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BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE ACADEMY

WEEKLY INSTRUCTIONAL AGENDA

SIXTH GRADE

4/16/2018 – 4/20/2018

WEEK 2 OF CYCLE 6

THE 6

TH GRADE TEAM

Dean: Ms. de Dios [email protected]

TEACHERS

English Language Arts

Ms. Harris [email protected] Conference Time: 2:35 – 4:00 pm (B10)

Mr. Hayner [email protected] Conference Time: 2:35 – 4:00 pm (B10)

*Ms. Obeid [email protected] Conference Time: 10:00 -11:20 am (B7)

*Also teachers Spanish

Reading

Ms. Beller [email protected] Conference Time: 8:30 – 9:55 am (A1)

Mr. Bowen Stephen.Bowen@houstonisdorg Conference Time: 12:10 – 1:25 pm (B8)

Mr. Martinez [email protected] Conference Time: 11:25 – 12:40 pm (B8)

Mathematics

Mr. Steele [email protected] Conference Time: 2:35 – 4:00 pm (A5)

Mr. Wanjala [email protected] Conference Time: 10:00 -11:20 am (A2)

Mr. Buddelmeijer [email protected] Conference Time: 2:35 – 4:00 pm(A5)

Math Lab

Ms. F. Bonno [email protected] Conference Time: 12:10 – 1:25 pm (A3)

Mr. Eligio [email protected] Conference Time: 2:35 – 4:00 pm (A5)

Ms. A. Bonno [email protected] Conference Time: 2:35 – 4:00 pm (A5)

Science

Ms. Masood [email protected] Conference Time: 12:10 – 1:25 pm (B8)

Mr. Nicholas [email protected] Conference Time: 11:25 – 12:40 pm (B8)

Ms. Sudhakaran [email protected] Conference Time: 10:00 -11:20 am (B7)

mailto:[email protected]





mailto:Stephen.Bowen@houstonisdorg











Social Studies

Mr. Palmitier [email protected] Conference Time: 2:35 – 4:00 pm (A5)

Ms. Scott [email protected] Conference Time: 2:35 – 4:00 pm (A5)

Mr. Ball [email protected] Conference Time: 11:25 – 12:40 pm (A3)

Latin

Ms. Kirk [email protected] Conference Time: 10:00 - 11:20 am (B7)

Neuroscience

Ms. Torres [email protected] Conference Time: 10:00 - 11:20 am (A2)

Dr. Williams [email protected] Conference Time: 10:00 - 11:20 am (A2)

Ms. Brown [email protected] Conference Time: 11:25 –12:40 pm (A3)

Physical Education

Mr. Johnson [email protected] Conference Time: 12:10 – 1:25 pm (A3)

Ms. Strong [email protected] Conference Time: 10:00 - 11:20 am (A2)

*PLEASE NOTE THAT AN APPOINTMENT NEEDS TO BE SET UP PRIOR TO

MEETING WITH A TEACHER.

IMPORTANT DATES AND INFORMATION

PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR YOUR STUDENT’S GRADES IN

GRADESPEED

SATURDAY TUTORIAL DATES (9:00 am to 12:30 pm)

o April 21 and Apr 28

o May 5

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR STUDENT COMES IN ON TIME, NO LATER

THAN 9:00 A.M, AND STAYS UNTIL THE END OF TUTORIALS, 12:30 P.M., to

gain the full benefit of Saturday tutorials.

PLEASE PICK UP YOUR STUDENT PROMPTLY AT 12:30 PM










Uniforms

HISD has relaxed the uniform policy, but students may wear uniforms, if they

have secured them or been provided such. Deans will continue to work with all

students to assist with obtaining uniforms, once identified as a need. Students who

were not impacted by Hurricane Harvey should remain in uniform, as they have

secured such. If needing financial assistance, please feel free to approach your

grade level Dean or any campus employee.

School Bus Tracker

If your student will be riding HISD transportation, please register on

www.houstonISD.org/BusTracker to track your student’s bus in the AM and PM

time. The district’s account number is 76647.

