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Title: Welcome Parents/Guardians to Back to School Night!

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Welcome Parents/Guardiansto Back to School
Night!

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A little about me

This is my 1st year in El Segundo Unified School
District I previously taught middle school in
LAUSD and, more recently, at Larchmont Charter
School.
I have taught 6th 7th Grade English and 6th,
7th, and 8th Grade History.
I am originally from NJ where I studied
Journalism Theater Arts at Rutgers University.
I received my masters from UCLAs Teacher
Education Program, a program that embodies a
social justice agenda.
I love to integrate the arts (visual
performing) into classroom lessons and projects.

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Advisory in Room JM104

Advisory takes place every Monday with each
students Period 2 teacher class
6th grade will focus on what the International
Baccalaureate program means for the school and
for them as students.
Middle Years Programme
IB Learner Profile
Community Service

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Language A Goals for Students

to be engaged, lifelong readers and writers
to stretch students thinking and polish their
critical thinking skills
to ask thoughtful questions around fiction and
nonfiction texts
to look at multiple perspectives of real or
imagined people
to analyze text, make a claim, use supporting
evidence, and explain how their evidence supports
their claim
to write narratives, expository research papers,
and persuasive letters
85 (proficient) or higher on all tests,
projects, and essays
Improve reading by 1.5-2 reading levels

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Language A The Year Ahead

to students will be identifying, analyzing,
explaining, evaluating, comparing, contrasting,
and citing supportive evidence in both literature
and informational text
This will broken down into 4 main units of study
Narrative
students will write personal or creative
narratives, taking one story to the publishing
phase
Response to Literature
students will write various response to
literature short-essays, focusing on the
structure of the paragraph (claim, evidence,
explanation and analysis)
Expository
students will write 1 expository research paper
on a topic of their interest and choice
Persuasive
students will write various persuasive letters
for different purposes
students will participate in a class debate

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Language A Supplies

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Humanities Goals for Students

to be engaged, lifelong learners
to give students the knowledge, skills, and
enthusiasm to participate in civic life
to have a basic understanding of geography of the
world
to stretch students thinking
to ask thoughtful questions about the past
to make connections between the past and present
to look at multiple perspectives (powerful vs.
oppressed)
to assess credibility of sources
to understand and examine subjectivity within
history
to analyze documents, use deep reading for
understanding, and create powerful,
evidence-based writing
85 or higher on all tests, projects, and essays

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Humanities The Year Ahead

6th Grade Humanities (History-Social Science)
focuses on ancient times, from early man tool
making to the rise of the Roman Empire.
Unit 1 Early Humans
Unit 2 Mesopotamia (currently)
Unit 3 Egypt
Unit 4 Ancient Hebrews
Unit 5 India
Unit 6 China
Unit 7 Greece
Unit 8 Rome
Four Worlds as an analysis tool

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Humanities Supplies

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Grading Policy

100 Assessment-based grades
Students are consistently reassessed in order to
determine their current level of mastery this
way, they are able to improve replace their
grade throughout the unit.
Standards are broken down into student-friendly
Learning Targets (LT). You will see them on the
first page of a unit in your childs notebooks.
Each student is graded out of a scale of 5 based
on their mastery of the learning target.
Mark to Grade Conversion5.0 100
A4.5 90 A-4.0 85
B3.5 80 B-3.0 75
C2.5 70 C-2.0 60
D1.5 55 F1.0 50
F
Projects essays will be scored based on
standards-based rubrics.

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Homework Policy

Students will have homework every night, but it
is usually limited to reading their independent
reading book.
Homework will be written down daily in their
binder reminder.
Homework may also include finishing class
assignments, reading passages to preview or
review material, practicing skills learned in
class, or working on class projects.
Due to the extensive amount of learning students
are responsible for this year, students should
review their notes every night to fully
understand and retain important concepts.
Homework should take no longer than 30 minutes
per night.
Consequences
Detention for 3 missed homework assignments
citizenship grade

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Nicoles Class Website

www.mshimmelman.weebly.com
Please bookmark it and refer to it for homework,
learning targets, resources, study guides, my
contact info, etc.
Please encourage your child to use the website,
especially if they are absent ?

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Suggestions for how to support your child in
Language A Humanities

ask students about what they have been learning
in class
inspect students notebook(s) for organization
look at/review Learning Target Logs
ask about homework do not help with homework
ask students when their unit tests are and remind
them to study dates will be posted on the
website at least two weeks ahead for unit tests.
have them talk about the plot of the book they
are reading
model good reading and writing encourage them to
read and write at home
when they give an opinion, ask them to explain
their evidence
talk about current events, especially the
upcoming election!
watch historical documentaries
reinforce high expectations at home
have students teach you a lesson!higher level
thinking ?