Good evening.

1. Good evening. • Please sit at your child’s desk. Look for their names on the letter they wrote you. • Write something back if you’d like. • Find their daily schedule. • Please do not take another child’s schedule.

2. On You Child’s Desk: • Camp Permission slip (fill out pages 2 & 3). • Lunch is provided. Last year it was chicken nuggets, sweet potato fries, soup, pita bread & hummus, and a great salad bar. • Indicate if they have any food allergies. • Check the line if you would like to chaperone on page 2. • There is a fee. • 6th Grade information packet • 6th Grade movies permission slip

3. Welcome to Mr. Knobbe’s Class Room 17 Curriculum Night

4. No need to take notes! • This Powerpoint slide show will be on my website. • Just sit back and relax!

5. Typical Day a.m. • 8:25 – 8:35 Warm-up and stretches • 8:35 – 9:25 Math • 9:25 – 10:15 Specials (Gym, Library, Music, etc.) • 10:15 – 10:25 Snack break • 10:25 - 11:25 Reading • 11:30 – 12:15 Lunch

6. Typical Day p.m. • 12:20 – 1:10 Writing / Grammar with Mrs. Rimas • 1:15 – 1:30 Recess • 1:30 – 2:15 Social Studies with Mrs. Nawrocki • 2:15 – 3:00 Science • 3:05 – 3:15 clean-up, dismissal

7. Citizenship and Work Habits • Citizenship and Work Habits: The report card states that a “3” means “Meets Expectations”. • If your child desires a higher marking, they need to work for it.

8. Completed Assignments • Completed work and notes are sent home on Mondays. • Look over their work and check their progress. Talk about what they did well and what they need to work on. Communication is the key.

9. Agenda Notebooks • These should be filled out daily as practice is assigned. • You should see it out while they practice their lessons. • If you don’t see their agenda, ask about it. This is a great tool to keep them organized, especially if your child has had issues in the past with missing or late work.

10. Absences • If your child is absent for any reason, it is important that they keep up on their studies. • It’s easy to fall behind but hard to catch up. The sooner they start to feel better, the sooner they should complete lessons they may have missed. • If you call the office, I can arrange to have the work left in the office after school or send it home with a sibling or buddy.

11. Parent Portal • Allows you to monitor your child’s academic progress • Your portal ID will allow you to track your child’s progress through high school. There’s no need to get a new ID every year.

12. My website • Weekly Schedule • Dates to Remember • This presentation will appear. • http://www.becksixthgrade.weebly.com/

13. 6th Grade Expenses • $130 dollars this year. • $65 due by Friday, September 20th. • This covers Camp, DARE program, Mini-Society program, and various opportunities and activities. Please refer to the 6th Grade Expenses document on your child’s desk. • Please make checks payable to the BFV

14. Field Trips • A list of Dates to Remember will be updated on my website as the dates become firm. • Check it before emailing me. • Camp is on Tuesday, October 1st. We will leave Beck at 7:30 and return by 3pm. Chaperones must pay a fee. • A Volunteer Background check needs to be filled out prior to the trip.

15. D.A.R.E. • Drug Abuse Resistance Education class is taught by the Macomb County Sheriff’s Department. • D.A.R.E. class will be taught again this year during the winter semester.

16. Birthday Treats • Due to the prevalence of food allergies, we are transitioning away from food for birthday celebrations. • Send in something else. • How about crickets for Lucy and Ethel? • Who are they? Ask your child.

17. Scholastic Book Club • Please order the books online. Our class code is: LBR9L

18. Classroom Liason and Class Parties • We need a parent volunteer to be our Room 17 Classroom Liason. • You will help our class in various capacities such as the Fun Run, Santa Shop, as well as organizing our 6th Grade Bagel Day once or twice during the school year. • Sign-up after this session.

19. This year’s goal: • Independence • Learning to think problems through on their own • Advocate for themselves. • We should want our 6th graders to solve problems on their own.

20. Weird question of the evening! • Are you a taxidermist? • No. Seriously. • If not, do you know of any? See me if you do.

21. Please sign-up for our class parties Sign-up is on the round table by the door.

22. Disclaimer • All classroom policies are subject to change.

23. Time to go! • You will now continue on your “child’s journey” through their sixth grade day. • Please continue to your child’s Mathematics class. This should be indicated on the schedule they left for you.