Parent Student Connect (Gradespeed)

You can access and monitor your student’s attendance, assignments and grades.

Go to www.HoustonISD.org/PSCregister to get started.

You may also use Gradespeed to communicate with your student’s teachers.

Lunch Money and Menus

You can manage account balances at www.schoolcafe.com

You can also retrieve menus and nutritional information at

www.houstonISD.org/Menus

After-School Tutorials (4:15 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.)

Mondays – ELA/Reading

Tuesdays – Science

Wednesdays – Social Studies

Thursdays – Mathematics

*Students attending after-school tutorials or after-school activities must report directly to the

cafeteria. Teachers pick up their respective tutorial students from the cafeteria.

*Please pick up your child promptly at 5:15 p.m. when he/she attends any after-school tutorial

or activity.

*Please be reminded that there are no after-school tutorials or activities on FRIDAYS.

THERE WILL BE NO AFTER-SCHOOL TUTORIALS WEDNESDAY, April 18 – Faculty

Meeting

http://www.houstonisd.org/BusTracker

http://www.houstonisd.org/PSCregister

http://www.schoolcafe.com/

http://www.houstonisd.org/Menus

DROP-OFF AND PICK-UP FOR CAR RIDERS

WHEN YOU DROP OFF YOUR STUDENT IN THE MORNING AND PICK

HIM/HER UP AT DISMISSAL IN THE AFTERNOON, PLEASE FOLLOW THE

DIRECTIONS OF SCHOOL PERSONNEL WHO WILL BE DIRECTING THE

FLOW OF TRAFFIC TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE, ESPECIALLY STUDENTS.

Students will be allowed into the building at 7:45 a.m. Please note that there will be no

school personnel monitoring students who will be dropped off earlier than 7:45 and

left on school grounds, outside of the building.

In the afternoon, students who are not picked up by 4:30 will be led back into the

school building. Anyone picking up after 4:30 will have to go to the main office to

pick up their student. If unable to get off your car and pick up your student yourself

from the main office, please send an adult, and not a child, on your behalf.

If your student will be walking home after-school, send/submit a signed letter of

authorization to Ms. de Dios, the 6th

grade dean. The letter must clearly identify the

student, the person authorizing the student to walk home after school and the contact

information of the said person.

***SCHOOL RULES AND POLICIES***

Before being dismissed for first period, ALL students MUST be in their assigned

areas. 6th

grade students report to the AUDITORIUM. No students are allowed to be in

the hallways, classrooms or restrooms WITHOUT PERMISSION.

Locker times: Morning, after being dismissed from their designated areas; Before and

After Lunch; Between 4th

and 5th

Period.

Dress code: Navy blue polo shirt with BCMA logo, khaki pants/shorts or skirts that are

knee-length, BCMA navy blue sweater or solid blue sweater. School I.D. must be worn

around the neck at all times. If your student has lost his/her school I.D., a replacement

school I.D. costs $5.00. Payment must be made through Ms. Westbrook, the school

secretary.

ONLY ON FRIDAYS: Blue or black jeans with no tears, cuts or holes, BCMA spirit

t-shirt or college t-shirt.

When dismissed at 4:00 p.m., all bus riders must proceed directly and promptly to the bus

ramps. School buses will leave at 4:07 p.m. everyday. Car riders must proceed directly

and promptly to the front of the building.

Be respectful to school personnel and fellow students.

READING

MS. BELLER

Students will practice STAAR skills and will summarize, paraphrase and make

predictions. Students will make logical inferences, analyze author’s purpose and

will review fact and opinion.

Students will identify and analyze fallacies in persuasive texts.

Homework:

o Due Monday/Tuesday: Reading Log Check 2: Students must have their

reading logs and independent reading books in class daily.

o Due Tuesday (B7 and B10 classes only): SQUAT Chart: Two American

Holidays Are Not Being Taught About Truthfully

o Due Wednesday/Thursday: Independent Reading Question Set 6

o Please Note: All assignments not completed in class, must be completed

for homework and submitted promptly during the next class period.

