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Wake me up in Junezzzzzzzzzzzzzz


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MEET MR. CURRY

MR. CURRY, A SAN FRANCISCO NATIVE, HAS BEENTEACHING FOR A TOTAL OF 18 YEARS. BEFORE COMING TO

PIEDMONT IN 05-06, HE HAD SPENT 6 YEARS AT VINCI PARKELEMENTARY TEACHING 5TH GRADE.

MR. CURRY IS THE PRODUCT OF PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS INSAN FRANCISCO. HE GRADUATED WITH BA DEGREES IN HISTORYAND LIBERAL STUDIES AND A MULTIPLE SUBJECT CREDENTIALFROM SAN FRANCISCO STATE.

MR. CURRY BELIEVES THAT ASAMERICANS, WE HAVE ARESPONSIBILITY TO BE INFORMEDAND ACTIVE IN PARTICIPATING INOUR DEMOCRACY. THAT IS WHY,EVEN IF WE STRONGLY DISAGREE

WITH OUR LEADERS, WE MUST STILLPARTICIPATE IN BRINGING ABOUT THECHANGE WE WANT. THAT IS JUSTONE REASON WHY MR. CURRY TRAVELSTO WASHINGTON D.C. SO OFTEN.

President and Mrs. Bush with Mr. andMrs. Curry at the White House.


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MEET MR. CURRYMR. CURRY IS

A BIG GIANTS

AND 49ER FANAND HE IS A

TECHIE

He has led

workshops at

the district &County on the

use of

technology in

education.

He also likes

playing with

Photo Shop and

editing photos.

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Homeroom

Homeroom is the one place where studentsstart the day everyday (except for

Thursdays).Homeroom is designed to give the students asense of stability, as the goal is to keep themin the same homeroom through the end of 8th

grade.Homeroom is where notices are distributedand collected.

In Homeroom, students will put together

their portfolio of representative work for

all 3 years at Piedmont Middle School.


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Located right along the

information Highway.

Technology is integrated

throughoutthe Language Arts and

History/Social Studies Curriculum


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The TECHThe TECH

ZONEZONEOn-line grade bookQuiz Lab

Research/Presentations for

Social StudiesWord Processing


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MR. CURRY HAS TAKEN ADVANCED COURSES ANDWORKSHOPS IN TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION IN

EDUCATION. HE HOPES TO EARN HIS MASTERS DEGREEIN INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY IN THE NEXT FEWYEARS. HE PARTICIPATED IN AN INTERNSHIP ATLOCKHEED MARTINS SPACE SYSTEMS IT DEPARTMENT(SUMMER 2004).

This past July, he was part

of the Yahoo! Teachers of

Merit program at Yahoo!

Headquarters in Sunnyvale!


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EVERY SUMMER IS SPENT IN TAKING PROFESSIONALDEVELOPMENT COURSES AND EDUCATIONAL TRIPS.IN SUMMER 2005, HE STUDIED THE US

CONSTITUTION AT GEORGE WASHINGTONS MOUNTVERNON.

IN OTHER RECENT YEARS

HE TRAVELLED TO NEA

CONVENTIONS IN NEW

ORLEANS (before Katrina)WASHINGTON D.C., AND

ORLANDO. IN 2004 HE

TOOK A COURSE ON

SLAVERY AT THEUNIVERSITY OF

MARYLAND AND HELPED

CREATE A NATIONAL

SCIENCE FOUNDATION

PROJECT ALSO IN DC.

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Mr. Curry and his wife, who have been married for 12 years,

love to travel. We have gone on trips to Mexico and Europe,

the Football Hall of Fame in Ohio, Boston, New York,

Washington DC, San Diego, LA and Seattle, as well as Las

Vegas, Lake Tahoe and Yosemite.


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To prevent this fromhappening,

students have an at

home set of books.

Grading


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Grading

Students areexpected to turn in alltheir work on time.

Grades will becorrected andrecorded on

www.MyGradebook.cousually by Sunday

each week or even thesame day.

Grading
http://www.mygradebook.com/http://www.mygradebook.com/


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Grading

Report Cards sent out at the end of eachtrimester.

Progress reports sent home halfwaythrough each trimester.

Through www.mygradebook.com , parentsand students can access grades. Makesure your email is listed carefully andsubmit or resubmit it at Back to SchoolNight. This is available ONLY in Mr. Currysclasses.

Mr. Curry will be only happy to schedule a

conference or discuss your childs

progress, but NOT at Back To School Night.

U f T h l i Cl
http://www.mygradebook.com/http://www.mygradebook.com/


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Use of Technology in Class

Appropriate use only

No Chat nor IM allowed unless

assigned by class

QuizLab (www.quizlab.com) accessin class or at home, though those withno home access are given preference.

