Transcript Classroom Expectations

Stacie Smith
Phone Number: 817-408-4850
Email: [email protected]
Conference Period: 10:25 - 11:15 am
ELA TUTORING TIMES: (you must have a ride after school!)
Tuesday & Friday 8:00 – 8:25 am
Tuesday 4:00 – 4:30 pm
GMS Mission
The mission of Granbury Middle School is to provide
a safe instructional environment that develops good
citizens by equipping students with the knowledge
and skills to achieve their potential as lifelong
learners.
Course Description
7th Grade Language Arts
In seventh grade, students will engage in
activities that build on their prior knowledge
and skills in order to strengthen their reading,
writing, and oral language skills. Students
should read and write on a daily basis. The
English Language Arts and Reading Texas
Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) are
organized into the following strands: Reading,
where students read and understand a wide variety
of literary and informational texts; Writing, where
students compose a variety of written texts with a
clear controlling idea, coherent organization, and
sufficient detail; Research, where students are
expected to know how to locate a range of relevant
sources and evaluate, synthesize, and
present ideas and information; Listening and
Speaking, where students listen and respond to the
ideas of others while contributing their own ideas in
conversations and in groups; and Oral and Written
Conventions, where students learn how to use the
oral and written conventions of the English
language in speaking and writing. The standards
are cumulative--students will continue to address
earlier standards as needed while they attend to
standards for their grade.
Student Behaviors
• Be Prompt
• Do NOT ask to leave the
classroom without a
hall pass.
• Once a student enters a
classroom, he/she will
not be allowed to leave
unless it is an
emergency or unless
they are called to the
office.
Student Behaviors
• Be Prepared
– Have these materials with you EVERY DAY:
• Textbook & Library book
• Black or Blue Ink Pen or Pencil
• Completed Assignments
• Requesting to leave to get one of the
required materials will result in being
marked tardy for the class period.
• Students must use the restroom during the
five minute passing period and should not
be late to class. It is NOT allowable to come
to class and ask permission to be late so
you can use the restroom. Take care of
business during your five minute passing
period.
Student Behaviors
• Be a polite and positive participant
– Speak only when given permission, and listen when
others are speaking
– Raise your hand and be called on by the teacher
before you speak.
• Be productive
– Turn in work on time and always do your best
– Use class-time given to work on assignments
• Be a problem solver
– Correct problems quickly and peacefully before
they escalate
Student Behaviors
Insubordination:
• Students must courteously and
respectfully comply with the directives
of any staff member at all times.
• Failure to comply with the directives of
school personnel acting in the
performance of their duties will be
considered insubordination and
subject to immediate disciplinary
action (referral).
Student Behaviors
• Prepared for class
• In seat at all times
• Respect rights, feelings
& property of others
• Always follow
instructions
• Timely to class (in seat
at when bell rings)
• Effort shown on work
• Strive for EXCELLENCE!
Show Respect
• Value yourself. Be honest and ethical, and
practice strong moral values. You must respect
yourself before anyone else will respect you.
• Treat all members of the school community and
all visitors with the politeness and respect you
would expect them to treat you with.
• Honor the ideas and opinions of others.
• Offer to help those that need help.
• Be responsible with property and belongings.
– If you borrow something, put it away
– Do NOT mark on furniture
– Sit in chairs
Promote Life-Long Learning
You can develop lifelong learning traits:
• By showing curiosity about human
nature and how the world works
• By seeking and valuing diversity
• By persisting in seeking out new
solutions
• By using your unique talents and
intelligence to promote positive
change
• By learning and applying
technological tools to solve problems
Materials List
• 1 One-Subject Spiral
Notebook
• Black or Blue Ink Pen or
Pencil
• Loose-leaf Notebook
Paper
• 1 Folder with pockets
and brads
• Independent Reading
Book
Policies
• Policies &
consequences outlined
in the student handbook
will be strictly enforced.
• No food or drinks in
class.
• Be in your seat and
quiet when the bell
rings.
Other Classroom Policies
WORK
HARD
& BE
NICE!
Make-Up Work
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Students will normally have one day for each
day absent, plus one additional day to make up
missed work.
If the student knew of the assignment well in
advance of the absence, it may be due
immediately upon return as determined by the
teacher.
Teachers may also assign additional work to
ensure students have sufficient opportunity to
master the essential knowledge and skill or to
meet course requirements.
Responsibility for requesting and completing
make-up work rests entirely upon the student.
It is your responsibility to remember to turn in
assignments, and it is not your teacher's
responsibility to remind you.
Grading
• Minor Grades – 60%
– Examples: Daily
work or class work
• Major Grades – 40%
– Examples: Tests,
Essays, Long-Term
Projects
Late Work
LATE WORK POLICY
• Late work will
receive a grade no
higher than 80.
Parent-Student
Communication
EMAIL ALERTS
• Parents may sign up for Email Alerts by logging onto the GISD website
at www.granburyisd.org.
PHONE CALLS:
• Parents will be notified of academic or discipline concerns.
TEACHER WEB SITE
• Information can be obtained by visiting my website at the following link:
http://www.granburyisd.org/Page/5886
My Pledge To Students:
I pledge to teach you
the skills necessary
to be successful in
7th grade English
Language Arts. I
pledge also to
respect you, to
listen, and to be a
mentor to guide you
through 7th grade at
GMS.