Mrs. Hottle Room 58

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Grade 7 Science

• Mrs. Hottle Room 58

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WELCOME TO MY CLASS!
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Science should be fun!

• If you follow the rules and procedures set up for
  this class you will be all smiles just like the
  students in those pictures!

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If we dont follow the procedures and rules.
Yikes!
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So, how this class runs, is decided by your
behavior and your actions!

• Which would you rather be?

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Procedures for Mrs. Hottles Class

• Entering the room
• Leaving the room
• Getting your attention
• Getting my attention
• Special Features

Procedures
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Entering the room
Warm-up!

• When you first enter my class, you will almost
  always notice a warm-up on the board. You are to
  write down the
• You are to come in, sit down and automatically
  begin the warm-up without me asking.
• If you finish before others, please sit patiently
  until we go over the answer together.
• Every day, make sure to bring your textbook,
  warm-up book, and pencil!!!

Date, Question and Answer
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Leaving the room

• When the bell rings, you are to stay seated until
  I dismiss you.
• Please make sure to take all of your materials
  with you! This includes graded papers, pencils,
  textbooks, etc.! Do not leave anything on the
  floor! Someone will have to pick it up! So be
  considerate.
• If we have a lab that day, you need to make sure
  you have enough time to clean your equipment and
  table area so that everything is ready to go for
  the next class.
• If we are going to leave the room together to go
  to the computer lab that day, there is to be
  absolutely no talking in the hallway as we walk
  down. Participation points will be taken off for
  those who do not follow this rule.

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Getting your attention
Hello?!

• When I attempt to get your attention, you will
  see me do this.Please stop talking and look
  immediately!

If you continue talking after Ive counted down,
you may lose participation points.
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Getting my attention

• If you need to get my attention to go to the
  bathroom, hold up three fingers, I will either
  nod yes or no. You need to already have your
  planner filled out and prepared for me to sign
  Time and Location.
• If you need to sharpen your pencil, hold up your
  pencil
• If you need to get out of your seat to get
  anything, like a tissue, or a piece of paper
• Only up to two students at a time may get up and
  move around the classroom, and only during
  independent practice. Students do not need to ask
  permission to get a tissue or paper, but the
  student must look to make sure no one else is
  walking around.

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Special Features! ?

• Ticket System
• For every ticket you receive, there is a
  different reward
• 1 Ticket- a piece of candy from the box
• 2 Tickets- a prize from the box
• 3 Tickets- forgiveness of one assignment
  previously given
• Excluding tests and quizzes
• How can you receive a ticket?
• Good behavior
• Answering a hard question
• Working hard

These are only a few examples!
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Special Features! ?

• V.I.P System
• Every week, I will pick 2 new V.I.Ps for the
  class
• What does a V.I.P do?
• Keeps everyone on task- during warm-ups,
  activities, labs
• Passes back graded papers
• Passes out worksheets for activities
• Reminds the teacher, by raising 5 fingers that
  theres 5 minutes remaining in class.
• If the V.I.P does an excellent job that week,
  they will receive a ticket that may be saved
  along with their other tickets. At the end of the
  year, I will pick my top 5 V.I.Ps of the year and
  they will receive something extra special.

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Special Features! ?
AWARDED TO

• Science Stars of the grading period
• Every grading period I pick 1-2 science stars
  from each class and post their names on the
  bulletin board.
• Science stars dont have to be students!
  I pick students for different reasons. Here are
  some of the following
• Hard work in the classroom
  Politeness/helpfulness to others Excellent
  grades
• Improvement in behavior Improvement in
  grades

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Rules for Mrs. Hottles Class
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• RESPECT is my rule in this classroom!
  Please be respectful while I am teaching and be
  respectful to your classmates.
• NO talking while I am teaching- this goes along
  with respect!
• NO complaining! There is no productivity in
  complaining and it will not get you or anyone
  else out of an assignment or homework! So dont
  do it!
• NO writing on the desks! This will result in the
  student cleaning all of the desks in the room.
• NO food or drinks in the classroom!
• All electronics must be off and put away
• Finally, if there is anything else you are unsure
  of, please look at the schools rules and
  guidelines and be smart!

Rules
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Steps of discipline

• Verbal warning
• Discipline Packet or Participation points taken
  off
• Note sent home to parent/guardian
• This needs to be signed by parent/guardian and
  returned to me
• Call home
• Detention

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Extras

• Late Work
• Missed work
• Participation points
• Important papers that will continue to appear
  in front of you
• What to do when you get done early with an
  activity

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Late Work

• At the beginning of the period when I ask for you
  to hand in your paper, you will receive full
  credit
• If you turn in your paper the day after the
  assignment was due, you will be deducted 2 points
  from that assignment.
• Anytime after this, you will automatically
  receive a 50. If you dont turn in even just a
  couple assignments, it will significantly affect
  your grade! Trust me, I have seen it time and
  time again!
• Even a cou

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Missed Work

• If you were absent the day before, you need to
  take these steps
• Look in the worksheet bin for papers given
  yesterday
• Ask a friend if there was a warm-up the day
  before. If there was, copy down the date,
  question and answer from their warm-up book.
  Also ask them if we took notes. Copy those down
  as well.
• If you didnt get to hand in an assignment that
  was due yesterday, just come up and hand it in to
  me.
• If you have any other questions about the class
  from the day before, please come and ask me.

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Participation Points

• Every student starts with a 10/10 for their
  participation grade at the start of each
  grading period. So congratulations, you all
  have an A so far!
• Most students end up with a 10/10 by the end of
  the grading period just by doing their work and
  behaving appropriately in class
• If a student misbehaves in class via talking,
  rudeness, etc. they will be told that they are
  going to have a point taken off for that day.
• I have seen students that have received a 6/10 by
  the end of the grading period and it made a
  difference letter grades! Its not super common
  but it has happened!

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Important papers for this class

• Vocab Packet
• Received at the beginning of each chapter as
  homework
• If you keep this packet for the day of the test,
  you will receive 2 bonus points!
• Chapter Notes Guideline
• Also received at the beginning of each chapter.
  It is to be filled out while we go over the
  PowerPoint notes.
• Keep this as well! It will be a great help when
  it comes time for the test!

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What to do if you get done early

• Im done with the assignment, now what??
• Look over your vocab packet
• Look over your study guide if you have been given
  one
• Read a book
• Read one of the books in the back of the room

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Wrapping up!

• This is a lot of information to take in but I
  promise, if you follow these rules and procedures
  during our class, things will go so smoothly and
  we will be able to science! Its
  all up to you! ?

ENJOY