Welcome Wildcats

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Welcome Wildcats!
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Whats It All About At Camerado Springs?

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A Day in the life of a 6th grader

• Math
• Language Arts
• Exploratory
• Lunch
• Social Studies
• Science
• PE
• Study Period

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Exploratory/Band Offered this year

• Boost
• Poetry
• Performance Art
• Art/ 2 Classes
• Technology

• Nutrition
• Odyssey of the Mind
• Remedial Reading, Math, and Writing

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Trimester AssessmentsforLanguage Arts

• Multiple Choice Test
• Reading Comprehension
• Language Usage and Conventions
• Writing

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Trimester Writing Assessment

• 1st Trimester Narrative
• Students write a three to five paragraph essay
  relating a story or personal experience.
• 2nd Trimester Response to Literature
• Students write a three to five paragraph essay
  related to a story they read in class and then
  respond. Students write and essay that interprets
  the theme or character from the story.
• 3rd Trimester Persuasive
• Students write a three to five paragraph
  essay where students explain their opinion to
  persuade the reader. Students give reasons and
  evidence as well as counter arguments in the
  essay.

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Language Arts Texts

• Literature book -Holt
• Grammar text - Holt
• Mountain Language- skills review

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Core Literature

• Bud, Not Buddy
• Watsons Go to Birmingham
• Esperanza Rising
• Lupita Manana
• Homeless Bird
• Greek Heroes

Students may be offered a choice between books of
the same genre.
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Ancient Civilizations

• Early Humans
• Mesopotamia
• Egypt
• Israelites

• India
• China
• Greece
• Roman Empire

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Trimester Assessments

• This is an accumulative assessment within each
  trimester. Social Studies assesses the following
  skills
• Mapping
• Critical Thinking Questions
• Comparisons of Civilizations

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Mathematics By Holt Course1 Numbers to Algebra

• New adoption this year!
• Standard based with a fast pace
• Mountain Math used for daily/weekly review
• Nightly homework should be expected
• Supported with workbooks and website help

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Trimester Assessment for Math

• Problem Solving
• Decimals
• Fractions
• Integer
• Proportional Reasoning
• Algebra
• Geometry
• Probability

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Earth Science

• Geology
• Mapping
• Weather
• Ecology
• Workbooks and textbooks

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California Earth Science by Prentice Hall
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Homework

• Homework in assigned nightly
• Students should expect to have short term and
  long term projects and work on them accordingly.
  The homework policy follows the Board guidelines,
  1-1½ hours per night with an additional 20
  minutes of reading.

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Resources for 6th Graders

• Lunchtime Homework Club in the Library Tuesdays
  and Thursdays.
• Peer Tutors available
• 6th Grade Homework Club every Wednesday after
  school
• Homework Hotline or Online School Notes.com
• Grades online
• Teachers available before, during lunch, during
  study period and after school

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6th Grade Hooray!

• Blue Cards home (postcards)
• Student recognition
• Classroom drawings
• Trimester awards
• Student of the Month
• Wildcat Cash
• Honor Society

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Field Trips/ Guest Speakers

• Mercer Caverns/ Fall
• Egypt- guest speaker
• Rome- guest speaker
• Swim Party/ End of school

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Welcome Wildcats!