5th Grade Transition to Middle School

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5th Grade Transition to Middle School

• Our Community
• Schedule Classes
• Lockers Organization
• Privileges Responsibilities
• Homework
• Dress-Code
• Discipline
• Progress Reports Report Cards
• Activities
• Faculty

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Our Community

• Positive Space
• Positive Place

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We believe..

• Give respect get respect
• Strive for success
• Notice the unnoticed
• Unity through diversity
• Together Everyone Achieves More (TEAM)
• Ridicule-Free Zone!

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Classes

• Kinds of Academic Classes
• Math Science
• Language Arts or ELL Social Studies
• Lengua (Spanish) Sociales (Spanish)
• Kinds of Specials Classes
• P.E. (all year)
• Art (one semester)
• Choir (one semester)
• Band (one semester)
• Computers (one semester)
• Health (one semester)
• Drama (one semester)

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Advisory

• Daily Bulletin
• Locker clean out once a week
• DEAR 30 min (Drop Everything And Read) twice a
  week on Wednesdays and Thursdays
• Must bring a reading book!

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Schedule Outline M, T, F
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Schedule Outline Wed Th
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Flipping Classes

• Flip morning and afternoon Core classes each
  week
• ELL doesnt flip
• For example, one week students might have
  English/SS in the morning and Math/Science in the
  afternoon
• The next week students would have Math/Science in
  the morning and English/SS in the afternoon
• Flip Specials at Quarter
• For example, Quarter One students might have
  Choir Drama on M, W, and F and Band PE on T,
  Th
• Quarter Two would flip to Choir Drama M,W and
  Band PE on T, Th, and F

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Lockers Organization

• Each student is assigned one locker and one cubby
• Place books/notebooks vertically
• 21 inches (height) x 16.5 inches (width) x 17.5
  inches (depth)
• Combination Lock, not Key Lock
• Large items in office or classroom

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Supplies for 6th Grade

• Each student is given a Lincoln MS Agenda
• Combination Lock for Locker
• Pencil Case (either one you can carry or one that
  attaches into a three-ring binder)
• Regular Pencils and Blue Black Pens
• Colored Pencils and Colored Markers
• Two highlighters (different colors)
• Scissors, Glue, and White-Out
• Erasers, Ruler, and a Protractor
• Small, hard-back notebook with lined paper (you
  can buy in BsAs)
• Accordion File Folders (to keep your papers
  organized)
• One 3-Ring Binder with Lined Paper and Binder
  Tabs
• Two Graph Paper Spiral Notebooks (one for Math,
  one for Science)
• Two Lined Paper Spiral Notebooks (one for SS, one
  for English)
• Optional But Recommended Small Electronic
  Dictionary/Thesaurus for school English
  Dictionary Thesaurus for home Bilingual
  Dictionary for home Hole-Punch for home

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Privileges Responsibilities

• Lunch outside or inside
• Breaks Lunch
• Computer Lab and HS ES/MS Libraries
• Patio, MS Field or MS Basketball Court
• MS Kiosco
• Not allowed to go to HS Kiosco
• Students may bring but are responsible for
• iPod (cannot be used during class)
• Cell Phones (must be left in locker) only to be
  used BEFORE or AFTER school
• Gameboys (cannot be used during class)
• Electronic Dictionaries

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Privileges Responsibilities

• When arriving by bus, they must get to the MS
  patio and to class alone
• When leaving by bus, they must get to bus alone
  by 340pm
• When participating in After-School Activities,
  they must get there alone
• All students must leave campus after school OR be
  in an adult-supervised activity OR be at one of
  the gates

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Homework

• More homework than Elementary, but not as much as
  the kids think
• Teachers usually email parents when homework is
  not being done
• Check your childs agenda every night
• Check Moodle
• On average, 1 hr/night
• HW Club (1x/week)

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Dress Code

• No uniform in the Middle School
• Boys should NOT wear
• Football t-shirt (w/ inappropriate slogan)
• No basketball tank-top shirts
• Girls should NOT wear
• Spaghetti straps nor low cut shirts
• Short shorts or short skirts (shorts skirts
  must be longer than arm length)
• Tube tops
• High heels

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Dress Code (cont.)

