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Info for Parents

 Syllabus 

Class Expectations

How to Log Into Teams

Test Correction Policy

 

Course Description & Curriculum

Curriculum: KnowAtom

Course Description: In the 6th grade, students become scientists and engineers,  they get the opportunity to discover or enhance their creative potential and develop higher order thinking skills. Students will investigate the answers to different questions and use their scientific knowledge to solve problems. Throughout the course of the year, students will explore several different areas of science, engineering and technology and use many of the same practices that scientists use to answer questions and engineers use to solve real world problems. 

Units 

Unit 1: Gravity & Motion

Unit 2: Atoms & Molecules

Unit 3: Satellites

Unit 4: Climate & Human Activity

Unit 5: Landforms

Unit 6: Biodiversity

Unit 7: Cells to Systems

Unit 8: Forests

Unit 9: Civil Engineering

Other Information

Do you want to check how your scholar is doing in class?

  • You can check grades through the district's ParentPortal. 

  • Your scholar can check their current grades at any time using PowerSchool

    • All students know how to do this.​ 

 Do you want to check in or discuss other concerns?

You can contact me 24/7 via my district email, which is: baileys @springfieldpublicschools.com 

I will do my best to respond within one business day.  If you wish to set up a conference, just send me an email.

Your scholar is one of many students that I interact with every day.  It is my daily goal to treat each of them with equity and respect.  I have high expectations for all students, and I will hold each of them accountable to the standard of academics and behavior that are expected in a professional setting.

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