1.    Before the bell rings, please complete the following: kindly and quietly enter the classroom, sit in your assigned seats, get out your journals and begin the directions displayed on the screen. 

2.     Please us your six, 4-minute passing periods (rather than class time) to use the restroom, eat, and/or drink. 

3.     Stay in your seats until the bell rings.

4.     When I am talking, your job is to listen. If you have a response, raise your hand. If you have a question to ask, raise your hand. If you missed the directions, raise your hand and ask me to repeat them. Raising hands prevents everyone from talking at once.

5.     We will have many class discussions this year, so it is important to practice appropriate discussion etiquette. When a classmate is speaking, it is your job to be respectful, to listen, and to think about what that person is saying. If you have a response, wait until he or she is finished speaking before politely sharing your opinions. These conventions of etiquette apply to student presentations as well.

6.     Please ask before using your phone during class. I may allow use of cell phones for school-related activities such as looking up words, researching information, taking pictures of posted homework, etc. Cell phones should never be used for non-school related activities such as texting, making calls, taking random pictures, watching videos, or posting to social media. When phones are being used inappropriately, I will follow the district policy regarding cell phone usage. 

7.     When I put notes on the screen, I expect you to write the notes in your notebook. Taking notes is an active process that helps most learners process and remember the information presented. Taking pictures of notes on the screen to replace writing notes does not activate the brain and is, therefore, ineffective for most learners.

8.     All students work at different paces. Some students complete work quickly and others take more time. If you complete all classwork ahead of time, you should quietly complete an educational activity until the rest of the class is ready to move on. Some educational activities I encourage include reading a book, reading a news article, learning new words, and writing of any kind (poetry, stories, journal entries, etc.)

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*Don't forget to charge your Chromebooks at home! Charging Chromebooks in classrooms is against school policy. 

*Book bags in the aisles are hazardous. Therefore, if you bring yours, keep it under your desk. If your book bag does not fit under your desk, leave it in your locker.