SDC

Mr. Knight                                 mknight@rockin.k12.ca.us     http://schoology.rocklinusd.org/                                              

Welcome to the 2015/2016 school year.  It will be a pleasure working with your student this year.  It is important that we maintain consistent contact between the home and school, so please don’t hesitate to email or call if you have any questions or concerns. Schoology is a great tool to follow what is going on in our class.

 This year we will be studying Biology. We begin with Life Science covering plants and animals. During the second semester we will focus on the human body including the various systems.

 GRADING

***The student’s grade will be derived from an average of all work completed during each unit of study and based on the following breakdown:

90-100%          A

80-89               B

70-79               C

69 or below     NO CREDIT / course must be retaken

Assignments will be weighted by the following criteria:

Essential Skills (test, projects)                        25%

Homework / Classwork                                   50%

Quizzes / Warmups                                         25%

COURSE CONTENT

Semester 1:  Life Science

Semester 2:  The Human Body

MATERIALS

Each student is required to bring to class each day the following materials:

• ●A binder for this class
• ●#2 pencils
• ●Standard blue/black pens (other colors or gel pens will not be accepted for work turned in for grading)
• ●Highlighter pens
• ●Colored Pencils
• ●Index Cards (3” x 5”)
• ●RHS student planner
• ●Homework (as assigned)