Mrs. Brown

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Mrs. Browns 6th Grade Class

• Welcome Parents and Students!

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World Cultures Wish List

• Construction paper
• Glue sticks
• Expo markers
• Tissues
• Hand sanitizer
• Poster boards

• Colored pencils
• Pencils
• Composition notebooks
• Markers

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Contact Information and Resources

• Email is my preferred method of communication
• Sally.Brown_at_indianriverschools.org
• 772-564-6406
• Class/team website www.myteacherpages.com/webpage
  s/kblackwell2/

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About Mrs. Brown

• Originally from Tallahassee, FL
• Ive lived in Vero Beach for 13 years
• Social Studies Department Chair
• Core Design Team for the District
• Married and have a daughter named Hadleigh who is
  about to turn five and is a joy to our life! ?

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About Mrs. Brown

• This is my eighth year teaching two years at
  GMS, and I have been at SGMS since its first
  year.
• I teach standard, gifted, and pre-AP World
  Cultures

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Class Content

• 6th Grade World Cultures includes a wide range of
  topics from Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, India,
  Greece to Rome.
• Note taking skills, study skills, oral and
  written expression, map studies, and current
  events are emphasized throughout the program.

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Textbook

• Ancient Civilizations Textbook
• - Financially responsible if lost or damaged.
• - Must be returned or paid for at the end of
  the
• year in order to participate in end of year
• activities.

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Materials

• 2 gb flashdrive
• 2 composition notebooks one for each semester
• Pencils
• Pens (blue or black ink)
• Cap erasers
• Three holed pencil case
• Colored pencils
• Glue sticks
• Handheld pencil sharpener

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Grading Procedures

• Classwork 30
• Tests 25
• Projects 20
• Alternative Assessments 15
• Homework 10
• Extra credit can be earned on tests and projects,
  but no additional extra credit assignments will
  be given.

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Late Work

• Late work policy all assignments are due by
  315pm on the due date. If
• An assignment is not turned in on time, you will
  receive an M for missing in esembler gradebook.
  The M will be reflected until that assignment
  is turned
• In. However, after the due date, 10 will be
  deducted. The amount of time given to turn in
  late assignments and still receive a grade is as
  follows

1st nine weeks 5 days after the due date
2nd nine weeks 4 days after the due date
3rd nine weeks 3 days after the due date
4th nine weeks 2 days after the due date
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Late Work

• If a student is absent, they have two days per
  each day of absence to make up their work. It is
  the students responsibility to find out what
  they missed and make it up within the appropriate
  time frame.

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Lets Have a Great Year!