Physics Classroom Procedures

Classroom Procedures M – Moving A – Attention S – Structure S - Special

Classroom Procedures - Moving Upon entering the classroom, pick up your bingo card.

Classroom Procedures - Moving Put your completed homework in the bottom basket. Take the homework folder and find your graded homework by looking for your name in the top right hand corner. Graded homework Completed homework

Classroom Procedures - Moving Find a seat Sit where you are most comfortable Sit where you won’t be distracted

Classroom Procedures - Moving Write any prayer requests you have and place them in the prayer jar.

Classroom Procedures - Moving Start your inertia work

Classroom Procedures M – Moving A – Attention S – Structure S - Special

Classroom Procedures - Attention When you see me do jazz hands, stop what you are doing, be quiet and join in the jazz hand fun.

Classroom Procedures - Attention Use the bathroom before class during knight time. We will normally have a break in middle of class if you need to go. If you need to go any other time, please raise your hand, request to go, then place your bingo card in the appropriate slot.

Classroom Procedures - Attention If you need a pencil or pen, please take one from the pencil holder and return quickly and quietly to your seat.

Classroom Procedures - Attention Place your phone in the phone bucket at the beginning of class. Pick it up as you leave class.

Classroom Procedures - Attention If you need a tissue, please come up and get several, so you don’t have to make repeated trips. Use the hand sanitizer. Wait until class is over to throw your tissues away.

Classroom Procedures - Attention Please bring a water bottle to class to eliminate having to go to the bubbler. Make sure it’s sufficiently filled prior to class.

Classroom Procedures M – Moving A – Attention S – Structure S - Special

Classroom Procedures - Structure Class will be a combination of lectures, white boarding, demonstrations, labs and assessments. Take notes during lecture. I recommend loose leaf paper, but a notebook would work as well.

Classroom Procedures - Structure We will frequently do problems on individual white boards You will be asked to share your work periodically

Classroom Procedures - Structure You will be selected to share either by your bingo number or letter, the sharing ball, or just going in order by seat

Classroom Procedures - Structure We will be using a textbook to supplement the material learned in class You will be assigned reading almost every night

Classroom Procedures - Structure Homework will be given almost daily Please put a heading on your homework as specified below Homework will be a formative assessment, meaning you will have an opportunity to correct it When correcting homework, to receive full credit you must identify your original mistake

Classroom Procedures - Structure Homework strategy Read problem thoroughly Write down all givens Find equations that use the information given and help find what is being asked Struggle. Try. If help is needed… Email me Come in during Knight time or during lunch Make an appointment to work with me at another time

Classroom Procedures - Structure Lab reports will be done on graph paper Procedure to follow…

Classroom Procedures - Structure Quizzes will be given every week or every other week

Classroom Procedures M – Moving A – Attention S – Structure S - Special

Classroom Procedures - Special If you know you will be absent in advance, please see me before leaving about the work you will miss. If you are absent unexpectedly, you will be given one day for each day missed to complete missing work You will be able to access daily plans on the website

Classroom Procedures - Special In case of a fire alarm, please line up in alphabetical order and walk out single file in silence Exit the door, turn left, walk to the end of the hall, turn right, walk down the stairs, turn right twice and exit out door #2

Classroom Procedures - Special In case of a medical emergency one person will be in charge of calling 911, with a backup one person will be in charge of alerting the office, with a backup if necessary, one person will be in charge of getting the AED, with a backup

Classroom Procedures - Special If you need help beyond class time, please see me during Knight time or lunch

Let’s have an awesome semester!