Mrs. Spangler6th Grade Science

6th Grade Language Arts

My Website

Useful for:

http://www.academycharter.org/teacher/christine-spangler/

● homework calendar (updated weekly)

● class insights ● extra resources ● study guides

To save my time this year, the homework calendar will be a link which opens a google calendar.

Student Responsibility

In order to be more successful, your child will be taught to

● access the website● use the homework calendar● use a planner

Please support them as they learn.

Warning:Becoming organized and managing time for homework, (as well as learning to turn homework in) can be a long process and every child goes through this 1st year of middle school differently.

The New 6th Grade TeamMrs. Spangler: Science and Language ArtsMrs. Runyan: Social Studies and Language ArtsMrs. Hutchinson: Math and Language Arts

Please contact the correct teacher with questions and concerns.

Daily Schedule

Period 1: Homeroom/ Writing 8:00-8:32

Period 2: Core class/ Science 8:35-9:37

Period 3: Core class/ Science 9:40-10:42

Period 4: Specials/ 6 day rotation (students have study skills with Mrs. Martinelli rather than science)

10:45-11:32

Period 5: Homeroom/ Grammar 11:35-12:10

Lunch/Recess 12:10-12:50

Period 6: Core class/ Science 12:52-1:57

Period 7: Homeroom/ Reading 2:00-3:00

Period 8: Homeroom AA/ T/Th Recess 3:00-3:25

Infinite CampusPlease check your child’s progress.

I normally update grades Saturday night (after 8 pm).

Your child will be taught to monitor their progress on IC. Please allow them access to a computer and check with them.

ACS Policies● Rachel’s Challenge: Daily Activities

● Attendance: ○ Sports/activities○ Tardiness: 10 tardies lose 1 dress of

choice. 11 tardies lose all dress of choice.● Dress Code: Please refer to the

handbook● Late work: 80/50/0

Sports at ACSACS is an academically rigorous school. We will cheer our athletes to no end; however, academics come first, sports come second.

Eligibility:

Mrs. Spangler’s Classroom● Science Grading: point for point

● Language Art Grading: Weighted○ Writing○ Grammar homework○ Tests and Quizzes○ L.A. assignments● No Name File

● Automated IC messages go out weekly beginning the 2nd or 3rd week of the trimester.

not necessarily fun. (Fun is for parties and vacations.)

School should be interesting,

Boredom is a dieing, though necessary, art.

but we have to learn to deal with it sometimes.

I don’t like to be bored, nor do the students (I think),

Ways to avoid boredom

● Engage● clay vocabulary● 1 down 3 up review● build a sentence● competitions● self designed investigations● dissections● outside● SMART technology● Make it better

You Made it to Middle School

What to Expect

Outdoor Ed!!!

Language Arts CurriculumLanguage Arts:● Grammar: Curtis

Hake (Saxon like)● Writing: Wonders/

Step Up● Reading: Wonders

Balanced Reading with CK Literature, Realms of Gold and other sources.

Core Knowledge (CK) Literature● Greek Mythology● The Iliad● The Odyssey● Julius Caesar● The Prince and the

Pauper

Science Curriculum:CPO(I also use some outside supplemental programs offered by the business community.)

Units ● Safety, measurement, and

procedures● Atoms /energy● Astronomy (stars)● Oceanography (physical ocean)● Ecosystems/biodiversity

(oceanography)● Water systems● Earth’s changing surface● Plate tectonics● Earthquakes/volcanoes● Circulatory and Immune System