WELCOME to BACK to SCHOOL NIGHT

1. WELCOMEto BACK to SCHOOL NIGHT Los Encinos 6th Grade

2. Our Awesome 6th Graders!!! • .

3. HOLD ONTHE YEAR WILL FLY BY!!

4. The Backwards Design Model, Curriculum Compacting, and Critical Thinking • Design • Curriculum compacting • Critical thinking –stretching their brains • Application through authenticity

5. Zone of Proximal Development • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX8lRh1u5iE

6. Differentiation • Fluid grouping of students • Groups w/ 2-3 rotating centers • Daily individual/ small group time with teacher • Gather data, redesign, apply…flexible groupings between units • Learning Styles: M.I., rubrics, and student choice

7. Rules and Expectations RULES: Do the Right Thing…. Treat People Right…

8. Homework • Nightly • Nightly Review, Math, Reading, study Spelling concepts/ vocabulary • Once a week • Current Event and Sunshine Math • Occasionally • Writing, Social Studies, Science, etc.

9. . • Quizzes and Tests • Birthday Procedures • Room Parents • Field Trips and Special Events

10. Math • Pre/Post Assessments for every unit allowing for flexibility in groups. • http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078778484/student_view0/ • Application of Critical Thinking • Sunshine Mathematics • (Quantitative Reasoning)

11. . Language Arts Curriculum Framework The Literature • . Concept Process Understanding Change Using the Reasoning Process Content Literary Analysis and Interpretation Learning Language Arts Content and Skills Linguistic Competency Oral Communication Persuasive Writing

12. Reader Workshop • September Unit 1: Agency and Independence: Launching the Readers Workshop with Experienced Readers • October Unit 2: Investigating Characters across Series • November Unit 3: Nonfiction Reading: Navigating Expository, Narrative, and Hybrid Nonfiction • December Unit 4: Nonfiction Research Clubs: Developing Analytical Lenses for Informational Reading • January Unit 5: Historical Fiction Book Clubs: Tackling Complex Texts • February/March Unit 6: Developing Analytical Reading Practices: Interpretation • .March/April Unit 7: Test Preparation • May Unit 8: Social Issues Book Clubs • June Unit 9: Author Studies to Independent Projects:

13. Writer Workshop • The main two types of writing we will focus on this year are informal and formal writing. (pre-write, rough draft, edit, final draft) • Overview of the Year • September Unit 1: Raising the Level of Personal Narrative Writing and Edging toward Memoir • October Unit 2: Realistic Fiction/Social Action Fiction • November Unit 3: Informational Writing: Nonfiction Books • December Unit 4: The Personal and Persuasive Essay • January Unit 5: Historical Fiction • February/March Unit 6: Literary Essay: Analyzing Texts for Meaning, Craft, and Tone • March/April Unit 7: Writing Prompted Essays for the ERB Exam • May Unit 8: Poetry • JuneUnit 9: Independent Writing: Launching a Summer of Writing

14. The 6 + 1 Writing Traits 1. Ideas: Ideas make up the content of the piece of writing-the heart of the message. .2. Organization: Organization is the internal structure of the piece, the thread of meaning, the logical pattern of the ideas. 3. Voice: Voice is the soul of the piece. It’s what makes the writer’s style singular, as his or her feelings and convictions come out through the words. • 4. Word Choice: Word choice is at its best when it includes the use of rich, colorful, precise language that moves and enlightens the reader. • 5. Sentence Fluency: Sentence Fluency is the flow of the language, the sound of word patterns- the way the writing plays to the ear, not just to the eye. • 6. Conventions: Conventions represent the piece’s level of correctness- the extent to which the writer uses grammar and mechanics with precision. • +1. Presentation: Presentation zeros in on the form and layout –how pleasing the piece is to the eye.

15. Books for 6th grade • Trimester 1 • America Street, The Giver, The Story of the World, The Boy in the Painted Cave • Trimester 2 • The Red Pony, Treasure Island, The Golden Goblet, The Egypt Game, The Story of the World: Volume 2, The Liberation of Gabriel King • Trimester 3 • Jaguar, The Adventure of Ulysses, Classic Myths to Read Aloud, Tales of Greek Heroes, Empty, A Tale Dark and Grimm

16. Vocabulary • Why not Spelling? • Vocabulary • Greek/Latin Roots • Wordly Wise • Alternate Group • Implementation and Curriculum Compacting • Word Study Books • Assigned nightly or every other night homework in vocabulary

17. Science • Earth, Solar System, and Universe as dynamic systems of continual on-going change • Physics- force and motion, including matter and energy and how they are transported and transferred, but not lost. - Biology- the study of living things that are diverse, interdependent, and constantly changing to adapt to their environment

18. Social Studies • Early Humankind and Development of Human Society • The Beginning of Civilization in the near East and Africa: Mesopotamia, Egypt • The Ancient Greeks • The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire

19. Field Trips • Trimester One • Griffith / JDRF • California Science Center • Astro Camp.- November • Skirball- Archeology Tour and Simulated Dig • Trimester Two • LACMA - docent led art talk- art of many cultures or Hero's, Legends, Gods, and Myths- December • Jet Propulsion Lab October • Trimester Three • Homer - Living History (A classroom visitation) April • The Getty Villa - Art of Greek and Roman Antiquities - May • Wolf Camp – May/June

20. Questions THANKS FOR COMING TONIGHT!!! This will be a GREAT year!!!!