Grade 6

1. Welcome to... Grade 6

2. Tonight's Agenda • Communication Between School & Home • Discipline / Incentive Plan • Homework Procedure • Daily Schedule • Overview of Subject Areas • Snack Cart • After School Activities • Visit Sixth Grade Classrooms

3. Communication General: ~ School Newsletter ~ Notices ~ Website: www.avs.k12.nh.us

4. Communication Specific to Student/Incidental: ~ Telephone calls ~ e-mail ~ Notes & letters ~ Discipline slips

5. Communication • Progress Reporting: • Power School Parent Portal • Allows parents the ability to monitor student progress online. • Parent/Teacher Conferences • Report Cards are issued at the end of each quarter

6. Discipline Policy • Student is addressed about specific behavior. • Behaviors • Disruptive • Disrespectful • Unsafe • Unkind • Irresponsible • Unethical • Defiant • The consequences range from a verbal warning , to • an office referral. • Most infractions are handled at the classroom level.

7. Incentive Plan • “Behavior Bucks” • All students begin the year with $50 in the “Behavior Credit Union Account. • For each disciplinary incident, money is deducted from their account. • Student may also earn money for deposit by being recognized by a teacher for doing “good” deeds. • Students maintaining a $45 or more in their account at the end of the quarter will be eligible to participate in that quarter’s incentive activity.

8. Homework Procedures Students will be assigned homework daily: ~ Sixth Grade: 60-75 minutes cumulatively ~ Homework counts for no more than 20% of the final grade ~ Grades are determined by the quality of the work and effort demonstrated ~ Homework will be graded as follows: + = 100 % - Meets all expectations = 85% - Satisfactory -- = 68 % - Unsatisfactory 0 = 0 % - Undone, not attempted

9. Schedule

10. Organizational Time Homeroom (8:00 – 8:10)Organizational Break • Attendance • Announcements • Lunch Count • Organize for Classes • Snack Cart • Lockers • Organize for Afternoon Classes • Homeroom (1:55 – 2:15) • Lockers • Organize for Home • Confer with Teachers (If needed) • Planners Signed

11. Daily Schedule • Rotates on a daily basis • Specialty Subject for Teachers • 3- 70 minute periods • 1 – 60 minute period

12. Language Arts ~ Spelling, Grammar and Vocabulary through reading and writing. ~ Research projects using the IIM process and technology such as Photostory 3 and Power Point. ~ Exploring novels using literature circles, individual projects, and class discussions.

13. Math ~ A standards based program focusing on student directed approach. ~ Math Scapes, breaks the curriculum into units. The units continue to spiral throughout the year. ~ The program addresses all learning styles

14. Social Studies • Geography Themes: ~ Location, Place, Human Environment & Interactions, Movement & Regions • World Geography: ~ Countries, Landforms, Major Rivers • Ancient Civilizations: China Greece Rome Egypt Middle Ages

15. Science • Units : • Earth SciencePhysical Science • Landforms & Soil - Electrical Energy • - Plate Tectonic, Earth’s Layers - Matter • Life Science • Classification of Living Things • Cells, Tissues ,Organs, Organ Systems and Organisms • - Physical, Emotional, Social & Mental/Emotional health • - Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Senses & Hygiene • Activity centered curriculum, hands-on. • Partner and group work required. • 2 Column note – taking skills; 3 ring binder required.

16. FRENCH ~ Introductory French ~ Language Topics Include: Alphabet, Numbers, Colors, Time, Days & Months ~ Cultural Exploration Unit

17. Unified Arts One Quarter Each: ~ Art ~ Music ~ Physical Education Four Weeks Each: ~ Family & Consumer Sciences ~ Industrial Technology

18. Technology • Computer technology is integrated into the four core subject areas: • (Language Arts, Science, Math & Social Studies). • Each content area teacher has developed units which incorporates • the use of technology into that area of study. • Once a week, the sixth grade team will have day long use of the • Computers in the Computer Lab.

19. Art • 6th grade Art classes supplements/correlate to units taught in Social Studies. • Depending on what country the students are studying, decides what they do in art. For Example: • Japan – origami & block printing • India – mehndi & batik • Africa – masks & rain sticks

20. Music ~World Music ~ Folk Rock ~ Introduction To Voice ~ Opera ~ Jingle Project

21. Phys. Ed. ~ Traditional Sports Football, Basketball, Soccer, Volleyball, Lacrosse, Speedball, Softball, Team Handball ~ Individual Sports Badminton, Tennis, Golf ~ Fitness Activities Cardio, Flexibility, Strength, Endurance Agility, Coordination, Balance

22. Family & Consumer Science ~Personal Best -Organization - Nutrition - Exercise - Sleep ~ Sewing -Shaped Pillows or other projects - Quilts for Charity

23. Industrial Technology ~ Rocketry ~ Communication: Message Pad

24. Guidance • Students will have a 30 minute guidance period • oncea week, throughout the year. • Activities and topics covered: Adventurelore: Team building(Sept. 1st) Conflict Resolution Beginning career exploration The Make it Real Game Friendship Unit Study Skills Success

25. Snack Cart • Breakfast Items, snack items & waters • Used to fund grade level activities: • - Monthly incentive • - Field Trips • Open during homeroom times.

26. Co-curricular Activities • Student Council • Yearbook • National Junior Honor Society • Newspaper • Chorus • Destination Imagination

27. Co-curricular Activities ~ Boys’ & Girls’ Soccer ~ Boys’ & Girls’ Basketball ~ Volleyball ~ Baseball & Softball ~ Boys’ & Girls’ Lacrosse ~ Cheerleading ~ Cross Country

28. AUBURN VILLAGE SCHOOL 2009-2010 Middle School Student/Parent Handbook

29. Questions?