24. Welcome to Mr. Knobbe’sMath Class Room 17 Curriculum Night

25. No need to take notes! • This Powerpoint slide show will be on my website. • Just sit back and relax!

26. Mathematics • Math Warm-ups at the beginning of every class consisting of ten (10) problems. A quiz will be given on most Fridays covering these essential skills. • Common Core Mathematics, meaning inquiry-based learning with an emphasis on critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

27. Mathematics – Unit 1 • Numerical Expressions and Factors • Whole Number Operations • Powers and exponents • Order of Operations • Prime Factorization • Greatest Common Factor • Least Common Multiple

28. Mathematics – Unit 2 • Fractions and Decimals • Multiplying Fractions • Dividing Fractions • Dividing Mixed Numbers • Adding and Subtracting Decimals • Multiplying Decimals • Dividing Decimals

29. Mathematics – Unit 3 • Algebraic Expressions and Properties • Algebraic Expressions • Writing Expressions • Properties of Addition and Multiplication • The Distributive Property

30. Mathematics – Unit 4 • Areas of Polygons • Areas of Parallelograms • Areas of Triangles • Area of Trapezoids • Polygons in the Coordinate Plane

31. Mathematics – Unit 5 • Ratios and Rates • Ratios • Ratio Tables • Rates • Comparing and Graphing Ratios • Percents • Solving Percent Problems • Converting Measures

32. Mathematics – Unit 6 • Integers and the Coordinate Plane • Integers • Comparing and Ordering Integers • Fractions and Decimals on the Number Line • Absolute Value • The Coordinate Plane

33. Mathematics – Unit 7 • Equations and Inequalities • Writing Equations in One Variable • Solving Equations Using Addition or Subtraction • Solving Equations Using Multiplication or Division • Writing Equations in Two Variables • Writing and Graphing Inequalities • Solving Inequalities using Addition or Subtraction • Solving Inequalities using Multiplication or Division

34. Mathematics- Unit 8 • Surface Area and Volume • Three-Dimensional Figures • Surface Area of Prisms • Surface Area of Pyramids • Volumes of Rectangular Prisms

35. Mathematics – Unit 9 • Statistical Measures • Introduction to Statistics • Mean • Measures of Center • Measures of Variation • Mean Absolute Deviation

36. Mathematics – Unit 10 • Data Displays • Stem-and-Leaf Plots • Histograms • Shapes of Distribution • Box-and-Whisker Plots

37. Mathematics continued • Math practice daily • We do the “front-side five” together. The students should use these as notes when they work on the “back-side ten” on their own. • Show the work!!! If they said they did it mentally, have them write down what they did. • No calculators unless directed!

38. Mathematics continued • Math journal • Ask about it. • Check to see that they use it. • No calculators unless directed!

39. Mathematics continued • Area and Volume problems, or any question that requires a formula to be used. • I require the students to F.S.S.L. the problem. I pronounce it as “Fizzle.” • What is that? • Well, it is not on the internet!

40. F.S.S.L (pronounced “fizzle”) • F means to Write the Formula. • A=L x W • S means to Substitute the variable(s) with the value(s). • A=5 x 4 • S means to Solve. • A=20 • L means to Label your answer. • A=20 cm2

41. Mathematics Grading • Grading – Math practice graded for completion on a 3-point scale, tallied up for one homework grade per week leading up to the weekly skills quiz. • 3 points given if assignment is done AND work is shown. • 2 points given if mostly completed AND work is shown. • 1 point given if many problems are incomplete. • 0 points if over half are incomplete or it is missing. • Math practice points are tallied up in Powerschool each week. • 20% of final grade. This is to encourage students to practice. • Quizzes – every Friday (unless we don’t have one.) • 30% of final grade • Tests – 50% of final grade

42. Mathematics continued In case of a mathematics emergency, go to www.Khanacademy.com -This is a great resource if your child is absent, confused, or both. Interactive Math Journal – use this!!!

43. Mathematics • Please check your child’s math teacher’s website for their weekly schedule of lessons.

44. Report Cards • Grades are earned, not given. True learning is often accompanied by frustration in the beginning. Expect this, and encourage your child to have grit! • I do not offer extra credit. The effort needs to be put forth throughout the marking period. Watch their progress on the Parent Portal.

45. Absences • If your child is absent for any reason, it is important that they keep up on their studies. • It’s easy to fall behind but hard to catch up. The sooner they start to feel better, the sooner they should complete lessons they may have missed. • If you call the office, I can arrange to have the work left in the office after school or send it home with a sibling or buddy.

46. Time to go! • You will now continue on your “child’s journey” through their sixth grade day. • Please continue to your child’s Reading class.

47. Welcome to Mr. Knobbe’sReading Class Room 17 Curriculum Night

48. No need to take notes! • This Powerpoint slide show will be on my website. • Just sit back and relax!

49. Readin’ • Whole group instruction from the anthology • Reading skills for comprehension • written responses to prompts • Students will use their Writing binder for Reading as well. They have a “tab” divider I provided them. • Small group with leveled readers • Skill reinforcement • Students not meeting work on Language Arts lessons for that day • Novels • Weekly quizzes on assigned chapters

50. Readin’ • Reading Wonders resources are available online (from my website). • ConnectEd • Students have login id’s and passwords in their red folders.