Welcome to

Open House!

Mrs. Currie

Mrs. Kay

Mrs. Wood

General Info

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• Tardies- 3 tardies to a class will result in a 1 hour penalty hall
• ZAP (Zeros Aren’t Permitted) School is a program at BJHS designed to assist students in catching up missing/incomplete work.
• Please feel free to purchase a planner for your student if he/she does better writing assignments daily.
• Please check Schoology frequently to keep up with your student’s grades, homework and daily tasks.
• Absent work: up to the STUDENT to get when they are absent.

Science

We use the Battle Creek Science Curriculum in 6th grade. Each student will receive and be responsible for a science journal. Your child will receive a new workbook for each unit that we learn. We will be using the journals daily in class (pencil only in journals). If your child misses a class activity, it is very important that he/she gets with another student to get caught up on what was learned. It will be very difficult to redo these class activities and experiments in the home setting. For this reason, it is important that your child be absent as little as possible during science. If your child is absent, they are responsible for obtaining any missing work. Multiple missing assignments may result in a ZAP school. All lesson plans will be posted daily on Schoology.

Science Grades (See BJHS Grading Policy Online)

80% --- Interim Assessment (Quizzes, Tests, Major Projects)

20% --- Formative Assessment (daily work, homework, science journals)

Science Units

• Energy in the Ecosystem
• Planet Rock
• The Earth: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
• Energetic Connections
• 6th Grade Health

Mrs. Currie’s Contact Info

• lora.currie@mybedford.us
• www.bjhscurrieclass@blogspot.com (class blog- Pictures and Interesting Happenings)
• http://currieandclassbjhs.weebly.com (website--- more info on grading, class policies, etc.)

Please check email regularly and Schoology. I will also leave notes under HAC communications.

Note- I am here every morning at 7 am for homework help/ questions. I also do 7 am study sessions before all quizzes and tests.

NO GAMES ON CHROMEBOOKS!!!

Math

• -We are using a program called Big Ideas
• Concepts include: ratios, number sense, geometry, equations and probability.
• -Please make sure all students practice multiplication and division facts up to 12 on a nightly basis until they are fluent.
• -Your child will have a math binder that is to be used for math only. This is where you will find all vocabulary, notes, homework, and quizzes.
• -Mrs. Wood’s website: http://mrswood6thgrade.weebly.com/
• Please fill out the survey I sent to your email on August 28th

Social Studies

• Western Hemisphere
• Canada, United States, Mexico, Central America & Caribbean, South America
• Students will be using Schoology daily.
• Two small textbooks (Introduction to Geography and The Americas) will be assigned to each student. We will also use a variety of supplemental sources throughout the year, both print and digital.
• Many projects in class

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Reading & Writing

• AR Goals TBA!!
• Reading grade is based on in-class work, AR Reading and AR Quizzes.
• We will be using our Reading textbook and reading novels.
• Students should be reading for 60 minutes each day. Students will be asked to read during homeroom if their homework is complete and get 15-20 minutes daily in ELA.
• Writing topics covered include
• Narrative
• Expository
• Persuasive
• Poetry

Class Management

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• We will use a management tool called Class Dojo. If your child receives a negative mark, please have him/her explain the reasoning for it.
• If a student receives 5 negative marks in a week, he/she will receive a penalty hall. If a student receives 10 negative marks in a month, he/she will receive a Friday penalty hall.

Gradebook

• BJHS School-Wide Gradebook Info:

If a grade is BLANK, then the teacher has yet to enter the assignment.

If a grade has been flagged Incomplete, then the grade is incomplete because it was not finished or needs some corrections by the student.

If the grade has been flagged Exempt, then the grade is exempted and doesn’t count for or against the student. For example, a student missed a science lab done in class and the teacher does not require the student to make that lab up.

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If a grade has been flagged Missing, then the student has not turned in the assignment and receives zero points. For example, a student doesn’t turn in an assignment, so it is marked Missing and they receive zero points.

*Be sure to check the comments next to the assignment for additional information noted by the teacher.

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6th Grade

Quarters will be weighted at 48%, Exams will be weighted at 2%.

Semester Grade (100%) = Quarter 1 (48%) + Exam 1 (2%) + Quarter 2 (48%) + Exam 2 (2%)

Retakes

• Students are to ask instructor if retakes are available for Interim Assessments. Retakes are a privilege, not a right. If a student would like to take advantage of a retake, they are to do so outside the normal school day; such as 8th hour or Friday ZAP.
• Teachers are to have students fill out the Request To Retest form.
• Students can not retake quarter exams.
• Not all Interim Assessments are eligible for retakes.

Information

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Please be sure your contact information is correct in HAC. We go through HAC to contact parents.

• email address
• phone numbers
• emergency contacts

Please feel free to visit our classrooms tonight!

• Mrs. Currie→ Room 220
• Mrs. Kay→ Room 202
• Mrs. Wood→ Room 205