MATHEMATICS

MR. WANJALA

Monday (A day) and Tuesday (B day)

Focus: Measures of Center – Mean & Median.

HOMEWORK: Practice and problem-solving on finding the mean and median

Wednesday (A day) and Thursday (B day)

Focus: Box Plots – Lower and Upper Quartiles, Range.

HOMEWORK: Practice and problem-solving on box plots.

Friday (A day)

Focus: Dot Plots and Data Distribution.

HOMEWORK: Practice and problem-solving on dot plots and data distribution /

STAAR review Set C

6th

Grade Math STAAR Exam – May 14, 2018

MR. STEELE


STAAR Review Objective Two’s TEKS

o Ratios and Rates

o Proportions (including measurement conversion)

o Percentages (part, whole, and percent)


STAAR Review Objective Two’s TEKS

o Prime Factorization

o Number Properties (commutative, associative, distributive, identity,

inverse)

o Expression and Equations

o Inequalities

o Additive and Multiplicative Patterns

Friday (A day)

STAAR Review Objective One and Two quizzes involving Lead4ward STAAR

questions

MATH LAB

MS. RESTIVO-BONNO

Properties of Real Numbers

2-5 problems daily, examples and unlimited corrections allowed

Everyday

ALEKS (Continuous individualized math topics program): Students have

approximately one hour in class daily to work on weekly topic assignment.

All topic and time goal assignments are due by Sunday, midnight.

Please check your timeline and assignments on report page of ALEKS for current

week’s assignments as well as future quiz and test dates!!

o Next Quiz: April 16,17

o Next TEST:

HOMEWORK: Complete unfinished weekly goals by Sunday midnight

TUTORIALS: Every Tue/Thu morning. The side door by parking lot will be

open at 7:30 to admit students.

Cycle Goal (Project Grade): Master 375 Topics, Due May 20, midnight

MR. ELIGIO


Range of a data set

Finding the mode and range from a line plot

4 topics learned in ALEKS program


Identifying peaks, symmetry, gaps, and clusters in a line plot

Quiz on graphs of data


Friday (A day

Five-number summary and interquartile range


HOMEWORK: Complete unfinished weekly topics goal by Saturday midnight

Website: www.aleks.com

MS. ARIEL BONNO

OBJECTIVE: Rational Operations

Everyday

ALEKS (Continuous individualized math topics program): Students have

approximately 1.25 hours in class daily to work on weekly classwork topic

assignment.

All classwork assignments, topic goal and time goal assignments are due by

Sunday, midnight.

PLEASE NOTE: Classwork assignments have infinite chances to correct by

deadline. Topic Goal is to master 10 topics and is a homework grade.

Please check your timeline and assignments on report page of ALEKS for

current week’s assignments as well as future quiz and test dates!!

o Next Quiz: Quiz 6.1 – April 23, 2018

http://www.aleks.com/

o Quiz 6.2 – May 9, 2018

o Next Test: Test 6.1 - May 21, 2018

o Project Grade: Pie Progress Goal, 100% by May 20, 2018.

SCIENCE

MR. NICHOLAS


Lesson: Solar System

Students will review and take notes on the components of the solar system.

Students will complete their foldable of the planets in the solar system.

Students will continue to work on their Solar System packets.

HOMEWORK: Read iScience textbook pages 372-380 and answer all

questions.



Students will complete their real world StemScopes Connections Guides for

the entire solar system.

Students will continue to work on their Solar System packets.

HOMEWORK: Read iScience textbook pages 384-389 and answer all

questions.

Friday (A day)


Students will be allowed to makeup recent missing assignments and organize

their notebooks.

Students will complete and submit their Solar System Packets.

Reminders/Comments:

o Homework assignments will be due the next class meeting unless

otherwise instructed. Please, check student’s planner for homework

assignments (any changes to homework assignments will be updated

in the planner), exam dates and due dates for any projects.

o Parents, please check Grade Speed to remain up-to-date with student

progress.

o Parents, please check Classdojo.com for updates on student behavior.

