Post on 02-Jan-2016
Mrs. FungoLanguage Arts and Social Studies
My Background
B.A. Political Science – UCLA
Master of Education - UCLA
8 years at Los Alamitos High School - English, history and humanities
1 year at Franklin High School – English(Time home with my children)2 years as sub in LCUSD
Second year at LCE
Teaching Experience
LCE
8:10 – 10:05 Period 110:05 – 10:25 Recess10:25 – 12:30 Period 212:30 – 1:15 Lunch1:20 – 1:50 PE1:50 – 2:50 Homeroom,
Music, Art, Drama
6th Grade Daily Schedule
6th Grade MusicalMay 19st
Mountasia (students only) May 25th
6th grade Farewell Lunch May 26th 12:30
6th grade Memory Ceremony May 26th 1:30
Last Day of School May 27th
6th Grade End-of-Year Activities
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Office Hours : Wednesdays before school, lunch, and after school or by appointment Homework : 30 – 45 minutes a nightlanguage arts and social studies + 20 minutes independent reading
Homework/Classwork : Graded on completion only. Homework assigned on Monday for the week.
Classwork/Note Organization : Spiral notebooks for each subject. All notes and handouts will be in notebooks. These are interactive notebooks.
General Class Information
What needs to come to class every day…
• language arts notebook
• social studies notebook
• homework folder
• pencil box (with all necessary supplies)
• AR/ independent reading book
• core literature book
What stays home…
• Graded Work Folder(please keep all graded work until you receive a report card)
• Once the social studies textbook goes home – it will stay home until the end of the school year
• Index cards (for homework only)
Interactive Notebooks
• Students have one spiral notebook for language arts and one for social studies
• The right side is for information – lecture notes, reading notes, handouts, directions for assignments. (All class handouts will be glued into the notebooks.)
• The left side is for the student to process the information.
Report Cards
• 3 language arts grades•Reading•Writing•Language
1 social studies grade
Homework and classwork: 50%Tests, quizzes, and projects : 50%Core Literature – unit
tests and related writingReading Comprehension
Quizzes Independent Reading
Book/AR
Reading
AR/Independent Reading
• Weekly homework assignments to connect the literature lessons to their AR book
• AR quiz
• Either a book review or literary discussion circle packet if they are in a book club
Writing
• Homework/Classwork: 50%• Writing: 50%
• Writers’ Workshop – every Tuesday and Thursday
• Revision is a major focus – students will have the opportunity to revise writing for a better grade.
• Mentor texts used to model writing - “read as writer”
• Grammar integrated into writing
Writing
• Student will complete the following types of writing:•1st quarter: Narrative•2nd quarter: Informational•3rd quarter: Informational/
Research•4th quarter: Persuasive
Homework/Classwork: 50%Tests/Quizzes: 50%
I alternate weeks for vocab/spelling and grammar
Weekly homework assignments
Tests on Fridays
Language
Social Studies• Homework and classwork: 50%
• Tests, quizzes, writing, and projects: 50%
• Writing and reading comprehension (informational text) is integrated into social studies
• Note taking from a text is taught
My goal for your students this year is for
each of them to leave elementary school
strong writers, critical thinkers, and
advocates for themselves. I will
continue to press them to take
responsibility for their own learning,
and to do what it takes to do their best.
The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their
lives.
Robert Maynard Hutchins