Classroom Expectations and Procedures

1. Classroom Expectations and Procedures Mrs. Blair 7th and 8th Grade Math 8th Grade Religion

2. JH General Guidelines/Expectations The following few slides are guidelines and expectations which are of a more general nature which all JH teachers will use. NOTE: Specific guidelines/expectations may be discussed by each teacher.

3. JH Tardy Policy This one is pretty simple. Not in your seat when the bell rings? YOU ARE TARDY! It does not matter if you were on school grounds. School officially begins at 8:10 am, REGARDLESS. Remember tardiness impedes your mind set for the rest of the day. You are already behind. Habitual tardiness will not be tolerated. The result could be lunch detention, conference with Mrs. Vondrell and your parents and/or increased number of absences. Please see the school handbook Section II: Pupil Attendance, Health, Safety, Records.

4. But…I was finishing a project in the computer lab…I have morning duty of some sort (eg. bleacher patrol, kindergarten escort, etc.)…I was making up a test…I was getting help from another teacher…My bus is a late bus. • Late bus – Don’t worry! The office will announce that there is a late bus. You will NOT be marked tardy. • Morning duty/ job – Check-in with your HR teacher before you go. We are all here pretty early. Alternatively, make sure another classmate knows where you are and what your lunch order for the day is. They should not mark it for you, but inform the teacher.

5. Anything else – There is no reason for you to be late to HR. But let’s say you are finishing up one last problem on that test, the printer conked out on you in the computer lab, or any myriad (huh??) of issues, get a pass from that teacher. NOTE: The clock in the computer lab is generally 5 minutes SLOW!!! Please adjust accordingly. “Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men” Colossians 3:23

6. JH General Assignment Policy Each teacher’s final grades will be individually weighted according to tests, quizzes, homework, projects, etc. The following are guidelines for all written work.1. Homework is due on the day after it is assigned unless otherwise indicated- it should be stapled, properly headed and prepared to be handed in when class starts.2. A HW assignment is considered late if it is not turned in when the papers are collected. This means that if it is turned in later during the class in which it is due or later on the day it is due, it is late.

7. 3. When a student is absent, he/she will have the number of days to make up assignments equal to the number of days absent. This means if a student is absent two days, the student has two days to make up the assignment. If a student has a prolonged absence due to a serious illness, other provisions will be made on an individual basis. However, if a student is absent on the day a long term assignment is due, the assignment is expected immediately upon the student’s return and will be considered late if not turned in on that day. 4. Remember that parents may request homework after two days of absence. When a student is absent only one day, homework will not be provided. The student may get the missed assignment when he/she returns or check with a peer.

8. 5. When answering questions, answers must be in complete sentences. The question asked should be included (repeated) in the answer. Always skip one space between the individual answers unless otherwise indicated.6. Questions involving answers written in paragraph form should be well-developed, well-written sentences using correct grammar, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.7. Plagiarism includes any complete sentence or idea copied from an original source without proper citing and is never permitted. Unintentional plagiarism is still plagiarism, check your work before you turn it in!!! NEVER CUT AND PASTE!

9. 7. All work should be neat, organized, properly headed and in blue or black pen unless otherwise noted (pencil for math, diagramming, etc). Sample heading:Date (Month, day, year) Name + Homeroom + Period (7B-1) Subject + Assignment (p.__ #__)

10. Lunch Detention A lunch detention is a natural consequence for misbehavior in the classroom, hallway, or basically any place on school grounds. Each teacher will keep a board in their classroom listing who has earned lunch detention that week. • Lunch detention will be served on Fridays during (you guessed it) lunch. Lunch detention location will rotate between the junior high teachers classrooms using this basic schedule: • 1st Friday and Q1 Fifth Friday –Mr. Andrews, Room 210 • 2nd Friday and Q2 Fifth Friday – Mrs. Blair, Room 209 • 3rd Friday and Q3 Fifth Friday – Miss Blum, Room 208 • 4th Friday and Q4 Fifth Friday – Mrs. Ritter, Room 211

11. If you have a lunch detention, follow these guidelines: • Make sure you have a writing instrument with you • Use the restroom on the way to lunch • Go to the head of your HR in the lunch line • Wait by the door leading in to the cafeteria for the teacher to escort you to her room • Be absolutely silent the entire lunch period. • This is not an opportunity to blame others or explain why you are right. Since you received this Lunch Detention, you made a mistake and you must take responsibility for your actions.

