1. Welcome to Bear Branch Sixth Grade Information Night
Ms. Wolfrom’s Language Arts Class

2. Welcome Bear Branch Open House
Introductions
Expectations
Questions on Notecards
(Time permitting, Q & A at the end of presentation.)

3. Classroom Golden Rules
*Be Respectful
*Be Responsible
*Be Present
*Follow Directions

4. Look for. . . *Planners should be completed daily
*Red Wednesday Folders
(Distributed 5th Period)
*Teacher Website
*Shutterfly Invitation

5. Schedule 7:20 -8:05 Period 1 8:09-8:54 Period 2 8:58-9.43 Period 3
10:32-12:02 Period 5/Conference (Flex Lunch/Conference)
10:32-11:02 Lunch A
11:02-11:32 Lunch B
11:32-12:02 Lunch C
12:06-12:51 Period 6
12:55-1:40 Period 7
1:44-2:29 Period 8/PLC
LA/Department Planning Meeting

6. Language Arts- Reading
Reading skills
Novel studies
(Need a NOVEL Everyday!)
Read alouds
PRI- Reading logs
Book projects
Read For A Better Life
Six Flags Read to Succeed

7. Language Arts Writing Reading and Writer’s Workshop
6+1 Traits of Writing
Ideas
Organization
Word Choice
Sentence Fluency
Voice
Conventions (Grammar)
Presentation
Grammar, punctuation, vocab & spelling- yippee!

8. Spelling, Vocabulary & Grammar
Index/Notecards and Folder
Must have index cards by Tuesday

9. Additional Information
Overview of Typical Class Day Positive
Thought of the Day
Update Planners
Objective
Assignment: Reader & Writer’s Workshop
SSR (Silent Sustained Reading)
Wrap-up

10. Our
World
Students will write about their world, experiences, school, surroundings and items of interest.
Please take a sheet of paper from the table and jot down ideas your child might enjoy writing about in the Writer’s Workshop Notebook. (Worth Bonus Points For Your Child)

11. Special Events at a Glance
Monthly Attendance Incentives
6th Grade Field Trip
Special Student Activities TBA
Field Day, Spring 2016
Turkey Trot Fund Raiser

12. Remember to check our class web page
Remember to check BB6homepage
Class Library Available to Students
Feel free to with questions anytime

13. How to Access Teacher Websites
*Go to
*Select Campuses-Junior High
*Click on Bear Branch 6th Grade
*Click Staff Directory
*Click on teacher name

14. General Questions
Please write any general questions on an index card and drop it in the basket.
If you have specific questions about your child please me and I will respond promptly.
Thanks, Ms. Wolfrom

15. are at the heart of everything I do and
Ms. Wolfrom’s Motto…
My classroom is a
place where children
are at the heart of everything I do and
at the center of every
decision I make.

16. Ms. Wolfrom’s Career Animoto
ELL/ESL Team Leader & 6th Grade Teacher