10th Grade DRSS Team Presentation 2014-2015

1. 2014-2015 DRSS 10th Grade Team
Student & Parent Welcome
August 7th at 6:00PM

2. Biology
Essential Question - What is life? How do
living things survive?
● Unit 1: Learning and the Brain
● Unit 2: The Living Lens
● Unit 3: Frozen Frogs
● Unit 4: Healthy Living
● Unit 5: Genetic Diseases
● Unit 6: Diseases
● Unit 7: Population
Dynamics/Evolution

3. Class “hints” - Biology
● Be OK with being not "knowing" the answer (at least for
a while) - that is part of the inquiry process and part of
"doing" science!
● Complete all of your assignments to the best of your
ability. You will always have an opportunity to revise,
so don't let missing work get in your way of success.
● Pay close attention to deadlines, requirements, and
rubrics - your key to success depends on your attention
to detail.

4. Chinese
Essential questions - How can I use more Chinese
in and outside the Chinese classroom? How can I
connect my own culture to Chinese culture?
● Unit 1 - Classroom expressions
● Unit 2 - Making appointments
● Unit 3 - Studying Chinese
● Unit 4 - School Life
● Unit 5 - Shopping
● Unit 6 - Transportation

5. Class “hints” - Chinese
● Pay close attention to the teacher in class. It makes
Chinese a lot easier for you to take notes and practice
with the teacher in class.
● When studying for a quiz or a test, do not just look at
the new words and think, "I got this!" Grab a pen to write
and say those words again and again, to retain them in
your memory. Repetition is the key to foreign language
learning.

6. Geometry
Essential Question - How can I both discover and
verify which relationships exist among different
mathematical objects?
● Transformations
● Angle Relationships
● Similarity and Congruence
● Trigonometry and Measurement
● Polygons, Circles and Solids
● Probability
● Proof and Justification

7. Class “hints” - Geometry
● Complete your corrections - you can correct every quiz
and test to earn FULL CREDIT!

8. Wellness and Fitness
Essential Question - How do my behaviors impact
my health now and in the future?
● Wellness Plan
● Drug Prevention
● Healthy Living
● Diseases
● Reproductive Health

9. Class “hints” - Wellness & Fitness
● Wellness: Don’t have missing assignments
● Fitness:
o Participate everyday
o Wear shorts of an appropriate length (at least to the
fingertips).
o If shorts are too short, student will have to sit out of
fitness and will receive a zero for the day.

10. Language Arts
Essential Questions - How do we move from
childhood to adulthood? How do we cope with
conflict? How do we develop our beliefs?
● “I am what I am” poem
● Living Lens Educational Materials
● Conflict & Genocide Book Clubs and Posters
● Persuasive Letters to Congressmen
● Diseases
● Dear 16-year-old Me
● 20th Century Debates

11. Class “hints” - Language Arts
● Vocabulary quizzes every Friday.
● Learn Greek/Latin prefixes, roots,
and suffixes rather than full words
● Students make notecards
o Words also available at
Quizlet.com
● Two types of quizzes:
o New list: 25 new roots
o Review quizzes - all prior lists
(around 50 per quiz)
● Quiz them regularly!

12. Modern World History
Essential Question - Was the 20th Century one of
Progress or Decline?
● Societies in Transition
● *Conflict and Genocide
● Globalization
● Modern China
Also advisor for *JCOWA
*At home you can watch the entire videos linked above
New Class blog - http://grieveworldhistory.blogspot.com/

13. Class “hints” - World History
● Don't have missing assignments. A student has never
failed World History because they “couldn't do the
work.”
● Talk with me if you're having problems and I will help
you with the material, but if you turn in your
assignments complete and on time you will do well.
● Late assignments are better than not turning anything
in.

15. How to Survive 10th grade - For Parents

16. How to Survive 10th grade - For Parents
● Class “hints”
● Gradebook
o Parent and student access
o Setting up “alerts”
● Pilot

17. GradeBook - Setting Up Parent Access
● You and your child can
monitor his/her grades online
● If you set up an account last
year, the school cannot reset
your account, username or
password
● If needed, click the button
that says “I lost my password”
and you will receive a new
password via email.


18. GradeBook - Setting Up Student Access
● All 10th grade students
need GradeBook access
in order to check their
grades and be proactive if
there are concerns.
● You can set up your child’s
access within GradeBook
using the “Manage
Students” tool


19. GradeBook - Setting Up Alerts
● You can set up
“alerts” to notify you
via email when your
child receives a
missing or low
assignment grade

● Instructions available online:
http://webhelp.progressbook.com:8080/robohelp/robo/server/Progress
Book/projects/ProgressBook%20User%20WebHelp/ProgressBook_U
ser_WebHelp.htm

20. Pilot - Learning Management System
● Students can access daily
summary of class, including
homework assignments, videos,
handouts, etc.
● When students are absent,
almost all work is available on
Pilot
● During Plan E days, students
need to access Pilot if they
cannot log in to their classroom.

21. Pilot - A Snapshot of a Daily Entry

22. Questions?
We’re looking forward to a great year!