Team Zebra Everyone Succeeds, No Exceptions, No Excuses

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Team Zebra Everyone Succeeds, No
Exceptions, No Excuses

• Welcome Parents

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Communication is Key

• Email
• School/Teacher websites
• Bi-weekly newsletters via email
• Telephone
• Daily through Agendas
• Letters home
• Progress Reports/Report Cards (this is online)

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School Wide Discipline Plan

• Overview. Bailey Middle School uses a school-wide
  approach to discipline. Students are expected to
  follow six school rules (see Bailey Middle School
  Rules) and all staff members implement the
  program. Students who behave appropriately earn
  privileges and students who do not behave
  appropriately lose privileges.
• The Behavior Sheet. All students carry an 8½ x 5
  sheet of colored paper known as a behavior sheet.
  Staff members record rule violations by signing
  on this sheet for the appropriate period of the
  day and the rule(s) violated. Each Friday
  students return their behavior sheets to their
  homebase teacher and receive new sheets.
  Teachers will keep a record of any rule
  violations.
• Privilege Levels. There are four privilege levels
  in the program. A students level is reflected by
  the color of his or her behavior sheet. These
  levels are called Ace (green), Bronco 1 (blue),
  Bronco 2 (yellow), and Grounded (pink).
  Incentives are tied to these levels and are given
  randomly. The requirements for each level are
  below
• Ace level green sheet 0 rule violations per week
  
• Bronco 1 blue sheet 1-4 rule violations per
  week
• Bronco 2 yellow sheet 5-10 rule violations per
  week
• Grounded pink sheet 11 or more rule violations
  per week
• Weekly Reports. To facilitate communication
  between school and home, weekly reports are
  brought home by students on Fridays if they are
  at a Bronco 2 level or Grounded.

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Bailey Middle School Rules

• The Bronco Middle School Six
• 1. Prepare for class.
• 2. Follow adult directions.
• 3. Respect others and property.
• 4. Avoid disruption of education.
• 5. Be responsible with belongings.
• 6. Follow the safety rules and CMS Code of
  Conduct.
• A violation of Rule 6 indicates serious
  misbehavior that is to be brought to the
  attention of an Administrator. When Rule 6 is
  broken, the teacher completes a Referral form,
  and an Administrator will issue the appropriate
  discipline. Only when the student is severely
  disruptive in class, such that instruction cannot
  continue should he or she be sent to an
  Administrators Office. Otherwise, the Referral
  should be given to an Administrator at the
  teachers earliest convenience. Substitutes
  should be equipped with the plan and necessary
  sheet colors. 3

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Dress CodeThe following items are not to be
worn to school

• Bedroom shoes/pajamas
• Flip-flops or slides
• Pants worn below the waist or showing
  underclothing beneath the main outerwear
• Shorts/Skirts above the fingertips when standing
  upright with shoulders relaxed
• Shirts exposing the stomach, being excessively
  tight, see-through, exposing the back, or low-cut
  in the front or back
• Tank tops with straps less than 2 inches wide
• Headgear (scarves, bandanas, sweatbands, stocking
  caps, hats, towels, sunglasses, doo-rags, or
  combs)

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Mrs. StuartScience

• 1st Quarter Motion and Forces
• Simple machines, Newtons Laws, moving objects
  and their interactions, balance and unbalanced
  forces.
• 2nd Quarter Weather Atmosphere
• Properties of the atmosphere, air quality, good
  health environments, atmospheric conditions and
  weather hazards, utilizing technology in
  atmospheric study.

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Mrs. StuartScience

• 3rd Quarter Genetics and Heredity
• Inherited characteristics, reproduction, human
  genetic traits, genetic transmittance of disease,
  role of inheritance, environment, and lifestyle
  choices in human characteristics.

4th Quarter Human Biology Body systems, organs,
internal regulation, growth and development,
environmental influences on human development and
heath.
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Mrs. BrightSocial Studies
http//margaretbright.cmswiki.wikispaces.net/
Brief Course Description

• Students will trace the development of the modern
  world from the age of exploration to today.
  Students will explore patterns of change and
  continuity by focusing on the impact of conflict
  and cooperation, economic development, population
  shifts, political systems, culture and government
  over time. Students will analyze and evaluate
  how the world today has been impacted by the
  events of the Modern Era.
• Students will also be engaged in several
  argumentative writing assignments throughout the
  year where they will need to support claims with
  clear reasons and relevant evidence, and
  acknowledge alternative or opposing claims.

• Tests given at the end of each unit about 2 per
  quarter
• Quizzes vocabulary or map quizzes most weeks
  when we do not have a unit test
• Classwork everything we do in class small group
  work and notebook checks (2 per quarter)
• Homework Monday - Thursday, please check agendas
• Thursday Current Events articles will be due
  each Friday!

