9th Grade Physical Science and

7th Grade Science.

2008/2009 School Year

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Mrs. True

 

·         WELCOME to our class website, TRUE'S NEWS, your source for information about the class curriculum, procedures, and assignments.

·         The 9th grade HIGH SCHOOL Physical Science class is a fun and challenging class with MANY HANDS-0N LABS in most of the units.  The concepts, skills and content presented will give you a good grounding for success in other high school science classes, and help you to understand scientific issues that impact you now and in the future.

·         To find out more click on the links in the left frame to move around the site. The assignment lists will be updated several times each week. Click on UNITS to see the critical content areas we will cover this school year. 

·         Remember to HIT THE REFRESH BUTTON. If you leave your computer on all the time  - hit the refresh button every time you visit this site to see the updated pages. If you do not, you see the one your computer opened the first time you came to the site. This is most important when you are checking the updated assignment page.

·         See below for 10 important high school study skills

10 IMPORTANT HIGH SCHOOL STUDY SKILLS

 

Students should be able to:

1.   RECORD YOUR ASSIGNMENTS AND DUE DATES/ HAND IN ASSIGNMENTS TIMELY/ USE THE AGENDA

Neatly, accurately and completely, record homework assignments, important events and meetings in an organized agenda using the resources provided, in a disciplined and consistent manner. (Use the information on our white board and class website). http://schools.lwsd.org/ejh/true/home.htm

 HAND IN COMPLETED ASSIGNMENTS ON TIME. 

 

2.   STUDY VOCABULARY/ DEFINITIONS

Use reference material and lesson notes to write a definition breakdown for key terms in each unit (and be able to write a detailed, complete sentence definition from this definition breakdown).

 

3.   USE ALL THE TEXT BOOK FEATURES

Be familiar with and know how to use all the features of your science text book.

 

4.   TAKE DOUBLE COLUMN NOTES FROM AN INFORMATIONAL TEXT

Take good detailed notes from your text book and other written reference material using the double column notes format. Format a diverse set of questions from your notes.

 

5.   USE RUBRICS/ REQUIREMENTS LISTS

Use a rubric or requirements list to complete an assignment accurately and completely.

 

6.   USE LEARNING GOAL LISTS

Use learning goal lists or objectives lists to check your degree of mastery of the knowledge and skills during a unit.

 

7.   STUDY / LEARN YOUR NOTES

 

Develop a study-reading plan. Read, review and recite notes, and question to test for understanding.  

SQ3Rs :

SURVEY

QUESTION

READ

REVIEW

RECITE

8.   USE MEMORY STRATEGIES

Make use of memory strategies when appropriate, like using associations, acronyms, strange sentences, and rhymes or raps.

 

9.   SELF TEST

Create your own self tests to self assess your degree of mastery of the knowledge and skills in a unit.

 

10.    advocate for yourself

Study in a timely manner and come for help when you have questions in order to be ready for the scheduled unit assessments (tests).