Welcome! Mrs . Leonard English Language Arts Class Room 206 Seaford Middle School

1. Welcome!Mrs. LeonardEnglish Language Arts ClassRoom 206Seaford Middle School ~Policies and Procedures~

2. ELA Standards • ELA Standard 1: Students will use oral and written English for various purposes and audiences. • ELA Standard 2: Students will, construct, examine, and extend the meaning of literary texts through listening, reading, and viewing. • ELA Standard 3: Students will access, organize, and evaluate information by listening, reading, and viewing. • ELA Standard 4: Students will use literary knowledge accessed through print and visual media to connect self to society and culture.

3. Policies

4. Classroom Management Plan • Rules are designed to create a positive and structured environment where learning can take place. • The rules are expectations of EVERY student in the class

5. Classroom Rules • Be Prepared • Stay on Task • Respect Everyone • Do Your Best

6. Consequences • Verbal Warning • Parent Contact • Detention • Office Referral • Parent Conference Note: Order may vary according to the offense!

7. Positive Incentives • Positive Notes, Phone Calls, & Emails • Tickets = Prizes

8. Student Responsibilities Safety • Think Before You Act • Horseplay is Unacceptable

9. Acceptable Written Material • Pencil

10. Homework • Due at the Beginning of the Class Period & Placed on Desk • When Absent, Turn it in the Next Day You Return • Heading on First Two Lines LA & Period # Name Assignment Title Date

11. Make Up Work • Student Responsibility to Ask • One Day Allowed for Every Absent Day • http://agi.seaford.k12.de.us/sites/jleonard/default.aspx

12. Textbooks • One Per Desk-Stays in Room • One for Home • Must Pay for Lost/Stolen Book • Covered at ALL times

13. Sensitive Matters • In School=In Class OR Class Cut • Use Time in Between Class for Restroom & Drink • No Food, Bookbags, or Coats in Classroom

14. Grading 40% Major Assessments (i.e. projects, tests) 35% Quizzes 10% Homework/Class work 10% Participation 5% Notebook

15. Procedures

16. Daily Directions Entering Classroom • Quickly & Quietly • Take Assigned Seat • Unpack Items Needed • Take out Completed HW • Write HW in Agenda • Sharpen Pencils • Begin Warm-up

17. Fire Drill • Remain calm and whisper • Line up at the door • STAY TOGETHER as a class & with teacher • By not following these rules, consequence will result!

18. Code Blue – Intruder Alert • Students move quietly to the back of the classroom. • Teacher will cover the window of the door. • Cut off lights. • Pull down blinds. • Complete silence • May be an attempt to open the door

19. Assemblies • Follow directions for personal belongings • Walk in an orderly manner through the hall • Be seated in the specified area outlined by the teacher

20. Announcement/Phone Call/Visitor • As soon as you hear these, remain SILENT • Teacher will answer phone unless a student is directed to do so • Continue to work silently

21. Attention to Teacher • Remain Silent for Directions • Talking Stops because your Attention was called for a very Important Reason

22. Major Assessments • Clear Desks Except for Pen or Pencil • No Additional Notebook Paper May be Out • Once the Test/Quiz is Handed Out, No Talking or ZERO! • Remain Seated Throughout the Entire Test/Quiz Unless Directed to Get Up • Raise Hand to Ask a Question

23. Teacher Directed Lesson/Discussion • Attention is on the Speaker • Raise Hand for a ? or Comment • Remain SEATED throughout Lesson • Clean up all Materials from the Desks, Floor, and Chairs in Your Area Before End of Class

24. Early Finishers • Check the Overhead for Directions • Work on Unfinished Assignments • Work on journal • Complete a Pink Sentence Strip

25. Class Dismissal • Teacher will Tell You When It is Time to Begin Packing Up (Early Packers = Last to Leave) • Remain Seated and Whispering While Packing Up • No One Leaves the Room Until the Teacher Dismisses Them

26. When In Doubt…ASK!