Chemistry 11

Course Evaluation

Y.C.M.H.S. STUDENT EVALUATION

Subject/Course: CHEMISTRY

Grade: 11

Teacher: Mrs. Hiltz

EVALUATION SYSTEM FOR CHEMISTRY 11

TESTS 20%

PROJECT 10%

LABS and Lab Practices 10%

QUIZZES 15%

ASSIGNMENTS 10%

EXAM 30%

JOURNAL 5 %

DAILY OUTCOME COMPLETION

TOTAL 100%

Class Rules

1. Electronics are not to be used in class. This includes but does not limit: ipods/phones, cell phones, cameras, etc.

2. No Food - no eating or drinking; water is an exception.

3. The 3 R’s:

Respect - Your classmates and teacher – No foul language, proper tone of voice, listen when others speak, and raise your hand to speak.

- Your classroom – Do not mark on desks; place your trash in the garbage. Keep your workplace clean.

Responsibility – Show up to class on time and be willing to participate.

- Be prepared for quizzes, tests, assignments, projects.

- Come in for extra help as soon as you do not understand something learned in class.

Right Choices – If you choose to ignore the classroom rules or not participate or prepare for class you will have chosen your consequences.

Consequences

Depending on the seriousness of the act, the following steps will be followed in dealing with broken rules if and when they occur. This will be at the discretion of the teacher and/or the administration. Chronic or severe behavior problems will result in immediate referral to administration.

1^st offence Verbal warning

2^nd offence Warning and teacher-student discussion

3^rd offence Contact with the Office and teacher calls parent/guardian

Classroom Policies

Fire Evacuations and Code Blue Policies

Assigned Seating

Seats will be chosen by the teacher, although I will occasionally ask for student input.

Bathroom Breaks

Will be permitted before class begins, thus before the bell rings and everyone is in class ready to start class.

Absences

If a student misses class, it is their responsibility to find out what they missed during their absence: after class, at lunch or after school, not during class!!

· All class work will be placed in the class folder that is maintained in the classroom

· Major tests and projects will be posted on my website through the YCMHS website: http://tcdsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/msurette/

Extra Help

If you are putting effort into the course

Missed Test Policy

If a test is missed, the student must present the teacher with a written note from their parent/guardian on their first day back at school.
The student is expected to write their missed test on this first day back at school. Failure to comply with this policy will result in the student receiving a zero on their test.

Projects & Presentations

Assignments are due at the beginning of class on the day they are due
If an assignment/project has an assigned due date, the assignment/project is due on that date. If it is passed in after the date assigned, it is late.

Quizzes

We will have a quiz every other week, so be prepared!
Also on some days a ‘pop’ quiz may be given to check to see that homework was completed!

Rewrites for quizzes and assignments

May be written once for any quiz or assignment within the semester, during extra help

Labs

See Lab Safety handout
We will try to have at least one lab every month
During each lab you will receive detailed instructions on how to perform the lab as well as instructions on how to properly write-up a lab report

Daily Outcome Completion ‘Mark’

Organizational skills
Homework will be assigned regularly and will always be an extension of what was done in class. Homework will be posted on the whiteboard by the door in the classroom.
Class participation includes the students participation in class discussions, work habits in class, group work, participation, and their general interest and enthusiasm for the course

Journals

· will be used both in class and at home, so remember to always bring your journal to class, because you may not always know in advance when I will ask you to write in them! Journals will be periodically collected, in other words the night after I ask you to write in your journal I may or may not collect them the next day OR I could collect them as soon as you finish an entry in class. So keep up with your journal writing!

It is a place for you to write down your thoughts, comments and questions about different topics that we are learning about in class

Journal Evaluation *example!

__#__ journal entries expected ________/1

Expressed thoughts and opinions of content ________/3

Indication of relating ideas learned in class to other subjects, past grades ________/1

Total: __________/5

Organizational Skills: Table of contents is on the first page and is filled in; question + date + page number for every entry is written at the top of the page; All entries are written double spaced and the entries are one page in length, not including the question; Journal is placed in a scribbler or duo-tang.

Total: _________/4