Welcome
to
Curriculum
Night
Your Seahawk Team
Mr. Smith
Mrs. Noel
Ms. Quan
Mrs. Gordon
P.R.O.P.S.
Prepared - Are you prepared for school and for your class
Responsible - Are you responsible with you class work and homework
Organized - Do you have an organized book bag, binder and notebook
Polite - Are you polite to your teachers and classmates
Safety - Are you practicing safety at school, off school grounds and on the bus
If P.R.O.P.S. earned:
- Fun Friday
- Monthly Celebrations
- Future Field Trips
- Other Rewards by teachers
- Verbal Praise
Grading Policy
Formal Grades – 65%
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Tests
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Projects/Long Term Assignments
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Final Draft Writing/Essays
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Formal Quizzes
Informal Grades – 35%
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Homework
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Informal Quizzes
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Classwork
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Participation
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All late work must be turned in but will result in a
loss of points. Homework is expected to be complete
when class begins.
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Late homework, projects, and final draft writing will
be penalized 5 points per day late.
Math Grading Rubric
8 Questions:
7 Questions:
8 -100
7 -95
6- 90
5 - 70
4 - 60
3 - 60
2 - 60
1 - 60
7 - 100
6 - 94
5 - 85
4 - 70
3 - 60
2 - 60
1 - 60
6 Questions:
5 Questions:
6 - 100
5 - 93
4 - 85
3 - 60
2 - 60
1 - 60
5 - 100
4 - 92
3 - 84
2 - 60
1 - 60
AGENDA
 The agenda book must come to school daily
 It is used to write down all homework assignments
 It can be used to write notes back and forth to teachers
 It has important information in the front of the agenda
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Dress code
Grading Policy
Absent Policy
Calendar
Emails
 If lost it must be purchased in the office for $6
Announcements
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If possible, please make sure that your child has The Cay by
Monday, October 6.
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Summer reading assignment final turn in date – Tuesday
September 30th
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If you are interested in setting up a first quarter conference
Parent conferences are held on Tuesdays between the hours of
3:15-4:00. We meet in room A5, Mrs. Gordon’s classroom. If
you’d
like
to
schedule
a
conference,
visit
www.signupgenious.com, search anna.redmond@cms.k12.nc.us
or contact 6th grade counselor Ms. Andrews at 980.343-3620.
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Join the PTSA for $6.00! They work so hard for QHMS's
students and staff!
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To receive a Bi-Monthly newsletter send an email to
stacey.noel@cms.k12.nc.us
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Social Studies
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My Remind – 704-322-3154 @gordonsoc
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www.discoveryeducation.com
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ID - Student Number_cms
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Password – Student Number
Immunizations
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Due by September 23
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Will not be allowed in school on September 24.
Supply Needs
•Glue Sticks
•Colored Printer Paper
•Post Its, varied sizes
FALCON FUND DRIVE
Every $5 You Give Makes a Difference…
Money will benefit students:
• More technology tools, programs and software
• More classroom projects like book studies for language
arts and social studies, materials for science and math
exploration
September 16 Thru October 10
Our School needs to Raise $15,000….
And a generous donor will give ADDITIONAL $5,000.
Help Quail meet this challenge!!
QHMS CAN RAISE $20,000 !!!
Dress Code
The student handbook has specific dress code
information that we expect all students to follow.
•However we've noticed some things we'd like to
highlight
•Boys - remember to wear a belt and have pants
on their waste. If they have a hat it should be on
their pants loop while in the building.
•Girls - Skirts and shorts should be to the end of
their finger tips. Leggings are not considered as
pants. No spaghetti strap tops...all tops should
be at least three finger tips wide.
•Both - No pajamas, no bedroom shoes and
nothing see-through.
Language Arts
Course Description
The sixth grade English/Language Arts curriculum will
follow the Common Core State Standards for Literacy.
These standards are based on four areas of study:
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Reading (literature and informational text)
Writing
Speaking and Listening
Language
To be ready for college, workforce training, and life in a
global society, students need the ability to gather,
comprehend, evaluate, synthesize, and report on
information and ideas, to conduct original research in
order to answer questions or solve problems, and to
analyze and create a high volume and extensive range of
print and non-print texts in media forms old and new.
Interactive Student Notebook,
My Obsession!
INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK
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To provide organizational skills in Language Arts,
we use an interactive notebook in class. The
notebook enables students to interact with
teacher input and allow them to respond, create,
interpret, and judge concepts learned in class.
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Students
are
responsible
for
keeping
the
notebook neat and organized for notebook
checks.
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Notebook
checks
may
be
announced
unannounced and are counted A GRADE.
or
First Quarter Objective Elements of a
Short Story
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Plot Overview
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Author’s Purpose
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Story Elements
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Mood/Tone
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Point of View
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Central Idea/Supporting Details
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Making Inferences
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Summarizing
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Active Reading Strategies
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Novel Study – The Cay
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Grammar – Parts of Speech and
Sentence Types
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Vocabulary Roots, Prefix and
Suffix origins
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Expository Writing
2nd Quarter
Objectives
3rd Quarter
Objectives
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Informational Text
 Persuasive Techniques
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Text Structure
 Bias
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Cause/Effect
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Fact/Opinion
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Compare/Contrast
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Folklore Study
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Dialogue/Dialect
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Symbolism
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Character Analysis
 Novel – The Call of the Wild
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Novel- The Call of the Wild
 Parallel Structure
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Novel-based Vocabulary
 Novel-based Vocabulary
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Grammar – Basic Sentence
Structure/Pronoun Focus
 Grammar – Pronoun Focus
 Poetry
 Figurative Language
 Symbolism
 Performance Techniques in
Drama
Stacey.noel@cms.k12.nc.us
http://staceynoel.cmswiki.wikispaces.net/
http://qhmsla6.cmswiki.wikispaces.net/
980-343-2620
Education is not the filling of a bucket, but the lighting
of a fire.
-- W. B. Yeats
There is a brilliant child locked inside every student.
-- Marva Collins
Teaching is not a profession; it's a passion.
-- Unknown
It's okay to make mistakes. Mistakes are our teachers -they help us to learn.
-- John Bradshaw
Mrs. Gordon
World History
Early Man through the Renaissance Time
Period
 Remind
 704-322-3154
 @gordonsoc
Interactive Notebooks
Mrs. Gordon’s website:
http://annagordon.cmswiki.wikispaces.net/h
ome
Thank you so much for
coming!