up for one homework grade per week leading up to the weekly skills quiz.
3 points given if assignment is done AND work is shown.
2 points given if mostly completed AND work is shown.
1 point given if many problems are incomplete.
0 points if over half are incomplete or it is missing.
Math practice points are tallied up in Powerschool each week.
20% of final grade. This is to encourage students to practice.
Quizzes – every Friday (unless we don’t have one.)
30% of final grade
Tests – 50% of final grade

42. Mathematics continued
In case of a mathematics emergency, go to
-This is a great resource if your child is absent, confused, or both.
Interactive Math Journal – use this!!!

43. Mathematics
Please check your child’s math teacher’s website for their weekly schedule of lessons.

44. Report Cards
Grades are earned, not given. True learning is often accompanied by frustration in the beginning. Expect this, and encourage your child to have grit!
I do not offer extra credit. The effort needs to be put forth throughout the marking period. Watch their progress on the Parent Portal.

45. Absences
If your child is absent for any reason, it is important that they keep up on their studies.
It’s easy to fall behind but hard to catch up. The sooner they start to feel better, the sooner they should complete lessons they may have missed.
If you call the office, I can arrange to have the work left in the office after school or send it home with a sibling or buddy.

46. Time to go!
You will now continue on your “child’s journey” through their sixth grade day.
Please continue to your child’s Reading class.

47. Welcome to Mr. Knobbe’s Reading Class
Room 17
Curriculum Night

48. No need to take notes!
This Powerpoint slide show will be on my website.
Just sit back and relax!

49. Readin’ Whole group instruction from the anthology
Reading skills for comprehension
written responses to prompts
Students will use their Writing binder for Reading as well. They have a “tab” divider I provided them.
Small group with leveled readers
Skill reinforcement
Students not meeting work on Language Arts lessons for that day
Novels
Weekly quizzes on assigned chapters

50. Readin’
Reading Wonders resources are available online (from my website).
ConnectEd
Students have login id’s and passwords in their red folders.

51. Spellin’ & Vocabulary
Spelling and vocabulary practice is through Spelling City online tutorial program.
Students use same login id and password as ConnectEd (reading).
Activities are due on Fridays (unless otherwise indicated).
Spelling tests and vocabulary test are given on Fridays (unless otherwise indicated).
Spelling and vocabulary units are supported through the reading anthology.
Spelling patterns through sorting and word meaning will be stressed.

52. Handwriting
Cursive skills will be taught periodically throughout the year.
It appears on the report card.
People are still asked for their signature, aren’t they?

53. Agenda Notebooks
These should be filled out daily as practice is assigned.
You should see it out while they practice their lessons.
If you don’t see their agenda, ask about it. This is a great tool to keep them organized, especially if your child has had issues in the past with missing or late work.

54. Absences
If your child is absent for any reason, it is important that they keep up on their studies.
It’s easy to fall behind but hard to catch up. The sooner they start to feel better, the sooner they should complete lessons they may have missed.
If you call the office, I can arrange to have the work left in the office after school or send it home with a sibling or buddy.

55. Report Cards
The first marking period report will be discussed at the November conferences. It will be sent home with the student for all other marking periods.
Grades are earned, not given. True learning is often accompanied by frustration in the beginning. Expect this, and encourage your child to have grit!
I do not offer extra credit. The effort needs to be put forth throughout the marking period. Watch their progress on the Parent Portal.

56. Time for lunch recess!
You will now continue on your “child’s journey” through their sixth grade day.
If Mrs. Rimas is your child’s homeroom teacher, then please walk to Mrs. Nawrocki’s Social Studies class.
If Mrs. Nawrocki is your child’s homeroom teacher, then please stay here for science class.
If I’m your child’s homeroom ”creature”, then please continue to Mrs. Rimas’s Writing and Grammar class.

57. Welcome to Mr. Knobbe’s Science Class
Room 17
Curriculum Night

58. Science Focus on modeling scientific phenomenon
Mi-STAR and Next Generation Science Standards – Inquiry-based science curriculum
Focus on modeling scientific phenomenon
Hands-on investigations, Online simulations, videos, reading passages
Communication of thoughts and ideas
Taught through investigations, questioning and discussions, demonstrations,and informational reading.

59. Science Topics of study include: Interactions within Ecosystems
The Water Cycle
Investigating and Modeling Body Systems
Interactions within Ecosystems
Chemical Processes in Organism Digestion
And much, much more!!!

60. Science Daily Routine Review from the previous day
Pacing is dependent on the difficulty or length of the lesson.
Each lesson follows a repeated pattern.
The entire unit begins with a Unit Challenge (The big picture).
The Unit concept is then broken down into smaller units called lessons.

61. Science Day 1 = Anchoring Experience (to build interest).
Day 1& 2 – Uncover Your Ideas (What do you already know about the topic as well as an investigation to find out new information. This is the hands-on part).
Day 2 & 3 – Share Your Ideas
Day 3& 4 – Connect Your Ideas to the Unit Challenge
Day 4 & 5 = Check Your Progress. This is usually in the form of a quiz.

62. Science I expect the students to:
complete all lessons on time.
answer questions with complete sentences.
Any work that is graded may be graded on completion/effort.
They should be able to craft a response to all questions they are asked.

63. Agenda Notebooks
These should be filled out daily as practice is assigned.
You should see it out while they practice their lessons.
If you don’t see their agenda, ask about it. This is a great tool to keep them organized, especially if your child has had issues in the past with missing or late work.

64. Absences
If your child is absent for any reason, it is important that they keep up on their studies.
It’s easy to fall behind but hard to catch up. The sooner they start to feel better, the sooner they should complete lessons they may have missed.
If you call the office, I can arrange to have the work left in the office after school or send it home with a sibling or buddy.

65. Report Cards
The first marking period report will be discussed at the November conferences. It will be sent home with the student for all other marking periods.
Grades are earned, not given. True learning is often accompanied by frustration in the beginning. Expect this, and encourage your child to have grit!
I do not offer extra credit. The effort needs to be put forth throughout the marking period. Watch their progress on the Parent Portal.