Welcome to Back to School Night!Focus Questions:

1. How will Mr. S. help my child be successful?2. What is my child going to learn about in science?3. How can I help my child be successful?

Homework: Let your children know they made a great transition to middle school.

Warm-up: How do you spell my last name? No cheating!

About me: A little about me:

- BS Earth Science from Penn State- MA Teaching from Sacred Heart- Worked for 2 years as a hydrogeologist.- This is my 14th year teaching.- Team Leader/Sports Club Advisor

Grade 6 Science-Team 6 Purple

I love what I do! Intensive hands-on

curriculum My philosophy

- differentiate instruction according to observed behavior, performance, and student data

Promote self advocacy (encourage your child to approach me for help)

S. O. A. R. R.

About the class: Lab work/group work Notebook

- The notebook is the textbook for this class.

Homework Extra Help

- Wednesday’s Contacting me

- agenda- TeacherWeb- phone: 452-4466

Topics of Study:

1. Ecology2. Physical Science:

Density/Atomic Structure

3. Meteorology4. Geology: Soil Science

& Groundwater

GradingStandards Based

Grading: Allows students to

evaluate their own learning.

Allows for instruction to be changed to meet the needs of each student.

TeacherWeb: Homework postings, important dates, class info and more!

Mr. Seltenreich: TeacherWeb Home Page- Linked to: http://www.trumbullps.org/hms/

Sample Activities:

1. How does the diver operate?

2. Sleet vs. Hail- Hail Formation- Sleet Diagram

3. Land and sea breezes.4. Fronts