1. Language Arts Literacy Mrs. Zargiel 6-B

2. Class Expectations Respect for yourself and for others Come to school with the proper attitude Come to school willing to learn Commit yourself to being organized Be responsible and take ownership for your words, actions, and work. Students will come prepared to class each and every day.

3. Classroom Policies Homework Homework may be assigned daily to help reinforce skills learned that day or as an extension to material that has been taught. If no written work is assigned, it is recommended students spend time working on long term projects like book reports or read. Graded Homework The 1 st day it is late in the 1 st marking period= minus 11 points The second day late it is a zero 2 nd -4 th marking period, the 1 st day late= minus 21 points 2 nd day late it is a zero Homework may or may not be announced as a graded assignment.

4. Classroom Policies Continued Tests/Quizzes Students will be notified approximately a week in advance for all tests. Some quizzes may be given unannounced. Weekly Assignments Monday- Word building lesson assigned Friday- Wordbuilding homework due

5. Language Arts Grading Tests/ Projects35% Quizzes25% Writing20% Homework10% Classwork10%

6. Curriculum Reading novel study self-selected reading guided reading book reports Vocabulary Wordbuilding program Grammar/ Language Write Source – textbook Lessons and notes on sentence construction, verb agreement, and parts of speech. Daily Language Review Punctuation, capitalization, quotation rules, homophones, synonyms, antonyms, analogies and more. Writing Paragraph and sentence development Narrative, persuasive, informative, descriptive essays, short stories, letters, poetry, note-taking skills, and research My Access Mentor text

7. Teacher List Language Arts -Mrs. Zargiel Math -Mr. Benziger/Mrs. Nierotti Science -Mrs. Immordino Social Studies -Mrs.Tarasov Art-Mr. Michaels Health-Mr. Music -Ms. Mazuka PE-Mr. Boggs Spanish-Ms. Rivera Library-Mrs. Casieri Guidance Counselor-Mrs. Jeeter

8. Zargiel - 6 th Grade Language Arts- Schedule 2010-2011 Time Day 1Day 2 8:40–9:00Homeroom 9:00-10:24 (Block 1) LAL Zargiel LAL Zargiel 10:24-11:48 (Block 2) SS(MP 1&3) McCloughan Science(MP 2&4) Immordino SS(MP 1&3) McCloughan Science(MP 2&4) Immordino 11:48 – 12:30 Special 1-Music-Mazuka 2-Art-Michaels 3-Spanish-Rivera 4-Library Skills-Casieri 1-PE-Land 2-PE-Land 3- Health-Molinelli 4-PE-Molinelli 12:33-1:09 Lunch 1:12-2:26 (Block 3) Math Verga/Kleinman Math Verga/Kleinman 2:36-3:25 Extension Period

9. Parental Involvement Class trips Homeroom parents Communication

10. Netbooks Students need to bring their Netbooks to school everyday. Please remember to charge netbooks every night.

11. Mrs. Zargiel’s Teacher Page Mrs. Zargiel