Syllabus Scoop
If you turn in classwork one class meeting late, this is the maximum grade percentage you can earn.
What is a 70%?
This is the number of notebooks do you need this year.
What is 2? One for each semester.
This is the required voice level when entering the room and starting your warm-up.
What is level 1?
Fact or Fiction: Lightning never strikes the same place twice.
What is fiction? Lightning frequently strikes tall structures like skyscrapers multiple times during a single storm.
The school year is divided into two semesters, with each semester lasting this many weeks.
What is nine weeks?
According to the syllabus, if a student needs to schedule a time to complete a missed quiz or test, they should usually do so during this specific class period or before school.
What is 3rd period?
Name two writing utensils you need to keep in your backpack.
What are pens, pencils, colored pencils, crayons or highlighters?
To ensure you receive credit, these two details must be written on papers before turning them into the tray.
What are your first and LAST names?
Fact or Fiction: Sound cannot travel through space because it requires a physical medium to transmit vibration waves.
What is Fact? Space is a near-vacuum, meaning there are not enough gas molecules or particles for mechanical sound waves to travel through.
This location is were you will find all your grades.
What is Ascender/Student Portal?
If a student is absent for 2 days, this is the exact amount of time they are given to turn in their makeup assignments.
What is 2 days?
Having your own pair of these prevents the spread of lice and keeps your Chromebook's sound from driving the whole class crazy.
What are wired earbuds?
At the end of class, students must pack up and remain in this location until the bell rings, rather than crowding the exit.
What is at your seat?
Fact or Fiction: Diamonds are created from the high-pressure compression of ancient dead plants and coal.
What is fiction? Most diamonds formed deep in the Earth's mantle long before land plants existed to form coal.
In the Academy ISD grading system, this percentage is assigned to major grades like tests, projects, and labs.
What is 40%
This is the first thing you should do when returning to class after being absent, but before you ask Ms. Davies any questions.
What is check the Google Classroom folder with the date that matches the day you were absent?
To keep your pages in your notebook neat and prevent them from sticking together, apply this small amount of glue to the corners of the paper.
What is dot, dot, not a lot?
Before starting your warm-up, your backpack should be stored in this specific location.
Where is under your desk? Safety first!!
Fact or Fiction: Blood in your veins is blue until it comes into contact with oxygen outside the body.
What is fiction? Deoxygenated blood inside your veins is actually dark red; it only appears blue or purple through the skin due to how light wavelengths interact with tissue and blood vessels.
When an assignment is missing, this placeholder grade is entered into the gradebook until the work is completed.
What is a zero (0)?
When returning to class after being absent, this is the specific place in the room where students are instructed to check for any missed paper assignments.
What is the absent folder?
Scientists and students use this essential tool to record hypotheses, procedures, observations, data, notes and reflections over time in a sequential and organized way.
What is a science notebook (or lab notebook)?
This location in the room houses any graded assignments we complete on paper.
What is the graded work tray?
Fact or Fiction: If you travel fast enough, time actually passes slower for you compared to someone standing still.
What is fact? According to Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity, high speeds cause time dilation—meaning clocks tick slower for objects moving near the speed of light compared to stationary observers.
This is the window of time a student has after receiving a failing grade under 70 to complete and submit their corrections.
What is within 3 days?