2013 -2043 6 th grade curriculum night

Mrs. Eberhart and Mr. Murrieta

About Mrs. EberhartBachelor’s from Widener UniversityTeaching Certificate from TexasMaster’s in Education from NAUTeaching here for 11 years Certified in Special Education and Elementary K-

8 EducationBeen married for 29 years I have 2 boys; ages 23 and 21

Welcome!

About Mr. Murrieta Bachelor’s from ASU Master’s from NAU Teaching here at Santan for 9 years Married to Kelly – a teacher at Jacobson They 3 boys and 1 girl

We are the inclusion classes this year and are very fortunate to have Miss Curry in with us during reading, writing and math.

A little about her: Bachelor's in Elementary Ed from SUNY Oneonta Master's in Learning Disabilities from Hunter College Going back to school for Master's in Cross

Categorical Special Education at Grand Canyon University

Teaching in Inclusion/Resource for 10 years Moved from New York to Arizona 4 years ago 

About Room 23 & 34

Skill lessons in grammaradhere to the Chandler District objectives and

Core StandardsWrite From the Beginning StrategiesUse of Rubrics and ScalesVariety of Genres will be used, but a large

focus will be on Expository.Most of our writing will be centered around

the books we read and our Social Studies and Science curriculum.

Selected titles from “Trophies” (Harcourt-Brace) Various literature booksFocus of Reading Instruction

Developing fluency Expanding vocabulary Developing critical thinking skills Being able to answer comprehension questions and

defend their answers with textual evidenceDaily 5 and Literacy Café Strategies

Individual instruction based off of:Assessments (DRA, DIBLES, Skill Assessments)Teacher observationsStudent goals

Emphasis of Instruction› Problem solving› Skill mastery › Conceptual understanding of math

Math textbook series is Scott-Foresman› developed to meet the new Arizona Academic

standards in Mathematics. › DOK based questions

Other math resources will used along with › Mental math activities› Manipulatives› Games› Drill and practice

The focus will be on the inquiry process. Data collection Experiments

Science Topics- Scientific Method and Process Skills Weather/Atmosphere/Water Cycle Oceans/Water Resources Energy Plant and Animal Cells Human Growth and Development History of Science Science Fair

Science Fair projects will take place the second and third quarters of school

Social studies will be taught using Arizona State Standards.

6th grade topics include:› Geography› Early Civilizations› Mesopotamia› Egypt› China› India› Greece› Rome› Medieval Times› Renaissance

Essential questions to tie big ideas together

Nightly reading- 30 minutes and students are to record their minutes on their reading calendar

Students will write a literature response based on books read at home and school. (Responses will be written at school but will become homework if not completed.)

Incomplete class assignments will become homework

Words Their Way- Suggested activitiesRebecca Sitton sight words as needed

Percent Percent %%

Writing Writing RubricRubric

General General Grading Grading RubricRubric

Letter Letter GradesGrades

Report Report Card Card

IndicatoIndicatorsrs

Meaning Meaning for for

StudentStudentss

100 – 90100 – 90 6-56-5 44 AA MSMS WOW! I WOW! I got it!got it!

89-8089-80 44 22 BB MSMS Almost Almost There!There!

79-7079-70 33 22 CC PP On the On the right right track!track!

69-6069-60 22 11 DD NINI Getting Getting StartedStarted

59 and 59 and belowbelow

11 00 FF NINI Not yet Not yet

Late work with ONLY be accepted one day late. This includes any work that has been taken home as homework.

Any late work receive a 20% reduction in grade after the first day and an additional 30% reduction after the second day.

If the student is absent, they will have the same amount of days to make of the assignment that he/she missed.

Absent work will be provided upon the child’s return from sick day/vacation.

Progress Reports Mid Quarter

Parent-Teacher ConferencesAugust 28th and August 29th

Possible Special EventsYouth Frontiers (October)Child’s Play

Progress Reports Science Fair – January Parent/Teacher Conferences

› February 12 and 13 AIMS Testing Junior High Registration Parent Information for Human Growth and

Development Apex Fun Run – February 14th

Possible Special Events› Chariot Races› Biosphere 2› Pool› Sixth Grade Dance

Daily AgendaLanguage Arts – Reading and WritingMathScience and Social StudiesRulesFolders for completed work, unfinished

work and notes to go home.

Developed with the studentsOlweus Bullying Program

We will not bully others.We will try to help students who are bullied.We will try to include students who are left out. If we know that somebody is being bullied, we will tell

and adult at school and an adult at home.We will practice each Pillar of Character each day:RESPECT, RESPONSIBILITY, TRUSTWORTHINESS,

CARING, FAIRNESS & CITIZENSHIP.Character Counts – Character PillarsDeveloping student’s own internal code of conduct

Weekly EmailsE-alertsClassroom Web SiteInfinite Campus gradebook

•Magazine donation•Tax Credit

•Website Information

Important Papers

Please feel free to email if you have any questions:

Mr. Murrietamurrieta.Jake@cusd80.com

Mrs. Eberharteberhart.maryann@cusd80.com

Miss Currycurry.rachel@cusd80.com

Thank you for attending Curriculum

Night!!!