Ms. Buss

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Ms. Buss and Ms. Benton
6th- Grade Science Class

• Welcome Students!

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Welcome to 6th Grade!

• I will introduce you to 6th grade and to our
  classroom.
• If you have any questions during my presentation,
  please raise your hand and wait to be called on.

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1st Day in Science Class
All about us pass seating chart
Dear Me instructions and sheet
Handouts, Rules, Procedures
Science Journal Set Up
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All About me
Ms. Buss Ms. Benton



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Dear Me
1st part Briefly describe yourself. 2nd part
Write what you know about these topics in
science Inquiry Plants Weather/Climate Energy/Wor
k Animals If you finish before everyone else,
decorate your envelope.
Who are you?
back
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Our Goals

• To give you the academic and social skills you
  need to progress to the 7th grade.
• To provide a supportive and fun classroom
  environment.
• To help you make new friends and discover new
  interests.
• To help you to learn to treat people who are
  different than you with respect and compassion.

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6th Grade Science Units
Inquiry Students will demonstrate an understanding of scientific tools, graphs, charts and data methods including technological design and the scientific method.
Plants Students will demonstrate an understanding of structures, processes, and responses of plants that allow them to survive and reproduce.
Work Energy The student will demonstrate an understanding of the law of conservation of energy and the properties of energy and work.
Weather Climate Students will demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between Earths atmospheric properties and processes and its weather and climate.
Animals Students will demonstrate an understanding of structures, processes, and responses in animals that allow them to survive and reproduce.

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Classroom Community

• Our classroom is a community. In our community,
  we have rules to help us get along with each
  other.
• Our class rules are
• Be respectful and responsible.
• Be organized and follow directions.
• Be on time.
• Be prepared.
• No put downs or name calling, it will not be
  tolerated!
• No gum chewing or candy in my room, the roaches
  will move in!
• No throwing of objects (this means no throwing of
  garbage from your seat as if this is the NBA, I
  am not interested in your 3 point skills, only
  your reading and writing skills).
• Keep your hands and lips to yourself, no public
  displays of affection in my class!
• Do not crowd my desk, only three (3) people
  allowed at my desk at a time. Remember the rule,
  ASK THREE THEN ASK ME!

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Homeroom Tardiness

• School starts at 800 A.M.
• If you are not in the classroom by the time the
  second bell rings at 815, then please check in
  at the school office with Ms. Kershaw before
  coming to class. You will not be admitted
  without a tardy slip.
• Each time you are tardy you will receive an
  infraction that counts in the discipline flow.
  After two tardies, you will be contacted. After
  four you will be contacted and Assistant
  Principal, Ms. Owens will be alerted.
• Ten (10) unexcused absences will fail you. I
  know this is a fact because I taught some 7th
  graders who failed only because of missing school!

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Science Class Tardiness

• You need to stick to the bell schedule!
• If you are not in the classroom and doing your
  Bell Work (sharpening pencil, getting Science
  Journals) by the time the second bell rings, then
  you are tardy.
• A tardy counts as an infraction and will be added
  in your discipline flow chart.

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Procedures for our classroom

• As you enter
• You are to get out your marbled Science Journals
  from the bins.
• Sharpen pencils or get out writing items.
• I am very strict about you using only
  pencil, blue or black pen (please note that
  certain assignments require you to use pencil
  specifically).
• You will not be allowed to use red, green, purple
  or any other color in my class, you will,
  however, use colored pencils quite often for
  charting, graphing and lab journaling.
• Read the Bell Work and complete it. This may be
  a writing prompt, a question, a study idea/method
  etcetera.
• After you finish the Bell Work Prompt/Warm Up,
  you will need to write down the Agenda from the
  board in their F.M.S. Agendas (These will be
  randomly checked once a week for a participation
  grade) must have all classes filled out for each
  day. No skipping or you will lose points. I am
  the teacher who checks the agendas each week to
  make sure they are filling them out.

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Lab Safety Contracts

• Lab Safety Contracts are required to be signed by
  your parent.
• If you do not have your lab contract signed and
  on file, then you will not be able to participate
  in lab and will you be given an alternate
  assignment in another classroom for that day.
• This would be so unfortunate because the best
  part of science class are living for lab days!

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Goggles!

• Goggles model Z87.1 are required by OSHA and NASI
  in order for you to legally take part in a lab
  experience.
• This is mandated even if we are just working
  with water!
• These can be purchased at Wal-mart, Target or a
  hardware store for about 3.99 and can be used
  through the 8th Grade.
• Your goggles must have a head strap!

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Homework

• Expect at least 10 minutes of homework per
  evening. It may be something as simple as
  studying for a Friday Vocabulary/Notes or Lab
  Quiz or writing a lab reflection.
• There will be outside reading for all classes
  depending on the unit of study for the week. You
  may need to read the weather in the newspaper or
  an article on global warming and etc.
• More outside reading will be done in the second
  quarter as this is when we will be doing the
  Animal Research Papers in conjunction with ELA
  class.

4th 9 Weeks Animals
Much more reading on a specific animal. Write a research paper with the science teacher and the ELA Teacher.
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Late Homework

• When students enter after being absent, they will
  go to the colored green, purple, red and orange
  class coded bins by the window for your make up
  work. You will have a sheet attached with the
  assignment that says,
• While You Were Out.

• Each time that homework is late, you will lose 5
  points per day in first quarter and 10 points per
  day in the second quarter.
• The only exceptions are documented medical
  illness or bereavement (death in the family).

Late penalty 1st Quarter (1st 2nd 9 Weeks) Late penalty 2nd Quarter (3rd 4th 9 Weeks)
5 points per day 10 points per dayYou will be preparing to be 7th graders.
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Questions?
Ms. Buss Great Gators Science Teachers Room
Extension 52 bbuss_at_horrycountyschools.net jbenton
_at_horrycountyschools.net Website to find science
materials www.clickandteachit.com
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Lets Have a Great Year!