Welcome Rising

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Welcome Rising Sixth Grade Parents
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CMS Block Schedule
A1 or B1 TREC Homebase A2 or B2 A3 or B3 A4 or B4
830-955 959-1025 1025-1035 1039-1235 1239
-200 204-330
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What is TREC?

• T Teacher Advisory
• R Reading Strategies
• E Enrichment in Math
• C Clubs

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TREC Schedule

• Monday Sustained Silent
  Reading
• Tuesday Reading Strategies or
  Math Enrichment
• Wednesday Reading Strategies
  or Math Enrichment
• Thursday TA or Clubs
• Friday Sustained Silent Reading

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Check the CMS Calendar

• A and B days are set in advance at the
  beginning of the year and printed on the official
  CMS calendar.
• If a day is missed because of snow, we will not
  rewrite the A/B schedule.

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LA/Math Split Block

• One block every other day will be a split block
  for Language Arts Math.
• Students will spend 45 minutes in L.A. and then
  45 minutes in Math, or vice versa.
• This allows students to have both subjects every
  day 90 minutes of each on one day, and 45
  minutes of each the next.

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Elective Options
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Year Electives
Basic Strings World Languages G/T
Resource Reading/Writing Workshop Math
Workshop IEP Resource
Exploratory Beginning Band Beginning
Chorus Beginning Strings
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Semester Electives
Art 6 Computer Concepts Computer
Programming Computer Publishing Forensics G/T
Resource
Theatre Arts Environmental Science Weather
Science Keyboarding Math Workshop Reading/Writing
Workshop
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High School Graduation
Diploma Options
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Standard Diploma

• Graduation Requirements
• 22 Credits
• 6 Verified Credits

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Advanced Diploma

• Graduation Requirements
• 24 Credits
• 9 Verified Credits

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Modified Diploma

• Graduation Requirements
• 20 Credits
• 0 Verified Credits
• Student must have an IEP

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What Will My Child's Schedule Look Like
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World Language Courses

• Spanish
• French
• German
• Latin

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Characteristics of a Successful World Language
Student

• Abstract reasoning ability
• Consistently completes homework
  assignments
• Learns from homework- does not perceive
  homework as busy work

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• Good listening note-taking skills
• Catches on quickly to concepts
• Good time management skills
• Strong language arts skills, especially with
  grammar

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• Able to memorize vocabulary words
• Excellent speller
• Able to retain knowledge over a period of time
• High level of self-discipline
• Highly motivated student who would rise to the
  challenges of a high school course!

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Language Arts

• Students will take the Grade 6 Reading SOL.
• Language Arts classes meet every day, (90 minutes
  one day, 45 minutes the next).
• Reading and writing are the main focus in each
  Language Arts class.

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Reading

• Reading comprehension is the primary focus of
  reading instruction in sixth grade.
• Students will read a variety of genres and will
  work with fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
• Literature circles and independent reading are
  examples of methods used to differentiate
  instruction for diverse learners in the Language
  Arts 6 classroom.

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Reading

• Reading strategies are explicitly taught,
  modeled, practiced, and applied to enhance
  students comprehension.
• Examples include
• Before, During, and After Reading Strategies
• Think Aloud Strategies (I wonder I predict I
  am confused by )
• Question Answer Relationships (QAR) Right
  There, Think and Search, Author and You, On My
  Own

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Writing

• The 6 1 Traits of Writing will be used to
  enhance students writing. These traits are
  being implemented throughout the curriculum here
  at CMS.
• Direct writing evaluations will be conducted
  during each nine weeks using the Hanover County
  Writing Rubric, which is aligned with the
  Virginia Standards of Learning.

