Mrs. Lisa Newman Planning Hour: 12:17 to 1:16 Room 120

 Education  B.S. in Secondary Education-EMU  Masters of Education Leadership-SVSU  Education Specialist-SVSU  Years as an Educator  I have taught for 16 years  I have experience working with high school, junior high and middle school students.  I have worked as a academic coach, club sponsor, teacher leader, summer school coordinator, online learning, administrator, served on numerous committees and in my favorite assignment, a teacher.

 1 st ◦ Water ◦ Weather and Atmosphere  2 nd Quarter ◦ Cells and Living Things  3 rd Quarter  Wavies ◦ Sound and Light  4 th Quarter  Forces and Motion

 Homework-Students will have homework most nights of the week  Projects- These can be classified as long term or short term projects. May include research projects and activities.  Labs- These could be done individually or in a lab group but all students will submit their own work.  Tests/Quizzes-Quizzes will be frequent to provide feedback to teacher and student.

 Grades can be checked using myRCS. ◦ The site does not update instantly ◦ Updates are twice a week. ◦ So if your child has a missing assignment or absent work that is not showing as completed on myRCS my first recommendation is to check again in 24 hours. ◦ If the assignment is still missing have your student speak to me or and I will verify it was turned in.

 ABS = Absent  NHI= Not Handed in  M= Missing  EXC= Excused  Students have 1 Wiggle for homework  Late homework goes down 1 point for each day it is late  Assignments/Lab are reduced 10% each day it is late

 Textbook ◦ ◦ Username: mrsnewman1 ◦ Password: u5t5p  Discovery Education ◦ ◦ Username: mrsnewman120 ◦ Password: u5t5p  Encyclopedia Britannica ◦ ◦ Username: rcs42 ◦ rcseb

 Brain Pop ◦ Website: ◦ Username: rcspophome ◦ Password: rcspop12  Current Science/World Science ◦ Website: login/index.htm login/index.htm ◦ Scroll down to student. Secret word is Van Hoosen  Moodle ◦ Website: ◦ Username: Student Log in ◦ Password: Student Password

 I am teaching very closely with Mrs. Lewis and Mrs. Bowerman.  Please use their WebPages while I am in the process of developing my 7 th grade science page.  By Second Quarter I expect my page to be finalized.

 I expect students to follow the Viking Virtues.  Students should come to class on time, prepared to learn. This means coming with all necessary supplies.  I expect students to not disrupt the learning of the other students in the classroom.  I expect students to actively participate in class and to ask questions.  I expect students to be “bucket fillers”.

 I am available for help before school, after school and during lunch.  I have and will continue to offer opportunities to come in during lunch for binder organization, study sessions, and for additional time to work on some assingments.  Lunches are a great time to make up quizzes and other missed assignments as well.  I ask parents and students to me in advance to make arrangements in case I already have something else on my calendar.

 I have been enjoying my classes because of the young scientists who attend each day. I look forward to watching them grow and explore the world of science.