Welcome to 6th Grade English and History Mrs. Vazquez Room 29

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Welcome to 6th Grade English and HistoryMrs.
VazquezRoom 29
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About Me

• BA in Child Development from Cal State Los
  Angeles, Multiple Subjects Credential Program and
  Masters Degree in Education from Azusa Pacific
  University
• 8th year teaching 2 years in 7th grade and 6
  years in 6th grade
• Married no children yet, but I have a dog named
  Bella
• Enjoy scrapbooking and
• running ?

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Communication

• It is very important that home/school
  communication be maintained! One of the best
  ways to communicate with me is by email
  hvazquez_at_cvusd.k12.ca.us
• Aeries (ABI) is also available for you to check
  your students grades and assignment completion
  as well. Letters with access codes will be mailed
  out in October.
• Checking both the agenda and notebooks will
  also keep you up-to-date as to what is getting
  covered in class.
• Available before/after school and during my
  preparation period (3rd) for conferences.
• Phone number 626-974-7300
• School Website sierravista.cvusd.k12.ca.us

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Dates To Remember

• Minimum Day 9/17 (Staff Development Day)
• October 7 10 Minimum Days (Parent/Teacher
  Conferences)
• October 7 8 Conferences from 5 p.m. 8 p.m.
• October 9 10 Conferences from 1 p.m. 4 p.m.
• Students get out at 1205 PM
• No school for students on October 11
• PTA Dance October 4
• Dont forget to join the PTA - Only 6
• Otherwise Dance admission is 6

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Academic Agenda Study Habits

• Students expected to
• Comply with Falcon Standards
• Be Prepared with Materials Completed Homework
• Filling in Agenda with assignments/projects daily
• Daily Parent signature
• Communication about missing assignments will be
  made directly in the agenda book (Yellow
  Communication Card).
• Students will be given detention if there are
  excessive missing homework assignments.

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Communication Card - Infractions Behavior
Consequences
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English Curriculum Weekly Reading Journal -
due every other Friday Vocabulary Units due
every other Friday English Interactive Notebook
An Interactive Notebook is a spiral notebook
that students will use for every assignment in
English class. This was created as a strategy to
help students interact with the text and
material presented in class. LiteratureShort
stories and poetry from anthology The Language
of Literature (McDougal Littell)Crash by Jerry
Spinelli The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine
PatersonGrammarLessons from the district
approved workbook.   Writing Persuasive
Response to Literature Personal Narrative
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History Curriculum History Interactive
Notebook An Interactive Notebook is a spiral
notebook that students will use for every
assignment in History class. This was created as
a strategy to help students interact with the
text and material presented in class. Textbook
Discovering Our Past Ancient Civilizations
(Glencoe California Series)Early HumansAncient
Egypt and KushAncient Israelites Ancient India
Early ChinaThe Ancient Americas The Greeks and
RomansRise of Christianity Historical Figure
Research Report2nd Quarter
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District Benchmark Exams

• District Benchmarks Exams will be given
  quarterly. They cover the Common Core standards
  learned in that grading period, as well as review
  any key standards from previous grading periods.

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Binders

• White binders need to be at school every day.
• Communication cards stapled in the agenda.
• Binders should stay free of writing, stickers,
  photos, etc.
• Agenda should be in binder at all times.

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Assignment Weighting English   Classwork/Essays
/Homework 40 Quizzes/Tests 40 Projects/
Interactive Notebook 20 History   Classwork/R
eports/Homework 40 Quizzes/Chapter
Tests 40 Projects/Interactive
Notebook 20
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Report Cards

• 9 weeks quarter report cards (mailed home)
• 4-5 weeks teacher internal progress report
• Semester report cards (mailed home)

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Materials Needed

• Below are items you will need this year for 6th
  grade English and History. 
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• Two single subject spiral notebooks
• (one for English and one for History).
• Glue sticks
• Pencils (Always have several)
• Highlighter
• Red pens (for correcting)
• Colored pencils
• Loose leaf college ruled paper

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Donations Appreciated ?

• White and pastel colored copy paper
• Pencils
• Tissue boxes
• 8 ½ x 11 college ruled paper
• Colored pencils
• White board markers
• Red felt tip pens
• Disinfectant wipes

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Please collect!

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• HELP OUR CLASSROOM EARN FREE BOOKS!
• Collect UPC Labels from Bottles of SUNNY D
• Collect BoxTops for Education from participating
  products

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• Thank you for taking the time to come tonight to
  learn more about your childs education.
• Looking forward to a great year!