Welcome to 231

Welcome to Room 231

Poll

How Prepared are you for the new School Year?

• I'm Ready for Anything

• I'm Excited for some of my classes

• I'll be Ready after a quick nap

• Is it May Yet?

Classes Ms. Fancsali Teaches

• 6th Grade Science

• 8th-grade Science

• Physical Science

• Chemistry/Honors Chemistry

• Forensic Science

• Environmental Science

General Stritch Rules

• No Outside food in Class

• When in this classroom, you are working on Science unless it is an announced "open study" day

• Write in full sentences

• Math should have work shown and be done in pencil

Ms. Fancsali's Class Rules

• Beverages that can be closed are allowed in the "Classroom" portion

  • NO BEVERAGES IN THE LAB-EVER

• No entry to the Lab without permission

• Any Variation of "I don't know" is not an answer

• Thou Shalt Not Graph in Pen

• If you need something done, please email Ms. Fancsali

  • Ms. Fancsali has a very bad memory, so seeing the email helps her remember

Where's Your Stuff?

• You all start the year with the PRIVILEGE to choose your seat

  • Ms. Fancsali does not like making assigned seating charts, but will if students behave in a way that loses that privilege.

    • She will be angry if she has to make a chart......

• Some classes have mailboxes for graded work

  • Color Coded by Class

    • Blue=Sixth Grade

    • Purple= 8th Grade

    • Orange= Physical Science

    • Green= Chemistry

  • Always check your mailbox and verify the grades in Digital Academy

    • Ms. Fancsali will not clean out your mailbox for you.

Your Lab Manual

• Each unit, you will be given a chapter of your lab manual to keep in your binder

  • Guided Notes

  • Homework/Assigned Readings/Extra Credit Opportunities

  • Lab Papers

• Due dates will be posted on Digital Academy

  • You can work ahead if you want, but assignments will not be handed back until after the due date

What Should I Bring to Class?

• Your Binder with your Lab Manual

• At least one Pencil to write with

• An Eraser

• A Calculator

Multiple Select

Which Classes does Ms. Fancsali teach?

• Chemistry

• Biology

• Forensic Science

• 8th Grade Science

• Physical Science

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not required for your assignments?

• Writing in full sentences

• Using a Pencil for Math Problems

• Showing your Work for math problems

• Writing in Cursive

Multiple Choice

What is the policy on Drinks in this room?

• Drinks are never allowed

• All Drinks are always allowed as long as you bring something for Ms. Fancsali

• Covered Drinks are allowed Everywhere

• Covered drinks are only allowed in the lab

• Covered drinks are only allowed in the desk area

Lesson Participation/Guided Notes

• During Class, we will do Notes using Wayground

  • Each Question is worth 2 points

    • 1.5 points just for giving an honest attempt

    • 0.5 points for getting the correct answer

  • Ms. Fancsali does go back and manually read your answers and email them to your guardians

  • As we go through the slides, you will fill out the guided notes in your lab manual

    • These are to be handed in on the day of the test for a grade

• If you are not in class on the day of a lesson, you are expected to do the lesson on your own through digital Academy

Homework

• You will receive all homework at the beginning of a unit, and Due dates will appear on Digital Academy

  • In GENERAL: 3-4 days per assignment

• You may use your textbook to help with your homework, but try to put your thoughts in your own words

  • Google and ChatGPT are not accepted as a source and are considered cheating

• Outside of Absences, Homework is only accepted on its due date

Labs

• Science Is a Verb

• Safety Rules are to be followed at all times

  • If you are behaving inappropriately, you will be asked to leave the lab and receive a zero for the assignment

• Labs Should be completed in the given time frame, and turning in late will affect your grade

Tests

• You will be informed of the preliminary test date for a unit on Digital Academy at the beginning of the unit

  • The date may change a little, but not substantially

• Review the Game the Day before

Turning in Work

• You can turn in an assignment Early if you have it completed

  • It will be graded as soon as possible, but not handed back until the due date passes

  • An early assignment earns a piece of candy from the jar

• The turn-in tray will be labeled with the class period number

• If you do not put your name on an assignment, it will go into the "No Name Hall of Shame" Until you claim it.

  • A 5% deduction will be applied to any assignment with no name

"Can I Still Turn this in....?"

• Homework is not accepted late outside of absences.

  • Due the day you return

• Guided Notes are accepted late with no grade deduction as long as it is before the end of the quarter.

  • Lesson Participation for individual Sections will be marked as incomplete until the absent student's makeup is completed.

• Labs are accepted late with point deductions each day it is late

  • If late 1 day: -10%

  • If late 2 days: -20%

  • If late 3 days: -30%

  • If late 4 Days: -40%

  • If late 5+ days: -50%

Absences

• On Note Days: You will complete the absent student makeup for that day through Digital Academy

  • You can repeat as many times as you want, but only the first attempt will count for a grade

• On Lab/Test days, you will need to make an appointment to make it up

  • Tests can be done during lunch or after school

  • Labs can only be done after school

• If you miss a homework due date, you will turn the assignment in on the day you return and hand it to Ms. Fancsali so she can mark it as absent.

Tips for Success

• Ask Questions when confused

  • Science is about questions

• Write in Pencil

• A paragraph has five sentences. Anything less than that will lose points.

  • You can never say too much

• If you are typing something, you have no excuse for misspelling

• If you need extra help

  • Lunchtime meetings

  • After school by Appointment

Multiple Select

What two things have the biggest impact on your grade

• Homework

• Labs

• Tests

• Lesson Participation

• How hungry Ms. Fancsali is when Grading

Poll

Would you rather have the ability to see ten years into your own future or six months into the future of the world?

• See ten years into your own future

• See six months into the future of the world

Multiple Choice

What should you bring to class every day?

• Your Text book

• Your Binder & Lab Manual

• A Hair tie

• A snack for Ms. Fancsali

Poll

Would you rather be on an airplane between two arguing passengers or next to a screaming baby?

• Be on an airplane between two arguing passengers

• Be on an airplane next to a screaming baby

Multiple Choice

Dan Generic was absent the day a homework assignment was due. What should he do?

• Just throw it out, it is past the due date

• Turn it in with his guided notes

• Hand it to Ms. Fancsali in person

• Write "Absent" on the top and put it in the tray

Multiple Choice

When will you receive your homework?

• At the beginning of a unit

• After Each Lesson

• Every day at the beginning of class

• Every day at the End of Class

Poll

Would you rather have one superpower and be Famous for it, or have multiple powers but no one will remember/know what you do?

• one super power and be Famous for it,

• multiple powers but no one will remember/know what I do

Multiple Choice

Sam handed in an assignment early, and the grade is in Digital Academy. Why has Ms. Fancsali not handed it back yet?

• Because she doesn't like Sam.

• Because she lost it.

• Because she is too busy playing {insert new video game title here}

• Because she only hands back assignments after their due dates.

Open Ended

Do you have any final questions about anything? Type no more than three questions below.