12. As stated above, Lunch Detention is a natural consequence for misbehavior. We all make mistakes from time to time and our expectation is that you will not be in Lunch Detention every week. Nor do we expect to have a full class of students serving lunch detention week in and week out. We, the teachers, want to enjoy our lunch with our peers as much as you do, but sometimes it is necessary to use external pressure to bring attention to a situation which is unacceptable. “I came not to call the just, but sinners to penance.” Luke 5:32

13. Mrs. Blair’s Expectations and Procedures The rest of this presentation contains expectations and procedures which are specific to my classroom.

14. Respect • What does it mean to you? • Dictionary.com says: • to hold in esteem or honor: to respect your hero. • to show regard or consideration for: to respect someone's rights. • to refrain from intruding upon or interfering with: to respect a person's privacy.

15. James 1:19-20 “My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.”

16. How do you show it? • Allow others the freedom to speak without interruption. • Allow others to learn without interruption. • Use appropriate language. • Respect the property of others. • Do not write on others’ papers • Do not write in textbooks • Do not write on desks. • Use positive remarks • The Golden Rule: Do unto others...

17. Mrs. Blair’s Expectations • Be prepared by bringing all of your materials. • Be an active learner – This is your education. No one can learn for you. • Be respectful of yourself and those around you. • Listen the first time to me and fellow students. • ASK QUESTIONS – even Einstein did.

18. Beginning of Class • Enter the room with a smile and a greeting. • Quickly get out materials and place homework on desk. • Silently, complete bellwork.. • Sharpen your pencil, if needed. • This is not a time to ask questions. If you have a question, write it down in your notebook and raise your hand once I am finished with attendance and the other things I need to complete.

19. During Lesson • Have paper ready for notes and examples. • Focus on the lesson. • Listen carefully to and follow directions. • Make an honest effort to understand. • Ask sensible questions at an appropriate time by raising your hand. • Stay at your desk unless you need to sharpen you pencil. It is ok to sharpen your pencil during my lesson. You do not have to raise your hand to ask to use the sharpener, simply walk to it and stand. Before sharpening your pencil, wait for me to pause.

20. During Work Time • First five minutes, silent working on your own. • When working with peers: • Concentrate on your work • Speak quietly • Be respectful • Ask three (3) before me. • Raise your hand to ask questions – DO NOT follow me around the room. • Get supplies you need, sharpen pencil, any other sensible reason to be out of your seat. • At the end of the work period, clean up your area, return supplies borrowed, turn in completed work as directed.

21. Transitions • Executed quickly • Executed silently • The more time wasted on transitions, the less we get accomplished in class, the more you have for homework...See how it works?

22. Finished Early? • Help others who are still working (This does not mean giving them the answers!) • Silent read • Work on other homework • Allow others to finish

23. At The End of Class • I release you; the clock does not. • Clean up your area. Return any borrowed materials. • Make sure you have all of your materials!! • Straighten up the desks • Exit with a salutation

24. What is a Standard? • What the teacher must teach • What the student must learn and be able to do

25. Cooperative Learning • Occurs when you are working with your peers • Expectations: • Concentrate on your work • Everyone participates • Every member brings special talents and knowledge to the group • Use only accountable talk • Speak quietly • Be respectful • Share supplies • Everyone helps to clean up

26. Accountable Talk • Discuss only the lesson/task/assignment • Cooperatively develop a strategy for completing the task • Discuss the required expectations and directions • Discuss how to meet or exceed the expectations • “Mathematics” language

27. What is Quality Work? • Any work that demonstrates and shows what the student has learned and can do • Quality work reflects the stnadard. • Quality work is: 1. Organized 2. Neat 3. Legible 4. Done according to directions • Quality work always includes labels and a detailed answer

28. Who Can Assess Your Work? • Teacher, self, or peer • All work is graded fairly based upon the standards and directions. • Self-reflection is completed prior to me assessing your work on major projects or tasks. • Questions to reflect upon: • What went well? • What can be done better? • What can be done next time?

29. How Work Is Assessed • Quizzes, tests, and exams will be assessed as a percentage of the number of correct answers over the total answers. • Long-term, open-ended projects will be assessed using a clearly defined set of expectations as outlined on a rubric.

