Welcome to Curriculum Night

1. Welcome to Curriculum Night Ms. Dempsey’s Classroom

2. Organizational Methods • Assignment Books – used to record all assignments whether completed or not. • Can check off assignments as completed. • Daily assignments are posted in class and on my webpage for Science. • Must access other teachers’ websites for their specific information.

3. Non Negotiables • All students will restate questions as part of a complete sentence answer. • All sentences and proper nouns will begin with capital letters. • All sentences will end with correct punctuation marks. • Sentences are never started with a pronoun (he, she, it, they,…).

4. Schedule • 8:20 – 8:29 Attendance • 8:31 – 9:15 Period 1 • 9:17 – 10:01 Period 2 (PE) • 10:03 – 10: 47 Period 3 • 10:50 – 11:34 Period 4 • 11:38 – 12:22 Lunch/Intramurals • 12:24 – 1:08 Period 6 • 1:10 – 1:54 Period 7 (Cycle) • 1:56 – 2:40 Period 8 • 2:42 – 2:50 Dismissal

5. Specials • P.E. for the students is held 5 days a week. • Students will have Music -Monday, Art – Tuesday, Study Skills- Wednesday, Technology/Action Lab – Thursday, and Library – Friday.

6. Science Curriculum • Science – This year will focus on earth science. The students will be given different texts throughout the year depending upon which area we are covering at the time. • Introduction (Book P) • Earth Science (Red books) • Inside the Restless Earth (Book F) • Earth’s Changing Surface (Book G) • Weather and Climate (Book I) • Astronomy (Book J)

7. Science Curriculum • What to expect in class • Group work/collaboration • Independent inquiry • Whole class discussions • Class demonstrations • Lab work/group experiments • Lesson/chapter reviews • Entrance/Exit slips • What to expect at home • Preparation for all class discussion • Extensions of any independent work • Review of class notes • Written explanations for class demonstrations • Preparation for lesson quizzes and tests (summatives)

8. Science Curriculum • Assessments • Various reinforcements of lesson concepts • Directed Readings • Interactive Textbook Packets • Critical Thinking • Math Skills • Science Skills • End of Lesson • Vocabulary Review • Lesson Quiz • End of Chapter • Review/Study Guides • Test

9. Lunch Study Group • Study groups will be offered prior to each assessment and are open to all students. • Students may also seek out help at lunch. • Monday, Wed., and every other Friday – in science room. • Tues., Thurs., every other Friday in regular school study hall.

10. Grading Scale • 100 – 90 A • 89 – 80 B • 79 – 70 C • 69 – 60 D • 59 – 50 F

11. Reassessment Procedure on Summatives • First effort should always be students best effort. • Students receiving a D or an F on a summative will automatically retest on the material. • A, B, C grades may choose 1 summative per quarter to take reassessment. • The second grade is the final grade.

12. Reassessment Procedure • Reassessments will be completed no later than 1 week after to original assessment. • Students taking a reassessment will consult with me first to determine the areas with which they struggled. • Students must attend one lunch study group prior to reassessment. • Students must get study guide signed by parent or guardian assuring that student is taking time to study at home for reassessment. • Reassessment will be given at lunch in the reassessment room. • Once again the second attempt is the final grade.

13. 6th Grade – Group 1 teachers include: • Ms. Dempsey – Rm. 130 • Mrs. Sajewich – Rm. 128 • Mrs. Mittelstadt – Rm. 141 • Mrs. Dermody – Rm 139 • Mrs. McFarland – Rm. 126 • Mr. Donovan – Rm. 145

14. Thanks for coming • Please call or email me at any time with questions or information. Email address is mdempsey@summithill.org • I look forward to great and successful year for all of the students. • Please follow your child’s schedule to visit other teachers as they will have me only for homeroom and Science .