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Welcome to Back-to-School Night Mrs. Alden Grade 6 Rm. D-10 Mrs. Vile 6 th Grade LS Teacher. CONFERENCE DAYS Monday, Nov. 21 afternoon/evening Tuesday, Nov. 22 afternoon Wednesday, Nov. 23 morning only. PLEASE SIGN UP FOR A CONFERENCE!!. HOMEROOM PARENT.
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Welcome to Back-to-School NightMrs. Alden Grade 6 Rm. D-10Mrs. Vile 6th Grade LS Teacher CONFERENCE DAYS Monday, Nov. 21 afternoon/evening Tuesday, Nov. 22 afternoon Wednesday, Nov. 23 morning only PLEASE SIGN UP FOR A CONFERENCE!!
HOMEROOM PARENT • PLEASE WELCOME MRS. LORENCE. SHE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO TALK ABOUT UPCOMING EVENTS. • PLEASE SEE MRS. LORENCE IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN HELPING WITH SOME CLASS/GRADE LEVEL ACTIVITIES.
LANGUAGE ARTS • Read 20 minutes a night Monday-Thursday. (self-selected book) Reading over the weekend is certainly encouraged! • 25 Book Challenge-variety of Genres • Respond to self-selected books in RRJ (Reading Response Journal)-See your child’s RRJ on top of their desk. RRJ notebooks will be collected on a weekly basis. Students are required to write one RRJ response weekly. • Guided Reading, SSR at snack time 11:05
LANGUAGE ARTS • Concentration on writing for a specific purpose and audience using the guidelines of Focus, Content, Organization, Style, and Conventions. • Emphasis on oral presentations to prepare for the Elementary Performance Assessment. (EPA) • Hopefully, the research process will not look like this
HANNAH OUR READING THERAPY DOG • Hannah’s owner, Debbie Glessner, a retired CR librarian, enjoys bringing Hannah to school. • Debbie is one of the organizers of a volunteer program called Nor’wester Readers. (website: http://www.norwesterreaders.org/)
SOCIAL STUDIES • WE WILL BE STUDYING ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS FROM AROUND THE WORLD AND THEIR CULTURES • GROUP WORK/PROJECTS • STUDY SKILLS: NOTETAKING, READING FOR INFORMATION
HOMEWORK • ESTIMATE OF 60 MINUTES OF HOMEWORK A NIGHT 10 x 6TH GRADE • 20 MINUTES OF READING EACH NIGHT IS INCLUDED IN THE 60 MINUTES • RRJ RESPONSE 1 TIME A WEEK • MISSED HOMEWORK – SEE MISSED HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT BOOK • CHILDREN WILL HAVE TIME TO COPY HOMEWORK. HOMEWORK ON THE CLASS WEBSITE IS A BACK-UP AND FOR YOU TO SEE DAILY ASSIGNMENTS.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION Main Number: 215-944-1800 Mrs. Alden: Social Studies and LA E-mail: malden@crsd.org Phone: x1835 Mrs. Vile: kvile@crsd.org Phone: x1839 Mr. Dykty: Math mdykty@crsd.org Mrs. Tyson: Science ktyson@crsd.org
PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR: • SPECIALS SCHEDULE • GENERAL CLASS SCHEDULE-PLEASE SEE YOUR CHILD’S SCHEDULE STAPLED TO THE INSIDE COVER OF HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT BOOK • DAILY HOMEWORK
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TONIGHT! • I WANT YOUR CHILD TO HAVE A FABULOUS SIXTH GRADE YEAR! I AM SO EXCITED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TEACH AT THIS LEVEL! • IF YOU EVER HAVE ANY CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS, PLEASE DON’T HESITATE TO CONTACT ME • COMMUNICATION BETWEEN HOME AND SCHOOL IS NECESSARY IN ORDER MAKE YOUR CHILD’S EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE THE BEST THAT IT CAN BE!