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Schedule for 2014-2015

• Period 1Leadership II
• Period 2Prep
• Period 3Tynker
• Period 4Social Studies
• Period 5Language
• Period 6. Tynker

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Teacher web pageCheck school web page

• http//teacherweb.com/CA/MillerMiddleSchool/MrVill
  afana/

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Flu Prevention

• Out of consideration for other people, please
  keep your child HOME if they are sick! If your
  child has flu-like symptoms, they should stay
  home for at least 24 hours after they no longer
  have a fever, or signs of a fever, without use of
  medicines. If they are sick, we will send them
  home.
• Encourage your child to wash hands and use hand
  sanitizer often!
• - If your child needs to sneeze or cough, teach
  them to cough into their shirt or elbow and to
  use tissues if they need to sneeze.

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Social Studies

• 6th Grade Social Studies
• World History and Geography Ancient
  Civilizations
• The sixth grade curriculum covers a broad sweep
  of time from early human development to the Roman
  Empire. Students study the people and events
  that ushered in the dawn of the major Western and
  non-Western civilizations. Students develop
  higher levels of critical thinking by considering
  why civilizations developed where and when they
  did, why they became dominant, and why they
  declined. Students examine the connections
  between the various cultures, emphasizing their
  lasting contributions, and the link between our
  world today and ancient worlds.
• The following topics are covered throughout the
  year
• v Geography and Map Skills
• v Archaeology
• v Development of humankind from the Paleolithic
  era to the agricultural revolution
• v Geographical, political, economic, religious,
  and social structures of the early civilizations
  of
• ? Mesopotamia
• ? Egypt, Kush
• ? Israel
• ? Greece
• ? Indus Valley (India)
• ? China
• ? Rome
• For a reference point, following are individual
  grade level focuses

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Language

• 6th Grade English-Language Arts
• Students will be focusing on the following
  standards
• READING
• v Word analysis, fluency, and systematic
  vocabulary development
• ? word recognition
• ? vocabulary and concept development
• v Reading comprehension
• ? structural features of informational materials
• ? analysis of grade-level-appropriate text
• v Expository critique
• ? literary response and analysis
• ? structural features of literature
• ? narrative analysis of text
• ? literary criticism
• WRITING
• v Writing strategies
• ? organization and focus

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learLeadership II

• Civic Duty
• Community
• School
• CSM
• Recycle
• Leadership
• One Word

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Tynker

• ThThis class uses a program called Tynker to
  teach coding. The program itself uses scratch as
  its model. Tynker will eventually assimilate Java
  Script to scratch.

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SAFETY-Please help us by

• Making sure your child does not arrive before
  825 am on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and
  Fridays and before 935 on Wednesdays. There is
  no supervision for your children during this
  time.
• Not coming onto campus during the school day
  without checking into the office. If you have a
  lunch to drop off, drop it off in the office.
  This is out of concern for students safety.
• Practicing courteous and safe driving in the
  morning. Avoid unnecessary u-turns and stops.
  Watch out for pedestrians and bikers.

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How You Can Help-

• Check up with your child on what theyre doing in
  class. Have discussions on topics that we might
  be studying.
• Model reading at home. Set aside a time that
  everybody can read together. Get quality books at
  home, either through the library, or through
  Scholastic.
• Encourage independence. 6th grade is a time of
  transition and change. They still need support,
  but they also need the gentle prodding to take
  responsibility of their own work. The least
  beneficial thing you could do for them is to do
  their work.

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• - Encourage your child to take risks. Learn
  lessons from failure. Our children will never
  learn to take risks if there is always a negative
  stigma attached to failure.
• Talk about current events. Keep track of the
  news, and encourage your child to read the news.
• Set aside a quiet place for your child to work.
• Please, no computers in childs room. Know what
  your child is doing on the computer.

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CONTACT INFORMATION!

• djvillafana_at_comcast.net
• villafana_dave_at_cusdk8.org
• 408 252- 3755 ext. 243

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