Welcometo Curriculum Night

Your Seahawk Team

Mrs. Gordon

Mrs. Noel

Ms. Quan

Mr. Smith

P.R.O.P.S.Prepared - Are you prepared for school and for your class

Responsible - Are you responsible with you class work and homework

Organized - Do you have an organized book bag, binder and notebook

Polite - Are you polite to your teachers and classmates

Safety - Are you practicing safety at school, off school grounds and on the bus

If P.R.O.P.S. earned:

- Fun Friday- Monthly Celebrations- Future Field Trips- Other Rewards by teachers- Verbal Praise

Grading Policy Formal Grades – 65%• Tests

• Projects/Long Term Assignments

• Final Draft Writing/Essays

• Formal Quizzes

Informal Grades – 35%• Homework

• Informal Quizzes

• Classwork 

• Participation

All late work must be turned in but will result in a loss of points. Homework is expected to be complete when class begins.

Late homework, projects, and final draft writing will be penalized 5 points per day late.

8 Questions:

8 -1007 -956- 905 - 704 - 603 - 602 - 601 - 60

7 Questions:

7 - 1006 - 945 - 854 - 703 - 602 - 601 - 60

6 Questions:

6 - 1005 - 934 - 853 - 602 - 601 - 60

5 Questions:

5 - 1004 - 923 - 842 - 601 - 60

Math Grading Rubric

AGENDA

The agenda book must come to school daily

It is used to write down all homework assignments

It can be used to write notes back and forth to teachers

It has important information in the front of the agenda

Dress code Grading Policy Absent Policy Calendar Emails

If lost it must be purchased in the office for $6

Announcements If possible, please make sure that your child has The

Cay by Monday, October 6.

Summer reading assignment final turn in date – Tuesday September 30th

If you are interested in setting up a first quarter conference Parent conferences are held on Tuesdays between the hours of 3:15-4:00.  We meet in room A5, Mrs. Gordon’s classroom.  If you’d like to schedule a conference, visit www.signupgenious.com, search anna.redmond@cms.k12.nc.us or contact 6th grade counselor Ms. Andrews at 980.343-3620.

Join the PTSA for $6.00! They work so hard for QHMS's students and staff!

To receive a Bi-Monthly newsletter send an email to stacey.noel@cms.k12.nc.us

Social Studies My Remind – 704-322-3154 @gordonsoc

www.discoveryeducation.com

ID - Student Number_cms

Password – Student Number

Immunizations Due by September 23

Will not be allowed in school on September 24.

Supply Needs•Glue Sticks•Colored Printer Paper•Post Its, varied sizes

FALCON FUND DRIVE

Every $5 You Give Makes a Difference… Money will benefit students:

• More technology tools, programs and software• More classroom projects like book studies for language

arts and social studies, materials for science and math exploration

September 16 Thru October 10Our School needs to Raise $15,000….

And a generous donor will give ADDITIONAL $5,000. Help Quail meet this challenge!!

QHMS CAN RAISE $20,000 !!!

Dress Code

The student handbook has specific dress code information that we expect all students to follow.

•However we've noticed some things we'd like to highlight

•Boys - remember to wear a belt and have pants on their waste. If they have a hat it should be on their pants loop while in the building.•Girls - Skirts and shorts should be to the end of their finger tips. Leggings are not considered as pants. No spaghetti strap tops...all tops should be at least three finger tips wide.•Both - No pajamas, no bedroom shoes and nothing see-through.

Language Arts Course Description

The sixth grade English/Language Arts curriculum will follow the Common Core State Standards for Literacy. These standards are based on four areas of study:

Reading (literature and informational text) Writing Speaking and Listening Language

To be ready for college, workforce training, and life in a global society, students need the ability to gather, comprehend, evaluate, synthesize, and report on information and ideas, to conduct original research in order to answer questions or solve problems, and to analyze and create a high volume and extensive range of print and non-print texts in media forms old and new.

Interactive Student Notebook, My Obsession!

INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK

To provide organizational skills in

Language Arts, we use an interactive

notebook in class. The notebook enables

students to interact with teacher input

and allow them to respond, create,

interpret, and judge concepts learned in

class.

Students are responsible for keeping the

notebook neat and organized for

notebook checks.

Notebook checks may be announced or

unannounced and are counted A GRADE.

First Quarter Objective Elements of a Short Story Plot Overview

Author’s Purpose

Story Elements

Mood/Tone

Point of View

Central Idea/Supporting Details

Making Inferences

Summarizing

Active Reading Strategies

Novel Study – The Cay

Grammar – Parts of Speech and Sentence Types

Vocabulary Roots, Prefix and Suffix origins

Expository Writing

2nd Quarter Objectives

Informational Text Text Structure Cause/Effect Fact/Opinion Compare/Contrast Folklore Study Dialogue/Dialect Symbolism

Character Analysis Novel- The Call of the

Wild Novel-based Vocabulary Grammar – Basic

Sentence Structure/Pronoun Focus

Persuasive Techniques

Bias

Poetry

Figurative Language

Symbolism

Performance

Techniques in Drama

Novel – The Call of the

Wild

Parallel Structure

Novel-based

Vocabulary

Grammar – Pronoun

Focus

3rd Quarter Objectives

Stacey.noel@cms.k12.nc.ushttp://staceynoel.cmswiki.wikispaces.net/http://qhmsla6.cmswiki.wikispaces.net/

980-343-2620Education is not the filling of a bucket, but the

lighting of a fire.-- W. B. Yeats

There is a brilliant child locked inside every student.-- Marva Collins

Teaching is not a profession; it's a passion.-- Unknown

It's okay to make mistakes. Mistakes are our teachers -- they help us to learn.-- John Bradshaw

Mrs. GordonWorld History Early Man through the Renaissance Time Period

Remind 704-322-3154

@gordonsoc

Interactive Notebooks

Mrs. Gordon’s website:

http://anna-gordon.cmswiki.wikispaces.net/home

Thank you so much for coming!