Welcome Parents and Students!
This site is designed to aid you and your student in my science classes. Be sure to read about how my class works below.
At the beginning of each unit your student receives a schedule and an outline. This schedule looks very much like a college syllabus showing what will be done in class each day, the assigned
homework and all important vocabulary and learning targets. This should help your student stay organized and always know when and what is assigned. The schedule is a great study guide. Students can use the vocabulary to make flash cards and the learning targets to figure out
what topics they should review before the test.
The outline is a packet of daily worksheets that review critical topics. Typically, one part of
the outline is assigned every day (check the schedule). To complete this outline, students can watch a 5-10 min screen cast online (video of me going over each outline) or use the textbook.
Screen casts, schedules and the outline can be found at mrsolson.com. Students may use their outlines on their daily quizzes, so it is a benefit to them if they have them done on
time.
Late work can be turned in as long as it is before the unit test (the date is on the schedule). After the
unit test no late work from that unit will be accepted (this is a school wide rule). I always ensure that
students get a grade check before each test to let them know what they are missing, in hopes that they will turn it in.
I use the following weighted grading scale:
Tests/Projects 45% (unit tests, class, group and individual projects)
Homework/Classwork 20% (outlines, worksheets completed in class)
Labs & Lab Reports 25%
Participation 5% (worksheets/activities completed and graded in class)
Quizzes 5% (given daily)
I hope that this gives you some insight into how my class runs. If you ever want to discuss your
individual students needs feel free to contact me at mrsolson.com.
ADVISORY:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sunday-review/dialect-quiz-map.html?_r=0
homework and all important vocabulary and learning targets. This should help your student stay organized and always know when and what is assigned. The schedule is a great study guide. Students can use the vocabulary to make flash cards and the learning targets to figure out
what topics they should review before the test.
The outline is a packet of daily worksheets that review critical topics. Typically, one part of
the outline is assigned every day (check the schedule). To complete this outline, students can watch a 5-10 min screen cast online (video of me going over each outline) or use the textbook.
Screen casts, schedules and the outline can be found at mrsolson.com. Students may use their outlines on their daily quizzes, so it is a benefit to them if they have them done on
time.
Late work can be turned in as long as it is before the unit test (the date is on the schedule). After the
unit test no late work from that unit will be accepted (this is a school wide rule). I always ensure that
students get a grade check before each test to let them know what they are missing, in hopes that they will turn it in.
I use the following weighted grading scale:
Tests/Projects 45% (unit tests, class, group and individual projects)
Homework/Classwork 20% (outlines, worksheets completed in class)
Labs & Lab Reports 25%
Participation 5% (worksheets/activities completed and graded in class)
Quizzes 5% (given daily)
I hope that this gives you some insight into how my class runs. If you ever want to discuss your
individual students needs feel free to contact me at mrsolson.com.
ADVISORY:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sunday-review/dialect-quiz-map.html?_r=0
