TOPIC:
Happy New Year!
Welcome to Biology@NSBHS
Thurs
09.08.11
MY GOAL I will learn about my child’s
Biology class
DID YOU
KNOW?
Your student has 207 Opportunities @ school to
Learn…Add in learning @ home & they have 251
Opportunities!
9 weeks = 45 days
•Class = 45
•AI = 36
•RTW = 9
•Lunch = 45
•AM = 45
•PM = 27
TOTAL = 207
@Home = 45
TOTAL = 251
Procedure for the Day….
AKA “What are we doin’ today?”
IWL GOAL
Review
• Who the teacher is…
Learn
Reach
Goal
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Characteristics of class
WebSite
Proficiency
The EOC
Class Rules
See how Biology is ‘Icing
on the Cake’
• Did you reach
the goal for
the day?
Teacher
1. Who is my
student’s
Biology
teacher?
2. What is her
education?
 I. A. McLaughlin
 M. Teuton – 3rd period
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NSBHS Graduate!
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MA Nova University
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BA UCF
AA DBCC
New Smyrna Beach High School
New Smyrna Beach Junior High
Chisholm 7th Grade Center
Faulkner Elementary School
Coronado Elementary School
Characteristics & Goals
3. What are
some
characteristi
cs of the
class?
3. Biology is a course that requires
attentiveness and participation. It is a
student oriented class i.e. active
involvement before, during & after class.
4. What is MY
goal?
4. My goal is to do the best job possible for
your student
5. What do I
need from
you?
5. I need your help and your students’ help to
do that - stay involved by:
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Reviewing the ISN (Interactive Science
Notebook) each night
Logging on to the class website
Checking PINNACLE
Class Web Site
6. What is
the class
web site
address?
7. What is its
purpose?
www.badfishbiology.weebly.com
7. Allows students & parents to see what
we are doing in class each day.
 11 Standards Links
 Daily PowerPoints – actual ones used in class.
 PINNACLE link!
Proficiency!
9. What does
Proficiency
mean?
9.
Earning at least a 70% on each of the 11 Standards we
have established for Biology
10. Practice, practice, practice!
10.How does
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Formatives = Practice = Notes, labs, worksheets,
your student
etc
show
 Earning 70% on Summatives!
Proficiency
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MiniSummatives = Scrimmage = Quizzes = 40%
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MAJORSummatives = The Big Game = Tests = 60%
11.What if your
11. That tells me they were not actively listening in class;
student
they were not participating; they did not review their
doesn’t do
ISN each night….. BUT….
well on
 They can ReDo & ReSubmit….
summatives
 They must do more work to prove that they are indeed
ready to ReDO & ReSubmit!
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The most recent evidence of knowledge counts!
Stop Think And Review
Questions?
1.Characteristics & Goals of the class
2.Web Site
3.Proficiency
ISN
12. What is an
Interactive
Science
Notebook?
12. NB used for Formatives (Practice) class notes,
13. What is the
purpose?
13.To enable students to be creative,
14. What is the
advantage of
the ISN?
14. It works with both sides of the brain 
15. Is the ISN
required?
15.Yes, it is MANDATORY & is to be brought to
labs, worksheets…. Everything students will
need to do well in the class.
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It allows the student to express his/her own ideas and
process the information presented in class.
independent thinkers & writers while they
process
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right side more factual…
left side  more creative…
The ISN ties both sides together
class every day!
Class Rules
16.
What kind of 
behavior do I
expect?
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Treat people the way you want to be treated.
Be punctual.
Be prepared.
Be a self-starter.
Be organized.
Be responsible.
Be respectful.
 Understand the Power of Karma!
Be the change you wish to see in the world
EOC
17.What is the
EOC?
17. End Of Course exam
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Will replace FCAT
18.How will it
affect my
student?
18. Students must pass to receive credit for
Biology.
19.Will practice 19. Yes; there will be 4 quarterly exams
be provided • We have rewritten our Summative
Evaluations to match the EOC-type
before the
actual EOC?
questions.
20.What if my
student
does not
pass the
20. It will be offered again…
Icing on the Cake!
21.What
else do I
teach?
1. That Biology is icing on the cake….
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RESPECT… of me, others, themselves!
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• Tolerance
Active Listening!
• Cooperation
Organization
• Consideration
Discipline
Meeting deadlines • Manners
• Sensitivity
Listening
• Kindness
Writing
• Perseverance
Thinking
•
Humor
Stop Think And Review
Questions?
1.ISN
2.Class Rules
3.EOC
4.Icing in the cake…
Stop Think And Reflect
Did we reach our goal?
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To learn about your child’s Biology
class…
1. Did you reach that goal?
2. How do you know you reached the goal?
3. What are YOU going to do if you did not reach that goal??
Check to see if you really did reach the goal for the day!
www.badfishbiology.weebly.com
1. The class web site address is -------------.
Interactive Science
Notebook
2. ISN stands for ----------------------------------Proficiency means my student must earn at least a 70% on
3. ------------summative evaluations.
Scrimmage = Quizzes
Practice
4. Formatives = --------------;
MiniSummatives = ----------------------------;
Big game! = Test
MAJORSummatives = The
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5. The basic class rule is to treat others -----------------------------------------.
the way you want to be treated.
6. The --------EOC is an exam that my student must pass in order to receive
credit for the class.
the biology teacher!
7. The best teacher my student has this year is -------------------------------
HOMEWORK
Stay involved in your child’s
education!
Be the change you wish to see in the world