1. Welcome Back to School 2013 Mrs. Vargas mpvargas@unionsd.org

2. Middle School s Academic Support Center PowerSchool: grades Socials How-to Videos Field trips Homework Textbooks Lockers Phone home/office referrals Planner Corrected work

3. Grading Policy Homework Counts! Homework is a large percentage of the class grade. Deduction for messy writing, crinkled, torn or otherwise sloppy papers. Student If your child is sick, the work must be made up by the second day he/she returns to class. Work that appears on Power School may be redone up to one week after it is posted.

4. Communication email Web page Notebo ok Your child Power school Corrected work Phone: 264-1122 ext 208 After school

5. Monitor your child’s success Check that your child is doing his/her homework. ~ Homework recorded? ~ Stamped complete? Monitor missing work Late work not due to illness is marked down. Support having your child go to ASC Sign up for alerts Monitor grades

6. Logging on to PowerSchool LastnameF (6202001)

7. First you’ll see a list of all your child’s classes ~ click on the name to email ~ click on the grade for details

8. How to Read PowerSchool - - Means the grade has not been entered, not that the assignment is missing.

9. How to Read PowerSchool A zero and “M” will be entered when an assignment is not turned in.

10. Sometimes you might see this: but don’t panic!

11. Email Notifications

12. Mathematics Homework Sheet Notebook Quizzes Chapter Test On-line text and videos Algebraic Reasoning, Integers, Number Theory and Fractions, Operations with Rational Numbers, Proportional Relationships, Percents, Collections, Displaying and Analyzing Data, Probability, Geometric Figures, Measurement and Geometry, Multi-step Problems and Inequalities.

13. go.hrw.com

14. Mathematics Grades: Homework 25% Tests 25% Quizzes 20% Projects/classwork 20% Participation 10%

15. Social Science Note taking Vocabulary Notebook Projects Quizzes/Chapter tests On-line version: User:DSACCA06 Password: BWPJKN28

16. http://www.commonsensemedia.orghttp://www.commonsensemedia.org/

17. Programs/apps on the computer Microsoft Word Google docs Power point Excel iMovie iPhoto Wordle Google Sketchup Glogster edu Pixton Comics Ten Marks Math Timeline web widget Tagxedo Xtranormal

18. ProjectToolsDue Date Geography ProjectGoogle EarthSeptember Early Man : Otzi NewscastiMovieOctober Israel Timeline (pages)Microsoft WordNovember Egypt Research ProjecttbdDec./January India’s Religions: Compare and Contrast Google EarthFebruary China’s Culture: Descriptive mapping Glogster EduMarch Greece Summaries Haiku DeckApril Rome Brochure Pages on the iPadMay Ancient Civilization ABC book TextbookFinish by June Major Social Science Projects

19. Ancient Civilizations Geography, Early Humans, Ancient Egypt/Kush, Ancient China, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Mesopotamia, Ancient India, Ancient Israel, Ancient Americas Grades: Homework 20% Tests 15% Quizzes 15% Participation 10% Projects/classwork 40%

20. Apps, apps and more apps

21. Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum Asian Art Museum (possibility) Field Trips: Typically a cost is associated with these trips, although scholarships are always available.

22. How you can help : Field Trips Art Vistas Award Ceremonies Sixth Grade Socials: Fall and Spring Egypt Night: January Olympic Day Donations: Boxes of tissue, disinfecting wipes, used printer cartridges and Home and School Club Membership

23. Technology

24. Computer competence... Lessons are aligned with the National Educational Technology Standards and Performance Indicators by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE).

25. Projects in Technology Exploratory ProjectApplicationDate Welcome to the Web Common InternetAugust All about MeWordleSeptember Middle School is...TagxedoSeptember Postersedu.glogsterSeptember What do you Stand For? Microsoft WordSeptember Your Hero ExcelOctober Animations PowerPointOctober Scary Trailers iMovieOctober

26. Dartmouth My web page Infograph Infograph viewed best on Chrome or Firefox