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Welcome to the 2021-22 school year!

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Ms. Hansen’s

6th Grade Classroom

Room B5

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About Ms. Hansen:

Education

• B.S. in Business from Cal Poly, Pomona
• M.A. in Education from Brandman University
• Credential coursework completed through the University of California, Riverside and Brandman University
• I have taught grades 6, 7, and 8
• This is my fifth year of teaching and second year with Garvey School District

You can contact me at…

ehansen@gesd.us

or through Class Dojo

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Some of my favorites:

• visits and meals with my family
• turquoise blue
• my dog, Pepper

Daily Schedule

8:20-10:15 Language Arts, Language Arts Intervention

10:15-10:30 Recess

10:30-12:16 Math, Math Intervention, and i-Ready Math

12:16-1:00 Lunch

1:00-1:40 English Language Development and i-Ready Reading

1:40-2:20 Social Studies/ Science

2:35 Dismissal

*Visual and Performing Arts schedule coming soon

*Wednesday dismissal is at 1:35

Supplies needed:

• Water Bottle - very important to bring daily. Drinking fountains are not

in use. Water bottle filling stations are available throughout the day.

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All supplies listed below will be available in the classroom.

Students may bring their own if they would like.

• pencils
• pencil sharpener
• pencil eraser
• yellow highlighters
• dry erase markers
• white board eraser
• glue sticks

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• scissors
• ruler (12 inch)
• colored pencils (12 pack)
• lined paper
• composition notebooks - 2 more (3 total for the year)

Google Classroom

We have a virtual classroom where students will find and turn in assignments.

They will find the assignments for each day under each subject as well as announcements.

This is where much of the work that is assigned can be found along with some work that will be done by hand and kept in a portfolio folder in the classroom.

Classroom Expectations

Be kind.

• Practice good manners
• Ask others if they need help

Come to class prepared to work hard and do your best.

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Follow instructions.

Raise your hand when you want to speak.

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Please

May I ?

Curriculum

Social Studies

We will be using the district adopted program, Ancient Civilizations by Holt.

Students will have access to a PDF of the book on Google Classroom.

Assignments will be posted on Google Classroom.

All assignments will count toward the final grade.

Science

We will be using the district adopted program FOSS. Students will have access to the e-book through Clever.

All assignments will count toward the final grade.

Curriculum

English Language Arts

Language arts consists of Reading, Writing, Grammar and Vocabulary.

We will be using the district adopted program, Benchmark Advance.

Students will have assignments on Google Classroom.

Students will have Benchmark Advance close readers in which to annotate.

All assignments will count towards final grade.

Math

We will be using the district adopted program, Go Math.

We will be working with whole numbers and decimals, fractions, rational numbers, as well as ratios and rates in the first trimester.

Students will receive classroom instruction using their Go Math workbooks. Homework assignments will be through Think Central online along with practice in the textbook.

All Think Central assignments and assessments will count toward the final grade and are accessible for students and parents to view on Think Central.

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Communication

Please send an email or message through Class Dojo with the contact information of the family member that is best to communicate with.

My email address is:

ehansen@gesd.us

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I will be setting up Class Dojo this week and will use it to share information with families and to send messages.

Watch for an invitation

sent by email.

Here is a link as well:

https://www.classdojo.com/invite/?c=CAW6FAZ

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Back to School Night

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I look forward to meeting this week!

Let me know if you have any questions.

Click here to join my Zoom meeting:

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