Entering Class
What is the first thing you should do when entering the classroom?
Enter quietly and go to your assigned seat.
What should your voice level be while the teacher is teaching?
Level 0 — silent.
How should you treat your teacher and classmates?
With respect.
Are cell phones allowed to be used during class without permission?
no
You enter class and everyone is already completing the bell ringer. What should you do?
Quietly go to your assigned seat, get your materials, and begin working.
What should you begin working on after getting settled?
The bell ringer/do-now.
True or False: You may talk to your friend quietly while the teacher is giving directions.
False.
True or False: Personal grooming, such as doing your hair, is appropriate during science class.
False.
Where should your phone be during class?
Put away and not being used.
You forgot a pencil. Should you yell across the room asking someone for one? What should you do instead?
No. Follow the classroom procedure for getting a pencil or quietly ask at an appropriate time.
Where should you sit when you enter class?
In your assigned seat.
What should you do if you have a question while the teacher is speaking?
Raise your hand and wait to be called on.
Is eating allowed during class?
no
What should you use laptops for during class?
Assigned schoolwork and teacher-approved activities.
You don't understand the assignment. Your friend offers to let you copy their answers. What should you do?
Do your own work and ask the teacher for help.
Your friend is sitting across the room and wants you to come talk before class starts. What should you do?
Go to your assigned seat and begin the bell ringer instead of walking around/socializing
You need to use the restroom while Ms. Oglesby is in the middle of teaching. What should you do?
Wait until instruction is finished/an appropriate time to ask unless it is an emergency.
What should you do when Ms. Oglesby gives you a direction?
Follow the direction promptly and appropriately.
You finish your assignment and decide to open a game on your laptop. Is this appropriate? Why or why not?
No. Technology should only be used for teacher-approved activities.
Another student says something you disagree with during a science discussion. How should you respond?
Disagree respectfully, listen to their explanation, and explain your own thinking appropriately.
Put these procedures in the correct order: Start the bell ringer, enter quietly, get your notebook, sit in your assigned seat.
Enter quietly → sit in assigned seat → get notebook/materials → start the bell ringer.
Name three behaviors that show you are ready to learn during instruction.
being quiet, listening, looking toward the teacher/presentation, staying seated, following directions, taking notes, and raising your hand appropriately.
Your friend keeps trying to make you laugh and talk during independent work. What are two appropriate choices you could make?
Ignore the distraction and continue working; remind them you need to work; move if given permission; or ask the teacher for help if the distraction continues.
Ms. Oglesby tells a student to put their phone away, but the student refuses. What could happen next?
The phone may be taken according to classroom/school policy; if the student refuses to surrender it, the issue may be referred to the office and handled according to school policy.
A student enters class loudly, walks around talking to friends, doesn't get their notebook, and ignores the bell ringer. Identify four expectations the student is not following.
The student should enter quietly, go to their assigned seat, avoid unnecessary talking/walking around, get their materials/notebook, and begin the bell ringer.