8th Grade Science

Course Guide & Information 2015-2016

Ms. Recomendes
danad.recomendes@cms.k12.nc.us
Welcome back to school for your final year at Quail Hollow Middle School! I
am looking forward to a fantastic year together! A successful classroom is
built upon a foundation of mutual respect. With everyones cooperation, we
will be learning a lot this year, and having a lot of fun!
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I expect that you will

- Be in your seat every day when the bell rings ready to work.
- Treat everything and everyone in the classroom with respect.
- Remember that off-task behavior is just as unfair and disruptive to
others learning as it is to your own.
- Leave your work station as clean as or cleaner than you found it.
- Wait until Ive dismissed you to leave the classroom.
- Come to class prepared every day with everything you need to learn.

What if you choose to not meet these

expectations?
Failure to abide by the class policies or disrupting other students
learning in any way may result in removal from class, lunch detention,
after school detention, a referral, a behavior contract plan, or a parent
conference.
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What you need for class

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Interactive Student Notebook (will remain in classroom)

Practice Notebook (may be taken home)
Pen, pencil, or other writing utensil
Colored pencils, crayons, or markers
Tape or glue

- Your charged Chromebook and headphones if you own them

Course Overview
~ Science Fair!
~ Chemistry
~ Ecosystems

~ Contagious Diseases
~ Biotechnology
~ Earth History & Evolution

~ Earths Waters
~ Energy Resources
~ EOG Review!

Grading Policy
Formal Assessments (Quizzes, Tests, Writing Assignments, Science Fair, Projects) 65%
Informal Assessments (Notebook checks, homework, daily assignments) - 35%
100 90
A
89 - 80
B
79 - 70
C
69 60
D
59 or less F

-Partial

credit is awarded for partial completion

based on teacher-created rubrics
- A zero is assigned for an assignment that is not
attempted or missing; Late work will receive a
maximum score of 75.
-It is YOUR responsibility to make-up work if you

Re-testing: We will practice objective-based mastery learning. This

basically means you will have the chance to re-test in for any objective that
you do not initially show mastery in. No student will be allowed to re-test,
however, without completing a qualifier assignment. It is YOUR
responsibility to complete the qualifier assignment and arrange time to retest when ready.

Homework
- Homework will be given most nights.
- Students with perfect homework for each quarter will receive 2 extra
points added to their grade average.

Extra Help
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PLEASE ask for help if you need it. I am always available by email, and
I will have tutoring on Thursday mornings at 8:00 AM. If youre
planning on coming to tutoring, please let me know by the end of the

day Wednesday. If you cannot make my tutoring hours, please

schedule an individual appointment.