Undergraduate Degree - Wayne State University Postgraduate Degree - Wayne State University 22 years teaching experience, 21 years in Royal Oak I attended and graduated from Royal Oak Schools: Parker, Addams, and Kimball. I earned a Bachelor’s degree in chemistry and decided I wanted teach science. I’ve been teaching 8 th grade science since My major is chemistry with minors in math and science. After-school time is spent with my husband and our four children. I can relate to the joy and anguish you are experiencing with your teens and tweens. I’m looking forward to an outstanding year with your children.

We will cover the following units: Lab Safety Measurement Physical and Chemical Changes Atoms and molecules Elements and the Periodic Table Energy Plants Cells The Magnetic Earth

Copy assignment into planner work and on daily starter. Take out homework and I check it in. Correct starter and homework. Update the Table of Contents and Grade Sheet. Begin the day’s lesson which may be reading from the text with discussion, performing a lab or activity, developing notes on covered material, etc. End the lesson with application of the concepts in some form of an assignment.

We will use the following textbooks: I have a class set of these books to use at school. The books may be accessed online at home using the following web address: From the following list, please choose one of the words and use it for both the username and password: sroms, sroms1, sroms2, sroms3, sroms4, sroms5, sroms6, sroms7, sroms8, sroms9, sroms10, sroms11, sroms12, sroms13, sroms14, sroms15, sroms16, sroms17, sroms18, sroms19, sroms20

MI Star is our Web based attendance/grade book. We use MI Star to enter our attendance daily. We enter our grades once assignments are corrected. Please check MI Star often. Please note the following: Blank= The grade hasn’t been entered yet or is averaged as a zero if it isn’t turned in.

My Webpage You can access my webpage from the Royal Oak Middle School website

Remind 101 Directions were sent home and are on my webpage.

Kathy Knapp- 6 th grade Counselor ext 1056 Nancy Adair- Social Worker ext 2104

I hope to see you at conferences October 16 th & 17 th from 4-7 pm