Welcome Back!!8/19/13

Have a seat wherever

you like

Objectives

• Welcome!• About Mr. B• Syllabus handout/discussion• Classroom Rules/Procedures

Syllabus

• Please feel free to follow along in your syllabus and/or take notes as I read certain items off to you.

• Please have the final page signed (on both) and returned to me by Friday (8/23). It will be an easy “A” for those who get it in on time.

Materials

• Supply List• Computer access• Flash Drive

Expectations

• Tardiness (3 strike rule: effective week 2)• Dress Code Violations will be sent down to bldg. 3• No cursing, racial slurs, bullying, teasing, etc. ZERO

TOLERANCE POLICY• Raise your hand to be acknowledged• Due dates are due dates, the day isn’t officially over

until I leave the staff parking lot.

Grading Policy

• Summative: 60/Formative: 40• Due Date/ Deadline• Receipt Book• “M” = Missing, will turn into “0” after deadline• “Z” = student was present, didn’t complete

assignment, equals a “0”.• “X” = Exempt, assignment will neither count for or

against students’ GPA• 10 day make-up policy for summative (formative = 5)

Cheating/Plagiarism

• Zero tolerance• Parent Contact• Referral• Grade of “0” for assignment

Cell Phones

• Silent/Off & AWAY!!!

• There will be occasional times where I will ask you to use your phones for an activity, but this will be a rarity.

• On reading days students MAY listen to music at an acceptable volume. Remember that this is a privilege and it can be taken away.

• Reading apps WILL NOT be allowed via cell phone on reading days. However Nooks, Kindle, and eReaders will be allowed. (No iPads, cell phones, iPods, or tablets; sorry)

Bathroom

• Sign in/out sheet• 10/10 rule• Limitations• Do not interrupt lectures• 5 minutes (max)

Computers

• Before school labs• Lunch time labs• Classroom computers• Local library• Friends/family computers• NO EXCUSES FOR PROJECTS WILL BE

ACCEPTED!• Please work out ink, paper, printer problems AHEAD

of time to avoid late work.

Daily Movements

• Binders• Food & Drinks• Trash• Bell Ringers/Exit Prompts• Paper Headings:

» Name (First & Last)

» Date

» Period #

Bell Ringer

• 8/20/13:

• Write about your fondest memory of the summer. Maybe it was something you did, or someone you were with. If you did nothing and had a “stay-cation”, then tell me about that.