PAWS
Using supplies appropriately
What is Safety Matters?
The first thing you do once taking your seat everyday
What is writing homework in your agenda?
The amount of categories you will be graded on
What is four?
What you will write your homework in everyday
What is an agenda?
The amount of units we will try to get through this year
What is six?
The letters in PAWS are an acronym for..
What is practicing respect, acting responsibly, working together, and safety matters
The best way to contact Ms. Torromeo
What is email?
Worth 10% of your overall grade
What are quick checks?
You should have a lot of these for throughout the year
What are pencils?
The first unit
Orientation to Our World
Make good choices and do your best work
What is act responsibly
This is expected to be completed in class and if not is expected to be done at home unless Ms. Torromeo says not to
What is classwork?
Formative Assessment percentage
What is 30% of your overall grade?
This will hold your things in an organized way
What is a binder with dividers?
Name of the textbook
Geography Alive
The two characteristics of working together
What is help others and value other's ideas and opinions?
Start this after writing down homework
What is the do now activity?
These happen at end points of units
What is a summative assessment?
The number of dividers you should have in your binder
What is four?
The second region we study
Africa
Four characteristics of practicing respect
What is raise your hand, listen politely, speak and act respectfully, use kind words
This should be done if out absent
What is grabbing papers from hanging folder and checking in with Ms. Torromeo at the appropriate time?
This can be done if you score less than 70% on a formative assessment
What is see Ms. Torromeo for extra help to retake and get a new averaged score?
True or False: Supplies should be brought to class everyday
True
The thematic topics we cover
PEGS - Politics, economics, geography, and society