Welcome to Ms. Curtis' Web Page

My Philosophy is: “It Takes A Whole Village To Educate A Student.”

I would like to welcome you and your child to sixth grade at Rothschild Middle School. I am very excited about the start of another great year at the ROCK!

In order for your child to have a successful year at school, he/she needs to adhere to the following:
1) Come to school everyday.
2) Abide by all school and classroom rules, expectations, and procedures as outlined in the Muscogee County School District Code of Conduct Handbook, the Rothschild Middle School Handbook, and the "How to Survive in Ms. Curtis' Dynasty for Learning" guide.
3) Bring the necessary TOOLS FOR LEARNING (pencils, pens, paper, notebooks, textbooks, AR books, etc.)
4) Maintain a positive, cooperative ATTITUDE!
5) Read at least 30 minutes at home each night.(RAH)

Homework will be given as reinforcement to the classroom lessons and activities that have been taught during the school day. There will also be many days when no homework is assigned to your child.

I encourage you to take an interest in your child's educational process and to visit the school/my classroom at any time, but please make sure you stop by the main office to secure a visitor's pass. If you have questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me at 706-569-3709 or e-mail me at bcurtis@mcsdga.net

SCHOOL SUPPLY LIST FOR MS. CURTIS' CLASS:
Language Arts:
1-Three Ring Binder(Notebook)
Notebook Paper
5 Dividers for notebook
Pencils
Pens (Blue or Black)
Pencil Top Erasers
Small Manual Pencil Sharpener
Highlighters
Wite Out (optional)
Dictionary/Thesaurus (for use at home)
*All students should have supplies in class with them everyday.

Social Studies:
1-Three Ring Binder(Notebook)
Notebook Paper
5 Dividers for notebook
Pencils
Pens (blue or black ink)
Pencil Top Erasers
Small Manual Pencil Sharpener
Highlighters
*All students should have supplies in class with them everyday.

LET THE LEARNING BEGIN!
August 31-September 4

Language Arts:

1) Daily Language Grams(5 minute lessons that will cover the Georgia Performance Standards)

2) Vocabulary-Word of the day activities. Each day students will learn a new word, its meaning, write it in a sentence, illustrate the word, and write two synonyms.
Daily Word of the Day-List for 8/31-9/4
8/31-weep
9/1-tabloid
9/2-souvenir
9/3-utter
9/4-zany
3) Literature-Students will read a story from their literature book this week. The story is entitled "Just Once." The students will complete various activities using the selected story.

4) Journal Writing (ELA6W1b-writes texts of a length appropriate to address the topic or tell a story)-Students will write in class on days assigned. The topic/prompt will be selected by teacher. There will be days when "FREE WRITE" is assigned and students will choose own topic from THE WRITING JOURNAL (a binder with a list of acceptable/appropriate topics/prompts for writing)

5) Accelerated Reading (ELA6RC1-reads a minimum of 25 grade level appropriate books) (AR)-Students will read AR books for at least 15 minutes in class each day.
As soon as your child has completed a book, he/she will be allowed to take an AR test. A score of 60% is passing for every AR test. Each student needs to have 25 books read by the end of the school year.

Social Studies

1) We begin each class with a Daily Warm-up (2-3 questions that relate to our unit of study.

2) We will begin Unit I-Geography of Europe. Students will complete the following activities.
1) Locate selected features in Europe using an atlas/map.
2) Define key terms
3) Complete pages in Know-It-Notes and Chapter Summaries and Review Workbooks

3) Current Events-Students will be given a daily headline to write in class notebooks about current events/daily happenings in the world, the nation, the state, the community and school. There will also be a brief discussion about the daily headline.

4) Your child will be required to complete a Social Studies project for each grading period. Details concerning the project for the 1st nine weeks will be sent home soon.

Other Notes:
1) Please make sure your child bring materials for class with him/her to school every day. They are listed at the beginning of my web page.

2) Read At Home (RAH) each night for 30 minutes. Your child will be required to read 25 AR books for this school year. The required books to read for each grading period is listed below:
1st Grading Period-5 books
2nd Grading Period-7 books
3rd Grading Period-7 books
4th Grading Period-6 books
Your child is not limited to reading 25 books. If they can exceed the 25 book requirement he/she will become a SUPER reader!

3) Thanks for the support and encouragement you give to your child.


Let's Make This a Great Week At The ROCK!

Visit this web page again soon.