Welcome to

Integrated Science 1B!

Southern High School, Room 327

Bell Ringer

Dress Code

Expectations – 1st

Period

• Go to other PowerPoint

Cafeteria Expectations –

2nd

Period

Classroom Expectations

– 3rd

Period

• The Three Pillars

Hallway & Bus

Expectations – 4th

Period

Anti-bullying Campaign –

5th

Period

Puzzle Pieces Get

Acquainted Activity

• Put the X side down so you can’t see it. Write your name.

This will be the side that you do your work. (Your drawing

must be on the side of your puzzle piece without the X.)

• Think of a science memory you have experienced during

your life (or many). It might be related to a world event, a

news story, your family, community, or a previous class

you’ve taken; but you are not limited to these ideas.

• Now draw a symbol or picture to represent that

experience. You don’t have to be an artist. You can use

stick people and keep it basic, but please try to fill up the

puzzle piece. You may draw more than one thing.

• You may use the colored pencils and markers in the tray

on the student shelf at the front of the room.

• You will have 10 minutes to complete this.

Puzzle Pieces Get

Acquainted Activity

• When you have filled your puzzle piece with

words and/or a drawing, find your partner –

the person whose puzzle piece fits yours.

• Please shake their hand and introduce

yourselves to one another.

• Then share what you have written/drawn on

your puzzle piece.

• Next, get together with 2 other people and

introduce your partner to them and tell about

their puzzle piece.

Escalator Video

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

Kq65aAYCHOw

• As you watch, think about how this

video relates to class and school in

general.

New American Notebook

• Scan the room to look at the bulletin

boards and write down three

questions. Write one in each box in

the left column. Mrs. Welch will

demonstrate.

• Classroom discussion about the

bulletin boards. (10 min)

New American Notebook

• Scan the syllabus and write down

three questions based upon the bold

headings. (No need to read the

paragraphs, yet.)

• Review supplies, signature page,

and expectations. (10 min)

Grading & Communicating

with Home

1. Your grade will be based on

meeting the standards in chemistry

2. Grades will be posted on Infinite

Campus

3. Three week progress reports

Syllabus Expectations

• Bell to Bell

– No packing up early or standing up to

leave before the bell rings

– Use every minute of class time to learn

– Teacher dismisses, not the bell

• No Phones (except as teacher may lead for

instructional purpose only, and then only for a

very short time)

• No passes out of the room

Rewards & Consequences

• Class Incentives

• Our House Dollars

• Pride in doing a good job

OR

• Start-up Prompt

• REFOCUS

• Teacher Detention

• Office Write-up

Daily Required Materials

• Composition Science Journal (no

spiral bound, please)

• Pencil or Pen (darker colors – no red

or pink, please)

• Folder

• Earbuds

• Optional: 3 ring binder (1 - 1½”)

Getting to Know...

Husband Shane

Shane Working on Satellites

Our Daughter Sara

Oma & Opa – Shane’s

Parents

Family

More Family & Phoebe

• Kindergarten – 12th Grade – Exeter, Nebraska

• Bachelor of Arts Degree in Biology & Chemistry -

Hastings College, Hastings, Nebraska

• Master of Arts in Teaching from University of

Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky

• 32 Hours towards Master of Arts in Theology, Fuller

Seminary, Pasadena, California

My Schooling...

• Watching my daughter play softball and volleyball, & coaching her basketball team

• Watch movies

• Teaching at Southern High

• Attending church and teaching elementary children there

• Going out to eat and hanging out with family and friends

• Singing, playing guitar, piano, flute

• Going for walks, doing home projects, and decorating cakes

Things that I like to Do

Cakes I’ve made

Some students decorated

my room for the “Volley for

Mrs. Welch” game

A former student, Marissa, filmed, edited,

and produced a documentary about me.

https://vimeo.com/135836949

Co-workers and Former

Students

Getting to Know...

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Where I Was Born:

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Where is Malaysia?

It is in Southeast Asia

Vacationing in Malaysia

When I was 7 years old, my family and I

moved to New York City.

Where I Grew Up

• First Grade to 12th Grade in NYC public schools

• Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations from American University

– Washington, DC

• Master’s Degree in Education from Hunter College

– New York City

My Schooling...

First winter in NYC (Age 7)

Where is Mrs. Schwartz?

(Age 12)

My Family

My Nephew and Niece

Me with My Nephew and

Niece

The Best Day of My Life -

5/26/2012

My Parents on My Wedding Day

My Honeymoon in Disney

World

• My husband and I moved to Louisville, KY from

New York City

• Why did we move?

• My husband started his graduate program

at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

July 2013

Southern Baptist

Theological Seminary

• Watch movies

• Reading the bible

• Cook

• Shopping

• Teaching

• Playing board games

• Travel

• Hanging out with family and friends

• Sleeping

• Organizing things

Things that I like to Do

Witch’s Brew & Exit Slip

• Exit Slip – I will communicate my

science memory to another student,

list the benefits of three classroom

expectations in my reflection, and

have my parent/guardian sign my

syllabus which is due Friday.

• (10 min)