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toc **Welcome 6th grade students and parents!** Here you'll find information related to our classroom. Use the table of contents to the right to navigate this page.

**This is a calendar of all the upcoming events related to the school and our classroom. I update it weekly, so be sure to check for new information. **

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= Homework =


 * This section is updated weekly with all major homework assignments for the week. *Please note it is subject to change and I will update it as soon as possible if any changes occur* Feel free to contact me with any assignment questions! **

**Week of Monday, December 5th - Friday, December 9th** Quick Checks #'s1-3 || Kaleidoscopic project || - || Come up with 1 discussion question || Egypt Discussion, no homework || Work on Egypt Diorama || Work on Egypt Diorama || - || pgs. 64 and 65 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Study spelling words, test Thurs. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">- || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">- ||
 * || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">** Monday ** || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">** Tuesday ** || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">** Wednesday ** || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">** Thursday ** || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">** Friday ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Math** || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Finish cutting out fraction pieces || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Equivalent fractions worksheet || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">No homework, fractions game || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Math book pg. 112 #'s 1-10 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">No School ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Science** || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Light Experiments,no homework || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Light Experiments,no homework || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Science book read pg. 87-92
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Reading** || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Read Ch. 4 of //Holes//, journal response || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Finish Ch. 5 //Holes// questions || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Finish Holes Vocabulary Worksheet || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Spelling Test, no homework || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">- ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Social Studies** || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Read S.S. book pg. 95-100,
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Other** || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">- || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Finish Grammar Workbook

= <span style="background-color: #e20b0b; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">Resources = <span style="color: #e20b0b; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Here are some great websites for students and parents to check out that will help with school work, studying, and staying connected in the school and community.**

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**For Students:**
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Free games, articles, cartoons and more: [] (Log in: Jems/ Password: Jems)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Math games to help practice math skills: []
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Get information about your health: []
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Take practice tests to build your math and reading skills: [] (Log in: Jems/ Password: your class #)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Online reading activities: []
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">National Geographic for kids: []
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Math and language arts games: []
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Timed multiplication test: []

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**For Parents:**
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">School website: []
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">District website: []
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Printable math worksheets for your student: []
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Health information for you to read about your child: []
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Create spelling lists for your student to practice: []
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Parenting help: [|http://www.empoweringparents.com/#]

= <span style="background-color: #e20b0b; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">**Volunteer Opportunities** =



<span style="color: #e20b0b; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**I can always use an extra set of hands in the classroom and on field trips, so if you are interested in helping out in our classroom take a look at the list of opportunities below. Also, if have any other volunteer opportunities you want to suggest, please let me know! Thanks!**

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Science and Industry || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">January 20th, 2012 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">8:00am - 2:30pm || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">3 to 5 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Wednesday || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">10:00 - 10:30am || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">1 or more || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">*This is general help I could use all year long, but you don't have to come in both days every week. We can make any adjustments needed.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Activity** || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Date** || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Time** || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**# of volunteers needed** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Field Trip to the Museum of
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Reading Group Help* || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Every Monday and
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Holiday Party || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">December 16th, 2011 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">12:30 - 2:00pm || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">1 to 4 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Classroom Cleaning || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">January 2nd, 2012 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">2:00 - 4:00pm || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">1 or more ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Community Book Drive || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">December 12th, 2011 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">2:00 - 4:30pm || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">1 or more ||

= <span style="background-color: #e20b0b; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">Meet Miss Zamudio =



<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Hello! I'm Samantha Zamudio and I am the new 6th grade teacher here at Jefferson Elementary School. I'm a recent graduate of Illinois State University where I received a Bachelor's degree in elementary education with endorsements in the areas of language arts and social science. This is my first year teaching, but I have gained a lot of experience in grades K-9 through pre-service teaching hours. I am so excited to be your child's teacher for the 2011-2012 school year! We're going to have a great year together and I hope to build a classroom full of successful learners.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">A little more about me. I live in Elgin with my cat Sophie and by dog BoBo. I'm a volunteer at the local YMCA and in my free time I enjoy reading, socializing with my friends, shopping, swimming, traveling, and going to the movies. I have wanted to be a teacher for as long as I can remember and my passion has always been in working with children. I have worked with children all the way from my early teen babysitting years through my college career. Teaching children and seeing them learn and grow and be successful is one of the most rewarding feelings in the world. I can't imagine doing anything else with my life but teaching!

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">I like to think of my classroom as a learning community. This means I want my students, parents, and guardians all tied in together with me, the classroom, and the school. We are all in a partnership together to help our students succeed. I'm sure I will be seeing many of you at the annual Back to School Night in September, but please, don't be a stranger! Feel free to contact me at any time with any questions or concerns with the information below. Thanks again!

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Ms. Samantha Zamduio** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Room 14**  <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**(847) 555-1243 Ext. #14** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**smzamud@ilstu.edu**

= = =<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">My Educational Philosophy =

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Today’s classrooms are full of diversity. I don’t expect to walk into my classroom on the first day and see kids of all the same race and ethnicity looking back at me. Each of my students comes with his or her own story, his or her own way of learning. This is why it is important to understand and be sensitive towards individual and cultural diversity. In order to prepare for diversity in my classroom, I want to learn about what effects the learning styles of various cultures. If I am able to understand the essentials of various cultures, I will be able to reach my students with more ease. To do this, would love to take some summer courses on multicultural education practices. I can also spend some time volunteering at my local YMCA. They have after school programs and summer day camp programs that would allow me to get hands on experience with diverse groups of children.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">With the diverse needs of my students in mind, I am able to put to use appropriate teaching strategies. I am a first year teacher but, in my time studying at Illinois State University, I have learned many useful teaching strategies. One such strategy is to create lessons that accommodate learners in many ways. For example, a lesson on the properties of light would include visuals, hands on learning experiences, and in depth discussions. Another strategy I use is to include a unit on culture in the curriculum where students are given the opportunity to research different cultures. This is a great strategy for building students’ knowledge, tolerance, and respect of other cultures. I believe it is important for a teacher to recognize the diversity of his or her students as well as educate them about diversity.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Another important part of my educational philosophy is an interest and ability to seek out informational and technological resources. Kids today are becoming more technologically savvy than ever. Because of this, I always strive to bring useful technology into my classroom to enhance learning. This year our school got all new SmartBoards in every classroom and I spent a great deal of time getting to know how it works so that I can better serve my students. I also think it is important to keep up with the latest information regarding teaching. Research may find new and better ways to help my students and I wouldn’t want to miss out on the opportunity to try them in my classroom. The more informed I stay, the more I can help my students succeed in the classroom and in the future.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**References:**

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">6th grade rocks. (n.d.). //Magneto//. Retrieved December 5, 2011, from http://embroide.nexcess.net/6th-grade-rocks.html

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Education reform: Parents as school partners. (n.d.). //Bornstoryteller//. Retrieved December 6, 2011, from http://bornstoryteller.wordpress.com/2011/06/01/education-reform-parents-as-school-partners/

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Webmaster. (n.d.). Free cliparts. //Free cliparts//. Retrieved December 6, 2011, from http://en.clipart-fr.com/

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