Welcome to SCIENCE!Ms. Bridgeland

Directions when you enter the room:

When you enter the room, please choose one sheet of colored paper and return to your seats.

Please fold the paper in half and write your name on the front.

After you write your name, draw something that you like that will help the class get to know you.

Expectations: Must Do

Please be seated by the second bell with your notebook out and a pencil or pen in hand.

Please listen while I am talking, as well as when your classmates are talking or asking questions.

Please raise your hand and wait to be called on before speaking in class.

Please complete homework assignments on time and put your name and grade and class on homework assignments.

Please respect the “High 5” rule.

The “High Five” Rule

“High-Five” Rule

Because of the amount of small group work, experiments, and projects that we will complete in class, it is important that I have a way of getting your attention quickly.

What are reasons why it is important for me to have a sign with you that helps get your attention quickly?

I will hold five fingers up and call out “5-4-3-2-1,” putting each of the fingers down until I reach “1.” When I reach “1,” the whole class should be silent so that I can give further directions, or I can remind you to quiet down so we can continue with our fun activities.

Textbooks

You are NOT required to bring your textbook to every class.

You may keep your textbooks in your lockers unless I specifically tell you to bring them to class.

When I assign homework readings or questions from the textbook, you are allowed to take your textbooks home.

Faculty Webpage

To find my faculty webpage, which lists topics discussed in class and homework assignments, here are some instructions:

Go to www.htsdc.org

Hover over “Academics” with the mouse on the navy blue tool bar until a list drops down below it.

Click on “Faculty Webpages.”

Click on “Bridgeland.”

You should have arrived at my webpage.

Communication

cbridgeland@htsdc.org

Feel free to email me at any time with any questions. Encourage your parents to do the same! I will email back as soon as I can.

If you communicate with me, I guarantee that you can and will be successful in this class!

Information about the Science Lab

Just a reminder that you will have Science 4 times per week instead of 5. The reason for this is that you have a double period once per week. This double period is most often used for doing experiments, small group work, and crafts, which tend to make the volume in the classroom louder.

Reminder: It is especially important to be on your best behavior and aware of the “High 5” rule when we are in the Science Lab. (Room 203)

We will also have a “Lab Safety Day” where we look at the equipment that we will be using during Science labs and make sure that we are behaving in ways that we will be safe in the Science Lab.

End of Year Awards

Every class including mine has awards given at the end of the year:

One for “Highest Achievement,” given to the student(s) with the highest grade point average in the class.

One called the “Teacher’s Award,” given to the student(s) to reward positive attitudes, work ethic, and improvement during the year.

I hope this will motivate you to set goals for this year!

Review the “Getting to know Ms. Bridgeland” quiz

1) Ms. Bridgeland’s favorite drink is orange juice.

2) Ms. Bridgeland competed in the World Championships for Irish Dancing.

3) Ms. Bridgeland has two cats named Toosey and Ellie.

4) Ms. Bridgeland has met more than one president.

5) Ms. Bridgeland has gone skydiving before.

“Getting to know Ms. Bridgeland” Quiz

6) Ms. Bridgeland loves the Harry Potter books.

7) Ms. Bridgeland’s favorite color is blue.

8) Ms. Bridgeland was born on Christmas.

9) Ms. Bridgeland had Principal Hennessy as a teacher.

10) Ms. Bridgeland was in a singing group in college.

Create Your Own “Getting to Know You”

quiz! Remember to write your name, grade, and

class at the top of your paper.

Write 10 statements about yourself. (Make some true and some false.) Try to choose statements that your classmates might not know about you.

I will collect these and each person will have the opportunity to present their quiz to the class so that everyone in the class can guess which answers are true about that person.

Did You Know? Bingo

This will be an activity to practice the “High Five” rule and to get to know interesting facts about our classmates.

Get up and walk around the classroom, and try to find a classmate who has accomplished something in each of the boxes. Have that classmate sign his or her name to fill in the blank if he or she can complete the statement. When you have five boxes in a row, (whether across, down, or diagonally, hold two fingers up,) and I will use the “High Five” rule to help you silently return to your seats so that we can hear the bingo results.

Homework

Please write your names in your textbooks tonight. I ask you to bring your textbooks to class next time, and I will check to make sure that you have done so.

Bring your textbook to the next class!