Welcome!!!!!!to

Mrs. Dueñas’s class6th Grade

Foulks Ranch Elementary

Mrs. Dueñas …• Over 20 years experience• Masters in Special Education• 10 years as 6th grade teacher• Swim Coach for over 10 years• Love to swim and work with kids!– Part-time Tech-geek!

Goals of My Students …• To produce the best prepared student and

citizen …– Organization– Planning– Listening– Working together– Doing your best– Setting personal goals– Knowing when to have fun and have a good sense

of humor!

Materials

• Packet of Information (in a narrative format)– Also on Blog space: www.mrsduenas.edublogs.org

• See supply list attached to handout

Required Curriculum– Reading/Language Arts- Open Court– Math- Scott Foresman– Science- Holt– Social Studies-Holt– PE – SPARK

Reading/Language Arts • Curriculum = Open Court (6th grade)– Study Guides: Story Study, Vocabulary Study, Spelling

Practice, Grammar Study– Use of Literature Circles to enhance learning process of

OCR stories– Themes:

• 1) Perseverance• 3) Taking a Stand• 2) Ancient Civilizations• 4) Music• 5) Ecology and 6) Question of Values

– Tests = Fridays – Usually 1 story/week

Math• Scott Foresman (6th grade text)– Student made Study Guides– Teacher made Lesson Worksheets with How-to-Solve

Steps, Examples, Guided Practice and More Practice. Kept in a Math INB

– Tests/Quizzes• 7th Grade Supplementary text– Students who show competency in the 6th grade lesson

will use this text to enhance their learning• Accelerated Math Program– Students who show competency in the 6th grade lesson

will use this Program to enhance their learning• Daily Math Challenge Workbook– To keep up with the 6th grade Standards

Math Concepts• Number Sense: NS1 and NS 2– Add, subtract, multiply, divide: positive and negative--

whole numbers, fractions, and decimals; Use of percents• Statistics: SDP– Mean, Median, Mode, Range, understanding questioning

and graphs; Probability• Algebra: AF– Solve 1-step and multiple equations, Ratios/Proportions

• Geometry: MG– Circumference and Perimeter, Area and Volume of Circles,

Triangles and Quadrilaterals• Math Reasoning: MR– Applications to Real-Life situations using the above

concepts.

Science• Holt (6th grade Middle School)• Teacher-Made Materials• Labs/Experiments, Tests/Quizzes• Concepts:– Semester 1 = Life Sciences• Food chains, biomes, MSOE

– Semester 2 = Physical Sciences• Heat and Energy, oceans

– Semester 3 = Earth Sciences• Plate tectonics, volcanoes/earthquakes

Social Studies• Holt (6th grade Middle School)• SS-INB binder for all Work and Projects• Tests and Quizzes• Concepts:

– Geography and Archaeology Studies – Early Man– Mesopotamia– Egypt/Kush– India– China– Hebrews– Greece– Rome

www.mrsduenas.edublogs.org• This is my Edublogs page where you can find:– BTSN packet/info– Dates/Calendar

(by semester)– Links to interestingor important websites

www.mrsduenas.wikispaces.com• This is my Wikispace page where you can find:– Study Guides in Reading and Math– Assignments Sheets in Social Studies– Math Notes– Teacher-made S-F Math Quizzes– Teacher-made OCR Reading Quizzes

Homework and AssignmentsParents emailed the daily the HW assignments,

project, events, and announcementsWikispace : lost Assignment Sheets and Quizzes in SS,

Worksheets and Quizzes in Math, Study Guides and Quizzes in Reading:

www.mrsduenas.wikispaces.com

HW = Daily~1.25 hours each nightWeekly Packet = “LP” to practice spelling, Vocab300, CST grammar,

reading, and math review

Weekend HW might be necessary to finish unfinished work

Please contact me with any problems, we can talk

Grading Policy• To show competency or achievement of standards– Letter grades (A, B, C, D, or F) – Number grades (5, 4, 3, 2, or 1)

• A~5 high achieving, excellent • B, C~ 4 or 3 well done(B) or passing(C) • D~ 2 approaching grade level, almost passing • F~ 1 not passing, failing.

• Yellow Communication Folders, with Progress Reports – every 4-5 weeks.

• Yellow highlighted grades = grades of concern, not meeting their personal goals, and/or missing work.

• Emailed grades

Schedule• Our day includes:– Computers ( 2 days/week)– PE (3 days/week, with Mile Monday (all 6th

graders))– Reading (every day)– Writing/Spelling (every day)– Math (every day)– Social Studies (4-5 days/week)– Science ( 2 days/week)

Student Field Trips and Academic/Behavioral Requirements

• Please refer to contract received on the 1st day of school– Any Field Trip Form is due 10 days before we

attend.• There are no phone calls home about the missing forms

Field Trips!MSOE:

September 27 through October 1please indicate whether your child is going or not going on the

sign in paper in the backChaperones!!!please indicate whether you are chaperoning or would like to

chaperone on the sign-in paper in the backWe are limited to the number of chaperones needed. Please indicate whether you are interested in chaperoning

Formswill be coming home later

IMAX ExperienceA time to be determined in the futureDouble-Header about Egypt (1. King Tut and 2. Traveling

the Nile River)

Parent Contributions– Chaperones – Volunteering in class– Copying – Helpers, as needed• Mask making• Decorating masks

– Promotion in June – Etc.

Goal Setting• Students (and teacher) set goals yearly and by semester• Grades– Principal’s (straight A’s all year). • All 3 semesters = Principal’s Lamp of Knowledge Medal at

Promotion– Honor Roll(3.0-3.9). • All 3 semesters = Ribbon at Promotion

• National Elementary Honor Society-(NEHS)• AR Goals by Semester• Student Leadership– Tutoring, Teacher Assisting in other classrooms,

Library Assistants• Earn levels of Achievement, depending on hours recorded:

Foulks Ranch, Governor’s, Bronze, Silver, Gold

Update of Grades

• Student Progress Reports• ~ every 4 weeks

– yellow folders with student progress grades– manila envelope with corrected or checked student work– Emailed

Communication–How to get a hold of me

–Phone- 684-8177–E-mail: dduenas@egusd.net–Conferences (by appointment, in advance)–Blog page of information: »www.mrsduenas.edublogs.org

–Wikispace for assignments and quizzes:»www.mrsduenas.wikispaces.com

Scores-at-a-Glance• In a few weeks, a report with their current

scores– Reading:• ZPD level (to help them choose their reading books)

– AR goal points needed for the 1st semester• CST scores (new)• OCR beginning tests• Spelling Level

– Math:• CST scores (new)• End of 5th grade score• Beginning of 6th grade Diagnostic Readiness Test score

Anything else?And

Thank you for coming!