30. Rubric Example Project/Task: Cylinder Task

31. What is Commentary? • Commentary: Written communication that explains how a student did or did not meet a standard. • Commentary: Explains what can be done the next time to meet the standard Good Commentary: Great job Amanda, you met standards because your work shows/ demonstrates that you understand the difference between theoretical and experimental probability. Your answer is thorough and shows your complete thought process.

32. Guidelines for Bellwork and Question of the Day (QOD) • Two days’ worth of Bellwork and QOD per side. • Write the next two days’ Bellwork and QOD on the back. • At the top of a new page and ½ way on the same page write the date. • For Bellwork, simply solve the problem or answer the question. • For QOD, first write the question, followed by your answer. • Use labels, complete sentences, and details in your answers.

33. Guidelines for Taking Notes • All notes from the lesson go in the math notes section. • Mrs. Ritter, Mr. Andrews, and Miss Blum do not want to find math notes amongst your science papers. • At the top of a new page, write the date and lesson objective/title. • Notes must be detailed and thorough • Examples solved in a lesson are how I expect you to format them in your homework.

34. Homework • Homework is practice for what you have learned in class. • My expectation is that you will try your best on your homework. You cannot succeed in school without completing your homework. • Unless otherwise stated, homework is due the day after it is assigned. • Homework (unless it is a major task/project not finished in class) is for credit only. • All assignments are to be written in agenda daily.

35. Homework Completion • If you complete it according to expectation, you earn a 100% for the assignment. • If work is shown according to expectation and the majority of the problems are complete (over 50%), you will receive 75% for the assignment. • If only answers are given or less than 50% of the assignment is complete, you will receive 50% for the assignment. • Anything less, you will receive 0%. • If you had difficulty completing an assignment, please not as such on your paper.

36. Late Fee • Any work not turned in on the date it is due, except absent work, can still be turned in. • You are expected to still complete the assignment. • Late fee = 10% per day late up to the 5th day. After that, you will receive 50% credit. • Fifty percent is the minimum you can receive for any late assignment regardless of how late it is. • Fifty percent is better than zero percent...

37. Absent Work • You will have one day for every day of absence to turn in your missed work. • Ex. If you are home sick for three days, you have three school days to return any work missed. • After the absent deadline, you will be assessed the 10% per day late fee. • The only exception is long-term projects as the deadline is given well in advance. • If you are absent more than one day, please ask a sibling or Mom or Dad to pick up your homework.

38. Grading • Grades are based upon an accumulation of points in four areas which are weighted. • Points are based upon: • Class participation • Completion of assignments • Major projects, tests, exams, and quizzes. • Behavior

39. Grading Scale • Points will be averaged and letter grades assigned based upon: • 95-100% = A • 93-94% = A- • 91-92% = B+ • 87-90% = B • 85-86% = B- • 83-84% = C+ • 80-82% = C • 78-79% = C- • 76-77% = D+ • 72-75% = D • 70-71% = D- • Below 70% = F

40. Weighted Averages • Classwork = 40% • Participation • Class exercises • Binder check • Assessments = 20% • Chapter tests • Quizzes • Performance Assessments • Long-Term Assignments • Homework = 30% • Final Exam = 10% • Semester • End of Course (EOC)

41. Portfolio • A portfolio is a collection of student work, measuring progress over time. • At the end of each chapter of study, you will organize your portfolio and celebrate the progress that you have made so far in the year.

42. Revising Work • For certain assignments, you will be offered a chance to revise your work. • Revising work means to correct an assignment which does not meet standards. • Revising work is much more than simply finding the correct answer. • Sometimes the best way to truly understand something is to correct your mistakes.

43. Junior High Test CorrectionPolicy • Make-ups/Test Corrections:   On any andall tests with a score of 85% or below, students may do test corrections, earning a max score of 90%. • Note 1: Even if you only need to do two corrections to get your score up to a 90%, you must do ALL questions for your test to be re-graded. • Note 2: If you only missed 1 point on an essay, you are still required to re-write the whole thing and fix it to make it better!!! • For MATH, corrections are available on tests, quizzes and performance assessments

44. Junior High Test Correction Policy con’t. • Proper test corrections include: • Question written out completely • Correct answer written out completely • An explanation of the new answer- why is it correct? Or what was incorrect about your original thinking? **Other acceptable formats may be provided by individual teachers for particular tests or content ** • Essays completely rewritten (essays do not need an explanation) • Parent signature – On original test • Corrections turned in the day after the test is returned.   • All test corrections must be done properly; if, they are to be graded.