Ms. Axworthy
WELCOME!
Tell me and I forget, show me and I may remember, involve me and I understand.
~Ancient Chinese Proverb
We are looking forward to an exciting school year filled with rich, crossdiscipline, learning experiences.
We will foster critical thinking and create links between the real world and
the classroom.
We encourage our students to strive for greatness and never settle for
mediocrity!
Another goal of ours this year is to encourage and improve your students’
independence and time management skills!
LANGUAGE ARTS CURRICULUM
• Amplify
• Book Study Units:
• Unit 1 (through Quarter 1) Holes by Louis Sachar
• Unit 2 (through Quarter 2) The Giver by Louis Lowry
• Unit 3 (Quarter 3 through 4) The Lightning Thief by
• Writing:
• Focus on Narrative writing Quarter 1
• Focus on Informative writing Quarter 2
• Focus on Persuasive writing Quarter 3
• Focus on Research paper writing Quarter 4
CCSS English Language Arts
http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/documents/finalelaccssstandards.pdf
MATH CURRICULUM
• My Math
• In grade 6, instructional time should focus on four critical
areas: (1) connecting ratio and rate to whole number
multiplication and division, and using concepts of ratio and
rate to solve problems; (2) completing understanding of
division of fractions and extending the notion of number to
the system of rational numbers, which includes negative
numbers; (3) writing, interpreting, and using expressions and
equations; and (4) developing understanding of statistical
thinking.
CCSS Math
http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/documents/ccssmathstand
ardaug2013.pdf
SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM
• Students in grade six expand their understanding of history by
studying the people and events that ushered in the dawn of the major
Western and non-Western ancient civilizations. Geography is of special
significance in the development of the human story. Continued
emphasis is placed on the everyday lives, problems, and
accomplishments of people, their role in developing social, economic,
and political structures, as well as in establishing and spreading ideas
that helped transform the world forever. Students develop higher levels
of critical thinking by considering why civilizations developed where
and when they did, why they became dominant, and why they declined.
Students analyze the interactions among the various cultures,
emphasizing their enduring contributions and the link, despite time,
between the contemporary and ancient worlds.
Ca State Standards
http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/documents/histsocscistnd.pdf
SCIENCE CURRICULUM
• Students in grade six focus on earth sciences to develop a deeper
understanding of: plate tectonics and Earth’s structure; shaping
Earth’s surface; heat (thermal energy); energy in the Earth system;
ecology; scientific method
Ca State Standards
http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/documents/sciencestnd.pdf
ELECTIVES/ UNIVERSAL ACCESS
Math Enrichment – Problem Solving Skills
Language Arts - Writing
Physical Education
Spanish
Computers
IVY ATTENDANCE POLICIES
• Attendance is mandatory to ensure your child has access to
the curricula!
• Everyday your student is absent, they are missing vital
content!
• Assignments are not excused for unexcused absences.
Therefore, your child must complete missing assignments
from unexcused absences.
• Students are given one day for every day absent to make
up work.
CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
• Hoot Loot
• Classroom Jobs
• Money Registers
• Social Contract and Classroom Mission Statement
• Consequences
• Weekly Behavior Log
• 4 Questions
1) What are you doing?
2) What should you be doing?
3) Were you doing that?
4) What are you going to do about that?
• Communication is key and the student agenda book is our
tool
CLASSROOM JOB PAY SCALE
Job
Salary
Job
Salary
Staff Sergeant (4)
$6.00
Property Manager (1)
$3.00
Supply Manager (1)
$5.00
White Board Clerk (1)
$3.00
Pencil Engineer (1)
$4.00
Line Leader (1)
$3.00
Calendar Clerk (1)
$3.00
Line Ender (1)
$3.00
Message Agent (1)
$3.00
Janitorial Team (1)
$4.00
P.R.O.s (1)
$6.00
Patriotic Facilitator (1)
$3.00
Circulation Assistant (2)
$5.00
Substitute (1)
$1.00*
Circulation Manager (1)
$5.00
*substitute is only paid per class job performed,
per day performed
HOMEWORK
Homework is assigned Monday through Thursday.
• Independent practice page from My Math book (nightly)
• 60 min IXL Math (weekly)
• 15 min IXL Language Arts (nightly)
• 1 article Achieve3000 plus activities (weekly )
• A personal reading book 30 min every night (Sunday through Sunday)
•
Students will track their progress on IXL and work at differentiated levels to help fill
in gaps in their mathematical foundational understandings
I will check homework on Sunday for the previous week
• Students who meet the requirements will get to roll and play our
Homework-opoly Monday morning
• Homework is tied to classwork or a review of previous material
• We assign homework to encourage review and fill in gaps that exist
GRADING
For all areas (except PE):
• Test/Quiz 35%
• Classwork/Participation 30%
• Projects 35%
Late Work:
• Students will be reminded of their missing class work for one week, and no
penalty will be applied. After one week students will no longer be reminded for
that assignment though assignments will be accepted until the end of that
quarter.
• Students have until Sunday night to complete homework then it will no longer be
accepted.
• Projects/essays that are late will be assessed penalties. Each day the project is
late will result in the lowering of one letter grade until the grade is a 0.
PE:
• Participation
SUPPLIES
• Organization is imperative!
• We don’t listen to reasons for leaving supplies other classrooms, or at
home.
• Preparedness affects participation grade
• See Supply List on the website
• Thank you so much for the class donations so far!
• We are currently in need of hand sanitizer and cleaning wipes.
FIELD TRIPS
• We are planning on two field trips this year plus a culminating sleep away
camp event
• The field trip cost is a requested donation of $30 ($15 per trip)
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•
Lyle Center- Cal Poly Pomona (Quarter 2)
Getty Villa (Quarter 3)
• Pali Camp is $350 per student
•
We hope to bring down this cost through fund raising
•
“Nacho-Average Thursdays”
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Parents help through donations of chips, cheese, crock pot liners, boats
Also parents can volunteers to help students set up and sell throughout the year from 2:10- 2:50
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The office has options for ongoing payment plans throughout the year as well
TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES
www.ixl.com/signin/ivyacademia
https://portal.achieve3000.com/
http://www.ivyacademia.com/
http://connected.mcgrawhill.com/connected/login.do
https://www.typing.com/student/login
Please remember to:
•Sign in
•Subscribe to our class web site (lap tops available)
•Leave your information if you are interested in being a volunteer for chaperone
or Nacho-Average Thursday
If you would like to request a conference before Quarter 1 meetings please use
the sign up sheet available
THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US!
axworthyv@ivyacademia.com
nielandm@ivyacademia.com
tsapj@ivyacademia.com