ARRANGE YOURSELVES ALPHABETICALLY BY LAST NAME -SEAT #1 WILL BE THE STUDENT WHO’S LAST NAME IS ALPHABETICALLY FIRST GOOD LUCK!

WELCOME TO SCIENCE

Agenda  About Me  Candles  Science  Expectations

A Little About Me  Second year at SMS  From Northeast Ohio  Graduated from Kent State University  I have one older sister who is also a science teacher

I have two dogs:  Bella  Emmie

Your Turn  You have 7 minutes to complete the “About Me” worksheet  Answer the questions to the best of your ability  Everyone has to share two answers from their paper  I am collecting this!

Classroom Expectations  Be Prompt, Be Prepared and Be Polite  This class can be awesome if you are willing to listen and be RESPECTFUL!  What annoys Miss Pinney the MOST?  Talking while I am talking  You will have plenty of opportunities to work with partners and in groups but if ya’ll are rude and speaking when I am  all work will be silent and individual

Who you are?  Whatever reputation you have leave it at the door  If you have brothers and sisters I don’t care  You start in this classroom with a clean slate and it is yours to mark up

My Desk and Behind Counter  ARE OFF LIMITS UNLESS YOU HAVE PERMISSION

Consequences  Pretty Straight Forward: 1. Verbal Warning 2. Lunch Detention/Parent Contact 3. After School Detention/Office Referral  Anecdotal Record Book  If you continue to be disrespectful I will ask you to sign a record sheet that keeps track of your behavior  You do not have to sign it

Group Work & Partner Work  I love when you can collaborate with your peers to accomplish a task and get work done!  However  It only takes one student or group of students to ruin it for everyone   I really like to have you guys work in partners or groups but it is a privilege that I give you

What will we be learning?  Chemistry is the first half  Physics is the second half  Introduction to both  Building off of what you already know  Your class syllabus needs to be signed and kept in your binder

Science Fair…  You will not be doing one this year unless you choose to  I will not be taking a grade for it if you do the science fair  WE WILL be doing another science project I have just not completed it yet

What will you need for class?  Three ring binder  3-subject notebook or Two 1 subject notebooks  Something to write with  Pen is fine  On test days you can only use pencil

SOL  Will be taken in June  The test was improved and made a lot harder starting last year  We will be reviewing every month to prepare  Covers all content from 6-8 grade  60 questions

What is Graded?  Bell Work  Quizzes  Tests  In-class Assignments  Homework  Projects

Assessment  All your assessment information will be kept in the back of the room in folders  Your information needs to be kept in these folders

Grading Scale  90%-100% = A  87%-89% = B+  80%-86% = B  77%-79% = C+  70%-76% = C  67%-69% = D+  60%-66% = D  59% and below = F

What do we do every class?  Every class period there will be a question on the board that you need to answer in your notebook  You must write the date, question and the answer in order to earn the full 10 points  I sometimes will check your bell work daily and other times I will check your entire notebook  10 points may not seem like much but it adds up since we do this every class

Every Class  We will go over the daily schedule  I will tell you about any important dates or upcoming events  Then we will start on the days learning  **Be prepared to take notes, read the textbooks and rely on your brain  This is all to help better prepare you for high school

Homework…  I don’t give homework on a regular basis  HOWEVER:  If we don’t finish something in class because some of you were ding dongs or I had to repeatedly stop and correct disrespectful behavior the unfinished work is homework

Absent?  Folders on the front bulletin board will have work from when you were out  They are marked Day One and Day Two so if you missed Wednesday’s class and it was a B day you would check Day Two bc we already had class on Monday

Bathroom?  You have 5 passes per quarter use them wisely  8 th grade team policy: NO AGENDA=NO LEAVING CLASS

Good Behavior  Assuming I remember…every week one standout student from each class has the option to sit at my desk if he or she chooses  The student can sit there multiple times just not back to back  Sucking up will not help you  I also love giving out candy

Mice  Luna, Juno and Tuesday  You are not allowed to touch them, poke their cage, open their cage, etc  They are living creatures NOT toys to be played with!

Take out a piece of paper  You can share a half piece if you need to  Write down your observations  What do you see?  What senses are you using to make your observations?  What are these objects?

Science  Answer the questions on the paper that I handed out  How do you use something that scientists created on a daily basis?