Welcome To Day Creek
Intermediate School!
Mrs. Valenzuela
6th Grade Language Arts
& Social Studies
Power To Be Your
Best
Teacher Web
• http://teacherweb.com/CA/DCIS/valenzuela
• Back to School Forms (office) on website
• Please read, sign, and return signature
sheet
• Homework is posted & updated daily
• Important dates/announcements, etc.
• Best resource for information
PACK Planner
“A 6th Graders Best Friend”
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Handbook/organizer/calendar
Increases individual responsibility
Policies, procedures, and school rules
Calendar pages are used daily to list
homework and important events
• Parents, please sign p. 24 in the
PACK Planner weekly for online
grade check. Thank you!
• Replacements cost $5 (cash)
Language Arts
• New Adoption for Language Arts
implemented this year.
• Social Studies will continue to be taught in
its entirety, but will be more fully integrated
with Language Arts than in previous years.
• Each student will need a
three ring binder and a
composition book for taking
notes. (suggested)
AR Tests
• AR test are required every two weeks.
• The requirement is 600 pages read
per trimester, about 50 pages per week.
• My requirement uses pages, not points. Scores
will be finalized three times a trimester.
• Quiz score: please record scores in the PACK
Planner on p. 23.
AR Tests con.
• First test due by the end of August
• A biography/autobiography of someone
who has affected history will be required in
September. Can be done in August if that
works better.
• Please let me know whose
life story you choose before
beginning to read.
Social Studies
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Review of Ancient History
Mesopotamia through Roman Empire
Take notes for each section & quiz
Chapter test about every month.
Extra credit quiz may be taken online
a day or two before the test.
• Extra credit given for boxes of
tissues. (One per chapter)
Pali Mountain Science Camp
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Camp March 27-30
Cost $260
Parent meeting TBD
Cabin sign-up in mid March
Payments may be made via EZ
School Pay or by check.
PACK Period
• Personally Achieving Character & Knowledge
• This period features differentiated instruction
to various levels of academic performance.
Students are placed in homogenous groups.
• Students will alternate weeks M-Th for
language arts and math.
• Friday: Character Focus. Students
stay in homeroom for activities
related to monthly character traits.
Homework
• Expect homework nightly M-Th
• Occasionally follow-up homework is assigned
on the weekend
• District policy is 1 ½ hours nightly for homework,
excluding outside reading
• Extension of class work
• Projects assigned with specific instructions and
deadlines
• PACK Planner should be completed daily
• Teacher Web updated daily & may be used as
backup for absences and other questions
Weekly Work Folder
• Weekly work folders will be sent home on
Mondays with completed assignments.
Please review with your student and check
grades on ESPRI. Then sign the PACK
planner on p. 24 indicating that you are
aware of your student’s grades. Thank you!
• We do require the parent signature as
confirmation that parents are aware of their
student’s grades.
• No surprises!
Grading Procedures
• Grades are available online 24/7
via
Aeries.net
• Access on Etiwanda or Day Creek Website
• Your student will receive a sign-in name
and password. Parents have their own
password.
• Grades are based on: tests, quizzes,
projects, homework, class work.
Participation plays an important role.
Academic Honesty
• Please see the
copy found near
the sign-in sheet.
It outlines district
policy.
Academic Honesty Policy
Day Creek Intermediate School requires all students to demonstrate academic honesty and to abide by ethical
standards in preparing and presenting student work, collaborating during group projects, and completing
classroom tests/assessments. Grades should reflect the student's own work in the fairest possible way.
Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to: cheating, plagiarism, fabrication of information or citations,
facilitating acts of academic dishonesty by others and to others, altering grades, unauthorized prior possession
of examinations, submitting work of another person or work previously used without informing and securing
the teacher’s written/verbal approval, or tampering with the academic work of other students.
Consequences for Academic Dishonesty
*Any evidence of academic misconduct may warrant a failing grade, removal from leadership positions/extracurricular activities,
progressive office discipline, lowering of citizenship mark, and/or forfeiting eligibility to receive schoolwide honors, awards and/or
recognition.
Examples of Minor offenses
Examples of Major Offenses
Dishonesty (copying of homework, assignment, test,
intentionally reporting inaccurate scores, electronically
receiving and using information, etc.)
Altering Grades
Using other students’ work as your own
Fabrication of information or referrals
Plagiarism: Using published work as your own without giving
proper credit
Unauthorized prior possession of curricular materials,
distribution of curricular materials (including electronic
transmission), and/or taking/completing an
assessment/assignment for another student
Multiple minor offenses
1st Offense
2nd Offense
3rd Offense
Minor Offense:
- Student will have to redo assignment or alternate assignment (amount credit up to teacher discretion)
- Documented in student’s discipline file
- Parent notification
Major Offense:
- Student will receive a zero on the assignment, without the option of redoing the assignment or completing
an alternative assignment
- Office referral
- Parent notification
- Will result in office progressive discipline
Minor Offense:
- Student will have to redo assignment or alternate assignment (amount credit up to teacher discretion)
- Documented in student’s discipline and will result in an office referral
- Parent notification
Major Offense:
- Student will receive a zero on the assignment, without the option of redoing the assignment or completing
an alternative assignment
- Office referral
- Parent notification
- Will result in office progressive discipline
Minor Offense:
- Student will receive a zero on the assignment, without the option of redoing the assignment or completing
an alternative assignment
- Will result in an office referral
Major Offense:
- Student will receive a zero on the assignment, without the option of redoing the assignment or completing
an alternative assignment
- Office referral
- Parent notification
- Will result in office progressive discipline
Mrs. Valenzuela’s
Classroom Expectations
• Rules and procedures: please read and
review my website for information on
classroom behavior expectations.
• Consequences follow the progressive
discipline model.
Incentives & Rewards
• Donations help pay for all student body
activities
• Renaissance Program- requires
GPA 3.0+ and S/O in citizenship
• Extra-curricular events
• Great Report Cards & formal
testing results
• Classroom rewards
• Intramural sports year to year (budget)
Important Dates to Remember
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Monday 9/7 Labor Day
Monday 9/28 Teacher In-service
Monday 10/19 Student Holiday
Monday-Friday October 5-9
Parent Conference Week
• Wednesday 11/11 Veteran’s Day
• Monday-Wednesday- March 27-30
6th Grade Science Camp @ Pali Mountain
• Cost last year was $260
Keep in Touch!
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Email: [email protected]
Prefer after school for conferences
Send a note with your child
Call office & leave a message (909)803-3300
Check out teacher web page for updates
Link to email found there
Parent Signatures
• Please review, sign, and return these
forms by Aug 15.
• Student information sheet (yellow)
• Video Permission slip (purple)
• Signature page for Back to School (blue)
• Office packet- include PACK
Planner p. 1, due by Aug 19
Thanks for your help!
• We appreciate your donations throughout
the year.
• Please feel free to take a suggested
classroom supply post-it note on your way
out the door.
Good Night
•Thank you for coming!