1. Karen Slaton Alethea Johnekins
6th Grade Earth Science
Karen Slaton
Alethea Johnekins

2. Syllabus posted on blog
EARTH SCIENCE TOPICS
Syllabus posted on blog
Rocks and Minerals​
Weathering and Erosion​
Soil​
Natural Resources​
Ocean Topography​
Ocean Composition​
Water Distribution​
Water Cycle​
Weather​
Storms​
Planets​
Earth, Sun, and Moon​
Comets, Meteors, Asteroids​
Energy Sources​
Conservation​
Syllabus

3. SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT RETAKE PROCEDURE
Effective 2nd Quarter
Students are required to complete certain tasks prior to the original assessment to earn an opportunity to take a re-test, regardless of their performance. (I.E study guides) These tasks will be communicated at the beginning of the unit.
Effective 3rd Quarter
6th Grade students will be allowed to retake only 1 summative assessment per quarter. The student will choose the summative assessment and must have completed all the required tasks in order to complete the retake

4. SCIENCE CLASSROOM PROCEDURES
First four minutes of EACH class
Overview of the daily activities
What am I learning today?
Stamp 
Homework stamp 
Write homework in agenda
Green sheet
Review of key concepts
Answer warm-up
Posted and gone over with students daily
Georgia Standards

5. SCIENCE CLASSROOM PROCEDURES
Make-Up Work and Science Notebook
Make Up Work
Absent students check the blog for make up work
Get your “while you were out” form when you return
Make-up work handed out to student when they return.
Science Binder
Binder to hold paper in clasps and pockets
Table of Contents
Keep papers in order according to table of contents
Turn in to classroom portfolio each major unit
Portfolio given back at the end of the year.

6. COMMUNICATION
Blog and from Lovinggood Website
Blog

7. Consumable Worktext AND Online Textbook
Interactive videos
Concept maps
Summaries
Spanish glossary
Audio read aloud
Online Worktext

8. SCIENCE HOMEWORK and CLASSWORK
Flipped Classroom AND Problem Based Learning (PBL)
Homework in science class has been flipped. I will video a lot of my lecture and notes. Students will watch the video from home and complete their notes by watching the video. Students will do more labs, hands-on, activities, and practice in class when they have the teacher with them to help them. We are also doing a lot more problem based learning this year. The students get frustrated because I don’t give them a lot of their answers, but provide them with the resources to find out the answers themselves.
CONS
No computer at home
Computer does not work
Students HAVE to do their homework.
PROS
Pause and stop video as needed to write at own pace
Watch video several times during the unit.
Review video before major assessment
More time for inquiry / real science
Parents know what we are teaching, they can watch the videos

10. Conference week is October 15th – 19th!
Mark your Calendars
Conference week is October 15th – 19th!

11. Who is Mrs. Slaton? Cobb County Science teacher 19 years
6th grade Science teacher 19 years
Lovinggood teacher 13 years
Lovinggood Science Department Chair
Masters in middle grades science
education from Berry College
Married for 18 years
Two children: 11 year old Thomas &
8 year old Noal.