1. US Government & Civics Mrs. Melissa Palmer
WELCOME
US Government & Civics
Mrs. Melissa Palmer
As you arrive: Please begin to complete the Student Information Sheet on your desk!
Turn in Wednesday, if you are not done today

2. Today’s Agenda Monday, August 7 (2hr day)
Welcome Back
Complete Student Information sheet: Complete and Return on Friday
Assign Materials needed: Notebook (binder type), paper, writing utensils.
You must be prepared for Class…. Please see me personally if you have any legitimate reasons for not have required materials. Will Check on Friday 20 points
Questions?????

3. Today’s Agenda Wednesday, August 9th
LOOK: Turn in Student Information sheet from Monday to class period basket!
Bell Work: You should have picket up form as you entered the classroom by the door.
Question: Define the following terms in you own words
RESPECT EXPECTATIONS LEARNING
Icebreaker (let’s get to know us!)
Class supply List
REMINDER…. Materials due Friday, August 11th unless you have personally spoken to Mrs. Palmer. 20 points

4. Today’s Agenda Thursday, August 10th
LAST CALL: Turn in Student Information sheet from Monday to class period basket!
Bell Work: What is a course Syllabus and how will it help you meet the learning expectations for the class.
Class rule Sheet: ( Parent Signature Page DUE ) on Monday, August 14th 20 points.
*Syllabus (Go over/ Discuss/ Think Pair Share/Questions)
Start Learning Styles Inventory, complete in class tomorrow
REMINDER…. Materials due tomorrow Friday, August 11th unless you have personally spoken to Mrs. Palmer. 20 points

5. Today’s Agenda Friday, August 11th
BELL WORK: (Add this to the sheet you received yesterday)
a. 2 to 3 sentences about what it means to be a citizen
b. Are you a citizen and why?
(no more than 10 minutes; answer all parts
Materials Check and Notebook set up:
Notebook (binder type),Three dividers, paper, writing utensils. 20 points
*Learning styles 20 points (Discuss why this is important)
U.S. Citizenship Pre-test (10 points)

6. Visual Learners Study tips:
You’re the most common type of learner, making up about 65
percent of the population. Visual learners relate most effectively to
written information, notes, diagrams and pictures. You might not
even absorb information if someone just tells you. It’s almost as if
it didn’t exist unless you see it written down.
Study tips:
Take notes even when you’ve been given handouts or printed course notes.
Look at—don’t just listen to—all study materials and directions. Use or make your own
charts, maps, notes and flashcards and practice visualizing or
picturing words and concepts in your head.
Write everything down for frequent and quick visual reference.

7. Auditory learners Study tips:
You are the second most common type of learner, accounting
for an estimated 30 percent of the population.
As an auditory learner, you relate most effectively to the spoken word. You tend to listen to a lecture, then take notes afterward or rely on
printed notes. Written information will have little meaning until it
has been heard.
It may help auditory learners to read written information aloud.
Study tips:
Read your assignments and study materials aloud—even if you feel a little silly at first—or use tapes.
Taped lectures may help fill in the gaps in your own notes.
Sit at the front of the classroom where you can hear well.

8. Tactile learners (another word for this is Kinestheic learners
You’re a rare breed—one of only about 5 percent of the population.
Tactile learners prefer a hands-on approach, learning through touch and movement.
You learn skills by imitation and practice.
Study tips:
You may take a little longer to learn some skills since most information isn’t presented in a way that suits your learning style, but you can make schoolwork easier by typing your notes, using real objects or acting out reading
assignments.
Role-playing helps, too. When studying cell structure in biology, for example, you and maybe another tactile learner could pretend to be different parts of the cell. Sound crazy? It couldn’t hurt to try.

9. What Methods of Teaching help me Learn?

10. Question?????
Why is knowing your learning style important to being successful academically?

11. LOOK: Citizenship Pre-test Turn in Three things today
Answer all of the following questions
Grade you own paper
Did you get at least 60% or 6 out of 10 correct?
Exit Ticket: How were you surprised by you result on
the Citizenship Pre-test?
LOOK:
Turn in Three things today
Learning Styles 20 points
Citizenship Pre-test 10 points for completion and grading
Bell work and Exit Ticket sheet from this week.