Welcome to 6th Grade
English and History
Mrs. Vazquez
Room 29
About Me
BA in Child Development from Cal State
Los Angeles, Multiple Subjects Credential
Program and Masters Degree in Education
from Azusa Pacific University
 8th year teaching – 2 years in 7th grade and
6 years in 6th grade
 Married – no children yet, but I have a dog
named Bella
 Enjoy scrapbooking and
 running 
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Communication
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It is very important that home/school
communication be maintained! One of the
best ways to communicate with me is by
email: hvazquez@cvusd.k12.ca.us
Aeries (ABI) is also available for you to
check your student’s grades and assignment
completion as well. Letters with access
codes will be mailed out in October.
Checking both the agenda and notebooks
will also keep you up-to-date as to what is
getting covered in class.
Available before/after school and during my
preparation period (3rd) for conferences.
Phone number: 626-974-7300
School Website: sierravista.cvusd.k12.ca.us
Dates To Remember
Minimum Day 9/17 (Staff Development Day)
 October 7 – 10 Minimum Days (Parent/Teacher
Conferences)
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October 7 & 8 Conferences from 5 p.m. – 8 p.m.
October 9 & 10 Conferences from 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Students get out at 12:05 PM
No school for students on October 11
PTA Dance – October 4
◦ Don’t forget to join the PTA - Only $6
◦ Otherwise Dance admission is $6
Academic Agenda & Study Habits
Students expected to:
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Comply with Falcon Standards
Be Prepared with Materials & Completed Homework
Filling in Agenda with assignments/projects daily
Daily Parent signature
Communication about missing assignments will be made
directly in the agenda book (Yellow Communication Card).
Students will be given detention if there are excessive missing
homework assignments.
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Communication Card - “Infractions” Behavior
Consequences
8
12
16
30 min.
detention
45 min.
detention
2 hours
Saturday
School
4 hours
Saturday
School
Parent
contacted
Parent
contacted
“N” in
Citizenship
“U” in
Citizenship
20
In house
Suspension
Behavior
Contract
“U” in
Citizenship
24
SST
“U” in
Citizenship
English Curriculum:
Weekly Reading Journal - due every other Friday
Vocabulary Units – due every other Friday
English Interactive Notebook
An Interactive Notebook is a spiral notebook that students will use for every assignment in
English class. This was created as a strategy to help students “interact” with the text and material
presented in class.
Literature
Short stories and poetry from anthology:
The Language of Literature (McDougal Littell)
Crash by Jerry Spinelli
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
Grammar
Lessons from the district approved workbook.
Writing
Persuasive
Response to Literature
Personal Narrative
History Curriculum:
History Interactive Notebook
An Interactive Notebook is a spiral notebook that students will use for every assignment in
History class. This was created as a strategy to help students “interact” with the text and
material presented in class.
Textbook
Discovering Our Past: Ancient Civilizations (Glencoe California Series)
Early Humans
Ancient Egypt and Kush
Ancient Israelites
Ancient India
Early China
The Ancient Americas
The Greeks and Romans
Rise of Christianity
Historical Figure Research Report
2nd Quarter
District Benchmark Exams
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District Benchmarks Exams will be given
quarterly. They cover the Common Core
standards learned in that grading period,
as well as review any key standards from
previous grading periods.
Binders
White binders need to be at school every day.
 Communication cards stapled in the agenda.
 Binders should stay free of writing, stickers,
photos, etc.
 Agenda should be in binder at all times.
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Assignment Weighting
English
Classwork/Essays/Homework
Quizzes/Tests
Projects/Interactive Notebook
40%
40%
20%
History
Classwork/Reports/Homework
Quizzes/Chapter Tests
Projects/Interactive Notebook
40%
40%
20%
9
weeks quarter report cards (mailed
home)
 4-5 weeks teacher “internal progress”
report
 Semester
report cards (mailed home)
Materials Needed
Below are items you will need this year for 6th grade
English and History.
Two single subject spiral notebooks
(one for English and one for History).
 Glue sticks
 Pencils (Always have several)
 Highlighter
 Red pens (for correcting)
 Colored pencils
 Loose leaf college ruled paper
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Donations Appreciated 
White and pastel colored copy paper
 Pencils
 Tissue boxes
 8 ½ x 11 college ruled paper
 Colored pencils
 White board markers
 Red felt tip pens
 Disinfectant wipes
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Please collect!
HELP OUR CLASSROOM EARN FREE BOOKS!
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Collect UPC Labels from Bottles of SUNNY D
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Collect BoxTops for Education from participating
products
Thank you for taking the time to
come tonight to learn more about
your child’s education.
Looking forward to a great year!