August 2013
Dear 6th
graders and parents:
Welcome to Team 6A! It is our hope that you will find this team
both fun and challenging while increasing your confidence in school.
Below are a few general procedures
that we will follow to make our short time together more efficient.
Classroom
Information:
● Students must come to class with their assignment
book, paper, homework (if necessary), pencil and pen. If they come to class and cannot find their
pencil or are out of paper, they need to borrow a pencil from someone and take
a piece of paper. Just be prepared when
class starts. After three times of
coming to class without one of these materials they will receive a detention from
the teacher.
● Books will be assigned for students to
take home in ELA and occasionally in other subjects.
Turning
in work:
● All papers must have first and last name,
hour, and assignment in the heading. Pencils
must be used on math assignments.
If papers are not claimed after progress reports are sent home they will
be recycled.
● If a student is absent, he/she will need
to read the calendar or homework web page and gather all materials needed to
complete their work. It is their
responsibility to get missing work. Also, work may be requested in the morning
of the second consecutive day absent and picked up after school that day.
Communication/Grades:
● Progress reports will be emailed home on
the 1st and 15th of each month. (This is in addition to midterm and quarter
grades.) This is one of our ways of
communicating with you concerning how your child is progressing and making note
of any missing work. Again, if you do not have email access at work or home,
these will be sent home with your child.
● Every Monday we will be updating our
homework on the web, so you can see what is happening in our classrooms. This will include what is class work and what
is homework. You can obtain access for homework on the web as well as grades
through the school website, www.pleasanthillschools.com.
● We will be sending home monthly
newsletters about what is going on with our team and what is coming up in the
next month. The office sends these via
email or hard copy. You should have been
asked to provide an email address from the office for this in your welcome back
packet.
● Every day the students will be required to
fill in their planners with what is going on in the classroom. Each teacher will sign the planner hourly to
make sure they have it filled out. This
is a great resource for parents to find out if students are missing work right
away. We do tend to look back at the
pages from the past, so we ask that students do not tear out the pages,
scribble/doodle over information, or fold them in half. If a student comes to
class without their planner five times within a quarter, they may receive a
detention from the team.
Rewards:
● During the year, we will be having field
trips and other activities. If students
have a D, F, office referral, or detention they may not be able to attend the
special activity. They will instead
complete work or read quietly while the others participate in the
activity. Field trips and special
activities are a privilege, not required.
Rooster
Time:
● Focus groups will take place on Mondays and Tuesdays
during Rooster Time.
● Rooster Time is not just time for silent
reading. We do other activities to help
improve or advance student reading abilities.
● Wed.-Fri.
at 3pm we will have SOS (Student Opportunities and Support) students can get
needed help from teachers and work on homework or silent read.
● Most teachers have a classroom library
that students will be able to check out books from, if they choose to do
so. If students lose these books they
will be responsible to replace them.
Students will not be allowed to check these books out until a
student/parent contract is signed.
Remember-
We are always here to help you. Students
can see us before or after school if needed.
Looking Forward To a Great Year!
Team 6 A teachers
