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Welcome To Back to School Night
6th Grade Language Arts Mr. Chu
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About Mr. Chu

• Born in China (Shengyang)
• When I was 11, we moved to
• Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
• Spoke no English before moving
• Degrees PSU Bloomsburg Univ.
• 7th Year Teaching 4th yr. in 6th Grade

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Areas of Focus

• Reading for Literary Experience
• Reading for Information
• Writing Arguments
• Writing Informative Texts
• Writing Narratives
• Word Study/Vocabulary
• Language Usage Skills
• Listening Oral Communication

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Four Thematic Units

1. Growing Up
2. Old Traditions Ourselves
3. Courage
4. Ethics of Argument

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Common Core Standards

• A set of skills to prepare students for higher
  education professions.
• Reading Literature
• Reading Informational Texts
• Writing (Multiple Types/Formats)
• Speaking Listening
• Language (Grammar Vocab)

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Grading Policy

• 30 Reading
• 30 Writing
• 15 Language Usage (Grammar) and Vocabulary
• 15 Speaking and Listening
• 10 Homework

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Bell Schedule
Period Arrival Dismissal
1 800 AM 848 AM
2 852 AM 939 AM
3 943 AM 1030 AM
Lunch 1032 AM 1102 AM
4 1106 AM 1153 AM
5 1157 AM 1244 PM
ELT 1248 PM 118 PM
6 122 PM 209 PM
7 213 PM 300 PM

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Classroom Rules

1. Always use inside voices inside the school
2. Always raise your hand wait to be called on
3. Stay in your seats during instruction
4. Respect other students teachers at all times
5. Hands off other students and their belongings

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School Wide Consequences
1)  Warning 2)  Classroom reflection sent home
with student signed by
parent 3)  Phone call home/Detention 4)  After-sch
ool detention 5)  Referral to office
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School Wide Show PRIDE
Positive words, positive actions Respect self,
others, property Involvement in
learning Demonstrate hands-off property Everyone
is welcome