August 25 , 2009 - A

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 Sit down at your assigned seat.

 Focus: get out your daybook and
begin numbering the pages in the top
outside edge of the corners of each
paper.
1.Open your agenda to this week. Copy
down the week in preview (on the back
board) for this week. Write down
EVERYTHING that is on the board for
that day. I will come around and initial
it when you’re done.
2.Falcon Handbook –
Classroom Rules
 Come prepared for class.
 Treat each other with respect.
 Follow directions the first time they are
asked of you.
 Keep your hands, feet, objects and
negative/off-topic comments to yourself.
Consequences
 Warning (verbal and /or written)
 Office referral for In School Detention
(ISD) and parent contact
 After School Detention (ASD) and parent
contact.
 Student – Team –Counselor-
Administrator conference.
 Parent conference
 Office referral with intent for suspension.
In School Detention
 ISD is assigned by an administrator and
is held during 4th period or during a
student’s encore class.
 ISD is designed to give consequences
for inappropriate behavior that has not
become a pattern.
 Parents are informed when their child
has earned an ISD.
 After 2 ISDs, students are then assigned
ASD.
After School Detention
 After School Detentions (ASD) are held on
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from
2:20 – 3:20.
 Students must arrange for transportation
at 3:20.
 If a student cannot attend ASD, alternative
arrangements must be made prior to that
day.
 If a student does not show for ASD, they
will be referred to an administrator for
further disciplinary action.
Team Rewards
 Talons
 Students will receive positive consequence
for doing the right thing!
 Each Falcon teacher has a set of “talons”,
small tickets that students can earn for
doing good things.
 These “talons” are put into the “Falcon
Talon Box” . Every Friday several names are
drawn for a chance to win small prizes.
Voice Levels
 0 = no sounds
 1= whisper so that only those around
you can hear
 2 = normal voice so the entire class can
hear you
 3= how loud a TEACHER speaks to
address the entire class
 4= outside voice
 Procedures for Entering
Room
 Each student will enter the classroom
prepared and ready to learn.
 Each student will go immediately to his or
her desk.
 Each student will read the objectives for the
day on the board.
 Each student will begin the focus.
 No student will be out of his or her desk
without permission.
 Students will be at Voice Level “O” by the
time the bell rings.
Procedures – Hallway
Passes

 Students MUST  Students may NOT

get their ask for a pass:
 During class
planners signed instruction
in order to be in  During class
the hallway, no discussion
matter what.  Any time that
interrupts the
learning
environment
 Students may ask
for a pass:
 Before class begins

Procedures – Locker Visits
 Students may  Locker privileges
visit their lockers: may be taken
 Before 1st period away
 Before 4th period  You are not
 At the end of the allowed to carry
day backpacks around
the building.
 You may carry
your things in a
STRING BAG,
and ladies must
fit their purses
Procedures – Drinks/Water
Fountain
 NO outside drinks, bottles, or other
beverage holders are permitted on our
team. Any bottles or holders discovered
will be confiscated.
 AT NO TIME will students interrupt class
for a pass to get water unless they are
ill.
Procedures – Pencil
sharpener
 Students are expected to sharpen pencils
before class starts.
 If a pencil breaks during class, students
may sharpen pencils with permission.
 At no time will students interrupt
classroom instruction to run the pencil
sharpener.
 Students are strongly encouraged to
bring a hand-held pencil sharpener or to
bring mechanical pencils with lead
Procedures - Job Chart
 Each classroom has assigned helpers
 Helpers are expected to help out when
needed and asked.
Procedures - Working
Working Alone: Working
 When working Cooperatively
individually, students  When working
are at voice level “0”. together students are
 Students are focused at voice level 1-2.
on work.  Students are focused
 Students are not on the task, not
distracting others. distracting others.
 Students will
sometimes choose
groups, sometimes be
assigned groups.
Procedures - Participation
 It is the teacher’s responsibility to
monitor students’ understanding.
 A large part of informal assessment is
done through in-class participation.
 Students may be called upon at random
to participate when needed.
 Students are expected to do so willingly,
and to the best of their ability.
Procedures – Signal for Student
Attention
 5-4 = help your
 There will be times neighbor hear the
during group projects, teacher.
labs, Etc. that the
teacher will need to
 3 = stop talking
call the classroom to  2 = face the
attention. This will be
teacher
done by counting
down from 6.  1 = listen for
instructions
Procedures – Classroom
Dismissal
 The bell does not dismiss the class, the
teacher does.
 To be dismissed, the class must show
they are ready to leave. To show this:
 Students are in assigned seats.
 Each students’ area is trash-free and
materials are picked up.
 The class is quiet.
Procedures – End of Day
Dismissal
 Bus riders will be dismissed to their
lockers at 1:53 and must be back in the
room to hear announcements.
 Car riders will be dismissed to their
lockers after 7th grade bus riders are
dismissed from the building.
 Walkers/Athletes will be dismissed to their
lockers after car riders have been
dismissed from the building.
Absent/Tardy Procedures
 If you are  Every third tardy to school will
tardy to deduct 1 percentage point
school, you from the first period class, as
must get a per the Kannapolis City
Schools policy.
tardy slip
from the
 You will receive two warnings
when coming tardy to any
office before class throughout the day. On
going to your third tardy, you will
class. You will receive ASD from the teacher.
not be  If tardiness becomes a
admitted pattern, the student will be
without one. referred to the office for
Saturday School
 If you have missed school,
turn in your excuse to your
homeroom teacher.
Student Work

