Welcome!!!!!! to Mrs. Dueñas’s class 6 th Grade

1. Welcome!!!!!!toMrs. Dueñas’s class6th Grade Foulks Ranch Elementary

2. Mrs. Dueñas … • Starting 26th year of teaching! • Masters in Special Education • Over 10 years in regular 6th grade • Swim Coach for over 10 years • 0 kids, but have 1 dog, Besso, and 1 cat, Mee-Ha • Married • Love to swim and work with kids!

3. Goals For My Students … • To be the best prepared student and citizen through … • Organization • Planning • Listening • Working together • Doing your best • Setting personal goals • Knowing when to have fun and • To have a good sense of humor!

4. Purpose • To be the best prepared student for Junior High School/Middle School and beyond • To have the best study habits

5. Materials • Packet of Information (in a narrative format) • Also on wikispace: www.mrsduenas.wikispaces.com • See supply list attached to handout

6. Required Curriculum • Reading/Language Arts- Open Court • Math- Scott Foresman • Science- Holt • Social Studies-Holt • PE – SPARK

7. Reading/Language Arts • Curriculum = Open Court (6th grade) • Study Guides: Story Study, Vocabulary Study, Spelling Practice, Grammar Study • Use of Literature Circles to enhance learning of OCR stories • Themes: • 1) Perseverance • 3) Taking a Stand • 2) Ancient Civilizations • 4) Music • 5) Ecology and 6) Question of Values • Tests = Fridays • Usually 1 story/week

8. Math • Scott Foresman (6th grade text) • Student made Study Guides • Teacher-made Lesson Worksheets with How-to-Solve Steps, Examples, Guided Practice and More Practice. Kept in a Math INB • Using multiple methods to solve math problems • Tests/Quizzes • 7th Grade Supplementary text • will use this text to enhance their learning • Accelerated Math Program • to enhance their learning • Daily Math Challenge Workbook • To keep up with the 6th grade Standards

9. Math Concepts • Number Sense: NS1 and NS 2 • Add, Subtract, Multiply, Divide: positive and negative--whole numbers, fractions, and decimals; Use of percents • Statistics: SDP • Mean, Median, Mode, Range, Understanding Questioning and Graphs; Probability • Algebra: AF • Solve 1-step and Multiple-Step Equations, Ratios/Proportions • Geometry: MG • Circumference/Perimeter ; Area and Volume of Circles, Triangles and Quadrilaterals • Math Reasoning: MR • Applications to Real-Life situations using the above concepts.

10. Science • Holt (6th grade Middle School) • SS-INB binder for all Work and Projects • Labs/Experiments, Tests/Quizzes • Concepts: • Semester 1 = Life Sciences • Food Chains, Biomes, MSOE • Semester 2 = Physical Sciences • Heat and Energy, Oceans • Semester 3 = Earth Sciences • Plate Tectonics, Volcanoes/Earthquakes

11. Social Studies • Holt (6th grade Middle School) • SS-INB binder for all Work and Projects • Tests and Quizzes • Concepts: • Geography and Archaeology Studies • Early Humans • Mesopotamia • Egypt • India • China • Hebrews • Greece • Rome

12. www.mrsduenas.wikispaces.com • This is my Wikispace page where you can find: • Study Guides in Reading and Math • Assignments Sheets in Social Studies • Math Notes • Teacher-made S-F Math Quizzes • Teacher-made OCR Reading Quizzes

13. Homework and Assignments • Parents e-mailed the daily the HW assignments, projects, events, and announcements • Wikispace : lost Assignment Sheets and Quizzes in SS, Worksheets and Quizzes in Math, Study Guides and Quizzes in Reading: • www.mrsduenas.wikispaces.com • HW = Daily • ~1.20 hours each night • Weekly Packet = “LP” to practice spelling, Vocab300, CST grammar, reading, and math review • Weekend HW might be necessary to finish unfinished work • Please contact me with any problems, we can talk 

14. Grading Policy • To show competency or achievement of standards • Letter grades (A, B, C, D, or F) • Number grades (5, 4, 3, 2, or 1) • A~5 high achieving, excellent • B, C~ 4 or 3 well done(B) or passing(C) • D~ 2 approaching grade level, almost passing • F~ 1 not passing, failing. • Grades are e-mailed • every 4-5 weeks. • I will communicate if the student is not achieving their goals or if they are missing work

15. Schedule • Our day includes: • Computers ( 2 days/week) • PE (3 days/week, with Mile Friday) • Reading (every day) • Writing/Spelling (every day) • Math (every day) • Social Studies (4-5 days/week) • Science ( 3 days/week)

16. Student Field Trips and Academic/Behavioral Requirements • Please refer to contract received on the 1st day of school • Any Field Trip Form is due 10 days before we attend. • There are no phone calls home about missing forms

17. MSOE! • MSOE: • October 15-19 • please indicate whether your child is going or not going on the sign in paper in the back • Chaperones!!! • please indicate whether you like to chaperone on the sign-in paper in the back • We are limited to the number of chaperones needed. • Forms • will be coming home later

18. Parent Contributions • Chaperones • Volunteering in class • Copying • Helpers, as needed • Mask making • Decorating masks • Promotion in June • Etc.

19. Fingerprinting • Volunteers must be fingerprinted through the District in order to volunteer for on or off campus activities. • Contact Tara to see if you are fingerprinted

20. Goal Setting Students set goals for the year and semester • Grades • Principal’s (straight A’s all year). • All 3 semesters = Principal’s Lamp of Knowledge Medal at Promotion • Honor Roll(3.0-3.9). • All 3 semesters = Ribbon at Promotion • National Elementary Honor Society-(NEHS) • AR Goals by Semester • Student Leadership • Tutoring, Teacher Assisting in other classrooms, Library Assistants, Green Team, etc. • Earn levels of Achievement, depending on hours recorded: Foulks Ranch, Governor’s, Bronze, Silver, Gold

21. Communication • How to get a hold of me • Phone- 684-8177 • E-mail: dduenas@egusd.net • Conferences (by appointment, in advance) • Wikispace for assignments and quizzes: • www.mrsduenas.wikispaces.com

22. Anything else?AndThank you for coming!