2015/16 school year mr. thomas grade 7 civics welcome!

2015/16 School YearMr. ThomasGrade 7 Civics

Welcome!

• Welcome

• Who am I?

• Classroom Rules

• Procedures

• Grading

• Supplies

• Questions

Agenda/Topics to Be Covered

• Mr. Thomas refer to me as Mr. Thomas

• 21 Years

• 20th year at Driftwood

• Bachelors and Masters Degree from West Virginia University

• Specialist Degree in Educational Leadership from Nova Southeastern University

• Social Studies Department Chair

• Workshops, staff development, current trends

Welcome

• Relax you are in good hands

• Experienced Educator

• 20 years you will think back to this class and say this was one of the best classes I ever had.

• Set up to be successful

Welcome

• Two children ages 11and 14

• I like to golf, follow sports, cook, read newspapers

• Mr. Ogden is one of my good friends who I golf with

• Dog named Chloe Shiba Inu

• Cat named Milo

• Rock and Roll, Reggae, Blues, 80’s college rock

• Funny, Intense, Understanding,

• Life challenges moving to Florida in 1996, Single Dad

• Goal to one day be in a leadership position in the District

Who am I?

Pets

Sports Favs

• Respect the learning process in the classroom(class disruptions)

• Maintain classroom materials and desks(defacing property)

• Keep hands, body and objects to yourself(throwing objects)

• Appropriate comments and language only(put downs, bullying)

• Work during all work times(no sleeping, engaged in activities)

Classroom Expectations

• Warning

• Parent Contact

• Move away from group

• Complete behavior improvement plan

• Removal from classroom

Not Respecting the Learning Process

• Damaging books or property is a referral if it cant be repaired

• Parent guardian contact

• Behavior improvement plan

Not respecting Property(rule 2)

• After class or detention to clean floor

• Could result in referral, parent/guardian contact, behavior improvement plan

HBO(Throwing objects) Rule 3

• Warning

• Parent/guardian contact

• Behavior improvement plan

• Guidance referral

Inappropriate Comments and language

• Warning

• Parent/guardian contact

• Behavior improvement plan

• Detention

• Zap

• RTI process

Not working

Starting the School Year Right – Getting Started & Getting to Know Each Other

Study this picture carefully.

• What do you see in this image?

• What are the students doing?

• What is the role of the teacher?

• How would you describe the level of attention from the students?

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Starting the School Year Right – Getting Started & Getting to Know Each Other

The next series of pictures will show students in a classroom.

Each image will contain a clue to one of three classroom expectations that will be highlighted.

Your job is to figure out which classroom expectation fits best.

…

Expectation One:

Everyone, including the teacher, will be treated with

respect.Expectation Two:

Put-downs or purposely hurtful comments or actions will not be

tolerated.Expectation Three:

No one will be allowed to disrupt the learning process of others.

Starting the School Year Right – Getting Started & Getting to Know Each Other

• Discuss with a neighbor what students are doing.

• Stand up and point (from your seat) to an example of respect being shown in the image.

• What might happen next (between the pair with a yellow dot) if one of the pair were disrespectful. What would the next picture look like?

…

Starting the School Year Right – Getting Started & Getting to Know Each Other

Expectation One:

Everyone, including the teacher, will be treated with

respect.

Expectation Two:

Put-downs or purposely hurtful comments or actions

will not be tolerated.

Expectation Three:

No one will be allowed to disrupt the learning process

of others.

Which of the classroom expectations fits best?

Starting the School Year Right – Getting Started & Getting to Know Each Other

• If you could add a speech or thought bubble to each student in the picture with what the student would be saying or thinking, what would it be?

• Suppose the student with the yellow dot is being teased; what should he do about it?…

Starting the School Year Right – Getting Started & Getting to Know Each Other

Expectation One:

Everyone, including the teacher, will be treated with

respect.

Expectation Two:

Put-downs or purposely hurtful comments or actions

will not be tolerated.

Expectation Three:

No one will be allowed to disrupt the learning process

of others.

• Warning(verbal, eye contact, time away from group, name on board)

• Writing Assignment

• Parent/Guardian Contact

• Detention

• Guidance Referral

• Administrative Referral

Corrective Consequences

Opening Procedures

1. Quietly Walk in Classroom2. Take out class materials from

backpack3. Write homework and objective in

agenda4. Put agenda back in backpack5. Put backpack on back of seat or

under seat6. Complete bellringer on your own

ATTENTION1.Recognize Signal2.Stop and be still3.Eyes on Teacher 4.Listen I will instruct

Dismissal Procedures• I will say prepare for dismissal

• Gather any classroom materials and return any class materials

• Put all Personal Belongings away

• Put textbooks under seat

• Answer closing question

• I will say Have a nice day you are dismissed

• Report to Class

• Begin Start of class procedures

• Line up quietly single file in hallway(have lunch, money, no backpacks

• Stay in line walking quietly to lunch

• Pick up table must be clean

• Single file at meeting spot

• Walk quietly single file

• Complete start of class procedures

Lunch Procedures

• Signal

• Wait for teacher response

• Teacher will call for escort

• When escort arrives go to back table and sign out with time

• Upon return knock lightly on door

• Quietly walk to back table sign in with time

• Return to seat and continue with activity

Restroom procedure(Emergency)

• Upper left hand corner

• Name, Date, Period

• Title on first line

• SWBAT on second line

Heading on Paper

• Date

• SWBAT

• Title

Notebook Heading

• After you write in agenda

• Quietly go to back table

• Read Classroom activity log

• Take papers from absent pick up tray

• Turn in any papers to make up work tray

• Quietly return to seat and continue with bellringer

• Check Edmodo class page

If you are absent

• Class helper with note who is absent

• Any handouts they will write name on paper and put in tray marked absent tray

• Helper will record daily assignments on classroom log

• Continue with bellringer

Recording of class assignments

• Teacher will say time to prepare for announcements

• Students will face the television

• Students will quietly view announcements

• After announcements students will wait quietly for teacher direction

Morning Announcement Procedure

• Use appropriate signal

• Wait to be acknowledged by teacher

• Teacher will say What do you need clarified?

• In an appropriate tone and volume the student will ask for clarification

Clarification Questions

• 100 Point system

• Classwork

• Journal(notebook)

• Assessments(tests, quiz, writing activities, projects)

• Participation

Grading

• Questions and Concerns

Q&A

• Discuss topics covered

• Reiterate welcome

• Wrap-up

Summary