6 th Grade Iguanas Bailey Middle Curriculum Night September 11, 2012

1. 6th Grade Iguanas Bailey Middle Curriculum NightSeptember 11, 2012 New Common Core Standards Highlights Resources for Students and Parents

2. Common Core Standards • National Standards • Adopted by 45 states and 3 territories • A collection of learning targets with consistency regardless of geographic location • Include both content and the application of knowledge through high-order skills http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/standards/

3. What does 6th grade math look like? • http://www.corestandards.org/the-standards/mathematics/grade-6/introduction/

4. More of this During the fall, Ben’s family operates a corn maze on their farm. They charge $8 per visitor. The total amount of money they collect is the number of visitors times $8. If n represents the number of visitors, then the total amount of money collected is 8n. The corn maize is open on weekends. Let n represent the number of visitors on Saturday, and let m represent the number of visitors on Sunday. • Write an expression that represents the total amount of money collected for both days. • Is there another way to write this expression? • What is the total amount of money collected for the weekend if there were 75 visitors on Saturday and 90 visitors on Sunday?

5. And less of this a + 6 = 14 b – 3 = 9 11h = 132

6. Resources • National PTA Parent Guide http://www.pta.org/6thGradeFeb4.pdf • Our Textbook Resources http://www.phschool.com/webcodes10/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.gotoWebCode&wcprefix=amk&wcsuffix=0099 • Suggested web help http://beckyhenke.cmswiki.wikispaces.net/ • Quantile Framework http://mah.quantiles.com/

7. What Does A Typical Language Arts Class Look Like? • Warm Up – Consists of Grammar Usage, Mechanics and Sentence Structure • Vocabulary – VCR (Standard) Word w/in a Word (Honors) • Reading – Literature Text (aligned with Common Core) and Novel Studies The Search for Delicious and Private Peaceful • Writing – Argumentative / Expository

8. GREAT EXPECTATIONS! • Weekly Reading Logs – 100 minutes, signed and graded every Monday • Weekly Warm Up – graded every Friday (speckled notebooks w/dates) • Vocabulary/Stem Tests – Approximately every 10 days. • Supplies in class each day

9. ??COMMON QUESTIONS?? • How often can I expect my child to have homework? http://lysacraig.cmswiki.wikispaces.net/ • How often can I expect Progress Reports? • What is the Summer Reading Project? • What is the best way to communicate with you?

10. What is Science Like for 6th graders this year? • This year, your students will be learning the way scientists learn, exploring interesting questions and challenges, reading about what other scientists have discovered, investigating, experimenting, gathering evidence, and forming explanations. They will learn to collaborate with others to find answers and to share their learning in a variety of ways. In the process, they will come to see science in a whole new, exciting way that will motivate them throughout their educational experiences and beyond

11. How is my student graded • Group Collaborative Rubrics • Graded as group unless one person stands out (positively or negatively). • Students each have a copy and will grade themselves and will get a grade from me to compare. • This will be worth a 45% Informal Grade • There will be less homework than in a traditional classroom, but there will be some, and I expect it to show true effort of the student. • Take home tests will count as a 45% Formal Grade NOT a 10% homework grade • Various in- class assignments with both formal and informal weights.

12. Science Resources • PBIS Online Textbook • http://ebook.its-about-time.com/ • Teacher Website • http://baileyscience.cmswiki.wikispaces.net