BackToSchool Night August 7 2019 Jared Chandler Science

Back-To-School Night August 7, 2019

• Jared Chandler- Science • Carol Meadows- Math • Katrina Shoemaker- Language Arts • Luke Tudor- Social Studies

1. Door Security 2. I. D. Badges 3. Headphones

• Basic skills- Latitude/Longitude, scale, directions, etc. • Culture- Africa, Asia, and Australia. • Government- Democracy, Republic, Dictatorship, Constitutional Monarchy • Ancient Civilizations Test and Quizzes Student Conferences Have Fun

Ms. Shoemaker English/Language Arts AMPLIFY ELA A BLENDED CURRICULUM DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR GRADES 6 -8.

AMPLIFY ELA • The heart of every lesson is the text. • With Amplify ELA, students learn to attach any complex text and make observations, grapple with interesting ideas, and find relevance for themselves. • This resource provides rigorous coursework on a variety of levels that challenges students to think deeply.

AMPLIFY ELA Why Students Love Amplify ELA: Amplify ELA empowers students to become critical thinkers, developing ideas and opinions on many real-world, relevant texts and topics. Students are engaged with a variety of multi-sensory experiences to demonstrate learning. Amplify ELA provides frequent checkpoints to show student learning progress. Unique, online programming supports lessons in a 21 st century learning format.

Mr. Chandler Science Content Semester 1 -Scientific Method/Math in science -Earth’s Structure/Minerals and Rocks -Plate Tectonics/Earth Dynamics -Natural Resources Semester 2 -Classifying and Exploring Life -Cells Structure and Function/Cell Division -Energy and Forces -Understanding Matter General Information • Classwork (usually no homework) no big projects to do at home • Check the Schoology calendar for assignments • Check Powerschool for grades • Best contact is email: jjchandler@avon-schools. org