Welcome to Hernandez Middle School

6th Grade English/Language Arts

2015-16

New responsibilities -• Lockers• Changing classes • Numerous teachers • More homework

• Expanded extra-curriculum Clubs Athletics Music and Art

A year of adjustment

COMMUNICATION IS KEY!! -With other students-With your teachers-With your parents

CPS teacher 24 years; 26 years total Attended EIU, St. Xavier University,

American College of Ed. Masters Degree in Reading Masters Degree in Educational

Leadership Endorsements: Math & ESL Married, 5 children, two dogs This is my seventh year teaching at HMS Teacher at Sandoval 5 years

Students are expected to be in school every day, on-time, in uniform and ready to learn.

Students are expected to behave with the utmost respect for all and everything around them.

Students are expected to learn and excel in their classes.

Arrive on time, seated and prepared to start class. Keep your hands, feet, objects and comments to

yourself. Pick up after yourself! Be respectful to everyone. Come prepared to class with all materials. Complete all assignments; in and out of class. Do your best! Come to school in the HMS uniform. Refrain from chewing gum. Use all school materials appropriately. Raise your hand to be heard.

Failure to follow these rules will result in warnings, removal from your group, self assessment referrals, phone call or note home, reflection session or referral to administrator depending on the violation.

Be prepared and on time to class Use your agenda daily. Have your parents sign it daily. GRADING Late work will not be excepted unless you have an excused

absence. You are given assignments with enough time to complete them and hand the assignments in on time. Do not wait until the last minute to complete given assignments. Assignments will not be accepted late. If you do not turn in you assignments you will be given a zero!

Grade scale Grade categories

90 - 100 ------A Homework 10%80 - 89 -------B Class work 35%70 – 79 -------C Quizzes 15%60 – 69 -------D Tests 20%Below 59 -----F Projects 20%

Have homework completed :Homework is an essential part of learning and part of your grade in every subject. You will have at least 45 minutes of homework every night in all subjects.

English/Language Arts homework will be assigned nightly and on some weekends. Work not completed in class will also have to completed as homework.

There will be several projects that will be assigned throughout the year. Students will have 1-2 weeks to complete these projects which will be graded as a project. Failure to complete these projects will lower your grade significantly.

As part of your homework you will be required to read at least 30 minutes every night in the book that you have taken out of the class library or is part of your literature circle.

Homework MUST be completed every night!! Failure to complete homework will result in receiving a zero, exclusion from activities, notes and phone calls home.

CPS policy: 25 books must be read by the end of the school year. You will be provided with a book log to record your books.

Ream of white copy paper One package of colored construction

paper One box of Kleenex One roll of paper towels Antibacterial wipes Hand Sanitizer

1 composition notebooks 1 yellow spiral notebook Highlighter Loose leaf paper Art supplies (keep in your locker in a pencil box) Scissors Blue/black and red pens (keep in pencil pouch) Index cards and post its Portfolio Yellow folder Some novels upon teacher request

-Expository Text -Narrative,

Argumentative, and Expository Writing

SCOPE Magazine READY Common

Core

Literature Circles-Novel based learning

-Responding to reading through writing

-Talking with peers about what you’ve read

Word of the Day Bell Ringer SRA

Novel Projects Writing

Vocabulary activities

Integrating content class learning

Send me an email DMRuff1@google.cps.edu

School website: www.ichernandez.org Check the student portal

-gradebook

Write a note in the agenda

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