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Welcome to Cary Junior High!!

Welcome to Cary Junior High!!. Team Six Green- Axarlis , Brashear Calbalbo , Dunn, Fotre , Falk, Flannigan, Gold, Hancock, Hatfield , Salmon, Swanson. Team Green…. 45 minute classes with a double class period for literacy block

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Welcome to Cary Junior High!!

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  1. Welcome to Cary Junior High!! Team Six Green-Axarlis, Brashear Calbalbo, Dunn, Fotre, Falk, Flannigan, Gold, Hancock, Hatfield , Salmon, Swanson

  2. Team Green… • 45 minute classes with a double class period for literacy block • Art, Music, Foreign Language, Technology, and Gym taught by certified professionals in their teaching areas • Lunch/recess 20/20 minutes • All students travel from house to house with lockers in the B and C hallways

  3. Parent Communication… • Assignment Notebook • www.cjh26.weebly.com

  4. Infinite CampusPasswords will be mailed out this week.

  5. Language Arts…Mrs. Falk Miss Salmon Common Core StandardsAnchor StandardsLiterature and Informational Text Key Ideas & Details Craft & Structure Integration of Knowledge & Ideas Range of Reading & Leveled Text Complexity

  6. Language Arts… • Language • Anchor Standards • Conventions of Standard English • Knowledge of Language • Vocabulary Acquisition and Use • Speaking and Listening • Anchor Standards • Comprehension and Collaboration • Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas

  7. Literacy.. Fiction vs. Non Fiction Short Stories Types of Non Fiction Poetry Drama Themes in Folk Literature

  8. 6th Grade Novel List

  9. Language Arts… Common Core Anchor StandardsWriting • Text Types and Purposes • Production and Distributive Writing • Research to Build and Present Knowledge • Range of Writing

  10. Writing… • Types of Writing • Non Fiction Narration • Fiction Narration • Poetry and Description • Exposition • Argumentative • Response to Literature • Research Writing • Grammar • The Writing Process

  11. A new challenge…. • Forty books in a school year!! New initiative for our school!!

  12. Math…Mrs. Dunn • “IS A PARTY FOR YOUR BRAIN!”- Be positive! • EVERYONE HAS STRENGTHS & WEAKNESSES - we differentiate in many ways • PRACTICE MAKES PERMANENT – Daily practice • NEW TEXTBOOK w/ COMMON CORE !!! (Ratios & Proportions, Number System, Expressions & Equations, Statistics & Probability, Geometry) WE FOCUS ON THE 8 MATH PRACTICES as well.

  13. Social Studies…Miss Hancock • Syllabus • Maps/Regions • Industrial Revolution • Women’s Rights • Civil War/Reconstruction • Westward Expansion • The Gilded Age • Grading • Expectations “And in the end, it is not the years in your life that count, it is the life in your years” – Abraham Lincoln

  14. Science…Ms. Swanson • Scientific Method • Process Skills • Solar Energy • Weather • Models and Designs • Environments/Ecology • Microscopes • Safety

  15. Specials… • Music – rotating schedule • Art – rotating schedule • Study Hall- rotating schedule • Foreign Language- rotating schedule • Technology- rotating schedule

  16. Foreign Language - Spanish Señor Ford

  17. Foreign Language - Spanish 6 week exploratory course – language and culture of the Spanish-speaking world • -Spanish-speaking countries -Numbers • -Greetings & goodbyes -Telling time • -Basic Verbs -Classroom objects • -Colors -Holidays/celebrations • -Days & months -Sports • -Pets & animals -and MUCH more!!!

  18. Foreign Language - Spanish Specials Rotation for Spanish Class

  19. Foreign Language - Spanish Need Help? • Ask questions during class • Be an ACTIVE participant • Speak Spanish when asked and whenever possible – it’s the best way to learn and practice • Arrange a time to come in after school

  20. ART Mrs. Bishop

  21. Music • Ms. Zozokos • General Music for all students • Beginning keyboarding, iPads, and more! • Choir starting on September 10th Allstudents are welcome.

  22. CJH Bandalex.carlson@cary26.orghttp://cjh26.weebly.com/band.html • Symphonic Band MWF 2:50-3:30 • Concert Band TR 2:50-3:30 • Weekly pullout lessons • Lesson Grades/Report Cards • Jazz Band TR 7:00-7:40am

  23. Technology Mrs. O’Donnell Grades 6 – 8

  24. curriculum • Follows the International Society for Technology Education(ISTE) standards • Students at each grade level receive six consecutive weeks of daily technology instruction • Project based learning approach using the program, TechnoKids, to learn and master skills in word processing, data gathering and analysis, and multimedia

  25. Grades 6-8 File management  Computer terms  Use of equipment  Communication skills  Internet safety/ethics  Research skills

  26. Grading • Homework: 10% • Keyboarding skills: 15% • Class work/Quizzes/Tests: 25% • Projects: 50% Open lab times for each team: Tuesday and Thursday 3:00 to 4:00

  27. P.E. • Mr. Capalbo • Classes between 20-30 students • 1st Quarter will be outside every chance we get. (Dress Appropriately) • Fitness testing twice a year (Fall and Spring) • Mile, pull ups, curl ups, jump rope, flex arm hang, pacer, vertical jump, sit and reach • Grading – 10 points per day

  28. P.E. • Curriculum (Fall) • Fitness Testing • Soccer • Track and Field • Lacrosse • Softball

  29. Health I will be teaching Health to all of 6th grade Students will be required to take notes, complete worksheets, quizzes, and 4 chapter tests Curriculum – Understanding Your Health, Skills for a Healthy Life, Relationships, Social Health, Conflict, Physical Activity and Fitness, Personal Care

  30. How Can Students Be Involved? • Sports: • Conference Cross Country • Conference Poms • Conference Cheerleading • Conference Wrestling • Conference Track • InHouse

  31. How Can Students Be Involved? • Activities: Academic Club Anime Club Chorus Drama Club Lego Club Musical Art Club Recycling Club SSA Student Council Tech Crew Yearbook Club Band Homework Club

  32. How Can Parents Be Involved? • PTO - meets at 3:00 on the first Tuesday of the month • Cary 26 Education Foundation • www.cary26foundation.org

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