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                   Expectations for the Living    

Environment

    Welcome to the Living Environment.  I hope you plan on having a great year, I do!  These expectations will help everyone learn and enjoy science.

1. Students are expected to

•     be on time to class every day

•   bring a  pen, pencil, calculator, free reading book, assignment notebook, index cards and Science notebook to class daily, as well as any assignments that are due

•      complete all assignments on time and to the best of your ability

•    behave in a manner which is not disruptive

•    treat others with politeness and respect 

•    utilize the 7-Habits

2. Any breaking of the four key rules posted in the classroom results in a Block 5 appointment.

3. For your SCIENCE NOTEBOOK, you will need a 3-ring binder with a supply of loose-leaf paper.  Having your own 3-ring punch will be helpful.  You will also need a supply of index cards for vocabulary words.

4. TEXTBOOK- your textbook is fairly new.  In order to keep it in excellent shape, please cover it as soon as possible.  (Sticky covers are not acceptable and may damage the book.  Brown paper or paper bags work  the best and hold up the longest.) 

5. After you have been absent it is your responsibility to do one of these:

• Check with me to see what you’ve missed.  Don’t wait until the next class day.

•   Contact a classmate or other friend to find out what you missed

•  Check out the homework hotline on the Draper website http://www.mohonasen.org/HWHLDraper/ 

6. This Living Environment course is a high school Regents course.  You must meet   all the requirements to pass the course and also be able to take the Regents Examination.  Don’t fall behind or it will be difficult to get back on track.  

GRADING POLICY

1. Homework (10%)  You will have homework almost every night.  Homework is a bridge linking one day’s learning with the next.  With block scheduling, homework is an even more important bridge.  Homework is due the following class day and no credit will be given for late homework.

2. Classwork and Labs (20%)  There is an 80 minute lab requirement/week for the Living Environment Course.  In order to take the Regents exam at the end of the course, you must complete all labs satisfactorily, and they must be kept on file.  You will be meeting your 80 min lab requirement by attending lab during the second 40 minutes of Advisory.  

3. Assessments and Projects (Quizzes (15%), Tests (30%), and Projects (25%))  Assessments are quizzes and tests.   Consider the quizzes as “warning flags” for how well you’ll do on a test.   If you are not doing well on quizzes, you need some help.  The tests and quizzes will contain the types of questions you will be seeing on the Regents exam.

I post grades in the classroom using your student identification number, so you will  always know how you are doing.  Your average should not be a surprise when interim reports and report cards arrive.

For those thinking ahead, there is a New York State Assessment in Science given in eighth grade.  It consists of both a lab portion and a written portion.  The lab portion will be given in April with the written portion in May.  The Living Environment Regents will be given during Regents week in June.                                                 

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