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WELCOME TO MS. EVANS CLASS!
WELCOME TO MS. EVANS
CLASS!
FAMILY
MY HUSBAND AND I GOT MARRIED LAST YEAR!
•My husband is also a teacher! •He teaches at Lanier Middle School•He teaches 6th grade math
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MS. EVANS…
I grew up in Wisconsin Rapids, WI
I attended University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
I earned a degree in elementary/middle education (grades 1-9) and a minor in math education
I’m also certified in high school math
I played basketball, volleyball, and track in high school
Running Reading Hiking
Background Hobbies
I WILL BE TEACHING:
Science
PROMOTION REQUIREMENTS6th grade math and language arts
must be passed both semesters (70% or higher) for promotion to 7th grade. The semester grade is an average of the two previous nine weeks’ grades. If one semester is passed but not the other, summer school will be required for promotion.
GENERAL SUPPLIES Colored pencils
and Markers (No Sharpies allowed)
Flash drive Glue sticks Scissors Pencils Pens Loose leaf notebook
paper 2 packs of subject
dividers 3 half inch or 3 one
inch binders Composition book
HOMEROOM SUPPLIES One ream (500
sheets) of white copy paper
Two large boxes of tissues
One roll of paper towels
One bottle of hand sanitizer
One box of dry erase markers
One box of Band-aides
One package 3 X 5 index cards
One pack construction paper
Clear cellophane tape
NEED HELP?Tutoring will be held on Tuesdays & Wednesdays Mornings @ 8:15.
If you need help on other days, just let me know
Students will be receiving a pass this week that will get taped in their agenda.
RETESTS/RETAKES Students may retake two tests every semester in any subject as long as:
All HW and CW is complete for that unit
Attend reteach before school
EARTH SCIENCE
SEMESTER 1 UNITS Unit 1: Rocks and Minerals (approximately 4 weeks)
Unit 2: Paleontology (approximately 2 weeks)
Unit 3: Ecology (approximately 3 weeks)
Unit 4: Plate Tectonics (approximately 4 weeks)
Unit 5: Earthquakes and Volcanoes (Approximately 2 Weeks)
Unit 6: Weathering, Erosion, Deposition, and Soil (approximately 3 weeks)
End of semester: Review and Interim
GRADING POLICYA:
90 and aboveB:
80 – 89C:
74 – 79D:
70 – 73
U:69 or below
Summative Assessments 50%
Formative Assessments 35%
Homework 5%
Final Exam (Dec./May) 10%
TEXTBOOKTextbook
Holt Earth ScienceOnline Textbook Website
You may access the online textbook through the student portal.
Students WILL NOT be issued a science textbook. A class set of
textbooks will be provided
TEAM 21 Collaboration-Labs/projects with team
input, each individual will always have their own score
Creative Thinking- Open ended questions, inquiry/discovery before lesson, thinking “outside the box,” understanding why vs memorizing
Integrating subjects-some projects will include more than 1 subject
