Welcome to Ms. Jones

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Welcome to Ms. Jones Class

• Grab a piece of white paper and different color
  markers/colored pencils/crayons
• Fold the paper like a hot dog
• In the middle of the paper write your name
• On each corner of the paper
• Draw your favorite food
• Draw your favorite sport
• Draw where your dream vacation
• would be
• Draw your favorite Animal

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School Wide Expectations
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School-Wide Expectations




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Ms. Jones Classroom Expectations/ Procedures
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Classroom Rules/Expectations

• Come to class on time, prepared, and follow
  directions
• Participate and contribute to classroom
  activities/discussions
• Phones and electronic devices are out of sight
  unless directed by teacher. (More detail)
• You may have food/drink as long as you ask the
  teacher first to see if it will interrupt with
  daily instruction..
• We respect each other, we try our best, we are a
  team, we learn from our mistakes
• What does each of these look like?

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Cell Phones

• Phones are out of sight unless directed by
  teacher
• 1st time- warning
• 2nd time- put phone on corner of the desk facing
  down not touching it (if refused there will be a
  Behavior Report written and the phone is sent to
  the house office)
• If student touches phone while faced down then
  teacher will take the phone for the rest of the
  class period.

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Consequences for Inappropriate Behavior

• 1st-Reminder of what is expected
• 2nd- Verbal Warning
• 3rd- Go to an area in the classroom to complete
  work or cool down
• 4th-parent phone call, lunch detention, sent out
  of classroom, meeting with parents. (Depends on
  severity and number of instances)

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Positive Consequences

• Examples
• Verbal Praise
• Star Student
• Marble Jar (as a class)
• Surprise drawings/food
• Positive Call home
• Breaks
• Can sit at teachers desk

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Classroom Procedures

• Entering the Classroom
• Arrive to class on time
• If an adult is not in the room, please wait
  outside of the classroom for an adult
• Look at board for directions on what to do
• Before you come to class please use the restroom
  and get a drink of water.

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SSR-Sustained Silent Reading

• Each class we will do 15 minutes of silent
  reading. Most of the time it will be in the
  beginning of the class. Continue to come into
  the classroom and look at the board for what you
  need to do. When your work is finished during
  class you should read silently.

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Sustained Silent Reading Cont

• You should read for pleasurethat is, I do not
  require a certain genre. The book you use for SSR
  is to stay in the room. You can check out a
  different book from the library for Resource if
  you wish. When you finish your SSR book it is
  your responsibility to get another one from home
  or from the school library. Please ENJOY the book
  you choose. If you find that youre not
  interested in it, please change it. 

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Restroom Procedure

• Please try your best to use the bathroom BEFORE
  you come to class.
• I understand at times that you have to go. If
  you miss instruction/activity while using the
  restroom then you will need to come make up
• You will need to sign out when
• using the bathroom

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Restroom Procedure

• There are bathroom passes next to the door with
  your name.
• There are only 6 bathroom passes that can be,
  once those are done you may not leave the
  classroom to use the restroom until a new quarter.

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Clinic Procedure

• When going to the clinic, you will take a pass to
  the House Secretary (Either in House B-7th grade
  or House C-6th grade)

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Classroom Procedures Cont.

• Homework
• Turn in at the beginning of class. If you need an
  extension for an assignment please come talk to
  me BEFORE the due date of the assignment.
• Late Work
• Classroom Discussion on late work
• Participation
• Be alert in classroom activities/discussions and
  raise your hand if you have an answer or question

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Procedures Cont.

• Arriving Late
• Students not in the classroom when the second
  bell rings are tardy. You are OKAY if you have a
  pass. Those who are late to class need to fill in
  the tardy slip by the door. Continued tardiness
  to class can result in a call home, detention,
  etc.
• Leaving the Classroom
• The teacher dismisses the class and we work from
  bell to bell.

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Procedures Cont.

• Absences
• On the day you return from an absence students
  are responsible for making up work.
• Arranged Absences
• Notify your teacher ahead of time if you know you
  will be absent so you can receive the work

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Student of the Week

• The teacher will choose a student of the week
  based on classroom expectations
• Chosen every 2 weeks and will be announced on the
  news show (only if you would like)
• Student can bring in items that they would like
  to display on the bulletin board about
  themselves.
• Student will get to choose a prize from the prize
  box and will have a positive note/call to your
  parents

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Marble Jar

• The marble jar is for class/team rewards
• If everyone in the class is on task (randomized),
  marbles will be put in the marble jar
• This is a TEAM effort so we need to work together
  as a class to earn marbles.

• As a team we will also choose the rewards and
  take votes on what we would like to have