Welcome to Curriculum Night!
Leslie Johnson
6th Grade Language Arts
Room 612
Paper, pens & pencils are located on the side table if you’d like to take notesor leave me a question!
Contact Information
Email Information
My wiki is located on the JMR website
If your child is absent call the school sick line or the main office to report theabsence.
If your child has a note to leave early, come late, or to report an absence, theytake the note to the Welcome Desk.
If your child is absent from class they need to check the website first. I will post
all class notes and homework on the website. If your child has a question or isconfused they can e-mail me.
JMR Classroom Expectations
Respectful
•Listen attentively
•use materials properly
•have a positive attitude
•use appropriate verbal and body language
Responsible
•be one time
•come with all materials
•complete all assignments
•follow teacher instructions
Safe
•keep hands, feet and objects to yourself
•report problems, disturbances
•practice appropriate digital citizenship
Grading Policy
Percentage Breakdown
1. Informal Assessments - 35% of quarter grade
–Quizzes
–Class work
–Homework
2. Formal Assessments - 65% of quarter grade
–Test
–Projects
–Test and Projects can be re-assessed for a grade up to 79% if failed.
3.Late Work
–Will be accepted, 5 points will be deducted from the final grade for each day the work is late.
–Parents will be notified after three days. Administration will be involved if needed.
–A zero grade will be given if child does not turn in the assignment after parent contact andwhen all avenues have been explored!
–Please train your child to check power school
–CMS policy - if a grade is missing for any reason a zero will be entered into the gradebook untilthe assignment is turned in.
–No make up work will be taken after the quarter ends.
Working Lunch and Detention
Working Lunch:
There are a number of different academic programs within our building thatwe provide to support our struggling students. This year we will beimplementing Working Lunch that will be offered during lunch. During thistime the student will have an opportunity to receive help, extra time and/oran opportunity to get caught up with work. This is NOT a punishment, it is atime to get support.
Lunch Detention:
Students will be sent to lunch detention for not meeting classroomexpectations or for inappropriate behavior.
•Warning
•Lunch Detention
•Lunch Detention (with parent notification)
•After School Detention (with parent, teacher and admin)
•Referral to administrator
Topics/Skills
•Literary elements- character, plot, theme, mood, toneconflict (all parts that make up stories)
•Foreshadowing, making inferences, character traits
•Grammar, writing, dialogue
•Essays, poems, novel studies
•Socratic seminars & group projects
•Greek and Latin Roots Study
FOCUS -TEXTUALEVIDENCE
Homework
•Homework will be assigned daily. The kids will NOT have homework onmost weekends.
•Students are expected to complete assignments to the best of theirabilities. If your child needs help they need to communicate this to me!The kids must be self-advocates.
•Students are required to have a book in class for daily reading. This canbe any book of their choice.
•Second quarter students will be completing “book reports” twice perquarter for the remainder of the year. This report will be a grade.
Imperative that students write their homework in theiragendas every day!!!
–I write the assignments on the board, they are posted onmy website and I discuss them in class-no excuses!
Tutoring
•Tutoring will be available:
–Tuesday - Mrs. Pusanik from 7:15 – 7:45
–Wednesday - Mrs. Navarro from 7:15 – 7:45
–Friday - Mrs. Johnson from 7:15 – 7:45
–Thursday - Ms. Norwine from 3:30 – 4:00
Students should come with a specific assignment or skillthey need to work on
–do not show up and say, “I need help.”
•Please remind your child to let me know in advancewhen they plan on attending, so that I know how manystudents to expect.
This is a GREAT time to get extra help or get caught up!
Novels
Touching Spirit Bear
These novels are on sale
through the JMR PTA through thePayforschools website( a link ison the JMR website) The cut offdate to order our first novel isSeptember 7. If you are notplanning to use the Payforschoolswebsite you will need to orderthe book through another sourceor purchase from a local bookstore by September 14.
We are changing our novels, weapologize for not have a finalizedlist at this time.
Thank you!
•Thank you for coming. I hope you found thisinformation to be helpful.
•I wish your child great success this year!
