2. Landscape Beginning of School 2009-2010

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File Cabinet A-D 2 pass out and pick up Daily Folders

Teacher Desk

Door

Welcome. Welcome to Roosevelt Middle School. My name is Mrs.Bonura. There it is on the Promethean. It is spelled B-O-N-U-R-A

and is pronounced Bonura. I would like to be addressed as Mrs.

Bonura, please. Thank you. I am looking forward to being your

teacher this year. Relax.

I am a veteran teacher with over 40 years of experience. Outside ofclass I go to workshops, conferences, and in-service meetings. I

read professional journals and work together with my fellow

teachers in professional organizations. I stay current in my

professional knowledge and teaching skills. Most important, I love

to teach! I enjoy teaching, and I am proud to be a teacher. So you

can relax. You are in good hands.

You are going to have a good experience this year. This classroom

will be well organized, and you will be well cared for while you are

in it. We will not only study math, but I will also share with you

some life skills and secrets that will help you succeed in tomorrows


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world. And in the area of technology you will have a few things to

share as well.

So welcome!!

MORNING ROUTINE:1. Walk into the room quietly and sit in your seat.

2. Remove jacket or coat and hang them on the chair.

3. Remove needed items from your schoolbag. Put your

schoolbag/purse on the floor in front of you. The aisle must

remain clear.

4. Have your sharpened pencils out and necessary items ready.

5. Have your homework out.

6. Put your date in your notebook.

7. Read the assignment for the day.

8. Students in position 2 A-D will pass out Daily Folders (if

needed) and the needed materials. Check the board or chart.

9. **Begin the BELLWORK assignment on your own.


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Discipline Plan(Breaking rules has consequences)

1. Be in your assigned seat following the classroomroutine when the bell rings.

2. Bring all needed materials to class daily.

3. No social talkingAll talking must be related tothe activity and MUST be heard ONLY by your

partner. Look at the teacher and remain silent if she

rings a bell. Information will follow.

4. Show respect for self, peers, teacher and property.

5. Follow directions the first time.

Breaking a rule will result in punish work, detention or a

phone call home. The punish work assignment is always the

same. Times tables 1-9 one time.

Positive Consequences are REWARDSthat result when people abide by the rules.


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4. Begin following the Daily Routine.

Class Dismissal -- The bell Does Not dismiss the class. The

Teacherdismisses the class.

1. Be sure you have written the homework assignment.

2. Be sure you have completed the journal entry.

3. Seventh Period only --- Be sure that all materials (for

example calculators, rulers etc) have been put back.

4. Wait for the teacher to line you up and/or dismiss you.

What to do when your pencil breaks?

1. Use another of your 3 sharpened pencils or a mechanical

pencil.

2. Use your pencil sharpener at your seat.

3. If the teacher is talking borrow a pencil from your partner

(return it at the end of class).4. If you have no pencils, nor a sharpener and the teacher is

NOT talking, hold up your hand and request permission to

sharpen the pencil.


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**Other questions can wait until students are working

independently and the teacher is monitoring the class.

What do I do after I have gotten permission to go to the

bathroom?

Remember that the appropriate times in the day to go to

the bathroom are: before class begins, during the changeof class, before or after physical education, before or after

lunch. Other times are considered an emergency. Each

student is allowed two emergencies per week.

1. Never leave during teacher instruction.

2. Complete your agenda information (you CANNOT go ifyou do not have an agendayour agenda is your PASS).

3. Complete the Classroom Sign-Out form.

4. Bring your agenda to the teacher for her signature.

5. Sign back in when you return.


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6. Failure to follow ALL procedures will result in loss of

privileges for the rest of the nine weeks, semester or year.

What I will do when I want your undivided attention.

1. When you hear a bell ring once or twice, you are to stop

working immediately and pay attention.2. You are to look at the teacher.

3. Be ready to hear instructions.

4. I will have something to say.

Activity FoldersWhat are you to do with class-worksheets, collected homework,

and make-up work?

1. Follow the procedure for passing out the activity folder.

2. You will have an Activity Folder on your desk during each

class period.

3. Your daily behavior record will be in the Activity Folder.4. Place all class-work worksheets, make-up work, test,

quizzes and homework if it is to be turned in, into the

folder.


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5. At the end of class (five minutes before the bell rings), you

are to put all work in your folder and pass the folders to the

teacher. Follow the procedure for passing the papers to the

teacher.

How to pass the Activity Folders to the teacher?

Students are to place all collected work into the Activity Folder.

1. Students who are in the row that is NOT across from the

door (position 8) after all work is in the folder, will pass

the folder(s) to their left.

2. Students are to place the folders on the DESK not in a

students hand.

3. The folders will move from position 8 to position 2.

4. As the folder(s) move(s) from desk to desk students will

put their folder on the top of the folders and pass thefolders to the students to the left.

5. When the folders reach the person in position 2, the teacher

or a designated student (position 2 D) will pick them up.

6. Folders will be kept in a designated spot on the brown

bookshelf.

7. The folders are to be placed in the box designated for the

folders of that class period.8. Only the teacher or one designated person (2D) will pick

up the folders and return them to the bookshelf.


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Where do I find the Daily Assignments?

1. Daily Assignments will be on the board to the studentsleft.

2. These assignments will be on the white board or on a piece

of chart paper or the Promethean board (teachers blog).

Where do I find Homework Assignments?

1. Daily Homework assignments will be on the board to the

students

left or on a piece of chart paper or on the teachers blog.

2. Homework assignments are to be written in the Student

Agenda

everyday.

3. Homework assignments will not be accepted late unless thestudent

was absent the day before.

