welcome back to school 2013 mrs. vargas [email protected]
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Middle School
s
Academic Support Center
PowerSchool:
grades
Socials
How-toVideos
Field trips
Homework
Textbooks
Lockers
Phone home/office referrals
Planner
Corrected work
Grading Policy
Homework Counts!
Homework is a large percentage of the class grade.
Deduction for messy writing, crinkled, torn or otherwise sloppy
papers.
Student
If your child is sick, the work must be made up by the second day
he/she returns to class.
Work that appears on Power School may be redone up to one week after it
is posted.
Communication
Web page
Notebook
Your childPower school
Corrected
work
Phone:264-1122
ext 208
Afterschool
Monitor your child’s success
Check that your child is
doing his/her
homework.
~ Homework recorded?
~ Stamped complete?
Monitor missing work
Late work not due to illness is marked down.
Support having your child go to
ASC
Sign up for alerts
Monitor grades
Logging on to PowerSchool
LastnameF
(6202001)
First
you’ll see
a list of
all your child’s
classes
~ click on the name to email
~ click on the grade for details
How to Read PowerSchool
- - Means the grade has not been entered, not that the assignment is missing.
How to Read PowerSchool
A zero and “M” will be entered when an assignment is not turned in.
Sometimes you might see this:
but don’t panic!
Email Notifications
Mathematics
Homework Sheet
Notebook
Quizzes
Chapter Test
On-line text and videos
Algebraic Reasoning, Integers, Number Theory and Fractions, Operations with Rational
Numbers, Proportional Relationships, Percents, Collections, Displaying and Analyzing Data,
Probability, Geometric Figures, Measurement and Geometry, Multi-step Problems and
Inequalities.
go.hrw.com
MathematicsGrades:
Homework 25%
Tests 25%
Quizzes 20%
Projects/classwork 20%
Participation 10%
Social Science
Note taking
Vocabulary
Notebook
Projects
Quizzes/Chapter tests
On-line version:
User:DSACCA06 Password: BWPJKN28
Programs/apps on the computer
Microsoft Word
Google docs
Power point
Excel
iMovie
iPhoto
Wordle
Google Sketchup
Glogster edu
Pixton Comics
Ten Marks Math
Timeline web widget
Tagxedo
Xtranormal
Project Tools Due Date
Geography Project Google Earth September
Early Man : Otzi Newscast iMovie October
Israel Timeline (pages) Microsoft Word November
Egypt Research Project tbd Dec./January
India’s Religions: Compare and Contrast Google Earth February
China’s Culture: Descriptive mapping Glogster Edu March
Greece Summaries Haiku Deck April
Rome Brochure Pages on the iPad May
Ancient Civilization ABC book Textbook Finish by June
Major Social Science Projects
Ancient CivilizationsGeography, Early Humans, Ancient Egypt/Kush, Ancient China, Ancient
Greece, Ancient Rome, Mesopotamia, Ancient India, Ancient Israel, Ancient
AmericasGrades:
Homework 20%
Tests 15%
Quizzes 15%
Participation 10%
Projects/classwork 40%
Apps, apps and more apps
Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum
Asian Art Museum (possibility)
Field Trips:
Typically a cost is associated with these trips, although scholarships are always available.
How you can help:
Field Trips
Art Vistas
Award Ceremonies
Sixth Grade Socials: Fall and Spring
Egypt Night: January
Olympic Day
Donations: Boxes of tissue, disinfecting wipes, used printer cartridges and Home and School Club Membership
Computer competence . . .
Lessons are aligned with the National Educational Technology Standards and Performance Indicators by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE).
Projects in Technology Exploratory
Project Application DateWelcome to the Web
CommonInternet August
All about Me Wordle September
Middle School is. . . Tagxedo September
Posters edu.glogster September
What do you Stand For? Microsoft Word September
Your Hero Excel October
Animations PowerPoint October
Scary Trailers iMovie October
Dartmouth
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