E-mail pen pals project with students

from Uganda and Thailand.

Research for projectsPower Point presentations andpossibly video Movies

Word Processing of assignmentsUse of software and web-basededucational programs

Weekly Assignment sheets
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The focus of 6th Grade Social

Studies/History is World History witha focus on the Ancient World.

We will study from Pre-History


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to the Fall of Rome

We will cover the great World Civilizations and wewill consider their contributions to our world.

Students will do research

projects and some creative

group and individual projects.A major project will be

to write a drama about

being a time traveler

going to those earlycivilizations and

witnessing the ways of

life and events first-

hand. TIME TRAVEL
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California State Content

Standard for History/SocialSciences

6.1 Students describe what

is known through

archaeological studies of theearly physical and cultural

development of humankind

from the Paleolithic era to

the agricultural revolution.


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California State Content Standard for History/Social

Sciences

6.2 Students analyze the geographic, political,

economic, religious, and social structures of the early

civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Kush.


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California State Content

Standard for History/SocialSciences

6.3 Students analyze the

geographic, political, economic,religious, and social structures of

the Ancient Hebrews.


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California State Content Standard forHistory/Social Sciences

6.4 Students analyze the geographic, political,

economic, religious, and social structures of the

early civilizations of Ancient Greece.


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6.5 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic,

religious, and social structures of the early civilizations of


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6.6 Students analyze the

geographic, political, economic,

religious, and social structures of

the early civilizations of China.


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California State Content Standard for

History/Social Sciences

6.7 Students

analyze the

geographic,political,

economic,

religious, and

social structuresduring the

development of

Rome.Real photo of Mr. and Mrs. Curry at Pompeii


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Students will do research

projects and some creativegroup and individual

projects.

This week: Cave Art


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Since Mr. Curry has taught classeswhich have won awards for

multimedia projects, we can look

forward to an awesome experience!


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The focus will be on continuing the

development of phonemic awareness,

reading comprehension and critical

thinking skills.

We will use the Holt Language Arts program. The

Literature book has some outstanding stories and skills

instruction.Students will be also challenged to read

books at their instructional level but whichalso become more challenging as they

progress during the year. Book reports will

be done for each trimester.


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The typical weekly expectation is thatstudents will read the selection,

answer the increasingly more difficult

Response questions and write a

minimum 1 paragraph (5 qualitysentences) summary of the selection.

That is followed by taking the

QuizLab test for the selection and

doing any skills practice work that isassigned. Students are to have a

novel to read every day.

We just started Hatchet, the first of 3

class-wide novels this year.


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State Standards for English/language Arts

Reading

1.0 Word Analysis, Fluency, and Systematic

Vocabulary Development

2.0 Reading Comprehension (Focus onInformational Materials)

Social Studies Content / Weekly Current Events Activities

3.0 Literary Response and Analysis

Summary and Questions for each story,Book reports

Phonics-based Spelling and weekly Vocabulary


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Writing

1.0 Writing Strategies

2.0 Writing Applications (Genres and TheirCharacteristics) Students write narrative, expository,

persuasive, and descriptive texts of at least 500 to 700

words in each genre. Student writing demonstrates a

command of standard American English and the

research, organizational, and drafting strategies

outlined in Writing Standard 1.0.

Writing Genres: Narrative Expository Research

Response to Literature Persuasive

State Standards for English/LanguageArts

Writing Workshop at the end of Many Chapters in

Literature Book.

Weekly Essays in Language Arts and/or Social

Studies.


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We use a verystructured and basicstep-by-step approachto the writing process,similar to the Step UpTo Writing used in thedistricts ElementarySchools.


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We use teacher developedrubrics for assessingstudent writing. The state

will test student writing in7th grade. 6+1 Trait Criterion2. ideas

3. organization

4. voice

5. word choice

6. sentence fluency

7. conventions

+1presentation

Written and Oral English Language

Conventions 1.0 Written and Oral English

Language Conventions (grammar)


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English/Language Arts Standards

Listening and Speaking

1.0 Listening and Speaking Strategies

2.0 Speaking Applications (Genres and Their

Characteristics)

Students will give both small group

and individual oral reports based

on both language Arts and Social

Studies Reports and Projects.

They will be assessed for theirpresentations and the students

listening will be accountable for

listening skills.


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Check student Binder Reminders regularlyCheck student progress on

www.mygradebook.com or request for aprinted copy

(give Mr. Curry the response card)Contact Mr. Curry whenever you

have a question or concern

email: [email protected]

Voice Mail: 408-923-1800

ext 4627

Our Class website is at:

www.sjteach.org/27.html
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