2. Does This Remind You of Anyone? Traveling to classes Six Classes Homework Projects Longer-term assignments More complex assignments Notes and studying Fieldtrips Extracurricular Activities like sports, clubs, community service, etc.

3.  If your child will be dropped off at the school, please drop them off at the parking lot located off Pine and Greenwood. DO NOT drop the student off at the bus loop, behind the school, or parking lot by main office.  Check with ESC or the office for bus routes prior to first day of school.  Students going to Rudsill Library afterschool must cross the street at Pine and Greenwood for safety caution.

4. Visit your student’s locker and see what they need…discuss these ideas to consider: Locker shelf – Carver lockers are 15” wide and 11” deep, the standard locker shelf will work Magazine holder – to keep folders and spirals vertical and easy to sort through Schedule includes locker times for books for the next 2 classes End of day books – Student needs to track which books, spirals, folders they need to take home for homework. Very little time to gather items before buses leave. White board in the locker Post-it note in the binder to keep a list Flag items that need to be taken home Use a consistent bag for gym clothes that can be hung from a hook Locker Rule: No Loose Paper Allowed

5.  Divide the TM into sections so each class has it’s own section. › TM has 29 lines, so 6 classes can have 4 lines and 1 gets 5 lines. Consider which class has the least items (homework) for the TM. › Label your class names on the left margin. › Draw a pencil line across the page for each section. › Fold back pages as you finish the week and binder clip or paperclip. › TM Pizza and Ice Cream Parties are given to students who have their parent sign their TM every Monday night, after they review the TM with their student. The parties are done by semester.

6. TM Parent Signature

7. Geo Landscape due 10/29 Geo Landscape draft due 10/26 Geo Landscape final due 10/29 Geo Landscape select topic Geo Landscape gather materials Geo Landscape work on landscape Geo Landscape draft paper Geo Landscape Complete Paper

8.  Create a filing system at home to keep returned papers by class.  Very useful for studying for a mid-term or final test.  Recommend daily filing of returned papers to keep the loose paper out of the locker and binder/folder system.

9.  This is one time you do NOT have to write in complete sentences!  Texting  Abbreviations  Symbols - + for and, w/ for with, w/o for without  Star, arrow or highlight things your teacher has mentioned multiple times  If you can read it and it makes sense it works!

10.  Locker: shelf, magazine holder, white board, post-it notes, flags, extra bag of pens, pencils  3-Ring Binder: dividers, poly pocket folders, mini 3-hole punch, pencil bag, paper  TM Book: highlighter, sticky flags, colored pens, copy of class schedule  At Home Study: stapler, pens, pencils, index cards, extra paper, ruler, poster board, 3-hole punch, post-it notes  At Home Storage: Expandable folder or hanging files in a drawer or box, labels for each class

11. You may go to your locker before school starts, and get all your items for Block 1 and 2. Block 1- 8:45-9:35 Block 2- 9:40-10:30 Locker Time: Get all needed items for Blocks 3 and 4 Block 3- 10:35- 11:20 Block 4- 11:25-12:15 Locker Time: Get all needed items for Lunch Lunch– 12:15-12:45 Locker Time: Get all needed items for AOI AOI- 12:50-1:35 Channel 1- 1:35-1:50 Locker Time: Get all needed items for Blocks 6 and 7 Block 6- 1:55-2:50 Block 7- 2:55-3:50

12. 6-5 Family: Language Arts is Mrs. Jamison in room 404 World Cultures is Mrs. Zaheer in room 400 Science is Mrs. Abraham in room 206 Math is Mrs. Buchanan/TBD in room 405 6-6 Family: Language Arts is Mr. Laymon in room 406 World Cultures is Mrs. Washington/Burchette in room 403 Science is Mrs. Marshall-Balthis in room 207 Math is Mrs. Bowler in room 608 Look for the RED signs by the doors. Look for the YELLOW signs by the doors.

13. Book- Goldberg, Donna, and Jennifer Zwiebel. The Organized Student: Teaching Children the Skills for Success in School and Beyond. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005. Website- http://lifeorganizers.com/cm_articles/104_middle_school_organ ization_373.html School- Contact our 6 th Grade Counselor for more tips, and review the TM, because it has tons of resources inside it.