How do we enter the classroom?
Quietly and make greetings when necessary
Extra paper?
No need to ask, on bookshelf
How to ask for help
Ask 3 before me, reread the question, raise your hand quietly.
Independent work - come to my desk to ask me.
Use wordreference.com or the dictionaries in the front.
Absent - how to get a missing worksheet/notes?
Red folder on the wall
How to turn in work?
Review your work, name on it
Turn in your work (usually on Schoology or the green bin in the front of the room)
If done early, do other work/studying or tutor others
Step 1
Phone up
Pencil sharpener?
No need to ask, only do so after a lesson or at the start of class. Do not interrupt speakers.
Office hours procedures
Message me and set up a lunchtime appointment.
Absent - how to get a paper I passed out in class?
Silver tray
How to ask a question or answer one
Make sure your questions are on-topic.
Ask 3 students before you ask me. Sometimes you ask me questions I have already answered or it is a simple question your peer could answer.
Raise your hand quietly and wait to be called on.
Step 2
Sit in assigned seat
Right goes right, left goes right. Three fingers (instead of peace sign) or motion to blow nose and raise hand.
Bathroom requests
Peace sign quietly, teacher approves, complete bathroom pass, bring it to teacher, grab the hall pass, and close the door.
How many passes a month?
Absent - NEW binder procedure
I will keep completed notes in the red binder for you to borrow.
What to do in an emergency?
Listen to adult directions
Fire - when we hear the fire alarm, we have to evacuate quickly. Leave your things. Go to Room 13 on the field in a single file line. No running to other classrooms.
Earthquake - stop, drop under the table, hold the table and cover your head with the other arm. We have to wait a few minutes for aftershocks and for any flying glass to leave the building before safely evacuating.
Set 3
Backpack behind
Ask 3 before me. Put your phone on my desk and get a pencil from under the whiteboard. Return it at the end of class to get your phone back.
How we treat adults in class
Wait to be called on, listen to adult directions, we are polite and respectful. We speak calmly. We go up to the adult to ask something rather than shout across the room.
Absent - excused from work?
No!
How to leave the classroom?
Write down any homework
Clean up trash around you
Clean off your desk
Push in your chair
Grab your phone and backpack
Wait to be dismissed by the door
Step 4
Work on warm-up quietly
Markers and crayons
Located by bookshelf. Return them how you found them neatly in its place.
How we treat peers in class
Use kind language, don't interrupt, be helpful, no bullying/laughing at people, no cursing, keep your hands to yourself, use inside voices, no yelling.
Absent -when to makeup test?
The day you return to school
What are our 3 class rules?
Be safe, be respectful, be responsible