6^th GRADE MATHEMATICS COURSE SYLLABUS 2024-2025

Teacher	Ms. Katricka Moore	School #	706-986-4300
Room #	519	Email	[email protected]
Textbook	6th Grade I-Ready Books Volume 1 and 2 I-Ready Workbook	Planning Hours	9:00am-10:30am

 

Course Description (Grade 6^th Mathematics):

Instructional Time

Students will receive a variety of assignments designed to enhance their learning. If a student is absent, the student is responsible for the missed assignment. Students who have an excused absence will be allowed 5 days to turn in the missed assignment. No work will be accepted after 5 days unless there are extenuating circumstances and approval. Attendance to all classes is mandatory. Every student is responsible for helping to maintain a clean and safe learning environment. All students are to abide by all rules in the McDuffie County and Thomson-McDuffie Middle School student handbook. All students are to bring a positive attitude to class with them each day and to open their minds to new ideas and ways of thinking about the world around them.

 

** Please go to www.georgiastandards.org to review grade-specific standards.

 

 

My Instructional Philosophy

I believe that curriculum, instruction, and assessments are the main ingredients, which must be incorporated in appropriate proportions. I cannot use one without the other, if so the system of educating students will not be as effective. The curriculum is what I teach my students from the Georgia Standards of Excellence.  I use a pacing guide and a curriculum map (see above) which helps me and my students stay on target and ensures that our students receive all of the necessary information, which will help them be successful in the sixth grade and going forward. Instruction involves how I deliver the curriculum. I present different techniques to help my students. But what is more important is allowing students to explore, discover, and ask probing questions. This will allow them to be more responsible for their learning. Assessments (checking for student understanding) can be in the forms of formative and/or summative. Formative assessments gather information about student learning during a lesson or unit of study. This allows me to track students’ progress and to make changes to instruction. Summative assessment shows what students have learned at the end of a lesson or unit of study. This will provide me and the student with evidence of what they have learned.

Major Course Goals

The goals for the course directly coincides with the goals for the McDuffie County School System, which can be found on the districts webpage.

 

Major Course Projects & Instructional Activities

During each unit, students will be exposed to different tasks. There are too many to list here therefore, I am providing a link for you to view at your convenience. Please understand that all Georgia Standards of Excellence will be fully taught. Also, at the end of each unit students may be required to complete a culminating task, which can also be found at the following link:

 https://www.georgiastandards.org/Georgia-Standards/Pages/Math-6-8.aspx

Course Assessment Plan

At the beginning of each unit, students will complete a pretest and at the conclusion of the unit, a posttest will be given to check for mastery. During the unit of study, students will have to complete quizzes, test, projects, tasks, tickets in the door, tickets out the door along with various other methods of assessments both school wide and districtwide. Students will also receive rubrics to help guide them to achieving the very best grade possible.

Supplies and Materials Needed

 

Loose leaf paper

Composition Notebook (2)

Dry Erase Markers and the Eraser

Pencils

Glue Sticks/Colored Pencils

3-Ring Binder/Dividers

 

 

 

 

Project Based Activities

Throughout the school year, the student will engage in project-based activities to help reinforce the information that they are learning through their class activities.

Parent Communication

                                                                                               

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My Expectations for all students

Bring a positive attitude.

Come to school prepared daily with: paper, pencils, notebooks, textbook (use daily).

Respect yourselves and others.

Complete classwork and homework on time.

Complete all work satisfactorily.

Believe and work up to your potential.

Clean up your area before leaving class.

No throwing paper or any objects.

Listen carefully and follow directions.

Raise your hand to speak and remain in your seat until given permission to move.

Come prepared daily and stay on task.

No eating or drinking in class.

No Profanity

 

Procedures for Correcting Inappropriate Behavior

 

Student will receive 1 warning from the teacher.

Student will be moved within the classroom (preferred seating).

Students will read and copy the classroom behavioral plan.

Student will have a face-to-face conference with the teacher.

Teacher will call parent.

Teacher will refer student to counselor.

Teacher will have a face-to-face conference with the parent.

Student will receive a disciplinary referral.

 

If a student is cursing (another student or teacher) or fighting, or any other behavior issue that

The teacher deems necessary for a referral he/she will receive a disciplinary referral automatically. 

 

Please ask your child/children at the end of each school day these two questions:

 

What did you learn in school today?

 

What do you have for homework?

 

By asking these questions, you will help your child/children review the instruction from that day and encourage them to complete the homework assigned ready to submit the next day.

 

Thank you!