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Mz. Marcotte's Science Assignments

Office Hours for Extra Help:
Monday- Friday 7:15 -7:30
Guided Study: Monday-Friday
Please Note:

A LATE grade is a 70%.

* Assignments are DUE at the start of class or they will be considered LATE

Work not turned in for a grade is entered as a ZERO in PowerGrade.

Homework

Please write all of your assignments in your Assignment Notebook!

Remember to bring your science book to class EVERYDAY!

October 13th:

DUE Today at the start of class:

Today's Lesson: NO SCHOOL!

Tonight's HOMEWORK:

October 14th:

DUE Today at the start of class: A Spook-Tacular Smile!

Today's Lesson: ThinkMarks for NOTESHARE pages 13-17

Tonight's HOMEWORK: Finish your CS for Metric or Measurement

October 15th:

DUE Today at the start of class: Update your assignment notebook!

Today's Lesson: Select an Element form the Periodic Table. Create a slideshow presentation that demonstrates your understanding of that element.

Science Project RUBRIC

ELEMENT SlideShow Presentation

Use KEYNOTE or POWERPOINT

DUE: October 31,2008

Criteria	Exceeds Expectations	Meets Expectations	Partially Meets Expectations	Does not Meet Expectations
Does your slide show presentation MEET THE DEADLINE?		On Time! +2	Nope...turned in LATE LATE GRADE (70%)
Does your first slide contain your Name, Date, Group and Title of your Project?		YES! +2	Missing Pieces +1	No :0(
Do you have at least 5-10 SLIDES?	6-10 SLIDES +2.5	5 SLIDES +2	Missing Pieces +1	Less than 5 SLIDES
Does each slide have at least 1 FACT?		YES! +2	Not Sure...Sort of +1	0 FACTS
Does each slide have at least 1 PICTURE?		YES! +2	Not Sure...Sort of +1	No Pictures or Clip Art
Does each slide contain CORRECT INFORMATION?		YES! +2	Not Sure...I think so??? +1	Incorrect Information
Does each slide have an EASY TO READ FORMAT & BACKGROUND?		EASY to read! YES! +2	Difficult to read +1	VERY difficult to read
Does each slide show a CORRELATION between text and pictures?		YES! +2	Limited CORRELATION +1	No CORRELATION
Does your slide show presentation stay on your TOPIC of your chosen element?		YES! +2	Strays from your Topic +1	Off Topic
Does your slide show presentation show Apparent effort & Organization?	AWESOME JOB! +2.5	WOW! +2	Pretty good for a Kid! +1	Oops!

There is no need or reason for sounds at this time. Please do not add them to this project.

Continue Adding notes to Pages (13-17) The class read aloud on Tuesday, made "think-marks" and looked up pictures online. Add these pictures to NOTESHARE

Tonight's HOMEWORK:

October 16th: NWEA Testing

While 2 groups test, 2 groups will see The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Rated PG-13 for horror)

There will be a character analysis assignment due for LA class

This was a very enjoyable telling of the classic tale that is very heavy on atmosphere. The look and feel of the film are great. We are taken back to the late 1790s to a very convincing Sleepy Hollow that has lots of fog and smoke, distant lightning, scary jack-o-lanterns,...

DUE Today at the start of class:

Today's Lesson: Work on your Science World Summaries, INCOMPLETE worksheets page 15-16 and 23-24, add your notes to and work on your Element SLIDESHOW. See rubric above

(The Nutty Professors and the Einsteins)

Tonight's HOMEWORK:

October 17th: NWEA Testing

While 2 groups test, 2 groups will see The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Rated PG-13 for horror)

There will be a character analysis assignment due for LA class

DUE Today at the start of class:

Today's Lesson:

See Thursday's plan of action!

The Lab Rats and The Mad Scientists

Tonight's HOMEWORK: Have a nice weekend. I will see you on Monday.

Grades close next week.

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