1. WELCOME TO BIOLOGY!!! zMRS. JULIE MUŇOZ zROOM 210 z(310) 378-8471 x230 zmunozj@pvpusd.net zwww.munozbiology.com z3 rd, 5 th AND 6 th CONFERENCE

2. CLASS REQUIREMENTS zGRADES BASED ON: yLABS & TEAMWORK= 30% yTESTS, QUIZZES AND PROJECTS= 50% yHOMEWORK, READINESS QUIZZES & BINDER= 20%

3. KEYS TO SUCCESS: zWRITE DOWN HOMEWORK EVERY DAY..KEEP ON TRACK! zDO HOMEWORK SO READY TO TALK TO THEIR TEAM AND DO LABS…. yHOMEWORK: xIS READING 1 SECTION FROM THE BOOK and MAKING A MINDMAP OR TAKING CORNELL OR xIS COMPLETING A POST-LAB ANALYSIS SHEET

4. KEYS TO SUCCESS zTAKE GOOD NOTES AS EACH SECTION IS READ zLOOK OVER SECTION NOTES BEFORE CLASS TO PREPARE FOR READINESS QUIZZES yPOWER NOTES ARE LOADED ON THE CLASS WEBSITE: xwww.munozbiology.com

5. KEYS TO SUCCESS zLAB WORK yLEARN FROM THE QUESTIONS BEING ASKED IN THE LAB yUSE LABS TO PRACTICE WRITING SCIENTIFICALLY ySTUDY LABS FOR TESTS—WE DO A POST-LAB SHEET FOR EVERY LAB TO MAKE SURE STUDENTS CAN ANALYZE AND INTERPRET DATA

6. KEYS TO SUCCESS zSTUDYING FOR TESTS ySTUDY ALL NOTES and TEAMWORKS yKEEP BINDER ORGANIZED AND LEGIBLE yI POST A REVIEW SHEET ONE WEEK BEFORE THE TEST ON www.munozbiology.com www.munozbiology.com xSTUDENTS CAN PRINT THIS OFF AND EARN +2 EXTRA CREDIT ON THEIR TEST

7. HOW CAN FAMILIES HELP? zIn their binder, check for: yORGANIZATION (should be in numerical order) yCOMPLETED HW ySIGN UP FOR HW TEXTS TO MONITOR PROGRESS

8. WANT TO RECEIVE HW TEXTS? zSEND A TEXT TO 310-910-9917 yIN THE MESSAGE BOX TYPE: xSEE FRONT PAGE OF WEBSITE FOR SPECIFIC CLASS CODE xYOU WILL RECEIVE A TEXT BACK ASKING FOR YOUR NAME xTYPE YOUR NAME AND VOILA…YOU WILL RECEIVE THE SAME TEXT YOUR STUDENT DOES AND CAN ASK THEM ABOUT THEIR HW

9. CLASS WEBSITE KEEPS COMMUNICATION ALIVE! zwww.munozbiology.comwww.munozbiology.com xCLASS NOTES FOR STUDYING FROM or TO GET NOTES FROM BEING ABSENT xREVIEW SHEETS xBOOK WEBSITE HAS GREAT REVIEW GAMES AND NOTECARDS