ELA Syllabus, Expectations, and Practices 2019-2020

Below you will find the link to our 2019-2020 Class Syllabus. This includes information on our learning and grading practices, procedures and expectations.

An online version can be viewed here: http://bit.ly/RamsaySyllabus2019 

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Welcome to Sixth Grade 2019

Dear Parents and Students,

Welcome to sixth grade! I am your English Language Arts teacher. I am a twenty-five year
teaching veteran, educational author, writer, and National Board Certified Teacher. I
have been eagerly anticipating the beginning of a new school year with you; one that
I am confident will be highly successful. My class is a student-directed learning
environment where students have a voice and choice in their learning with the support
and guidance from me that each student needs, wherever they are on the learning
continuum. Every practice in which we engage is supported by proven research for
best practices in promoting the highest level of success for each student.

Many of the traditional teaching methods that you may have experienced in the past
will look different than the practices in our class. Much of our learning will take place
with the support of digital tools using digital age literacy to increase a student’s growth.
My students will be connected with students from around the world to collaborate,
connect, and learn with throughout this entire school year. Although our learning
may appear different, students will be held to high expectations and challenged
on whatever level they may be on in each of the content area standards. In this type
of environment, students take ownership of their learning. I feel very fortunate to
get to witness how each student blossoms and grows in this type of learning environment.

In order for our students to have the highest degree of success, I know that we
need to build a strong relationship between home and school. I have arranged
several different mediums where we can communicate, and you can stay informed
of our classroom learning activities. First, we have a class website, 
http://ramsaysclass.com/. This site contains important information about
procedures, routines, and units of study. As school begins, additions will be made.
For classroom activities and news, you can visit our class blog,
http://ramsaysclassblog.blogspot.com/, where we will post more specific activities,
giving you a window into our classroom. I will write the first several posts, but then
the students will take ownership in writing and publishing the blog posts, under
my guidance. Please take time to sign up for
alerts when a new blog is posted by filling in the “Follow RamsaysClass by Email.”
I know that you will not want to miss any of the exciting things going on in our
class. Also, for a further connection, please consider following our class on
Twitter and Instagram, @RamsaysClass, for current insight into not only
announcements, but also into the learning that is taking place in our classroom
and through our global connections. 

I realize that for many of us our prime source of communication is through
text messages. This year we will be moving to new communication platform
called Class Tag. Look for more information on that coming home soon.

I deeply value your expertise on your student. In an effort to increase my
knowledge of your student and to effectively plan instructional practices
to support his/her learning, please take a moment to complete the following
survey:http://bit.ly/RamsayELA19. Collaboratively, I am confident that
we can provide your student the most successful year possible. I am thrilled
as we embark on this epic learning adventure together!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Ramsay, NBCT
jramsay@tusc.k12.al.us

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Important May Dates 2019

May 2- Begin decade project
May 6-8- Camp Northridge/NOLA trip
May 10- Library books due
May 13- Chromebooks collected
May 14- Historical fiction speech due
May 15- Decade vocabulary game due
May 15- Last day to RSVP for Game Day
May 16- PBIS Celebration- Food Trucks
May 17- Game Day
May 17- Last Flipgrid Book Chat due
May 20- Social Studies Decade Project due
May 21- 6th Grade Honors Day
May 21- House Games
May 22- 1/2 Day of school
May 23- 1/2 Day of school

Please check back regularly as dates and events will be updated.

Important April Dates 2019

April 1- Ballad due  (Rubric)
April 4- Epic due (Rubric) 
April 8- Poetry Portfolio due (Rubric) 
April 8-10- Performance Series Testing
April 9- Wear clothes to go outside
April 10- Lunch & Learn
April 12- Fairy Tale book due
April 15- Published poem due
April 15- Lunch & Learn
April 16- Fairy house building project due
April 17- One- Sheet Due (Rubric)
April 18- Bring earbuds/headphones to class
April 18- Queen of Hearts Garden Party
April 19- No school
April 22- Earth Day Celebration
April 24- Flipgrid Book Chat due
April 24- Lunch & Learn
April 25- PBIS Celebration (Teacher/Student Basketball game)
April 26- Bring earbuds/headphones to class
April 29- Lunch & Learn
Please check back regularly as these will be updated.
Updated 04/08/2019

March-April Important Dates 2019

Important March-April Dates

March 5- Lunch & Learn

March 6- Flipgrid Book Chats due
March 8- Bring earbuds/headphones to class
March 11-15- Spring Break
March 22- Report cards come home
March 22- Rocket Day
March 25- Lunch & Learn
March 27- Flipgrid Book Chats due
March 27- Ode due (Rubric)
March 29- Bring earbuds/headphones to class
March 29- Figurative Language Foldable due
March 29-April 5- NMS Scholastic Book Fair
April 1- Ballad due  (Rubric)
April 4- Epic due (Rubric) 
April 8- Poetry Portfolio due (Rubric) 
April 12- Fairy Tale book due
April 17- Flipgrid Book Chat due
April 18- Bring earbuds/headphones to class
April 18- Queen of Hearts Garden Party
April 19- No school

Please check back regularly as these will be updated.
Updated 3//25

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