Code of Conduct
RED TALKS
in Three Words
Class Routines
and Expectations
Five Minute Friday
Elements of a Story
100

Number one on the list is another way to say, "Be Nice." 

What is take care of each other? 

100

Rockstar dad issues. 

Kwame Alexander

What is Solo?

100
These collectables help you find your seat when it's time to change. 

What are baseball cards? 

100

The first step in 5MF writing is to read a _____. 

What is a poem?

100

The minimum number of pitches in a full count, there are also this minimum number of elements in any complete story. 

What is five? 

200

An important baseball number, there are this many expectations in our code of conduct. 

What is nine? 

200

Murder. Revenge. Elevator. 

Jason Reynolds

What is A Long Way Down? 

200

Assignments should be written in our planners. You can also find them chalked here in our classroom. 

What is on the Green Monster? 

200

The second step in 5MF writing includes choosing a word or _____ to title your writing. 

What is a phrase?

200

Use the Reading Hall of Fame to organize books by this: 

What is genre? 

300

The three parts of active listening are, eyes on the speaker, quiet body, and this: 

What is an engaged brain? 

300

Maine. Winter. Planet. 

Gary D. Schmidt

What is Orbiting Jupiter?

300

Need to leave the classroom? Be sure to check with Mr. S. AND do this before leaving. 

What is sign out on the clipboard? 

300

During the third step of 5MF writing, our goal should be to fill this much of our notebook. 

What is half a page? 

300

Vashti, John J. Harvey, and Paxton C. Heymeyer are all this crucial element of a story. 

What are main characters/protagonists? 

400
Mr. S. has said that if you can take care of each other and this three word phrase, you are practically perfect. 

What is make positive choices? 

400

Ballplayer turned poet. 

Ron Koertge

What is Shakespeare Bats Cleanup?

400

Professor Papi wants us to get on base! We know we've met a learning objective when we _____. 

What is hit a single?

400

Add, change, or delete. It's time to do this: 

What is edit and revise? 

400

All characters have problems to solve. Readers and writers call these issues _____. 

What are conflicts? 

500

Room 250's Code of Conduct answers this question regarding our behavior.  

What is how should we behave?

500

Baseball. Snow day. 

Matt Christopher

What is Play Ball

500

The AL EAST board includes a ladder documenting this psychologist's Six Levels of Moral Development. 

Who is Lawrence Kohlberg? 

500

5MF poems have mentioned the moon and baseball. Our first week's poem was the story of this boy and his tiger running away from home. 

Who is Calvin? 

500

Readers and writers can document many elements of a story by using this mountain shaped graphic organizer. 

What is a plot line?