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