The "How-To" Zone
There are the three things you should do immediately after the bell rings.
What are: sit down, read the Agenda, and get out materials?
Look here if you were absent and need to find the work you missed.
What is the Absent file or Canvas?
This is what you should do when putting your Chromebook on your desk.
What is set it down gently like it is a piece of technology and not a notebook?
This is how often you should be reading a book to grow your knowledge and become better writers.
What is every day?
Participation points are earned daily through these four things.
What are: group and board work, class discussions, presentations, and individual tasks?
This is the only time it is acceptable to get up and sharpen a pencil.
What is during the first few minutes of class or independent work time (or never while the teacher is talking?)
This is where you can find your No Name paper that you turned in.
What is the Turn In Basket?
When the timer on the screen goes off, you must do these two things.
What is stop talking and look at the teacher?
These two things are what I should do if I have a question about an assignment or something I see in Canvas.
What is email Mrs. Northam and come to Rise?
The main way to move board work from Beginning to Excelling is to follow these norms.
What is Whiteboard Norms?
This is how we exit the room (4 things)
What is pushed-in chairs, leave no trace, stack journals neatly on the shelf and assignments to the turn in basket, exit quietly?
If you need a stapler, a spare pencil, or other supplies, you go to this specific area.
What is the Student Supply counter by the typewriter?
This is what your Chromebook should look like when it is not being used for a lesson.
What is closed and on the corner of the desk?
This is how often I should be checking Skyward and email.
What is daily?
Eduprotocals are used to do these 4 things.
What is develop critical thinking, collaboration, communication, and creativity?
Do this if you finish your work while others are still testing or writing.
What is read a book or work on unfinished tasks?
Complete assignments go here; never on the teacher's desk!
What is the Turn-In Basket for your class period?
If your Chromebook isn't charged, you should do this.
What is raise your hand and ask to go to the charging station?
When I don't feel like writing, what should I not do?
What is use AI or any other type of plagiarism?
Practicing skills through Fast and Curious Reps need to reach this class average percentage to move to testing.
What is 85% for general or 90% for honors?
Use this specific hand signal if you need to use the restroom without interrupting a lesson.
What is holding up a crossed finger?
This is the location where the daily learning objective and To-Do list are posted.
What is the Class Slides presentation screen?
This is the policy for cell phones and earbuds when you enter the room.
What is silenced and out of sight?
Mrs. Northam tells you not to work on something outside of class (like writing an essay) but you choose to do it anyways. This is what the consequence is.
What is not get credit or have to redo it?
The Whiteboard Norms are these 7 things.
What are: One person with the marker/eraser writes down only what is heard, stay at your assigned board, collaborate by sharing your thoughts, show your thinking on the board, take risks, persevere through diffculties, erase with care?