CLASSROOM ROUTINE

Mrs. Smith’s Math Class       PART 1

1.       Always come to class prepared – have your notebook, pencils, and textbook with you BEFORE entering class.

  1. When you sit down, get out your notebook, copy the Objectives for the day from the board into your Personal Learning Journal (PLJ). Also copy homework assignment into your Student Planner.
  2. Get out the homework assignment from the previous day for me to check.
  3. A warm-up or quiz transparency with a few problems to solve will usually be on the overhead for you to work on while I check homework. If you finish before I have checked all homework in the class, sit quietly at your desk.
  4. After we review the transparency problems, a short amount of time will be used to review any problems with the homework – if you had difficulty with assigned homework problems, now is the time to ask for help!
  5. If you need to sharpen your pencil during class, do so quietly, do not disturb others. During all testing, however, you must raise your hand and ask permission to sharpen pencils.
  6. Raise your hand to request a signature on a bathroom pass if you need to use the restroom. Restroom passes will be recorded in your Student Planner.  You will be charged –1 point for each minute you are gone.
  7.   Be FOREWARNED!  I reserve the right to assign different work and / or  give quizzes to one section of a class and not to another.

 

 

 

CLASSROOM ROUTINE

             Mrs. Smith’s Math Class       PART 2

 

Homework is an integral part of the learning process in Mathematics. It provides you the opportunity to practice and test your understanding of the concepts covered in class. You may feel you understand a concept that is presented during the class or
demonstrated in a group environment, but you can only master it by practice and independent problem solving. For this reason, homework is assigned each night.

 

Homework must be completed the night assigned and will be
collected each day during class. Each assignment must include:

  1.  your name,
  2.  the date and
  3. the assignment page and problem numbers at the top of the page.      

       All work must be shown!       ALWAYS….

 

If you are absent the day the assignment is collected, it is due upon your return to school. Full credit will not be given for late work.  You may get your assignments from the student page at www.geocities.com/mrs_smith_hoover


You must know and comply with all rules governing homework, dress code and conduct as outlined in the school handbook located in your student planner.

 

 

                                                       CLASSROOM ROUTINE

                Mrs. Smith’s Math Class       PART 3

You are expected to be working when the tardy bell rings.  If you are not in your seat working you are tardy.  I take very careful notes regarding absences and tardies. ON the third unexcused tardy a student will receive a detention and notification will be sent to your parents. There is a detention for each additional tardy after that. We will follow district guidelines regarding tardies and absences.

I expect students to work until the bell at the end of the period. If you pack up before the bell, I will mark your grade down for the day. The only difference between packing up early and showing up tardy is timing.   Both are a waste of your class time and disrupt others.

Each of you will produce your own Personal Learning Journal. This will be submitted at the end of each quarter and assembled into a book at the end of the year.  You will keep examples of problems, vocabulary, projects and other data in your Personal Learning Journal.  When a student asks a question it is the responsibility of each student to copy both the question and the answer into their Personal Learning Journal (PLJ).  We will use Cornell Note Taking Techniques to record information in the PLJ.

After the short activity and review of homework,  I will begin teaching the lesson. While we are doing the lesson you are expected to do three things:

(1)    PAY ATTENTION

(2)Copy any examples into your PLJ

(3) DO NOT TALK unless you are called upon by the instructor

 

 

 

CLASSROOM ROUTINE

                Mrs. Smith’s Math Class       PART 4

 

I expect each student to show up on time

Do not talk in class unless I call on you or we are working in groups.

Do not eat or drink in class. The only exception is water.

Bring your work (completed) to class every day.

Bring paper and pencils to class every day.

Don’t make excuses – have sincerity of effort  - make each day count.

Your grade is based on five different marks. You will receive a homework grade based on the completeness of your work, a quiz average based on your quiz scores, a test average based on your test scores, project average grade, and a behavior/participation grade. The approximate break down is as follows:

10% of your grade is based on your in-class behavior / participation.

10% of your grade is based on your homework average.

20% of your grade is your quiz average.

20% of your grade is your project average score.

40% of your grade is your test average.

 

At any time during the semester, you are free to see your grade via the internet and Power School.  Your grade will be up to date and accurate …… UNLESS you are missing a quiz, test or a substantial amount of homework assignments. If you want an accurate approximation of your grade, turn in all your work. Also, do not EVER ask, "What will my grade be if I get ...?" Just do the best you can at all times. 

Regarding extra – credit……  you will not be allowed ANY extra credit unless you have already done all the assigned work.  Extra credit is for those students who wish to improve their score with more practice. 

Grading Scale

GRADE

HIGH

LOW

A

100+

93

A-

92

90

B+

89

86

B

85

83

B-

82

80

C+

79

76

C

75

73

C-

72

70

D+

69

66

D

65

63

D-

62

60

F

59

0

Most decimals will be rounded accordingly. I do, however, reserve the right to do so at my discretion. However, I will never round UP to a 60%. A student must have at least a 60% to pass, 59.9% is unacceptable.

 

 

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Last Name ____________________    First Name______________________                     

                                                             Period _________   Date___________

I have read the class rules for Mrs. Smith’s math class. I understand the class rules.

Signature______________________________________________________

 

 

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