GRADES!!!! Important Info

First let me wish everyone a happy and safe holiday break. School may be out, but learning continues. By Friday I will have all classes set up in FCAT EXPLORER- I'm working as fast as I can.
Your assignment for FCAT EXPLORER is to

• Do the Review Lessons: Particulate Nature of Matter and  How Science Works and
• Complete the Physical and Chemical Section.

Your first response scores on the 8th grade standards will be used to calculate your supplemented/alternative CGA 1 grade so that you my "recover" that grade. This will go into assessments so it is very important that you do your best the first time. If at first you don't succeed, try again because partial credit is better than no credit. Everyone should know their FCAT EXPLORER log-in and password from Language Arts class. If you don't then maybe you can refer to Mr. Geary's blog. He posted some directions. The log in in your last name with your first initial and your password is 16 followed by the first four letters of your last name followed by your birth month and birth day. So, for Sally Sue Salamander who was born on December 25 her log in is SALAMANDERS and her password is 16SALA1225. You may not need to use all caps.
The FCAT EXPLORER assignments are due on Jan 8 for B day and Jan 9 for A day.

I have graded almost all of the science projects, but I have a few more to do. I will post these grades after I have graded all of them . Please be patient and work on FCAT EXPLORER which will have a greater impact on your grade than your science project.

If you did not attend class on Tuesday or Wednesday or if you still have not finished the assignments and submitted them (see blog post) then you will have a chance on the first day of class in 2014 to submit your 8 activities including the foldable for historical models. Check out Mr. Geary's blog there may be some directions on it for the foldable.

Getting ready for CGA 2: It's time to start reviewing. Try more of the focus lessons at FCAT EXPLORER, watch the videos posted to this blog, and re-read your text and notes. Remember, the test will include all 6th and 7th benchmarks along with the benchmarks that we have used this year since day 1. You may want to work ahead on FCAT EXPLORER to better prepare for the CGA. The better you do, the better your grade, the less remediation you will need.