Welcome to 6th Grade Open House

August 18, 2014

Forms 2014-2015 • Homeroom sign-up sheets

• Classroom Supplies

• Disinfectant wipes

• Girls – tissues

• Boys – hand sanitizer

• Directory Information

• Please check to make sure you are on the list and that all information is correct

• Code of Conduct

• These went home with students last week. If you have not done so already, please sign and return the back page.

Class Schedules

• Each class is 50 minutes.

• Students have individual schedules and do not rotate as a homeroom class.

• Tracy Cole – Writing and Reading

• Marion Kelley – Science and Reading

• Virginia Moore – Math

• Jessica Meriwether – Social Studies and Reading

Technology

• In order for students to take advantage of some of the new technology resources, students must have an email account.

• K-12 students have been given email accounts that are accessible through Google.

• Email accounts do not necessarily mean that students will send and receive emails. They may be used to simply login to programs such as Moodlerooms or VoiceThreads.

6th Grade Online Resources BWF

Website

6th Grade

Announcements,

Classwork, and

Assignments Site

Google Moodlerooms Online Text

• BWF

public face

• Links to

various

BWF info

• BWF

calendar

• Learn a bit

about

teachers,

classes

• Share links

• Linked from BWF

site, underneath

picture of sixth

grade teachers

• Sixth grade

announcements

• Sixth grade

classwork

• Sixth grade

assignments

• Great place to

check if absent

• Usually updated on

Mondays by 3:00

p.m.

• Username: school

email

2021xxxx@student.mt

nbrook.k12.al.us

• Password: student

MB network

password

• School email

• Google Drive

(create docs,

presentations,

spreadsheets, etc.)

• Google sites

• Accessible from

home

• Easy to save

• MB network

username and

password

Students must

login to access

pages for their

four teachers

• Handouts,

assignments,

rubrics, more

information,

quizzes, etc.

• Only visible for

our students

• Math –

Carnegie

Learning

• Social

Studies –

ConnectEd

• Students

have

individual

logins for

these

textbooks

• Logins will

be given

out in class

tomorrow

Locker Schedule

• Students are allowed to go to their lockers at the following times:

7:45 a.m.

12:15 p.m.

2:00 p.m.

• Students are not allowed to go back to their lockers to retrieve forgotten class items.

Agendas

• The agenda book is an important form of communication.

• Each teacher sets aside classroom time for students to write their assignments.

• Please check your child’s agenda nightly.

• Please sign your child’s responsibility calendar on Thursdays after school. Students must have a signature in order to earn Friday Incentive.

Homework

• Responsibility

• Accountability

• Homework-Any homework not turned in on the due date (during class) will be made up during working lunch. Students may not call home for homework.

Homework Website

• Teachers update the website with classwork and homework.

https://sites.google.com/a/student.mtnbrook.k12.al.us/6th-grade-classwork-and-homework/

This site can also be reached on the sixth grade homepage.

Attendance/Excuses and Safety

Please send excuses in writing or email within 3 days of an absence.

• You may email your excuse directly to:

sealer@mtnbrook.k12.al.us

• Any absence that isn’t heath related is unexcused.

• If you check your child out before 11:30 am, your check out signature slip is your excuse.

• Safety is always a number one priority at BWF. Please remember to always enter the school through the front office and sign in. All visitors need to have a pass.

Behavior Expectations BWF Way

Be Safe. Be Respectful. Be Your Best.

This year we will follow the 6th grade Responsibility Plan.

6th Grade Responsibility Plan

• Friday Incentive – Students will earn a Friday incentive if he or she exhibits the BWF Way throughout the week. Students will have the opportunity to select from various choices. If a student earns 10 positive behavior marks in one month, they will receive an extra incentive (extra recess, vending voucher, preschool/office helper, etc.).

• Responsibility Calendar – The purpose of the Responsibility Calendar is to inform parents of weekly student behavior and incomplete assignments. Positive and negative behaviors will be noted in the student agenda on each monthly calendar. Parents are expected to sign the calendar every Thursday after school.

• Isolated Lunch – Student will eat lunch in an assigned classroom isolated from their peers.

• Detention – Detention lasts 45 minutes after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:00-3:45 in the assigned classroom. Detention will not be used as a Study Hall. An appropriate assignment will be given. After serving three detentions, a behavior conference will be held with the parents. If necessary, a referral to the Child Study Team will be scheduled.

• While no plan works for all children, this plan is in place for children in 6th grade. At any time this plan is not working for a particular student, a new plan will be developed.

• Some students may require an individual behavior intervention plan, which will be developed by appropriate school personnel.

• Students are required to have a parent signature if an infraction occurred during the week. If it is not signed, Friday Incentive is automatically lost.

Conferences

• We are available for a conference as a team Monday-Friday from 11:10-11:35 and Thursday and Friday from 2:10-2:50.

• If you have a question relating to a particular subject area please contact that teacher.

• In October, we have student led conferences which will inform you of learning progress.

Report Cards

• Report cards and interims will continue to be available electronically.

• Usernames and passwords have already been sent.

• If you have not received your information or need technical support, please contact the office.

Dress Attire

• Students may want to bring a light sweater or jacket for the difference in room temperatures.

• Tennis shoes are required for P.E.

• Please make sure undergarments are not showing.

Snacks, Lunches and Party Foods

• Students are allowed to bring a healthy snack and water to their second period class (9:25-10:15).

• Due to some severe peanut/nut allergies, please refrain from sending anything with peanuts or nuts.

• You may bring birthday treats to share during our lunch time.

A note from the nurse

• We need a new Blue Immunization Form reflecting that all students have had the TDap shot which is required for 6th grade.

Mountain Brook City Schools Foundation

• The Mountain Brook City Schools Foundation provides an ongoing and dependable funding source for critical academic "extras" (i.e. technology, teacher training and development, and library enhancement). These extras benefit every grade level and every academic subject area.

Mountain Brook City Schools Foundation

Foundation Gifts 1995-2013

>$4,757,450

Please contact our office with questions:

mbcsfoundation@bellsouth.net

Thank you PTO

We appreciate your continued support and commitment to our school. We love our

new library!

The next PTO meeting will be September 3rd.

Reading

• Our theme this year is “Building a Reading Life.” We hope to support students with a strong reading foundation by customizing instruction.

• Students need time for us to care about their independent reading. We need time to show concern and celebrate together.

• Students need time for explicit instruction and application in researched based strategies that proficient readers use.

Reading • Reading Logs

Track your reading Set goals Stamina Look for patterns

• Grades Reading Logs Notebook Checks Strategy and Skill Checks

Units of Study

Reading Foundations

Turning Every Kid Into a Reader

Studying Characters

Synthesizing Nonfiction

Reading for Perspective and

Power across Genres

Reading across Genres to Deepen

Thinking about Social Issues

Nonfiction Book Clubs

Meet the Teachers

Reading Writing – Tracy Cole

Math – Virginia Moore Science – Marion Kelley

Social Studies – Jessica Meriwether

Ranger Council

• Announcements/Broadcast

• Peer Helpers

• Service Projects

– BWF SWAG “Students Working and Giving”

– 1 a nine weeks

• Towards the community

• All students will be a part of it

• Working on giving our time and talents

• Announcements • Sign up Sheets

Room Mothers