Hello Fellow Raptors!!

Welcome to 7th Grade Science

Room 231Mr. Aulenti

General Stuff

• The Good News: I have your agenda book and your cafeteria code number.

• The Bad News: I do not have your locker assignments… yet. Ms. Tina is working on them and you should have them by tomorrow.

Today’s Cafeteria/Lunch Time

• You will report to home room today at 10:28 when you are dismissed by your Block 4 teacher.

• We will walk down to the cafeteria together and find our assigned place.

• When lunch is over we will be going to the auditorium for an assembly.

Materials you will need this year:

• Three ring notebook and paper• Subject separators for the notebook• Color markers/crayons/ OR pencils• Black/blue pen, pencils• Ruler (it comes with your agenda book)• Agenda book… EVERY CLASS! Don’t lose it!

Please Take Out Your Cell Phone

• Type in this number: (203)826-8582

• Write this message: @aulen

You should now be able to receive text messages from me as a reminder of assignments, projects, and other interesting facts! You should get your

first message at 3PM today!

Now the hard stuff!

Class requirementsEvery day: Write a one paragraph reflection on what you learned in class that day. Every week: Be prepared for a notebook quiz on vocabulary and other topics we explored during the week.Every Friday: Write a current event article about a science topic that you find interesting.

Current Event Format

Every article that you submit should have the following information: 1) The title of the article 2) The author 3) The source of the article 4) A one or two paragraph description of what the article reports 5) A brief description of how the article ties in to IB learners profile.

Each number above (1-5) is worth 2 points. Current event articles are worth 10 points each week. 10 points x 10 weeks = 100 points or an ‘A’ for a test grade. This is a very easy way to make sure that you earn a good science grade. Current event articles are 15% of the quarterly grade.