4. Students must have all late homework (absent students) in

to the teacher within five days of the students return to

class.

5. Homework assignments will remain on the board or chart

for the whole week.

6. If a student returns to class after a sick day and the work is

no longer posted they are to check their partners agenda to

see what was covered.


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7. Students may always stay after school and ask the teacher.

Student Notebook -- What goes in it?

1. As part of your Daily Routine-Put the date in your notebookevery day we have class.

2. Your Notebook must be dated EVERY day and what ever is done

that day is to be recorded ( like a journal or diary).

3. Every entry must be labeled.

4. Daily Activity/Bell ringer activities must go in the notebook.

5. All exercise work (not on worksheets) and homework (unless it is

a worksheet) must go in the notebook. Be sure to record thetextbook page number and problem numbers.

6. If you are absent, you must record the date and put that you were

absent. Skip the rest of the page for your make-up work.

7. You must have a journal entry everyday.

8. Your journal entry must reflect what we did that day and your

reflections on it (you do this the last few minutes of class while

folders are being passed up).

9. Occasionally you will need a sheet of loose leaf paper. Be surethat you have some in your binder or folder. No skuiqleys please.

10. If you run out of time during the day to make your journal entry

you must complete it for homework.

11. You may record more then one date on each sheet of paper in

your notebook. Do not waste paper. The only exception is when

you are absent. You must skip the whole page.

Note: Do not tear pages out. Do not waste paper by drawing on it. A gradeis given on the notebook each nine weeks.


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Dismissal at the End of the Day / Period (Begin at 2:15-

end of the day) and each Period (last 5 minutes of class).

1. Bells DO NOT dismiss students. The teacher

dismisses

students. Before dismissal:

2. Place all textbooks under the student desk.

3. Pass up activity folders and put them on the shelf.

4. Position 2A, 2B, 2C, and 2D must collect all of

thematerials on their row and put them in the

designated

place.

5. Materials are put back in the designated containers.

6. There is to be no paper left on the floor, in the

desk,nor on the desk.

7. Listen for your position to be dismissed

(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8).

8. Throw trash away as you exit the classroom. There

is never

a need to throw paper away during class unless weare

working on a project.


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What to do if you need to sharpen a pencil?

**You were instructed to have a small enclosedsharpener with you daily.

1. Do not disrupt the teacher if she is talking to the class. If

the teacher is giving instruction wait until she is finished.

2. You may quietly borrow a pencil from your partner.

3. When the teacher is finished talking or if the teacher is nottalking, raise your hand for permission.

4. If permission is not given, continue working or sit quietly.

5. If permission is given and no one is at the sharpener, you

may go directly to the sharpener, sharpen your pencil and

return directly to your seat and continue working.

6. There is NEVER to be more than ONE person at the pencil

sharpener at one time.7. You must sign the Personal Responsibility form if you

have no pencil.

Note: The most appropriate time to sharpen pencils is in homeroom

and before the teacher begins class.


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TARDINESS

You are to be to class, sitting and working before the bell

rings. IF you are TARDY, when you enter class you are

to:

1. Go to your seat and put your books down.

2. Return to the Personal Responsibility Form and sign-in.3. You are to record the date, why you are late and

your signature.

4. If your partner is not in class you must get the Activity

Folder (if it is not already on your desk) and go to your

seat.

5. Begin the Daily Routine immediately because you will

have to make-up for lost time.

When instruction is being delivered, what do I do?

1. You are to have your eyes on the teacher, the board,

your computer, worksheet etc. Focus on the lesson so

that if you hear something that you do not understand


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1. On the note, your parent must record the date that you

are staying.

2. Record on the note how the student will be getting

home.3. Students may stay no longer than 3:30 to complete

missed tests and/or quizzes.

Computer Use

Procedures to follow.

DAILY SCHEDULE

Period 1 07:25-07:45 None

Period 2 07:45-08:45 Math 6

Period 3 08:45-09:45 Planning

Period 4 09:45-10:45 Math 6

Period 5 10:45-11:45 Math 6

Lunch Period 11:45-12:15 Lunch


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Period 6 12:15-01:15 Math 6 H

Period 7 01:15-02:15 Math 6

Dismissal 02:15-02:20

EARLY FINISHERS

Work on any make-up work that you may have.

Work on your current journal entry and any

incomplete journal entries .

Work on the Challenge problem.

Complete a multiplication, division, addition, orsubtraction drill on the computer. Use the

designated website. You must do one of each

operation before you repeat any.

Work on your LA Pass test (print when finished)

You must complete one test per month.

Work on MTS lesson.

Watch a Pearson/ Prentice Hall video tutor lesson

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Go to an approved website.

Put any results in your Daily Folder.

Work on your homework (only if all of the abovehave been completed.

CLASS REWARDS

Daily: Keep all conduct grade points

Weekly: Get a Rough Rider Reward

Ticket (no punish work nor

detentions issued)

Monthly:


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Procedures for Getting Needed Materials

1. After reading the daily assignment and seeing

the

materials that will be needed for the lesson.

Position

2 A-D will get what is needed for their row.Pass out 4 of each item (1 per pair) unless the

assignment says that every individual needs

to have the item and in that case 8 items are

passed out to each individual in the row.

2. All materials are located on the brownbookshelf in the back of the classroom.

3. Quickly get what you need and give the

materials to each of the tables or the 8

students in your row.


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3. Students caught chewing gum or eating anything that does not

come from the teacher will receive a 30 minute detention after

school and during that time they will have to clean under at

least three desks.4. Students are not to rock back and forth in the desk.

5. Students are not to deface their desk in any way.

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