Helping Your Child SUCCEED in Physical Science

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Helping Your Child SUCCEED in Physical Science

• Grovetown Middle School
• Ms. Marina Stafford
• Ms. Kathy Kohl

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Content

• Topics covered in Physical Science this year
• 1st Nine Weeks
• Motion and Forces/ Energy Transformation
• 2nd Nine Weeks
• Waves / Electricity and Magnetism
• 3rd Nine Weeks
• Nature of Matter/Atoms
• 4th Nine Weeks
• Enrichment/Review

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Staying Focused on Learning

• Your child has an agenda/planner to write
• homework assignments, test/project dates and
• other important information.
• Your child should be writing daily in their
  composition books and answering Essential
• Questions (EQ)/Purpose of class (POC),
• as well as other main ideas from
• the lesson.

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LABS

• Students will be doing labs throughout the
  school year.
• If a student misses a lab because of an excused
  absence, they
• will be able to make up the lab with prior
  arrangements or given
• an alternative assignment.
• If a student misses a lab because of
  misbehavior
• they will not be allowed to make up the lab.
• Listening, paying attention, following safety
  rules are all very
• important during a class, but especially during
  a lab.

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TESTS/Quizzes

• Tests are based on unit standards and are used
  to monitor student progress. Unit ideas/concepts
  can sometimes take one to two weeks to master.
• Tests are given at the end of each unit or
  chapter and cover main ideas.
• Students will be given ample time to prepare for
  
• Unit/Chapter Tests.
• Students can expect either a quiz or test weekly.

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Student Progress

• Please check I Parent. Normally, grades are
  entered on Tuesdays and/or Fridays. These are
  not the final grades. They are to keep you
  informed of your childs progress and to assist
  you in helping your child succeed.

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Studying

• Your child can study using study guides,
  vocabulary lists, notes,
• pretests, and other study aids that will be given
  throughout the year.
• Students will also have workbooks that reinforce
  information from the textbooks.

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Homework

• Homework will not be given every day,
• BUT they should be learning their vocabulary,
• reviewing their study guide and reading.
• Homework is due the next day and cannot be
• made up unless without an excused absence
• in which case, two days are allowed for
• makeup work.

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Student led Conferences

• Tests and other examples of school work are
  held in a folder until the end of the nine weeks.
  

• Your childs responsibility in this is to lead
  the conference, emphasize their strengths,
  acknowledge their weaknesses, and plan for the
  rest of the nine weeks

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Student Led Conferences

• If you can not attend the conference, then
• your child will be required to lead the
• conference at home with you.

• We encourage you to be a positive part of
• this conference process and help your child
• plan their goals.

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Contact Us
Email marina.stafford_at_ccboe.net kathleen.kohl_at_c
cboe.net Planning time 800 900 Please call
to set up an appointment. Class updates/notes
are available on www.schoolnotes.com
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THANK YOUFOR COMING!