Welcome to 6 th Grade Curriculum Night

1. Welcome to 6th Grade Curriculum Night Mrs. Ashley Mrs. DiMola Ms. Susino Mrs. Leonard Mrs. Sullivan Mr. Salerno Ms. Citron Mrs. Streiber The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.

2. Overview • Class 6D • Assignments, study guides, and materials posted daily on class website. • Google Classroom • Nut-Free Classroom • District’s Vision: More instructional time, less testing. • Creativity, Critical Thinking, Communication, Collaboration

3. 6D’s Schedule • 9:00 – 9:15 Homeroom • 9:15 – 10:15 ELA (Susino/Salerno) • 10:20 – 11:00 Special • 11:00 – 11:40 ELA(Susino/Salerno) • 11:40 – 1:05 Math (DiMola) • 1:05 – 1:45 Lunch • 1:45 – 2:30 Science(Sullivan) • 2:30 – 3:10 Social Studies(Salerno)

4. Homework and Assignments • Math (daily): workbook pages, multiplication tables, conversions, sprints • Reading/Social Studies/Science: 1. Assignments promote transfer of skills and knowledge. 2. Endorses higher order thinking such as application, analyzing, synthesis, and evaluation. 3. Encourages student choice and creativity. 4. Provides flexibility, focusing on time-management skills. 5. Supports presentation and public speaking skills Independent Reading:Read for pleasure every night. Explore a variety of genres or stick to your favorite!

5. ELA Our materials: • Prioritize instruction to support higher levels of reading and writing. • Cultivate life long reading habits • Provide text complexity • Implements a balance of fiction and informational texts • realistic fiction, science fiction, historical fiction, biographies, folk tales, poetry, dramas, autobiographies • Build content-area knowledge • Social Studies and Science connection • Emphasize close reading skills • Incorporates challenging vocabulary and spelling words

6. ELA • Some skills and strategies addressed: • Understanding a story’s plot • identifying types of conflict, internal and external • determining the setting and how it impacts the plot • Identifying the mood of passage using descriptive, sophisticated adjectives, differentiating between positive and negative moods • Labeling a character’s personality and motives based on dialogue and actions • Discovering characteristics of a variety of genres in fiction and nonfiction • Analyzing the structure of the text • detecting an author’s point of view, bias, balanced vs. unbalanced perspectives • Class Novels • Independent Reading (teaching for transfer, applying the skills in strategies during their own reading) • STAR Reading (September, January, May) • More instruction and less testing

7. Writing • Writing standards are designed to be relevant to the real world, developing skills that they will need in college and careers (writing more effectively). • In writing, a greater emphasis will be placed on making arguments using text-based evidence. • Writers will be able to plan and identify the audience, purpose, subject, and format before writing. • Students will be learn to write: steps in a process, narratives, legends, invitations, newsletters, expository compositions, and poetry.

8. Social Studies • Instruction based on new Social Studies framework following the ELA standards (fiction and nonfiction texts) • Students will be asked to think critically as they support theories, evaluate primary and secondary sources, determine and examine turning points, and produce essays in which they will compare or provide evidence to support a claim. • Topics include Neolithic Revolution, River Valley Civilizations, Classical Civilizations, etc. • Analyzing and interpreting maps, graphs, charts, documents and timelines will be assessed as well as writing to sources (DBQs) • Research Projects in Library and Computer Lab. • Brooklyn Museum (Ancient Egypt) – January and Holocaust Assembly - June

9. Science • Students will be asked to conduct hands-on activities and experiments in small groups, think critically, analyze data, and interpret text and graphic sources throughout the school year. • Topics include: Matter and Energy, Forces and Machines, Understanding Living Things, Interactions in Ecosystems, etc. • Prior to the Science Fair, each class will conduct an experiment following the Science Fair Guidelines. This will help to provide a better understand of expectations for each student. • Performance Assignments: Adopt an Element, Science Fair, Invention Convention • STEM Field Trip - October 13 (United Skates) and Dolphin Trip -May/June

10. Science Lab • All students visit the Science Lab once every six days. • Science Lab classes will include inquiry based hands-on experiences with the focus on STREAM: Science-Technology-Research-Engineering-Art-Math • Through Lab activities and challenges, students will ask questions, plan, create, improve and communicate their ideas. • Visit the Science Lab website from the FPBS website.

11. 6th Grade JLCS and FPBS January 30, 2018 • Students will work on their projects during their scheduled Science Lab classes (planning to begin in November). • To ensure that the students are reaching their goals, due dates will be assigned for each part of the project. • On January 30th, Science Fair projects will be set up during the school day followed by presentations of their projects in the evening.

12. Math • Sixth grade students have a consumable textbook and workbook. • GoMath! website- www-k6.thinkcentral.com/ePC/start.do • Username: fpb_grade6 Password: Teach1415 • Individual lessons for every Common Core Standard. • Step-by-Step instruction and modeling. • Scaffolding practice exercises to build understanding. • Problem Solving opportunities to apply concepts. • Projects: Integers, Percents (Holiday Flyer), Destination Vacation, Dream House (transferring skills to real life) • STAR MATH (September, January, May)

13. Extra • Extra Help • Class Website Online, School Wire • Healthy Snack/Nut Free Classroom • My handout • E-mail • Interim Reports February 2nd and April 10th • Alternative Ideas for Birthday Celebrations • Sixth Grade Award Ceremony • Remind App

14. Thank you for coming! Looking forward to a great year!