First lesson (Bricks)

• Biologie
• Middelbare school
• vmbo, mavo, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1,2

First lesson

• Jacket in your locker
• Put your things on your desk

       Laptop/Book

       Notebook, pencil case

• Bag on the floor

Lessongoals

• You know who I am
• You know what's needed during the lessons
• You know important rules and procedures

What excites you about biology?

Which of these words best describes your feeling about biology?

Hard

Easy

Fun

Boring

Interesting

Other

• Lars van der Meer
• 34 years old
• Almere
• Interests

Bare necessities

• Laptop OR                                              > lessonup, tests, looking things up
• Bricks Biology  books                       > information, homework
• Notebook/binder/writing block   > notes, assignments
• Pen, pencil, ruler, eraser                  > writing, drawing

Sometimes

• Calculator

Always put all these things on your desk. Or else you get 'materiaal vergeten' (Even if they are in your bag or are put on your table later during the lesson)

Being late

Every lesson starts with a timer of 5 minutes.

You are late when the timer has finished and:

• You are outside the classroom
• You are sitting on the wrong seat (seating chart) or standing
• Your stuff (laptop,book,notebook) is in your bag
• Your jacket is in the classroom
• Your bag is on your table

Rules

• Listen to the teacher and each other!
• Got a question/remark: raise your hand and wait for your turn
• Pick up after yourself
• Use your laptop for the right things

Breaking the rules

• First time: Warning
• Second time: Writing assignment (copy paragraph)
• Third time: Bigger writing assignment and 5 min outside classroom
• Fourth time: Previous + 45 min detention and UIT

Writing assignment: hand in next lesson, incomplete or forgotten = go to hallway and make it until done.

Detention: You'll find when in your timetable. Usually end of a schoolday

Tidy Duty

3 people each lesson

• Desks: empty and straight
• Chairs: underneath the desks OR end of day: on the desks
• Floor: no rubbish

Homework

• Assignments that go with the paragraph of the lesson
• Can be found on magister
• Homeworkcheck every first lesson of the week
• 3 Students get checked

Wheel of homework

Go to Lessonup.app and use this code

Reward

Penalty

Rewards

• +1 cm2 cheatsheet = you get to make a cheatsheet for a test. This starts being 1 by 1 cm. Everytime you earn this it gets 1 cm bigger to a max of 4 by 4 cm.
• 1/3 +0.5 = If you earn this 3 times you get to add 0,5 to one of your biology marks.
• Snitch = You can pick a classmate who also is checked for homework, you earn two V's (having 3 earns you a 1/3 +0,5)
• Too bad = You only get one V
  

penalties

• 45 min extra worktime = you need to come after school and do homework, this will last for 45 min or until the task is done
• Coloringpage = You get to pick a coloringpage, You need to color it and perform tasks that might be on it. You need to hand it in during the next lesson, If you don't you get 2 marks.
• 2/1 marks = a mark is an X, if you get 3 of these you will automaticly earn the 45 min extra worktime.
• Snitch = You can pick a classmate who also is checked for homework
• Lucky! = You don't get a penalty

What you should do:

• Read pages  
• Do assignments  

Done with the above?

• Work on the next chapter(s)
• Learn for the test 
• Make other homework
• Read a book

Zs = Working in Silence

• No asking questions
• Silent, don't disturb anyone
  
• Stay at your  desk

What you should do:

• Read pages  
• Do assignments  

Done with the above?

• Work on the next chapter(s)
• Learn for the test 
• Make other homework
• Read a book

Zw = Working with whispering

• Teacher is available for questions
• Only whisper with the student next to you
• Stay at your  desk

Other things

• No smartphones in the classroom, If you have one with you > I'll take it and bring it to the servicedesk where you can collect it after 16:00.
• No food during class! Drinking only with permission.
• Most things can be found digitally

                  Teams, Quizlet, Lessonup

• Question outside the lessons? > Teams
• Only use the toilet at the start/end of the lesson
• Classrooms with outlets for electricity, only use them when needed!

Using the laptop

You'll often use your laptop during the lesson to do one of the following:

• Joining the lessonup

• Doing assignments
• Making tests
• PIF

You shouldn't use your laptop to do other things that aren't needed for the lesson (Gaming, watching videos, etc.). 

This will result in a writing assignment

Making a PIF

PIF = Personal Idiom file = list of new words

• On your laptop create a new document, call it: 'PIF Biology'
• Make a table like the example
• If you find/read/hear words during the lessons that are unfamiliar/unknown/difficult, add them to your PIF!
• Make sure to save the document well! You will use it throughout the year!

Any remaining questions?

Tidy Duty

3 people each lesson

• Desks: empty and straight
• Chairs:  underneath the desks OR end of day: on the desks
• Floor: no rubbish