STUDENT DOES

TEACHER DOES
What should you be doing?
What will I be doing?
Biology Class
You will… I will...

 prepare your materials  give you directions for morning work

 <material 1>
 assist you with questions about morning
 <material 2>
 get focused and be ready to begin work and check it over/discuss it with you

 listen to or read <insert teacher’s name>

directions
 complete what you have been assigned quietly
and carefully
 Did you finish early?
 read next materials
 try to do the exercise
Whole Group Lesson
You will… I will...

 sit in your own space  be at the front of the whole class

 be respectful and responsible by…  present a quick mini lesson on something that is
important to ALL students
 maintaining good eye contact
 answer any questions you may have
 being a good listener and not
 allow you to have discussions with your
interrupting
classmates about what we are learning (just wait
 asking questions if you do not for my signal!)
understand (yes, that is OK!)  give directions for what comes next
 help a friend if she/he does not understand
 listen carefully to instructions for what
comes next
Small Groups & Rotations
You will…
 go to each station in which you have work to
complete or to which you have been assigned
 complete all work at your station quietly and
carefully
 ask three (3) peers for help before asking <insert
teacher’s name> (YES! It is OK to ask questions!)
 use <insert teacher’s name>’s system for asking
questions if <she/he> is with a small group
 <insert what students should do if they are stuck
on something but can not speak to you>
I will...
 be working with a small group of students
 work with individual students on specific
skills
 answer your questions after you have asked
three (3) peers and <insert your system for
asking you a question>
 be tracking respectful and responsible
student behavior as I work with my small
groups with <insert behavior system>
 Agreement

 Homework need to submit on Friday morning

 If I’m not submit my homework on time, I’ll do extra work (3

questions)

 If I have a question, I should ….

What are we going to learn?
•Living Things
•5 Kingdom
•Levels of Organization of Life
• Ecosystem, Food chain and food web
•Plants
Grading information
Grades will be determined by a combination of the following
• Daily work
• Written reflections
• Quiz
• Class participation
• Exit tickets
• Projects
 Introduction
25/07
Living Things
01/08 Investigating living organisms
08/08 Chapter 2. Microorganisms and disease (Monera and protist)
15/08 Chapter 2. Microorganisms and disease (fungi)
22/08 Quiz Chapter 2
29/08 Remedial learning Quiz 1 and review
05/09 Chapter 4. Variation and classification (Animals and Plants)
12/09 Dichotomous Key
19/09 Levels of Organization of Life
26/09 Animals and plants cells