Open House September 17, 2015 Please: 1. Sign in on the paper 2. If you have not received any emails from teachers this year please write your email next to your name) …Life without SCIENCE is life without DISCOVERY… - The Discovery Channel
About me… n n n n Went to Upper Merion! Yearbook at the Middle School Junior Optimist Club Color guard at high school Run intramurals – dance, crafts Space Camp! Misconceptions
Science and Social Studies n Class is daily – approximately 90 mins – Mix of whole group, hands on activities, individual work and group work Alternate between Science and Social Studies Units – each lasting about 2 weeks n Review Classwork nightly n Science Folder - Green n Social Studies Folder – Blue n
Homework --Homework will be a mix of answering questions/worksheets and nightly review n Optional: Extra Credit assignments that enrich learning will be given throughout the year.
Science Units Getting Ready for Science n Earth’s Features and Processes n Water n Cells, Growth, Heredity n Science Fair n Environment and Ecosystems n Energy n
Online Science Text www. eharcourtschool. com SCIENCE n User name: 5 pathfinders n Password: e 9 m 6 n
Science Fair Students will go through the scientific method n Science Fair night where tri-fold boards are on display n May 25 th n
Social Studies Units Geography n Native Americans n Meso America n Explorers n Settlements n Colonies n Slavery n Reasons for the Revolution n
Social Studies Text No online link n May sign out book from classroom like a library book n
Study Strategies -We will be learning ways to study throughout the year to help them in middle school -Find an option that works best for your child
Grading… n Point system – Homework – 4 pts – Class work – 10 -30 pts – Quiz – 10 -20 pts – Tests – 20 -50 pts – Projects/labs – 15 -20 pts n Total points = current grade possible points …Life without SCIENCE is life without DISCOVERY… - The Discovery Channel
Grading… n Lateness – Assignment loses 1 letter grade for each school day it is late – Example, if on time it would have received a 87%, 3 days late would cause it to be 57% …Life without SCIENCE is life without DISCOVERY… - The Discovery Channel
Ideas? YOU are a valuable resource to our classroom too, if you have any ideas for us, let me know. One year we competed in the Philadelphia Zoo’s UNLESS campaign to bring awareness about the Palm Oil Crisis and killing of Orangutan because a parent let us know about it! Our group received a free trip to the Zoo!!
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