1. Welcome to Curriculum Night
Ms. Dempsey’s Classroom

2. 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.

3. 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,…).

4. 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

5. 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.

6. 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)

7. 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)

8. 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

9. 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.

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

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. 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

14. Thanks for coming
Please call or me at any time with questions or information. address is
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 .