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Mrs. Bruce 7th Grade Homeroom/6th-8th Social Studies and Literature/Reading Room 15 [email protected] Grading Policy: Religion Tests/Notebooks……………………….50% Service Hours……………………………..25% Classwork/Homework………………..15% Mass Participation……………………10% Extra Credit………………………………3% Grading Policy: Social Studies Tests/Notebooks…………………40% I only see each grade level twice a week, for 30 minutes per class for Reading. Therefore, it is imperative that students are reading their 30 minutes a night for AR as well as keeping up with our class novels. I try to connect our novels with what we are learning in Social Studies or other content areas, when possible, as this is the direction our new Common Core Standards are outlined for the nation. *Behavior, Work Habits, Art and Music are all also graded separately. Please visit Gradelink for specific grade weight breakdowns in these subject areas. Quizzes………………………………….25% Projects…………………………………..20% Classwork/Homework…………..15% Extra Credit…………………………….3% Grading Policy: Reading Tests/Notebook…………………….40% Accelerated Reader….………..25% Quizzes…...25% Classwork/Homework…………10% Extra Credit……………………………..3% Behavior/Work Habits Students can receive up to 10pts. weekly towards their behavior grade. Each mark on the clipboard reduces their point total by one point for the category they were marked in, behavior or work habits. If a student receives an infraction for three marks that week, they receive a zero for that week in the given category, work habits or behavior. If students should receive a star on the clipboard they will receive one point extra credit in that category, work habits or behavior for that week! Interactive Notebooks/Tests Projects I use interactive notebooks for all subjects. At the end of some of our novels and Social Everything we do in class is completed in our Studies units we have an extension menu notebooks. I use Cornell Note taking for all project that students choose the way to show Social Studies classes; therefore it is their understanding of the novel or important that students have their civilization. Students are given a menu of notebooks, a red pen and blue or black pen projects to choose from. Students will also each class period. have other small projects throughout their Since we complete all of our hard work and efforts into this work of art it is counted the same as a test grade for each unit. This also helps those students who are not the best test takers, however are hard workers! learning where much of it is in class, however may need to be finished at home. Projects will be accepted up to one week late from the due date for half credit. Absolutely no exceptions! After each unit I give a rubric (checklist if you will) that names each assignment and points possible. The students are to grade themselves on this rubric and use it as a checklist that they have all their assignments completed. This is also a good tool to use as a study guide before each test. Everything we have done for this unit is in the notebook. I Classroom Expectations 1. Respect everyone and everything 2. Come to class each day prepared with all supplies and materials. 3. Be an active learner…Participate! 4. Follow directions 5. Have fun while in a safe learning environment. then collect the notebooks on the day of the test and I grade it with my score next to theirs. Students are expected to make up Parental Responsibilities any and all missing or incomplete assignments in their notebooks when they are absent. We have a master class notebook for each subject that students are always welcome to borrow. Notebooks are considered major assignments 1. Review student planner each night and sign at the end of each week. 2. Continuously check Gradelink to monitor academic progress. 3. Maintain an open dialogue with your being it counts as a test grade and will be son/daughter about his/her grades marked down 50% of their grade if turned in and upcoming assignments. late. Students will have one week from the date is was due to turn it in, after that week it is considered a zero, as we are already on to the next unit. 4. Contact teacher if you need clarification or have questions. Late Work Students who are absent will have one extra day for every day that they are absent in which to make up work missed, with no point learning about Medieval Europe. I will give plenty of notice for this field trip, which usually takes place in May. At that time I will ask for parent chaperones. deduction. Late classwork/homework will be accepted for 50% credit, up to one day late. Projects and Notebook Checks will be Social Studies Goals for 6th-8th Grade accepted up to one week from the due date, • for half credit. There are no exceptions. *If you know your child will be absent ahead • of time pleas make arrangements to get all work that they will miss. • Homework Daily homework should not exceed 2 hours, as Analyze the relationships between social, political, historical perspective, geography, and economic events Explain how present day history is a result of those who lived in other times and places Understand historical events from multiple perspectives through the use of primary and secondary sources stated in the parent/student handbook. Homework will usually consist of Reading for AR as well as their class novel, Religion and Social Studies. Students are given 30 minutes 6th Grade Ancient World History Curriculum Early Humans Mesopotamia Egypt Ancient Hebrews Ancient Greece Ancient India China Birthdays are celebrated at the end of the Classical Greece month for all of the students who celebrate a Rome a week on their computer/library day, for SSR and AR time. It is also always on the May Do list for students if they should finish their work early. Student Birthdays birthday in that particular month. An email will come home notifying the parents of the celebration date as well as what to send if you choose to participate. Field Trips We typically only do one field trip for 7th grade at the end of the school year to Medieval Times. This is a celebration of all we’ve learned in Medieval World History and usually ties in just in time when we are 7th Grade Medieval World History Curriculum Seventh grade social studies cover a lot of curriculum. Therefore, some units are much longer and some much shorter than others. All units cover the social, cultural, and technological changes that took place in Europe, Africa and Asia during A.D. 500-1789. Fall of Rome Islam Medieval Africa The Americas Medieval Europe Medieval Japan The Renaissance Reformation Scientific Revolution Middle Ages of China 8th Grade U.S. History Curriculum Brief review of the American Revolution Declaration of Independence United States Constitution Early National Period Manifest Destiny Civil War 7th Grade Science Mr. Tirambulo Weights Tests…………………… 45% Quizzes………………. 15% Projects……………… 20% Home/classwork... 20% Extra Credit………. 2% Content Covered The Study of Living Things The Nature of Life Science Characteristics of Living Things Cells Characteristics of Cells Organization of Living Things Cell Energy Cell Cycle Mitosis Structure and Function of Plants and Animals Photosynthesis (Plants) Invertebrates (Animals) Vertebrates Human Body Heredity and Genes -Meiosis DNA Earth and Life History Relative and Absolute Date Life on Earth Evolution of Living things Science Fair 1st Semester Project Evolution 2nd Semester Project Details to come in the near future.