Mrs. Davidson’s Science Class

Open House

Tuesday, September 23rd

6-8 pm

Family Involvement

• Attendance tonight shows commitment

• Families are #1 indicator of student success

• Teachers/students need your support and backing

Contact Families

• Communicate regularlyWhen successful

• Agendas• Postcards• Phone calls

Not performing• Emails• Phone calls • Parent Portal

Contact Teacher

Encouraged to contact early and oftenTwo way cooperationAvoid miscommunication • Email – davidsonp@nashua.edu• Call – 594-4322• Note in agenda• Family conferences before Halloween

About Me

Teaching since 1997, at Elm since 2001

Undergraduate at Bowdoin College– Studied Biology and Education– Semester in Caribbean, Australia

Master’s Plus 30 Credits at UNE

YMCA, ARC, BBA, textbooks

Safe, organized, hardworking

Course Content

• Biology– Ecology– Cells– Genetics– Human Body– Overview of major groups

• Bacteria• Protists• Fungi• Plants • Animals

Class Activities

Literacy strategies – before, during, after reading

Games

– Memory - Bingo

– Spoons - Charades

– Go Fish - Pictionary

– Flipflops - Taboo

– War - Tic Tac Toe

– SWAT - Jeopardy

Investigation

Microscopes

Investigations outside

Materials

Textbook• Prentice Hall Life Science, Science Insights• CDs available to sign out• Online accounts set up – Student ID, Student123#

Binder • Organized

• Paper friendly

Class Structure

• 5cast• Starter• Check Ups every other Friday

– In binder all week, on website, gone over daily– Can use PQ

• Quizzes every other Thursday – Try Practice Quiz for homework one week– Correct answers Friday– Study for Quiz next Thursday– Same thing, but scrambled up

Grades

• Categories– Quizzes – 30 percent– Check Ups – 30 percent– Classwork – 30 percent– Homework – 10 percent

• X2 updated weekly on Tuesdays afterschool

Redos

Can redo ANY grade not satisfied with during that unit

• Quiz and Check Up-get graded assignment signed-study/prepare more/differently-stay after Tuesday for redo

Homework

Predictable patternAssigned Friday, due Friday

Practice Quiz one week, study for quiz next

Homework writing and graphing to support our NECAP goal

How Families Can Help

Check agenda

Look at team website http://schools.nashua.edu/middle/7-2/Pages/Team7-2.aspx

Look at X2

Ask students questions first – self-directed learning!

Email teachers with questions/concerns

Sign up for a conference in October

Support teachers at home – discipline plan

Thank you!

• Sincerely care

• Very committed

• Want to work together

• Know that all children can be successful when families, teachers, and students work together