Transcript Welcome to Open House - Hillsdale Public Schools

Welcome to Back to School
Night
Mrs. Wiltz
8th Grade Science
Agenda
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Introduction
Grading Policy
Contact information
Curriculum
A little about myself…
• This is my 17th year teaching Science.
• I taught for 9 years in south Louisiana.
– 7 years of middle school and 2 years of high school
teaching.
– Physical Science, Earth Science, Biology, Astronomy,
Life Science, and Environmental Science
• I taught 5 years in NYC.
– All 5 years were middle school
– Life Science, Physical Science, and Integrated Science
• This is third year in Hillsdale.
– I originally taught 6th and 8th grade Science but now
teach only 8th grade and coach the robotics team
Grading Policy
•Your child’s grade will consist of homework,
participation, in-class assignments, labs, projects,
quizzes and tests.
• Classwork and participation
• Tests, projects, quizzes and labs
• Homework
40%
50%
10%
What does this mean?
• You child must do homework to be successful in
my class.
• Classwork includes in class assignments
(worksheets, labs, notes, projects…) and class
participation.
• Assessments include quizzes, tests and major
projects.
• Missing/late assignments are only
accepted with a note from home explaining why
the work is late.
Homework
• Homework is given several times a week.
• It is posted daily on the website.
• Missing homework: your child may remain after
school on that day or the following day to
complete the assignment and receive credit.
• If there is an emergency or other reason for your
child to have an extension please send a note with
the late homework.
• Extra help is available everyday after school in
room 120, to all students.
Binder Check
• I conduct a binder check several times a
grading period.
• A binder checklist:
– List of all classwork
– Order it should be organized
– Point value for each assignment
• This is a major portion of the classwork
grade.
Progress Reports
• Progress reports are
sent out periodically.
• These reports must be
signed and returned
the next day.
Science Curriculum
• 8th Grade
– Science processes
• Inquiry and problem solving
– Physics
• Motion and forces
• Energy transformations
– Chemistry
• Structure and properties of matter
• Chemical reaction
Technology Integration
• Check out my webpage… I have some
really good links to use as review for the NJ
ASK Science portion.
• Our school has a subscription for BrainPop;
a website that is great for reviewing and
learning about so many different topics…it
covers science, math, language arts, social
studies, technology and health. User name
and password are: ggwhite
• We also use the laptops research topics and
create PowerPoint presentations.
Contact information
You may call the office and leave a
message or email me at
[email protected]
My email address can be found on the
school website as well.
If you at anytime want a copy of your
child’s progress email me and I will
send it home with your
child…sometime this year you will
be able to access this information
online with your own password at
anytime.