Welcome to Curriculum Night Ms. Dempsey’s Classroom

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.

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,…).

Schedule 8:20 – 8:25 Attendance 8:27 – 9:07 Period 1 9:09 – 9:49 Period 2 (PE) 9:51 – 10: 31 Period 3 10:33 – 11:13 Period 4 11:15 – 11:55 Period 5 11:57 – 12:37 Lunch/Intramurals 12:39 – 1:19 Period 7 1:21 – 2:01 Period 8 (Cycle) 2:03 – 2:43 Period 9 2:45 – 2:50 Homeroom/Dismissal

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

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)

Science Curriculum What to expect in class What to expect at home 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)

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

Lunch Help Students may seek out help at lunch. Monday, Wed., and every other Friday – in science room. Tues., Thurs., every other Friday in regular school study hall.

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

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.

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 in which they struggled. Students may 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.

6th Grade – Notre Dame teachers include: Ms. Dempsey – Rm. 130 Mrs. Sajewich – Rm. 128 Mrs. Mittelstadt – Rm. 141 Mrs. Dermody – Rm 139 Mrs. Pajak – Rm. 126 Mr. Donovan – Rm. 129 Mrs. Battistoni – Rm. 228

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 students. Please follow your child’s schedule to visit other teachers as they will have me only for homeroom and Science .