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Life Science
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Hands on Activites

• Cell Models
• Microscopic Organisms
• Wetland Activities
• Experimental Design Projects

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Units of Study
Safety Process Skills The Microscopic
World Diversity of Living Things Ecology Changes
in Living Things
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U. S. History I

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U. S. Settlement

• Native Americans
• Exploration
• Geography

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Colonization and American Revolution
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Establishing a Country
and a Government

• Articles of Confederation
• Constitution
• Bill of Rights

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Territorial Expansion Invention Impact Civil
War Reconstruction
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Math Courses for Sixth Graders
Math 6
Math 7
Pre-Algebra
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• Math 6
• Math 6 students take the Grade 6 Mathematics SOL
  test
• An ON grade level course for students currently
  working in Math 5, taken by most 6th graders
• Builds a necessary foundation for future classes
• Develops mathematical reasoning through
  real-life applications

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Math 6 Content Focus

• Proficiency with whole number, decimal, and
  fraction computation
• Proportional reasoning with rational numbers
• Develop an understanding of measures of central
  tendency
• Develop number sense with integers
• Identify, classify, and reason about attributes
  of plane figures and solids
• Solve one-step linear equations in one variable

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• Math 7
• Math 7 students will take the Grade 7 Mathematics
  SOL Test
• An above-level course for most students currently
  working in Math 6
• Requires an ability to think flexibly about
  rational numbers and a high level of
  responsibility
• Application of concepts developed in Math 6 to
  abstract situations
• Fast-paced

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• Math 7 Content Focus
• Accurate, efficient computation with whole
  numbers, decimals, fractions, and percents
• Apply equivalent forms of fractions, decimals,
  and percents
• Develop an understanding of integer operations
• Solve one-step equations which involve integer
  operations
• Solve practical multi-step word problems with
  rational numbers and integers
• Use ratios, measures of central tendency, and
  graphs to compare data and make inferences
• Investigate theoretical and experimental
  probability
• Compare and contrast properties of quadrilaterals
• Discriminate between perimeter, circumference,
  area, surface area, and volume in order to make
  accurate and efficient measurement calculations.

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• Pre-Algebra
• Pre-Algebra students take the Grade 8
  Mathematics SOL test
• Requires self-motivation and an ability to reason
  flexibly with rational numbers
• Concepts from Math 6 Math 7 are applied using
  abstract reasoning

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• Pre-Algebra Content Focus
• Use proportional reasoning to solve practical
  problems
• Evaluate algebraic expressions, including
  exponents, using the order of operations
• Differentiate between relations and functions and
  convert between different representations of a
  function
• Develop formulas for surface area and volume of
  pyramids and cones
• Apply transformations to geometric figures
• Use the Pythagorean Theorem to determine the
  length of a missing side on a right triangle
• Write and solve two-step equations and
  inequalities
• Organize and describe data in a matrix

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Physical Education Health
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Yes's No's for PE
YES
NO

• Students do need a gym suit.
• Students can use an older siblings.
• Students do have to run.
• Students do have a gym locker.
• Students will have fun.

• Students do not have to take a shower, but may
  if they wish.
• Students will not run all period long.
• Students do not have PE every day class meets
  every other day. Some days you have Health.

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Sports at CMS

• Fall Sports
• Football
• Boys Soccer
• Girls Basketball
• Girls Tennis
• Cheerleading

• Winter Sports
• Boys Basketball
• Wrestling
• Gymnastics
• Cheerleading (continued)

• Spring Sports
• Boys Tennis
• Girls Soccer
• Track
• Boys Baseball
• Girls Softball

You must have a Middle School physical form on
file before the first day of practice. It must
be dated after May 1.
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MUSIC EDUCATION

• Band
• Chorus
• Strings
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Band

• Mr. Campbell will come to the Elementary Schools
  to help with instrument choices.
• Band is a graded class. Practice and concerts
  are a big part of the grade.
• No experience necessary!

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Chorus

• Sing a variety of musical styles.
• Chorus is a graded class. Class rehearsals and
  concerts are a big part of the grade.
• No experience necessary!

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Strings

• No experience necessary!
• Students with prior experience may be combined
  with students without experience into the same
  class as numbers dictate.
• Strings is a graded class. Practice and concerts
  are a big part of the grade.

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Music Opportunities

• Jazz Band
• 8th Grade Show Choir
• Strolling Strings
• Concerts
• All County

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Library Services Programs

• Promoting Literacy and Reading
• Library Hours8 am-4 pm daily
• Web page to assist at home
• 2-week loan period for books
• Reading Olympians

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Welcome!