River Trail Middle School

6th Grade Curriculum Night

2014-15If you have a question,

write it on a post-it note & leave it on the board at

the end of this class.

COMMUNICATION

~Students must advocate

~Students may email teachers too!

~Students accessing websites – Check everyday, even when absent!

~Check website first and then email the teacher.

TEACHER WEBSITES

STEP 1-

www.rivertrailmiddleschool.org

- “Staff”- “6th grade”

STEP 2

-Choose team

STEP 3

-choose teacher

HOME ACCESS CENTER (HAC)~Receive your Home Access ID & log-in from

front office. (Must show driver’s license.)

~Students & parents should look at Home Access together

~Place log-in info somewhere so that students and parents can look at grades frequently.

~Some common codes in HAC: NHI= Not Handed In EX = excused

ABS = Absent (doesn’t affect grade)

~If it’s left blank it also means not handed in or teacher hasn’t entered the grade yet.

~Some teachers leave it as a zero and some do not.

STEP 1

-Fulton County site

STEP 2- “Students &

Parents”- “Home Access”

STEP 3

www.fultonschools.org

PLAGIARISM

Definition: To claim other work or ideas as your own.

~It includes copying & pasting text and not citing sources correctly

~Students should write ALL assignments in their own words. This includes everything from projects to homework assignments.

River Trail’s Plagiarism Consequences:First Offense

~Conference with administrator, parent, teacher, & student. Receives a 0 until they make up the work– highest grade will be 50%

Second Offense~Conference with administrator, parent, teacher, & student. Receives a 0 (if recovery is needed the assignment can be completed if student is eligible). Academic detention after school.

Third Offense ~Receives a 0. Loses all extracurricular activities AND receives one day of ISS (In School Suspension)

PROJECT PACING

~Students are given at least 1-2 weeks advanced notice of

projects.

~Strategies to try are chunking assignments & checking students’

agenda.

PROJECT PACING

TIME MANAGEMENT~Homeroom is a study hall.

~If absent, make up assignments in a timely manner.

~Students shouldn’t be spending hours completing assignments. If they are, communicate with the teacher.

~Help Sessions

~Each subject has specific days for tests so as

to not overwhelm students. Quizzes,

however, can be any day of the week.

IXL~2 IXL lessons are assigned every Friday and are due the following Friday

~No additional time is given to complete these, so students should start as soon as they are assigned

~Late IXL assignments are NOT accepted

~School computers are available, but advanced notice is needed.

IXL

HOMEWORK~Homework should be done on a daily basis, however, it may not always be a written assignment. If there is not a written assignment for a class, then the homework would be to review what was done in class.

~One way to review is to have your child teach you the

material.

~Students should expect about an hour of

homework each night.

~Students should be reading a minimum of 2 hours a week.

HOMEWORK

STUDY SKILLS~Most students struggle with organizational skills, so they will need your help with this.

~Plan ahead for tests & projects.

~Check your student’s agendas to make sure they’re

writing down assignments.

~Make students check teacher websites.

~Flashcards, re-writing notes, videos, online

textbooks are all great ways to study.

SCHOOL PROCEDURES

ATTENDANCE~If students need to be absent or checked out, they need a hand-written note to turn in to the front office.

~When students are absent, they may have missed group work, class activities or direct instruction. Completing a worksheet doesn’t necessarily get them caught up. Consider bringing them in to a help session

~Students should contact teacher regarding work that needs to be made up.

ATTENDANCE

SCHOOL PROCEDURES~Students may have a cell phone, but it must remain turned off and locked in their locker.

~Students may not be dropped off before 8:15.

~All other school policies can be

found in the student agenda.

Thank you so much for coming tonight!

Please leave any post-it notes on the board as you

leave.