BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT

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BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT

• The Adventurer Team would like to welcome you
  this evening. As you enter, please use the life
  skill of friendship by meeting and greeting
  others in attendance.

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TEACHERS

• Mrs. Udovich- Math
• Mr. Beamon- Math
• Mrs. Kilcoyne- Science
• Mrs. McCormack- Social Studies
• Ms. Baldino - Language Arts
• Mrs. King - Language Arts

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LANGUAGE ARTS

• Ms. Baldino
• Mrs. King
• Adventurer Team

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READING AND WRITING WORKSHOP

• The reading and writing workshop approach
  promotes the love of reading and writing through
  mini-lessons, cooperative groups, as well as
  responding and reflecting.

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READING

• Reading Strategies
• Basic Plot Diagram
• Fiction
• Nonfiction
• Poetry
• Drama
• Book Clubs/Partnerships

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Before Reading Strategies

• Brainstorm/Categorize
• Predict/Support
• Skim/Review
• Pose Questions
• What Do I know?
• Whats new?
• Pre-teach Vocabulary
• Visualize/ Recall

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During Reading Strategies

• Make Personal Connections
• Use Prior Knowledge (schema)
• Predict/Support/Confirm or Adjust
• Pose Questions
• Identify Confusing Parts
• Visualize
• Self-monitor for understanding
• Summarize
• Synthesize
• Reread
• Use context clues
• Infer
• Determine what is important

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After Reading Strategies

• Skim
• Reread
• Question
• Visualize
• Evaluate Adjust Predictions
• Reflection through, talking, writing, or drawing
• Infer
• Compare/contrast
• Cause/effect
• Conclude Theme
• Note taking
• Summarize
• Synthesize

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Reading Logs

• School-wide Initiative
• Eight 30 minute blocks per week
• 120 minutes in school
• 120 minutes for homework
• Students must have their log signed daily

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WRITING WORKSHOP

• Read Aloud
• Mini-lessons
• Guided Writing
• Independent Writing/Conferencing
• Sharing

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Sitton Spelling

• Students learn to spell within the framework of a
  total word-skills curriculum.
• Visual Skills
• Spelling and Language skills
• - Basic Concepts
• - Skillful Writers
• - Assessment Readiness
• - Proofreading Skills

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LANGUAGE ARTS GRADING SCALE

• Reading
• Writing
• Homework
• Classwork

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LIFE SCIENCE

• Mrs. Kilcoyne
• Adventurer Team

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TOPICS OF STUDY

• Diversity of Life
• -Characteristics and needs of organisms
• -Cells
• -Microscopic life forms
• Adaptations
• Insects

• Environmental Science
• -Ecosystem organization
• -Relationships in an ecosystem
• Competition
• Predation
• Symbiosis

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GRADE ANALYSIS

• Tests
• Projects
• Class work
• Homework
• Homework Policy
• Please check your childs agenda daily for
  assignments. Science follows the RMS zero
  tolerance policy for assignments.

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SOCIAL STUDIES

• Mrs. McCormack
• Adventurer Team

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6TH GRADE CURRICULUM

• Ancient Civilizations
• -Mesopotamia and Sumer
• -Egypt
• -China
• -Greece
• -Rome

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GRADING POLICY

• Tests/Quizzes
• Projects
• Classwork
• Homework

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GRADES ASSIGNMENTS

• Check your childs grades online
• SS Webpage available for viewing
• Assignments and Deadlines
• Projects and Deadlines
• Documents to View or Print

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INTERDISCIPLINARY UNITS

• Cross curricular topics that are co-taught
  periodically throughout the year.
• Antarctica
• Geography and its impact on biodiversity in an
  ecosystem.
• Civil Rights- historical figures and their
  contributions to Science and humanity.

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MATHEMATICS

• Mr. Beamon
• Mrs. Udovich
• Adventurer Team

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MATH NOTEBOOK

• Table of Contents (Set-Up)
• Tool Kit (Notes)
• Packet (Investigations from Class)
• ACE (Homework Problems)
• Assessment (Test/Quiz)

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6TH GRADE BOOKS

• Prime Time - Number Sense, Factors Multiples
• Data About Us - Statistics
• Bits and Pieces I - Understanding Fractions,
  Decimals, and Percents
• Bits and Pieces II - Using Fraction Operations
• Shapes and Designs - Geometry
• Covering and Surrounding - Area and Perimeter
• Bits and Pieces III - Decimal and Percent
  Operations
• How Likely Is It? - Probability

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MATH DEPT. GRADING SCALE
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MATH PLUS CURRICULUM6TH GRADE

• Bits and Pieces I
• -Understanding fractions, decimals, and percents
• Bits and Pieces II
• -Using fraction operations
• Bits and Pieces III
• -Computing with decimals and percents

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MATH PLUS CURRICULUM7TH GRADE

• Variables and Patterns
• -Introducing Algebra
• Stretching and Shrinking
• -Similarity
• Comparing and Scaling
• -Ratio, Proportion, and Percent
• Accentuate the Negative
• -Integers
• Moving Straight Ahead
• -Linear Relationships
• What Do You Expect
• -Probability

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CONTACT INFO.

• Ridley Middle School
• 610-237-8034
• Homework Hotline
• 610-237-8034 x1480
• Email
• firstinitiallastname_at_ridleysd.org

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CONTACT INFO.

• Ridley Middle School Web Site
• Teacher email addresses
• Teacher room numbers and subject areas
• Weekly homework hotline update
• Activity calendar
• Team Handbook
• Power Point Presentation

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THANK YOU

• We look forward to having a successful and
  rewarding school year.