Welcome to Back to School Night

Mrs. Antrim Mrs. Bryant

Outdoor Education (Sixth Grade Camp)March 7th - 11thCost $363PAYMENT PLANS AVAILABLE and STRONGLY

ENCOURAGED! Start making small payments now to avoid the large cost in February…talk to us or Miss Joanie in the office.

Parent Informational Night in January

6th Grade Camp

8:00-9:30 Mathematics9:30-10:45 Language Arts (Whole group reading

instruction and Writing)10:45- 11:00Recess/Snack 11:00-12:45 Instructional Block (Team Time/ Spanish/

IB)12:45-1:25 Lunch (11:00am on Fridays)1:25-2:10 Instructional Block II: Social

Studies/Science/ Health/PE/Art2:10-2:20 Clean Up/Homework Planners 2:20 Dismissal (12:45 dismissal on Fridays)

Daily Schedule

Students in the 21st century are faced with the challenge of learning about an interconnected world where knowledge is constantly developing. The International Baccalaureate® (IB) Primary Years Programme prepares students to be active participants in a lifelong journey of learning.

International Baccalaureate (IB)

• Where we are in time and place: Migration• How we express ourselves: Poetry• How we organize ourselves: Social Justice• How the world works: Energy (Exhibition!)• Sharing the planet: Seeds of Change• Who we are: Utopia

IB Units 6 Interdisciplinary Themes

Shared Reading of fiction and non-fiction literature across various genres

Year End Proficiency Range: 925- 1070Correlate with Common Core Standards

and IB UnitsInterdisciplinaryTeam Time (Differentiated Reading

Instruction) Reading responses

Language Arts

• Multiple genres of writing across disciplines + shorter assignments –Mostly in class• Parents can help with ideas and

editing• Please support your child’s writing

efforts, we want the writing to be their own!

• Please encourage typing and keyboarding at home!

Writing

Argument Writing Emphasis on non-fiction reading

Big Shifts in Common Core: ELA

• 1:15 minutes 4 days a week (45 min. on Wed.)

• Differentiation within classroom based on pretests, formative assessments, and procedural fluency

• TenMarks, IXL, ST Math, Performance Tasks

Math

Ratio and Proportions Expressions and Equations

Explaining thinking

Big Shifts in Common Core: Math

• Encourage your child to read a variety of genres. Look past fiction and non-fiction, and look for biographies, poems, short stories, graphic novels, science fiction, etc.

• Ask questions that help your child dig deeper. Ask for evidence and support from the text.

What you can do to help: Language Arts

• Encourage your child to stick with it whenever a problem or unit seems difficult. This will help your child see that everyone can learn math.

• Praise your child when he or she makes an effort, and share in the excitement when he or she perseveres and succeeds.

• Ask your child to explain his/her thinking in math, just like in other subjects.

How you can help: Math

Homework Club and Office Hours Team Time Designated ELD Instruction

Additional Support

• IB CorrelationsScience

• Plate Tectonics, Earth’s Structure, Weather, Ecosystems, Energy Sources / Conservation

• In class science labs• IB Exhibition in the Spring

Ancient Civilizations• Early Humans, Mesopotamia, Egypt,

Ancient Hebrews, Greece, China, India, Rome

Science & Social Studies

• Appreciation• Commitment • Confidence• Cooperation• Creativity• Curiosity• Empathy

• Enthusiasm• Independence• Integrity• Respect• Tolerance

IB Attitudes

• Students in 6th grade are required to do ONE volunteer activity per semester.

• These can be completed at school, or outside school with parent permission and supervision.

Volunteer Requirement

• Daily homework can be found on the classroom website.

www.oceanknoll6thgrade.weebly.com

• Please support your child in keeping their binders organized!

• 30 minutes of reading each night.• Reading Counts goal- 220 by June • Homework Club and Office Hours

Homework

It is critical that reading practice not be seen as unimportant or easy homework. If a child

hears, “Oh you only have reading tonight, they sometimes get the impression that reading

and/or reading practice isn’t important. Telling the child instead,“How wonderful, you get to read tonight,” on the other hand, positively

reinforces the importance and value of reading. In a visual, media-oriented society, we need to be especially careful of devaluing

the act of reading itself.

On Nightly Reading…

It is our belief that all students can and will behave respectfully in the classroom and that all students

deserve the opportunity to learn.

Our class has the following 3 personal standards:1. Be respectful.2. Make good decisions.3. Solve problems.

• Strikes, Pink Slips, Community Service • Friday Folders will include parent communication

forms on your child’s behavior each week.

Behavior Expectations

Students may not use their phones during the school day. They may leave their phones in their backpacks or put them in the safe space designated by their teacher. No exceptions.

Phone Policy

• Spanish- twice a week, differentiated by level of Spanish proficiency

• Yoga- one additional session outside TLP

• Please attend Parent Pep Rally!• Auditorium at 6:15

Other Programs

All grade levels participate in enrichment classes as they rotate through three 35-minute sessions for a total of 26 sessions for the year.

The rotations include nutrition/garden, wellness, PE, and music. While the students participate in these enrichment classes, grade level teams meet to plan and collaborate regarding student goals, assessments, IB units, etc.

TLP is made possible by the support from the PTA and the Sage Garden Grant who fund the TLP staff. 6th grade students will participate in TLP rotations every Wednesday morning.

TLP (Terrific Learning Provided)

Join the PTA! Pledge DriveClassroom Donations

Labels- Shipping (2”x 4”) and Address (1” x 2 5/8”)

Printer PaperBooks!! (new and gently used 6th grade

appropriate books)Volunteering

Arts AttackRoom ParentSpecial Events and Parties

Parent and Community Support

Email Contactsraelynn.antrim@eusd,netsanjana.bryant@eusd.net