{"id":375,"date":"2016-02-01T09:07:21","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T14:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sleiman\/?page_id=375"},"modified":"2020-03-12T11:48:57","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T15:48:57","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sleiman\/home\/","title":{"rendered":"class info"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Fordson High School\/Chemistry Syllabus 2019-2020<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Teachers\u2019 name: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ms. Sleiman <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Phone:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (313)8271400 EXT: 23631 \u00a0<\/span><b>E-mail<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:sleiman@dearbornschools.org \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Office Hours:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> By appointment \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Technology in the classroom<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sleiman\">Iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sleiman<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Ilearn: <\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Type in : dearbornschools.org<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click on ilearn<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Type in this enrollement code: 9h5gwz<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Remind app<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to join send a text to 81010. write the message: second hour @\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0; 3rd hour @hhde39gb\u00a0 \u00a04th: @f866266\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a05th: @8dgec9\u00a0 \u00a0 6th @fk3eeb6\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>Purpose of the Course<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The purpose of the course is to provide the student who has little or no background the opportunity to prepare for general chemistry at the post-secondary level. \u00a0In addition, this course is a Michigan graduation requirement that is based on the Michigan Merit Curriculum. \u00a0Many of the above units are SAT readiness standards which SAT recommends..<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Some of the topics covered are:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Scientific inquiry\/ engineering design<\/li>\n<li>Energy transfer<\/li>\n<li>Structure and \u00a0properties of matter<\/li>\n<li>Chemical reactions<\/li>\n<li>Stoichiometry<\/li>\n<li>Radiation<\/li>\n<li>Earth\u2019s systems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Attendance: refer to school attendance policy.<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>A Student who attains 10 or more absences will go an audit. \u00a0An audit means that a student will earn half the credit allowed \u00a0in case he or she passes the class.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The audit status will be removed only if a student receives 78% on the final cumulative exam.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Methods<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Course work will be delivered in several ways:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inquiry based strategies, Reading Apprenticeship (such as talking to the text, double journal entry, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SIOP, <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thinking maps,<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6+1 writing prompts,<\/span>\u00a0lecture notes,<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0discussions,<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lab Experiments, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In class assignments, homework assignments, group experiments, demonstration, comprehensive lab reports, quizzes, exams, projects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Evaluation Procedures:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Grading scale<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>93-100% = A \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b> <b>87%-89.9%=B+ \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b> <b>77 \u2013 79.9% = C+ \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b> <b>67 \u2013 69.9% = D+<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>90-92.9%= A- \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b> <b>83%-86.9%= B \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b> <b>73%-76.9%= C \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b> <b>63%-66.9%=D<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>80% \u2013 82.9% = B- \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b> <b>70%-72.9%= C- \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b> <b>60%-62.9%= D-<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b> <b>59.9% OR below E<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Formative Assessment <\/b><b>(20% of overall grade)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Classwork Assignments<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Assignments\u2019 points will be assigned 6 points each.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Bell work:\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each Bell work will be worth 5 points per week. If you are tardy, you are still required to do the Bell work but will not receive the points.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Summative Assessment<\/b><b> (80% of overall grade)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Tests\/ Quizzes\/Projects\/Research\/ Lab<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Make-Up<\/strong><b> tests <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and quizzes will be administered after school the day the student get back and within one week of the original one.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b style=\"color: #222222;\">Late Work:\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Partial credit may be deducted when turned in late.<\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Absent work<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: It\u2019 s your responsibility to check for your missed work. Refer to the blog or\u00a0 ilearn for handouts and homework assignments.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong>Retakes:<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Only one retake per summative assessment is allowed.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A student should request a retake after showing effort, which might include test corrections, caught-up homework.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The student\u2019s arranging with the teacher for retake.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Completion of the retake within a reasonable time frame, e.g. within 1-2 weeks of the original summative assessment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Retakes may be in a different format from the original summative assessment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">End-of-semester exams cannot be retaken.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Electronic Devices:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0Cell phones, iPods, MP3 players, Earphones etc. must be put on silent and placed in the caddy located in the front of the classroom.\u00a0 The use of such devices is considered insubordination and will be sent to the office.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Cheating<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> :<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If cheating occurs on formative assignments, the student will have to redo the original assignment and he or she will be assigned additional work.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0If cheating occurs on summative assignments, the student will receive a zero the first attempt, and if plagiarism continues to happen, the student will be referred to the office for disciplinary action as stated in the student code of conduct.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cheating will result in a loss of being nominated for a valedictorian status.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>NO \u00a0HALL PASSES TO BE GIVEN UNLESS IT\u2019S AN EMERGENCY!<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Only water is permitted in class. \u00a0No food, soft drinks, or gum chewing will be allowed in class.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"manage_subscription_wrap\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>This page will show details of your email subscriptions. 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