Daily Warm-up Monday 8/21/2017 Happy School Year!!! If you are reading this message, point it out to someone you do not know, exchange names and then give each other a HIGH 5! Pick up the three (3) sheets up front: 1st Day Letter, Safety Contract, and Classroom Checklist. Find a seat, any seat, seating charts come out tomorrow. Ask the person next to you the following questions: What are you looking forward to the most this school year? What was your favorite book/movie/video game over the summer? Why?

Attendance Please correct any pronunciation mistakes State reasonable nicknames William is Bill Elizabeth is Lizzy I will not call anyone Super Dave, Shazam, or Honey Boo-Boo, etc. unless that is your legal name Answer the following when called: What was the coolest/raddest/gnarliest thing that occurred to you this summer?

1st Day Letter

Due by Friday or you will not be able to participate in the activity. Science Safety Sheet Due by Friday or you will not be able to participate in the activity.

Science Journals and Supplies Bring 2, 100 page SPIRAL Notebooks by this Friday. Write your name inside both covers. Team 7-3 supplies (you will get the list from Ms. Hernandez when you have her) and Science supplies can be dropped off at any time. Make sure I check off your name.

Welcome to 7th Grade Science Bill Wieners william.wieners@austinisd.org 512-841-8695 Tutoring on Monday 3:45 – 4:30 Conference Period 2nd: 9:10 – 9:45

About me Born – Shreveport, LA 10 schools from K-12 (Father was a pilot in the AF) Graduated HS in Alexandria, VA Graduated with a B.S. in Biology from Virginia Tech Started Teaching in 2002 in NYC at independent schools Moved to Austin in 2011 (1st child born in June 2011 and my wife is a Bowie alum) 2nd child born in August 2014 Joined Gorzycki MS in January 2012 for 8th Grade Science

8/5/17 – Gettysburg, Pa

Topics to be Covered Organisms Genetics Human Body Systems Earth Systems Adaptations Plants Ecology

TEKs Based Work (45%) Most will be Rubric based Looking for completeness, clarity and neatness All writing in Science is formal writing Limited To Dos on Weekends

Tests/Quizzes (45%) One Quiz a week. At least one Test every 6-weeks Science Notebook will count as a quiz grade at the end of the 6-weeks

10% Completion Items Examples include Lab Safety Sheet myOn Reading Assignment TEKs based work that I don’t have time to fully grade

Websites Other Resource Gorzycki Middle School – gmstigers.org ScienceSaurus – A Student Handbook ISBN-10: 0-669-52915-x

Classroom Material Check-list

Classroom Material Check-list 5 minutes to find as many of the items as you can on your own. Any drawer, any cabinet except for my desk can be opened 7 minutes to share with other students Write down the student’s name who taught you where material is located Turn the sheet into the Period Bin at the end of class

Exit Ticket Ask and answer with a person in front or behind you: What class are you going to next? When should you bring in 2, 100-page, single subject spiral notebooks for the Science Journal?