MS. MASOOD


Students will learn about plate Tectonics

Power point/ interactive note taking strategies

Vocabulary building activities

HOMEWORK: Read the article on Stemscopes and answer questions


Students will identify the tectonic boundaries using clues and Alfred

Wagner’s Theory

Students will construct a Pangea based on fossil evidence and accept and

reject the theory based on evidence.

HOMEWORK: Stemscopes interactive game

Friday (A day)

Students will create a foldable about the plate tectonics and go over the plate

boundaries, along with the crustal features it creates.

Students will take a quiz about the tectonic plates.

MS. SUDHAKARAN


Lesson: Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells 6.12AB

The student is expected to understand that all organisms are composed of one

or more cells AND recognize that the presence of a nucleus determines

whether a cell is prokaryotic or eukaryotic.

All living organisms are classified into groups using the similarities and

differences of their internal and external characteristics, including the most

basic structure of living organisms, the cell. These characteristics allow

organisms to interact with components of their ecosystem.

HOMEWORK: Students will complete homework activities, picture

vocabulary from stem scope on the above standard. Practice worksheets on the

above standard. Please encourage your child to work on learning activities

from stem scope.


Lesson: Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells 6.12AB

Students will complete explore learning activities using Gizmos.

Students will understand that all cells are either eukaryotic or prokaryotic.

Similarities and differences can be identified in these two types of cells.

Eukaryotic cells can be recognized by the presence of a membrane enclosed

organelle called a nucleus as well as other membrane bound organelles. The

nucleus in eukaryotic cells contains DNA, or genetic information. Prokaryotic

cells also contain DNA but do not contain a nucleus. Prokaryotic do not have a

physical boundary within the cell that encloses DNA.

HOMEWORK: Practice worksheets on above standard.

Friday (A day) No 6th

Grade Class

SOCIAL STUDIES

MR. PALMITIER


Class topics will include Australia/Oceania’s population patterns, as well as its

history and government


Trade patterns, tourism, and the rights of indigenous people will be the focus in

an effort for students to understand modern day challenges and topics.

Friday (A day)

Review/Practice Test for the upcoming Unit Test, scheduled for April 24th and

25th.

Please be on the lookout for updated progress reports to be emailed and sent

home.

Quiz correction directions from the most recent Geography and History quiz

will be sent home for students who received a score below 70%. These will be

due no later than Friday April 20th.

MR. BALL


South America Test


Geography of Oceania

HOMEWORK: Map of Oceania

Friday (A day)

Indigenous populations in Australia and Oceania

HOMEWORK: Frayer model Aborigines and penal colon

MS. SCOTT

Monday (A day) and Tuesday (B day) and Wednesday (A day)

Students will organize events that shaped early US History in chronological order

and create a timeline.

HOMEWORK: Students are learning the locations of the 50 States

Thursday (B day) and Friday (A day)

Quiz on Thursday for B and Quiz on Friday for A

NEUROSCIENCE

MS. BROWN and MS. TORRES

Concepts:

In this unit (Brain Chemistry) it important for students to be able to comprehend:

1. The brain coordinates the release of hormones, affecting many tissues

simultaneously.

2. The reaction to stressful situations is mediated by hormones.

3. Stress in modern life can harm health.

4. Perception of risk is affected by issue of personal choice and control.

Activities:

1) Independent Practice: Vocabulary and notes regarding stress and hormones.

2) Handout & Activity:

“Fight or Flight”: Students will describe a stressful situation in the classroom

and reflect on how they were affected.

“What are the Odds” and “The Risks are Real”: Students will estimate risks

associated with different events and compare their estimates to the real

probabilities.

3) Literature Circles: Introduction to Legacy of Lost Canyon

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS with MS. OBEID

We will continue working on the assignments for the interview project, which

can also be found on the HUB.

Due dates for interview project: A day: April 26th

B day: April 27th

SPANISH with MS. OBEID

We will begin working on Ch. 2A.

Ch. 2A Quiz will be Monday April 23rd

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