Welcome to the Earthshaker Team!

1. Welcome to the Earthshaker Team!

2. Welcome to 6th Grade Science! My name is Mrs. Williamson!

3. Bailey

4. I love the UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS!!!

5. Teaching Experience McCullough Intermediate School 6th Grade Science(4th year) Pyle Middle School 6th Grade Science (2 years) Boerne Middle School South 8th Grade Science (1 year) Bailey Middle School 8th Grade Science (3 years)

6. What will your child learn in 6th grade science?

7. What’s gonna work? “Team Work”

8. Grades! • Daily assignments count once. • Quizzes count twice. • Major assignments count three times. • Labs and projects may be counted as a daily, quiz, or major grade. • There will be no EXTRA CREDIT.

9. What else? • Blog: www.williamsonscience.blogspot.com • Google Calendar on my webpage • Interactive Notebook • Follow me on twitter: Under Find People, search “williamsonmis” • Parents and students can receive tweets on phone by texting “follow williamsonmis” to 40404

10. Sixth Grade Social StudiesMs. Kathy Woffordwoffork @hpisd.org In this course your child will learn about our world through the four lenses of: *Physical Geography *Culture *Government *Economics

11. Units of Study Unit 1 Reading Maps, Globes, and Statistical Data Unit 2 People and Places Unit 3 Pacific Realm Unit 4 North Africa and Southwest Asia Unit 5 Asia Unit 6 Europe Unit 7 Sub-Saharan Africa Unit 8 The Americas

12. Daily Supplies *Social Studies Binder *Colored Pencils *Nystrom Atlas *Agenda *Friday Folder *Novel

13. Assignments • Homework assignments will be recorded daily in student agendas and are available on the MIS website on my web page. • Homework assignments not turned in by the due date will be counted late (-11pts). Grades Daily assignments count once. Quizzes count twice. Tests and projects are counted three times.

14. Some fun activities and projects that students participated in to enchance cultural awareness in different countries included….

15. Aboriginal dot painting from Australia-

16. European Research Projects

17. And -Zumba Aerobic Dancing from Colombia

18. Mrs. Staci Cohen'sSixth Grade Math Class Howdy Y’all Welcome To…

19. Most Asked Questions! • About me  • Grades and Help • Curriculum Me in 6th Grade

20. All About Me • Born in Miami, Florida as Staci Ploshnick • Attended University of Miami for college • Received a Master’s in Education from Florida • Got married in Miami • Moved to Dallas and now I’m here at MIS…

21. My Family • My husband • Glenn Cohen • Orthodontist in Plano • Our dogs • Murdoc • Samson

22. My Goals • To give your child the academic and social skills they need to progress through life. • To provide a supportive and fun classroom environment. • To help your child make new friends and discover new interests.

23. What if your child needs… Videos on lesson are uploaded on a regular basis on YouTube Link to textbook on webpage Notes are in black binders with FOOTPRINTS also on my website Morning Tutorials Tues.- Thurs. 7:40 – 8:10

24. Example of Notes

25. My Website!

26. Our Moodle Page! Your student knows their username and password. Please ask them for it if you would like to get onto the website 

27. Our YouTube Page! Videos are uploaded on a regular basis for each lesson!

28. Our YouTube Page! Videos are uploaded on a regular basis for each lesson!

29. Grading • Grades consist of 60% Tests and 40% Quizzes/Homework • Tests:Typically 3-4 per 9 weeks • Extra credit is available throughout the 9 weeks. • Quizzes:typically 2 or 3 per unit

30. What do we learn? Units 2 and 3: Solving Variable Equations Unit 1: Graphing Evaluate 5y + 6, for y = 5 Units 4 and 5: Place Value Decimals Unit 6: Number Theory 6.2 x 8.15 =

31. What do we learn? 6 ½ - 2 ¾ 25 % of $11.00 Units 9: Ratios and Proportions Unit 7 and 8: Fractions Unit 10: Percents 3 = x 7 21 Unit 12: Measurement Systems Unit 11: Probability 6 liters equals how many milliliters?

32. What do we learn? Unit 15: Multiply and Divide Fractions Units 13 and 14: Geometry ½ of ¼ Unit 16: Add and Subtract Integers -27 - (-2)

33. Multiplication Facts

34. Welcome to Language Arts with Miss Jackson

35. About Me….. • Born in Dallas, TX • 4th Generation Texan • B.S. Elementary Education -Texas Tech University • Master of Education & Counseling - University of North Texas • 9th Year Teaching Language Arts at McCulloch Intermediate School and I LOVE it!!!

36. DIR – LOVE of Literature! • Reading Log • Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life, by Wendy Mass • A Long Way from Chicago, by Richard Peck • Author Research Novel Study • Literature Circle Novel Study • The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, by Avi READING ROCKS!!!

37. Compare/Contrast Paper • Newspaper • Author Research Paper • Mystery Story • DARE Persuasive Essay • Poetry Book • Weekly Journal Writings WRITING RULES!!!

38. Weekly SAT Words • Novel Studies • Short stories Vivacious Vocabulary! Spectacular Spelling! • Spelling Quizzes will combine both personal choice words & words from 6th grade curriculum

39. L.A. is FUN!!

40. See you at our next Open Team Meeting! Good Night! • 1st meeting – December 1st • 2nd meeting – February 9th • Final meeting – April 12th • All meeting will be held in the 5/6 AR from 1:10 – 1:40.