Do Now• Pick up this week’s vocabulary

list and take it to your seat.

• Get your science composition book ready. We will be setting it up and decorating it today!

Composition Notebook Set-Up

6th Grade ScienceFall 2011

Page 1• Open your composition book to the first

page and write a 1 in the bottom right hand corner.

• In the center of page 1, write your information:

• Your First and Last Name

• 6th Grade Science (or Pre-AP Science)

• Ms. Smith (or Mrs. Malone)

• Class Period #

• Fall 2011

•After you finish writing your information on page 1, turn the page, and write a 2 in the bottom left corner of the back of page 1.

•This is page 2

•It is on the back of page 1

•Leave page 2 blank except for the page number.

Page 2

Pages 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 will be Table of Contents pages.

Write page numbers at the bottom corner of pages 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 now.

Make your table of contents pages look exactly like the next slide…

Table of ContentsDate Assignment Page #

3

Adding Assignments to the Table of Contents

Use only 1 line per assignment

Don’t forget the page number

Write neatly

You will add the following assignments to your comp book table of contents…

Table of ContentsDate Assignment Page #

3

8/29 Title page 1

8/29 Blank 2

8/29 Table of Contents 3 - 8

8/29 Syllabus 9

8/29 How to be Successful 10

8/29 Safety Pre-Test 11

8/29 Safety Equipment Lab 12

8/29 Lab Safety Rules 13

8/29 Vocabulary for Quiz 1 14

Syllabus

Write “Syllabus” at the top of the page.

Tape or staple your syllabus to this page. It has 2 sides, so don’t glue it down!

Use only 1 piece of tape (no longer than your pinky) or 1 staple

You must fold your paper in half before attaching it.

Don’t forget the page number at the bottom of the page!

Page 9

9

Page 10• How to be Successful in 6th

Grade Science• Write “How to be Successful” at the top

of the page

Tape or staple your syllabus to this page. It has 2 sides, so don’t glue it down!

Use only 1 pinky-sized piece of tape or 1 staple!You must fold your paper in half before

attaching it.

Don’t forget the page number at the bottom of the page! 10

Page 11• Safety Pre-Test

• Write “Safety Pre-Test” at the top of the page

• Glue the paper to page 11

• Use only 4 dots of glue – one for each corner

• Don’t forget to number the page at the bottom. 11

Page 12• Safety Equipment Lab

• Write “Safety Equipment Lab” at the top of the page

• Attach the lab paper to page 12 using 1 pinky sized piece of tape or 1 staple because it has 2 sides

• Don’t forget to number the page at the bottom.

12

Lab Safety Rules

Write the title “Lab Safety Rules” at the top of the page.

Glue the lab safety rules to this page

Use only 4 dots of glue – 1 for each corner

Don’t forget the page number at the bottom!

Page 13

13

Vocabulary for Quiz 1

Write the title “Vocabulary for Quiz 1” at the top of the page.

Glue the vocabulary definitions to this page

Use only 4 dots of glue – 1 for each corner!

Don’t forget the page number at the bottom!

Page 14

14

Outside Covers• Use the rest of your class time

to decorate the outside covers of your comp book with images from the provided magazines.

• Cut them out and glue them to the outside cover.

• Do not glue any images inside your comp book.