Mr. Cox
PARENT INFORMATION

Dear Parents,

         Welcome to class with Mr. Cox! I would like to let you know what to expect. My main emphasis is for your child to LEARN HOW TO LEARN, which is the reason he/she is in school. To that end, we will be working with study skills and use Science as the vehicle on which to practice. The main things I stress are - Anytime you get important information - WRITE IT DOWN. Use the Scientific Method - 1. INVESTIGATE - using all of your senses and asking questions to gain information. 2. HYPOTHESIS - educated guess based on step #1 3. EXPERIMENT - testing your hypothesis.(any test or quiz, homework, assignment etc. are in this step) 4. DATA - results of your experiment. (if bad - rewrite your hypothesis if good - go to step #5) 5. CONCLUSION - continue to do until proven wrong.

For more information regarding this, see Study Skills.

For information regarding the grading scale and curriculum, see District Stamdards..