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Social Studies

• 1st Quarter
• Renaissance the First Global Age
• (Focus on Geography)
• Essential Questions-
• Was the Columbian Exchange more beneficial or
  detrimental?
• What were the motivating factors for European
  Exploration?
• How were indigenous populations impacted by
  European exploration?

• 2nd Quarter
• Intellectual Revolutions (Focus on Government
  Economy)
• Essential Questions-
• How have the intellectual revolutions
  (scientific, industrial, agricultural, political)
  impacted our world today?
• How did diverse political thought lead to modern
  economic systems?

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Social Studies

• 3rd Quarter
• Imperialism and World Wars (focus on culture)
• Essential Questions-
• How did global balance of power change between
  1900-1945 and why?
• Why did The Great War last longer than expected
  and bring about so much change?
• Why was there another global conflict so soon
  after The Great War?
• How did a few nations come to control so much of
  the world?

• 4th Quarter
• The World After World War II
• Essential Questions-
• How has the collapse of imperialism impacted
  indigenous populations?
• What impact have international organizations had
  on international reactions?
• How has technology influenced global awareness?
• How does personal financial decision making
  impact quality of life around the world?

We will be using the Discovery Education Techbook
and Gaggle for many assignments. Please let me
know if you do not have regular access to a
computer with internet service.
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Mrs. FisherLanguage Arts

• Curriculum Overview
• -Common Core for 7th grade English Language Arts
  
• Complete curriculum available at
  http//www.ncpublicschools.org/
• -Bailey Middle School Literacy Requirements
• 1. Vocabulary Word Wall
• 2. Reading Log
• 3. Word Build (Vocabulary)

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Language Arts Cont.
Quarter 1 Quarter 2
Genre Study Short Story Elements Literary Elements Vocabulary Study Novel Study (And Then There Were None/Forged by Fire) Reading Strategies/Analogies Myths, Fables, Legends Persuasive Writing Parts of Speech Compound/Complex Sentences Nonfiction Study Nonfiction Reading Strategies Persuasive Speaking Techniques Argumentative Writing/Speech Research Skills Nonfiction Novel (Chew on This) Evaluation Essays Sentence Structure Essay Structure Writing- Style and Elaboration Cont. Complex Sentences
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Language Arts Cont.
Quarter 3 Quarter 4
Literary Elements Literature Circles (Variety of Novels) Figurative Language Persuasive Writing Problem-Solution Reading Strategies Sentence Style Variation Critical Stance Writing Analogies Narrative Poetry Lyric Poetry Sensory Imagery Poetic Devices Summarizing Drawing Inferences Literature Circles Novel Study (The Wave) Biography/Autobiography Project Common Core Review for Test
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Language Arts Cont.

• Homework Policy
• -Students are responsible for recording,
  completing, and handing in all homework
  assignments.
• -Homework is graded for completeness and effort!
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• Materials Required for Class
• -Students should always bring their binder with
  them to class.
• -Binder should have a L.A. section/should be
  divided as follows
• 1. Grammar 2. Vocab. 3. Classwork 4.
  Reference 5. Graded Work
• Please make sure your child has a Homework
  folder!
• -Other materials
• Black/blue ink pens Pencils
• Highlighters Sticky Notes (for
  reading strategies)
• Paper SSR book
• A GREAT attitude!

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MathMs. Nigh

• Organization is the key to Success!
• Math Binder/Notebook
• Quizzes Every Friday
• Homework
• Nightly homework. Please check agendas to make
  sure student is completing assignments.

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Math CurriculumTopics to be Covered

• Equations
• Like terms
• Integers
• Graphing
• Probability

• Expressions
• Order of Operations
• Prime Factorization

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Math CurriculumTopics to be Covered

• Displaying Data with Graphs
• 2-dimensional Geometry
• 3-dimensional Geometry
• Pythagorean Theorem

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Math CurriculumTopics to be Covered

• Scale
• Similar Figures
• Proportions and Ratios
• Decimals, Fractions, Percents
• Percent of a number
• Percent Increase/Decrease

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Math CurriculumTopics to be Covered

• For Honors (if time allows)
• Linear Equations
• Graphing Linear Equations
• Slope
• Slope-intercept form
• Point slope form
• Two variable relationships
• Linear / Non-linear functions
• Monomials / Polynomials

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Criteria for Credit

• Complete work in pencil
• Properly label assignment with name, date,
  block, and title of assignment
• Show all work used to find the solution
• Work vertically down the page when solving a
  problem
• Circle or highlight the correct solution
• Put solutions in simplest form

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Lets Have a Great Year!