All of the information covered in our Ms. Andersen's curriculum night presentation 9/22/16.

1. Curriculum Night
2016-17
6TH GRADE
MS. ANDERSEN

2. Welcome
 Take a minute to read your child’s “About Me” page
and Growth Mindset learning
 Please write them a letter on the back of the “About
Me”
 Tell your child what your hopes and dreams are for their
life
 Share with them what you hope they achieve this school
year
 Leave your child a love note for the morning

3. Housekeeping…
 Lunch
 Free/Reduced program: Last year’s application will run out in
early October. Please renew if needed.
 Lunch Money needs to be put on lunch cards.
 Checks payable to SSD or pay online
 If your child comes home with an apple stamp on their hand,
it means they have two or less lunches left on their card.
Send lunch $!

4. More Housekeeping…
 Scholastic Book Orders build up our
classroom libraries.
 Checks made out to Scholastic Book Orders
 Ordering online with a debit or credit card is
easiest.

5. Afternoon Dismissal Guidelines
 Bus Passes
 Students must bring a note to school for a bus pass
Or
 Parent/Guardian needs to call the office by 2:20
 Parent Pick up
 Located at the Kindergarten Playground. Please meet your
kids there.

6. Conference Schedule
 October 24-27 and March 27-30
 Student-Involved: Please sign up for a time when both
you and your student can attend.
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Normal School
Day
Normal School
Day
Half School
Day
No School/
Conferences
During Normal
Day
No School
No
Conferences
Afternoon &
Evening
ConferencesNo
Conferences
Evening
Conferences
No Evening
Conferences

7. Volunteering
 Volunteers needed:
 Copying
 Misc. Classroom Jobs
 Grading Agenda (Weekly, Mondays or Fridays)
 Special Events
 Thursday Folder Filing
 Thursday Work Slip Printing & Stapling
 Washington State Patrol Forms for classroom volunteers
 Must be on file to be in the classroom/school volunteering.
 Expires every couple years, please verify it’s current. Thanks!

8. Behavior Expectations
 Restorative Questions
 Adopted school-wide questions that build upon
the values of empathy and personal responsibility.
Cathcart Code of Conduct
B E
Safe
Kind
Respectful
Your Best

9. Classroom Economy
 Earning
 Wise Choices
 Finishing Work
 Taking personal responsibility
 Thinking/acting ahead
 Spending
 Snacks
 Class Store
 Fun Events
 Fines!

10. Class Dojo
 Track behavior
 Positive student feedback – earn class money
 Needs work – fined class money
 Communication tool between school and home
 Videos and photos from the classroom
 Parent app –push notifications optional
www.classdojo.com or download the ClassDojo app

11. Specialists
 Music
 Mondays and Wednesdays
 8:40-9:15
 PE
 Tuesdays and Thursdays
8:40-9:15
 Library
 Fridays
 9:50-10:25

12. Design Challenge:
Water Tower Design Challenge
 Problem: How can we design strong yet inexpensive
structures to support heavy objects?
 Criteria: Tower must support the mass of a full water bottle
in a stable position as far above the table top as possible.
 Constraints: Final design must only use five 8 ½ x 11 sheets
of paper to support one full water bottle. You have 10
minutes.

13. Design Challenge
 Kids vs. Parents

14. Reading & Writing
 Accelerated Reader
 Students are assigned a reading range and a point goal based on
their reading level (Star test)
 Tests can be taken in the classroom or the library
 Look up books at www.arbookfind.com
 Reading standards will be taught through:
 Novels (Starting with Wonder and The Westing Game)
 National Geographic classroom magazines
 Science articles
 Writers’ Workshop
 Writing tied into the other disciplines
 Writing conferences with individual students
 Students get choice in what they write
 Subject-based projects

16. Math
 6th grade Math Standards:
 Ratios and rates
 Operations with fractions and decimals
 Negative numbers
 How to write, interpret and use numerical and algebraic expressions,
equations and inequalities
 Statistical thinking (Data analysis, Graphing)
 Volume and surface area
 www.bigideasmath.com
 See Big Ideas Tab of class blog for access code and instructions
 IXL: www.IXL.com/signin/cathcart

17. Social Studies
 6th Grade: The Ancient World
 History Alive! The Ancient World introduces students to the
beginnings of the human story. As they explore the great
early civilizations of Egypt and the Near East, India, China,
Greece, and Rome, students discover the secrets of these
ancient cultures that continue to influence the modern
world.
 Graded on Interactive Student Notebooks and
Assessments
 See History Alive! tab of class blog for link to online
textbook and access instructions

18. Science
 Science:
Levers & Pulleys
Models & Designs
Teaching the Science Standards
Scientific Model
STEM Challenges
 Science Notebooks

19. Health
 Drugs and Alcohol Awareness Unit
 Human Growth and Development
 HUMAN GROWTH
 December 12th, 2016
 Separated by gender and grade level
 HIV/AIDS
 December13-16th
 Given in our classroom as one group

20. Agendas & Thursday Folders
 Communication line between home and school
 Building skills for middle school
 Please initial the agenda nightly when your child has completed the assigned work.
Homework is highlighted or outlined.
 Thursday Folders will contain
 Newsletters (classroom news will be on the blog, or emailed home)
 Graded work or tests
 School letters
 Flyers
 Cougar Tracks (by request only)
 Any other school information or news
 Missing work slips
 Weekly behavior summary – Class Dojo
 Weekly student reflection on work completion and behavior

21. Homework
 Any work not finished during the day
 Due the next day unless otherwise specified
 Long-term projects will be assigned a due date in the agenda
 IXL Math
 25 minutes of nightly practice; skills may be assigned, or students may
practice any 6th grade skill.
 Reading Requirement
 Your child should be reading an AR book within their range for 25 minutes
nightly
 AGENDAS REMINDER: Refer to the agenda to see
what assignments need to be completed.
 Homework will be highlighted or outlined in the agenda
 Feel free to check the blog if your student is absent or you’re unsure what
their agenda says

22. Outdoor Education

23. 6th Grade Awards
Cathcart Leadership Award
 Good citizens are those that:
 ALWAYS follow school rules
 ALWAYS conduct themselves respectfully towards adults on campus
 ALWAYS conduct themselves respectfully towards peers on campus
 Have no office referrals that result in disciplinary action
 Have an 90% turn in rate for school work
 Met or exceeded AR goals (both Semester)
 Helps around the school

24. 6th Grade Awards
Presidential Excellence
 All threes and fours on the math and reading Smarter Balance or MSP for 4th-6th
grade
 All threes and fours in academics on the 6th grade report card
 Most often puts forth 100% in academics
Presidential Achievement
 Have overcome some type of learning disability to do well in school
 Maybe one MSP wasn’t a three or four but all others were
 Students who excel in one or more academic areas (3’s & 4’s in reading, math or
writing) but don’t meet the gold level requirements.
 Met Excellence award, however consistently put less than 100% effort in academics.

25. 6th Grade Celebrations
 End of the year events
 6th Grade Recognition Assembly
(6/14 afternoon?)
 Community Service (Give back to Cathcart)
(6/15 morning? 6/16 morning?)
 Celebration Event (Skating or Bowling)
(6/15 afternoon? All day?)
 We will need some parent leads (three)
1. Lead to organize and arrange the ceremony
2. Lead to organize the Community Service Morning at Cathcart
3. Lead and organize the Celebration Afternoon

26. Book Fair
Head over to the library to grab
some good books for your kiddo
from the Fall Book Fair

27. Contact Information
Ms. Tygre Andersen
360-563-7104
Tygre.andersen@sno.wednet.edu
andersenandroids.blogspot.com