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GRADE 6 ENGLISH AND SOCIAL STUDIES
Mr Tim Benford
Ms. Kristen Feren
Ms. Rena O’Regan
Ms. Meg Parry
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A BIT ABOUT ME…
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WHO IS IN THE ENGLISH SOCIAL STUDIES CLASSROOM?
Rena O’Regan Myra Lepp
Ms Kat
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GRADE LEVEL CONCEPTS
Quarter 1Structures• Social Studies: Society,
Government Systems, Mapping
• English: Book Clubs, Writing; 6 traits, paragraph, sentence structures
Quarter 2Relationships• Social Studies:
Sustainable Economic Development
• English: Research, Expository Writing
Quarter 3Cause and Effect• Social Studies:
Development of Cities• English: Research, Novel
study
Quarter 4Discovery• Social Studies: Human
Evolution and Development
• English: Short Stories, Narrative writing
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HOMEWORK
•Reading•Work completion/ preparation for class activity (approx 80 minutes per week)•Current Events (1 presentation each semester)•Talk with your child, open questions, deep discussions (model thinking)
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GRADES
Grades are calculated according to TOTAL POINTS earned Homework for completion only will earn between 1 and 5
points Tests, quizzes and other medium sized assessments in
which a student must demonstrate understanding will earn approximately 15 to 30 points
Performance Tasks will earn approximately 50 to 60 points To calculate: divide number of points earned by the
number of possible points Grades are calculated at the end of semester
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SUPPORTING YOUR CHILD
Blogs: http://oreganr.ism-online.org/ http://grade6.ism-online.org/
Go through the planner with your child frequently PowerSchool Email:
Conferences through MS Office
Smile and laugh every day!
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THANK YOU!
I look forward to getting to know all of you this year.
I feel very lucky to teach your wonderful children!