• No hats nor hoods in class
• No offensive slogans
• No underwear showing (boxers bras)
• If in violation, will receive school t-shirt
  and/or sweat pants OR will wait in office until
  parents bring something from home
• PE Uniforms
• T-shirt (and zip jacket if cold)
• Shorts or sweat pants
• Tennis shoes/sports shoes

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Rules Discipline

• Inappropriate behaviors, consequence could range
  from break-time detention, to after-school
  detention, to in- or out-of-school suspension for
  any of the following infractions
• Copying Homework/Plagiarism
• Disrespect
• Lying/Cheating
• Insubordination
• Stealing/Theft
• Skipping class
• Harassing/Bullying another student
• Physically hurting another student
• Physically touching another student in an
  inappropriate way

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Rules Discipline (cont.)

• 3 tardies to the same class note to parents
• 4 tardies to the same class detention with Mr.
  Voracek for 30 min. after school
• 7 tardies to same class detention with Mr.
  Voracek for 60 mins. after school
• 10 or more tardies to the same class in-school
  suspension
• No-show to detention doubles
• Also applies if students arrive late to school

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Progress Reports Report Cards

• Grading scale A through F
• Effort Grade 5 through 1
• One comment per teacher
• Just one piece of paper
• Progress Reports (4x per year) to update you on
  childs progress
• Must sign and return Progress Report

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Progress Reports Report Cards (cont.)

• Report Cards issued 4x per year
• Request a conference by signing paper OR calling
  the office
• No student-led conferences

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Activities

• At Breaks and Lunch
• Ping-Pong
• Basketball
• 4 Square
• Soccer
• Chess
• After School
• Softball
• Soccer
• Basketball
• Tennis
• Chess Club
• Swimming
• Water Color Painting
• Homework Club

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Activities (cont.)

• Other Activities
• MS Musical
• MS Thorpe Mathias
• MS Dances
• MS Student Council
• MS Fine Arts Festival
• MS Band Festival
• 6th Grade Field Trip to Tigre (Delta)
• 6th Grade Field Trip to Nature Reserve (near
  school)
• SAAC Tournaments
• Friendship Games
• Unity Day/Spirit Days

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Middle School Staff Faculty
Mr. Voracek
Ms. Fezler
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English/SS/ELL
Ms.Rey Ms.Mobrici Ms.Baines Mr.Nicholson
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Health Learning Center
Ms. Moyano Ms. Paso Viola Ms. Erazo
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Physical Education
Mr. Otero Ms. Blanco Mr. Reyes
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Technology
Mr. Masdeu Ms. Sutton
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Lengua Español
Ms.Campos Ms.Urcullu Ms.Levaggi Ms.Rosso
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Drama, Music, Art
Mr.Connoly Mr.Oliver Mr.Picarel Mr.Tammaro
Ms.Awada
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Math/Science
Ms. Glas Mr. Garibaldi Ms. Fry
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...And the very important SECRETARIES!
Ms. Carra Ms. Paez Ms. Serra
Activities Secy. Counseling Secy.
Principal Secy.
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10 Tips for MS Parents

• Get to know your childs teachers.
• Check your childs agenda daily.
• Provide a quiet space to do HW.
• Check Homework, but dont do it!
• Hang a wall calendar near study space for
  long-term assignments activities.
• Dont over-schedule your child.

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10 Tips for MS Parents

• Make friends with the parents of your childs
  friends.
• Talk to your child about school make it a
  ritual.
• Ask open-ended questions to prompt conversation.
• Try not to overreact when your child tells you
  something!

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Resources

• www.connectwithkids.com
• www.schoolfamily.com
• www.pbskids.org
• www.academicresources.org
• www.kidshealth.org
• (Under Search write Middle School