Posting assignments

 All work is posted in each room.

 Assignments will also be posted on the

Falcons website.
Student Work
Class work
Every class will have work assigned in class and expected to be
completed in class.
Do not doodle on assignments that are going to be handed in.
Write legibly, If we can’t read it, we can’t grade it.
Homework
Homework not complete by the beginning of class is considered
late.
You may not work on other classes homework during class.
Anonymous Work
No name = no credit
A folder will be kept in the front of the room containing papers
with no name.
You may claim your paper and turn it in for late credit.
Student Work
Late work

 Any work turned in past the collection and

/or due date will be considered late.
 5% is deducted from the final grade of any
work handed in late
 After receiving a missing task report you
will have one week in which to hand in any
missing work. After that week is up, you
may not make up the work at all.
Student Work

Absences / Missed
work
 When absent from class, all missed work will
be placed in the makeup work folder.
 Each class has a folder labeled with its class
period.
 Work will have your individual name on it.
 It is the students responsibility to locate
missed work when returning from an
absence.
 Students will have the amount of days
missed + 1 to make up missing work,
according to KMS policy.
 Grading Procedures
Grade marks
Your paper will be scored with one of the following:
A check means that you have received effort credit for this
assignment.
A percentage score
Exchanging papers
 Occasionally you will exchange papers in class and
grade someone else’s.
 When doing this, you will write your name on the
bottom of the paper you are checking.
 You will receive credit for checking your peers paper
correctly.
 If you purposely score a peers paper higher or lower
than it’s actual score, you will receive a 0 on your
Grading Procedures
Weighted grades
Your grades are counted as follows:
Focuses = score counts once (1).
Class work/Homework = score counts once
(1).
Quizzes = score counts once and a half
(1.5).
Tests / Projects = score counts twice (2).
Missing Task Reports and
Progress Reports
 Missing task reports and progress
reports will be sent home with you Take
Home Tuesday folders throughout each
quarter, approximately every 2 weeks.
 Progress Reports from every teacher are
sent home half way through each
quarter. These dates can be found on the
school website as well as the team
website.
Take Home Tuesday
 You will be given a “Take Home Tuesday”
folder to be taken home every Tuesday
and returned to your homeroom teacher
every Wednesday.
 Take home Tuesday folders contain
important information about upcoming
events at the school and in our
classrooms.
1. Are you the missing piece?
2. Partner clock
3. Daybooks:
a. Table of Contents
b. Daybook Pledge
c. Glue in partner clock
d. This week in L.A.
8.Tonight’s homework:
A. Write and acrostic poem of your first
name that tells a little bit about yourself.
Example:

B. Complete the sheet “Would you