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Welcome Parents!

Welcome Parents!. Introduction. Experience: 9th year of teaching, 8 th year at Wilson, 7 th year as a 6 th grade teacher at Wilson Goals for the year: Inspire students to enjoy learning! Prepare all students for 7 th grade by meeting state standards

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Welcome Parents!

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  1. Welcome Parents!

  2. Introduction Experience: • 9th year of teaching, 8th year at Wilson, 7th year as a 6th grade teacher at Wilson Goals for the year: • Inspire students to enjoy learning! • Prepare all students for 7th grade by meeting state standards • Differentiate instruction to meet the needs and learning styles of all students (challenge/modify)

  3. Agenda Students are expected to write their homework in their agendas on a daily basis Great tool for being organized and responsible Homework Hotline: 696-5800 Communication Email hsmerz@amphi.com Classroom phone 696-5859 Website: http://www.amphi.com/schools/wilson-k-8/teacher-staff/mr-smerz-class-webpage.aspx Forms/Handouts Due Dates/Class Updates Communication

  4. Grading • Standard grading scale: • A+ 100-97 • A 96-94 • A- 93-90 • 6th Grade Late Work Policy = - Automatic 60% on the first late day After day 1, NO credit. *Grades online—Parent Portal

  5. Writing • “Teaching Writing: Structure & Style” - program that is very concrete and skills-based. Provides students with a skill set that leads towards more independent, complex writing. • Q1: Sentence structure, Paragraph writing, writing process • Unit 1: Notemaking/outlines, Unit 2: Summarizing from notes, and Unit 3: Narrative stories, • Q2: Poetry Unit, Unit 4: Summarizing a reference, and friendly letter writing • Q3: Persuasive Writing, Responding to Prompts, Business letter writing, Unit 5: Writing from pictures (PhotoStory/Movie Maker or Picture Book), • Q4: Unit 6: Library Research Project (combined with Biography “Documentary” Movie Project in reading class) • Writing in Social Studies: Unit 8: Basic Essay (Expository)

  6. WRITING (cont.) • Weekly Grammar Lessons and Homework - Unit Tests once a month • ”Fix It!” Bellwork (vocabulary/parts of speech/sentence structure/grammar/conventions) – Monday thru Thursday, Quiz on Friday – Assesses skills practiced in bell work for the week. • Writing Projects and Presentations

  7. Reading Reading: Opportunities to practice and improve in all 4 language domains (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) in a variety of ways – read alouds, partners, small groups, independent. • Q1 – Mystery, Realistic Fiction, Myths • Q2 – Fantasy, Science Fiction, Poetry (tied to Poetry unit in writing class) • Q3 – Historical Fiction • Q4 – Biography (tied to Biography “Documentary” Movie in Writing class) • Year Long Focus – Reading and responding to nonfiction articles and comprehension of functional texts.

  8. Reading • Daily Reading Warm-Ups (bell work) – daily comprehension practice from across all genres. • Vocabulary Development – Roots and Derivatives (2 per week + 8 derivatives) Tests are given every other Thursday. • Nightly reading – 20 minutes min. • 1 Book Report per quarter (use of technology and creativity to present their book) • Q1: Power Point of mystery elements • Q2: Collage/illustration of fantasy elements • Q3: Historical time-capsule • Q4: Biography documentary

  9. Social Studies Ancient World History • All students have a SS book at home. • Geography Unit: Maps (differences, purposes, how to read them, vocabulary) • Ancient Civilizations: • Ancient Mesopotamia • Ancient Egypt, India, China, America • Ancient Greek and Roman Civilizations • Medieval Europe and Africa • Renaissance, Reformation, and Enlightenment • Major Religions (tied to their influence on cultures and civilizations) • geographic origins, founding leaders/teachings, traditions, customs, and beliefs

  10. How We Learn the Content • Daily Oral Geography Bellwork • Textbook Reading • Comprehensive Tests • Expository Essay Writing • Hands-on Learning (mummies) • Computer Simulations (Decisions, Decisions)Feudalism • Research

  11. Social Studies Homework • Mapping Activities • Map locations (memorize for quizzes) • Textbook reading assignments (book at home) • Study for tests (using notes from units studied) • online support: www.jat.glencoe.com • Completion of tasks started in class • 5 paragraph Essays (Unit 8: Basic Essay--Writing in Content Areas) M:\Social Studies\Ch. 4 and 5 Greeks\Five Paragraph Essay for the Greeks.doc

  12. Donations Give “Fundraisers” the boot – Each family is encouraged to make a donation to PTO (this is not AZ tax credit donation, but is still a tax deductible donation). PTO money has purchased smartboard software, printer, and supplies for my classroom! Individual Supplies – Make sure to get supplies from the supply list! Class Donations - Need them as they come throughout the year – Emails will be sent out ahead of time.

  13. Thanks for coming this evening!

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