Welcome to Open HouseRoom 212 – Seventh Grade English

Mrs. Flanagan

• EMAIL: mary.flanagan@norwellschools.org• SCHOOL WEBSITE: www.norwellschools.org• Find the middle school page.• Find teacher pages and click. The team

websites are there under team pages. I have several pages to view within my site. The page links are shown on the left of the page.

• ROOM: 117• PHONE: 781-659-8814 ext. 4117• LATE NIGHT: TUESDAY• BEST WAY TO CONTACT ME: EMAIL

CONTACTS

SIXTH GRADE ELA CURRICULUM

READING – •Text= Elements of Fiction- Holt, Rinehart and Winston•Text includes poetry, short stories, folk tales, myths•Text- based around themes students can connect to their everyday lives•NOVELS= Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit, Bud not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis•Independent Reading- AR two books a term read outside the classroom with an assessment in class

GRAMMAR/WRITING•Text = Elements of Writing as well as other sources for writing.•Text supports curriculum of writing, usage and mechanics, and using resources. • Also- The Collins Writing Program which we will be using this year. •This program emphasizes writing fluency through frequent, usually short, writing tasks, while specific writing skills (sentence variety, organization, word choice etc.) are addressed in longer, more detailed assignments.

SIXTH GRADE ELA CURRICULUM

• VOCAB AND SPELLING• Vocabulary development- through text and additional

resources• Spelling- Use of Frequently Misspelled Word Lists as

well as emphasis on misused words/ homophones

SIXTH GRADE ELA CURRICULUM

SIXTH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM

• Text= McDougal Littell World History: Ancient Civilizations.

• The sixth grade study of ancient civilizations begins with early man and continues through the fall of the Roman Empire.

Grading and Homework• HOMEWORK

– Mon- Thursday sometimes longer projects on weekends.

• HOW IS HOMEWORK GRADED?

Homework will be graded by a √+,√and √-.

• √+ = 25 points

• √ = 20 points

• √- = 15 points• Late homework is accepted the next day, for an automatic √- .

• After this, students will receive a zero for that homework assignment.

• Each week ( Mon-Thurs.) will be added for a weekly homework grade.

• You will receive an email home if a student has more than three missing homeworks per term.

Grading and Homework

• ELA Breakdown of Weighted Grades

  ELA

VOCAB, SPELLING 15%

GRAMMAR 15%

HOMEWORK 15%

PARTICIPATION/COOPERAT. 15%

READING/LIT. COMP. 15%

WRITING, PROJECTS 20%

AR QUIZZES 5%

Grading and Homework

• SOCIAL STUDIES

  SOCIAL STUDIES

QUIZZES 30%

HOMEWORK 15%

PARTICIPATION/COOPERATION 15%

PROJECTS, TESTS 40%

Sixth Grade Technology

• Cell phones and IPads are not allowed in the classroom.• At times, during RTI or ELA designated Silent Reading

periods, Nooks, Kindles or other electronic readers will be allowed in the classroom.

THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT. PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO EMAIL OR CALL ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT ANY TIME THIS YEAR. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND TEACHING YOUR CHILDREN.