Calendars for this upcoming week (Week of March 16, 2009) and the following week (Week of March 23, 2009) can be found by clicking here.
In addition, a special notice...on Tuesday, March 17th (Happy St. Patrick's Day) and on Wednesday, March 18th my 1st and 5th period classes will be meeting in Room H43 so that CAHSEE tests can be administered in my classroom. A note will be on the classroom door for all late arrivals!
ALSO: NOTE TO PARENTS
If your son/daughter did NOT complete their Periodic Table Project (due at the end of last week, March 5th or 6th), expect that their letter grade has dropped TREMENDOUSLY. In some cases, students who earned a ZERO for their project dropped from an "A" to a "F". Students had 5 weeks notice about this project, were shown grading rubrics, discussed ideas with their peers, received commentary from me on their ideas, and saw sample projects from years past. If they still chose not to do the project, their grade will reflect the consequences.
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do you have any extra credit???
ReplyDeleteYes, extra credit is abundant! You can check out the list posted in the classroom (on a red piece of construction paper mounted to my large file cabinet behind the teacher's demo desk in the front of the room). Or, a few quick things...
ReplyDeleteYou can search online for news stories (I'm putting a link in a blog RIGHT NOW about potential online sources of information through the Uni HS library) about Science or anything related to Science (Medicine, Health, etc.) and print an article. Write a 5-6 sentence summary and turn it in. 5 points per article; 4 articles max per term. You can another 4 articles next term if necessary.
You can also read a Science-themed book (it can be a popular book though...like "Jurassic Park" or "The Hot Zone" for example) and come talk to me about it = 25 points of extra credit.
I'm in desperate need of Kleenex. Each box gets you 5 extra credit points (20 points MAXIMUM).