Mrs. Reed - Science 7

Welcome to
Life Science 7th grade!

What's New?

We are working through Human Body Systems!

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<- Your science textbook
We will use this book occasionally, but not often since we are waiting for new NGSS textbooks to be written and published still.

2 ways to check grades: Online or App

Infinite Campus Online lets you login to see the scores for homework, labs, quizzes, and tests as well as your current grade for the class. You can also see which assignments are missing. Missing assignment count as zero points until the assignment is turned in for late work. You can check IC using any device that has internet - from home or on campus in the library. Remember the library opens at 7:30 a.m., sometimes during lunch, and most days after school until 3:30 p.m. Just login, click on Grades, click on Science 7 to see your all your earned scores. You should not need to check IC every day as assignments take time to grade, score, and input.

Campus Portal App gives a quick view of grades and allows you to set up notifications. District Name (no period after s): william s hart

Homework

If you want to know the current homework, check your Student Planner. You are responsible for writing in the homework correctly each day in your Student Planner. I give you the first 2 minutes of class everyday just for writing in the homework. Homework is finishing the work we started in class and should typically take 5-10 minutes to finish if class time is used wisely. During class on Friday I will check your planner for the whole week. If you wrote the homework in correctly, I'll give you a stamp and each stamp earned is extra credit added into your grade at the end of the quarter. If you are going to be absent, ask for the work ahead of time. If you are absent, email me before 3:00 or contact a friend after school to find out what we did in class and what to write in for homework. Sometimes you already have the assignment with you and can start on it so you don't get behind :)

Parent Tip: How to help your student for grades

Looking at your student's homework assignment to make sure it is complete is one of the best ways to help your student succeed. Check the Student Planner to know exactly what the homework is and then check to make sure every answer is filled in. Once work is turned in, I will evaluate it based on effort. Some work is for completion only where I check that the work is completely finished whether the answers are correct or not. Other work is for for direct points where I look for right or wrong answers. Work completion is usually related directly to test scores. When work is not done (missing) or incomplete (not completely finished), typically students score low on the test. Missing work and low test scores will result in a low grade in the class. If an assignment is not turned in to the teacher, then the assignment is considered Missing which is a zero score in the grade program. Any Missing assignment can still be turned in, but will be marked late. See the FAQS page for more details.

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