Driftwood Middle School Open House 8 th Grade Critical Thinking Mrs. Brooks - Teacher

1. Driftwood Middle School Open House 8th Grade Critical Thinking Mrs. Brooks - Teacher

2. Reading Program • Warm up – Vocabulary Practice • Spelling & Cursive Practice • Weekly Reading Selection or Novel • Instructional Focus Skill • Independent Practice • Group/Individual Projects/Reports • Supplemental Resources/materials

3. Class Schedule 9:35 – 10:32 ~ Period 1 10:35 – 11:28 ~ Period 2 11:31 – 12:16 ~ LUNCH 12:19 – 1:12 ~ Period 3 1:15 – 2:08 ~ Period 4 2:11 – 3:04 ~ Period 5 3:07 – 4:00 ~ Period 6

4. Suggested Supplies List • Loose-leaf paper • 1 3-prong folder (for lesson notes, handouts, work in progress etc.) • Pencils and ink pens • No white out or permanent markers, please • Please replenish supplies throughout the year.

5. Students are to be seated at all times. • Keep hands, body, and objects to yourself (H.B.O.) • Be prepared and ready to work when the bell rings. • Be responsible, consistent and respectful. • Raise your hand and wait to be called on. • Follow Broward School Board Code of Conduct and Driftwood Middle School Rules At All Times

6. Consequences • Pre-Detention (Teacher/Student conference) • Parent Contact • Team Detention (Lunch Time) • Team/Student Conference • Administrative Referral • Order of consequences will correspond • with the severity of the offense.

7. WikiSpaces sbrooksdriftwood.wikispaces.com • Class procedures and weekly activities are outlined • Access to additional pertinent information • Weekly Vocabulary • Link to Driftwood Middle School Site • Link to Pinnacle Grade Book • This is a good resource to find missing assignments when a student is absent.

8. Quia.com • Vocabulary Practice Activities • Comprehension and Vocabulary Quizzes and Tests. • Access via teacher’s wikispaces page • User Name: firstnamelastname998 • Password: Student ID number

9. Homework Policy • Mini book reports every month • Students should read for about • 30 minutes each night to aid • comprehension, word choice, • background knowledge, and • love of reading • 1 major reading project per • quarter • Information on homework can • be found on Wikispaces • **Make sure students use their planners daily

10. Make-up Work • If a student is absent, he or she can find missing assignments listed in the Class Notes binder (WHITE)on the FRONT table. • Extra assignments sheets are kept in folders according to the day they were assigned. • It is the student’s responsibility to get make up work done on time. I will provide any assistance, guidance or instruction that he or she might require. • If a student is absent due to illness on the day an assignment was given or due, he or she has 2 days to complete it.

11. Z.A.P. Program(Zeros Aren’t Permitted) • If a student was NOT absent when an assignment was given or due, he or she will receive a ZAP form and be given 50% credit if it is returned the next day. • If the assignment or ZAP form is NOT returned the next day, the teacher will contact the parent, write a referral to guidance, and the student will complete the work in detention for 50% credit. • 3 ZAP’s will be cause for a referral even if the work was finally turned in.

12. Keeping In Touch For current information on classroom activities http://sbrooksdriftwood.wikispaces.com Driftwood Middle School Website http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/driftwoodms/ Pinnacle Grade Book http://gradebook.browardschools.com/piv Mrs. Brooks’ Email Address sherwood.brooks@browardschools.com Eighth Grade Center: (754) 323- 3100