Welcome to Ms. Vetrov’s 1st period Social Studies class! (rm. 216)

1. Welcome to Ms. Vetrov’s 1st period Social Studies class! (rm. 216) 1. As you walk in, please take a survey (found on the front table) 2. Please find your seat based on the seating chart 3. Please begin to fill out the survey as we wait for everyone to arrive Thank you! ~Ms. Vetrov

2. Welcome to Ms. Vetrov’s Social Studies class! (rm. 216)

3. Classroom Rules: • Be in your seat, quiet and working when the bell rings at the beginning of class. (Be Prompt) • Come prepared. Bring needed materials to class every day. (Be Prepared) • Keep your hands, feet and other personal objects to yourself. (Be Polite) • Listen carefully, and promptly follow directions the first time they are given. (Be Productive) • Show respect to teachers, classmates, and property. (Be Proud)

4. Consequences for breaking a rule: • Warning • Meeting with Ms. Vetrov • Detention- *parents will be called* • Office referral/ Saturday Academy • In-school suspension • Out-of-school suspension • Expulsion

5. A Note on Cheating • I take plagiarism and cheating very seriously. • If you are caught copying someone else’s work without giving them credit, your parents will be notified, you will be serving an after-school detention and you will required to complete a more challenging assignment.

6. Materials Needed Everyday: • Binder (with paper) • Assignment book • Pencil • Pen • Homework • SSR book Certain days: • Colored Pencils

7. A Note about Textbooks You will not be assigned a textbook this year. Instead, you will be given access to the textbook online, and you will be able to check out a book from the class as needed.

8. What will we be learning? • Our main focus is to study, examine and learn about ancient societies and how they have influenced our world today. • We will uncover: - Ancient Greece - Ancient Rome - Ancient Africa and Middle East - Ancient Asia - Middle Ages/Feudalism - European Renaissance, Reformation, and Exploration

9. Grading Scale • A 90-100%- “A” • B 80-89.9%- “B” • C 70-79.9%- “C” • D 60-69.9%- “D” • F 59.9% and below (Failing)- “F” • Please note that if you are receiving a D or F on your interims or your report card, your parents will be notified

10. Procedures • By the end of this week, you will have the all the steps and tools you need to be successful in Social Studies this year. • In order to help the process, we must learn some classroom procedures.

11. What to do when you first enter the room: • Make sure you have all of your materials and find your seat quickly • Take out your starter sheet and begin your starter activity • Check the SmartBoard for further instructions Starter

12. Turning in assignments • Each class period has a storage shelf in the front of the room. I will instruct you as to when you should turn in your homework or in-class assignment.

13. Absent Students • While you are completing the starter activity, I will be taking attendance. • Extra copies can be found in the front of the room.

14. If you were absent: Step 1: C3B4Me-Check with your neighbors to find out what you missed (notes, activities, tests, quizzes, etc.) Step 2:Missed Notes?-Borrow any missed notes from a neighbor. Step 3:Missed any assignments or handouts?- Check the extras box in the front of the room to pick up any worksheets or assignments that you may have missed!

15. If you were absent: Step 4:Missed a test?- Check the front board to see if you need to make up any quizzes or tests. Step 5:Have something to turn in?-Place it in the correct tray in the front of the room! Step 6:Followed all the steps?-If you still have questions, please ask Ms. Vetrov, she’ll be happy to get you caught up!

16. Class Dismissal • Please note that the bell does not signal the end of class. • You may leave the room after I have dismissed you.

17. So far so good?

18. Lost, Missing, Stolen or Dog-Eaten Homework • If you lose an assignment, I will always have extra copies available on the front table. Please grab a new copy! • If your homework or project is late* you will receive partial credit. • If you don’t turn in your homework at all… you will receive 0 credit. *If you are absent, you have as many days to make it up as you were absent

19. If you need to leave the room… • You will receive 2 “oops I forgot” passes for the quarter. This pass will allow you to go to the restroom, library or locker. • Please note that once you use up your 2 passes you will not be able to leave the room. • Go onto my online classroom to find out how you can earn an extra oops pass! (Due Monday!)

20. LaMuth’s 5 P’s • Prompt • Prepared • Polite • Productive • Proud

21. LaMuth’s 5 P’s cont’d • This year p-points will be used in all classes! Instead of getting a p-point grade, unused P-points can be redeemed for prizes • If you receive a p-point, I will record your lost point. After 3 missed P-points, you will be assigned an after-school detention.

22. If you need to sharpen a pencil: • Please do not sharpen your pencil while I am addressing the class. Please wait until I stop talking to sharpen your pencil. • There should only be 1 person at the pencil sharpener at a time.

23. Classroom Library • Students from all of my classes are permitted to check out books from my classroom library. • In order to check out a book, please sign the book out using the clipboard by the library. • When you are finished with the book, please place the book in the yellow book return box, and sign the clip board. • Missing or lost books will be the responsibility of the student. • Appropriate times to check out a book: In the beginning of the day, before class, at the end of class if there is time left over, NOT during instruction time • The beginning of advisory on DEAR day is NOT an appropriate time to check out a book!

24. Any questions?

25. Are you sure?

26. Homework: 1. For Wednesday 8/28:- Extra oops point due (visit the online classroom for details) - All supplies are due (binder, paper, pencil, pen, colored pencils, pencil pouch) 2. For Friday 8/31:- test strategy packet is due

27. Then let’s play a review game!

28. What’s my name?

29. I have told you that you should turn in your homework, where should you turn it in?

30. You were absent yesterday, what should you do?

31. You forgot your binder in your locker, what should you do?

32. Your name is on the board under Quiz 2.1. What should you do?

33. What should you do when you first walk into the classroom?

34. What is one topic that we’re going to be studying this year?

35. What are the 5 classroom rules?

36. You have just received a warning for talking, but you are still talking. What will happen to you next?

37. What are some of the materials that you need to bring to class?

38. You were just caught cheating. What 3 things will happen to you?

39. You want to check out a book from my classroom library, what should you do?

40. When is a good time to check out a book from the classroom library?

41. Where do you return books that you checked out from the classroom library?

42. You really need to use the restroom, what should you do?