Welcome to Sixth Grade

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Welcome to Sixth Grade!

• Mrs. Burton

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Who is Mrs. Burton?

• Married and mother of six children, all married
  and on their own
• Grandmother to three boys and three girls
• Math Coach for the West Covina Unified School
  District
• Loves teaching and learning new things
• Loves using technology (but has much to learn!!)

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Our Classroom Community

• Workplace
• Always Work Hard
• Always Do Your Best
• Take advantage of every moment to learn
• Home away from Home
• Classroom Family help and cooperate
• Expected to come to school prepared to teach and
  learn

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Classroom Rules

• I will respect myself and others.
• Treat everyone with dignity and respect
• I will come prepared to give my best effort to
  all tasks, activities and responsibilities.
• I will do better today than yesterday, and better
  tomorrow than today.
• My job is to make the world better for myself and
  others around me by learning from mistakes and
  resolving to make wiser choices in the future.

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Classroom Procedures

• Morning expectations
• Entering and exiting the classroom
• Attendance
• Class responsibility (jobs)
• Morning work See Task Board
• Questions
• Ask three before me
• Homework

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Classroom Responsibilities

• Everyone has a job
• Rotated weekly
• All are assigned to help if asked
• Group Assignments
• Rotated daily
• Attend school every day
• unless you are very ill and need to see a doctor

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Procedures needing attention

• Colored cups
• Bathroom/ water fountain
• Absences/ tardies
• Standing in line
• Behavior Contracts
• Incomplete homework procedure

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Grading policy

• New report cards
• Conduct and effort
• Goal contracts

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Schoolwork

• All work is to contain your first and last name
  and your class number
• Top right-hand corner
• Legibility required
• Turning in work procedure
• Classwork materials distribution and collection

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Homework

• Expectation is one hour each day
• Reading is required daily. If other work is
  completed quickly, you are expected to read
  remaining homework minutes.
• Written homework may be completed on computer and
  printed to be turned in.
• If printer is not working, the work should be
  hand-written to be completed on time.
• Late homework policy

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Recess Expectations

• You are School Leaders
• Help peers and younger students
• Safety is most important

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School property and materials

• You are responsible for caring for all school
  materials as if they were your own. Found items
  are not to be kept if they dont belong to you.
• If things get destroyed you are to replace them.
  Do not write on or deface desks, textbooks,
  walls, bathrooms, etc.

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Classroom Technology

• SmartBoard
• SMART Notebook software
• Working with Microsoft Office programs
• Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Internet Acceptable Use Policy
• Senteo Individual Response System

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Finish Classwork Early?

• Always work to do!!
• Check the Must Do first
• Can Do next

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Student Responsibility

• It is your responsibility to learn
• You are responsible for every minute you are at
  school make every minute count!
• Assignments are yours to complete
• You are to take responsibility for the things you
  say and do
• If you make a mistake, admit it
• (the teacher will too!)
• Help others learn in their own way
• Allow others to be different from you

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A Final Word

• Whatever has happened in the past is behind us.
  This is a NEW BEGINNING!
• Were off to a GREAT year!!
• HAVE FUN!!