Find the desk with your Name Tag and sit. Put the Name Tag on. Do not touch anything else on your desk! No Conversations are allowed. Read the Rest of this Power Point.

Welcome to Team Thundering Thoroughbreds

Goal Students learn the Routines, Procedures, Expectations of the School , Team and Class.

Today’s schedule 7:30-9:20 Homeroom/Core 1 9:20 Electives Core 2 Bathroom Break 11:36-12:05 Lunch

Meet your Math Teacher Name: Mr. Vincent Pienaar Nationality: South Africa Experience: 24 years of teaching experience in Math. 5 years in the USA as an Cultural Exchange Teacher, teaching Math at West Lee Middle School. 1 year in the England as Math Teacher. 6 years as an Administrator in South Africa - Principal of an Elementary School

Homeroom Schedule Lunch Ticket Manila Folder on desk Blue striped – Staple in front of agenda Pink – home to be corrected if wrong Lunch Ticket Manila Folder on desk Checklist on front Back no later than Friday 8/29/2008 Lockers/Combination Bathroom (Break Procedures) Route to electives

HOMEROOM AGENDA Student Handbook Back of the agenda Hall Pass Page 1 Fill in with pen! Hall Pass Name both sides-No bathroom break without hall pass! Student Handbook Page 1 Important Information Page 2 SanLee Focus Page 6 Calendar + Schedule

Student Handbook Page 7 Correct the 7th Grade team names Attendance Absentee – Letter from parent Page 8 Arrival & Departure Page 10 Permission to print photo Page 11 Academic Information Parent Conferences Progress Reports 4½ Homework Honor Rolls Grades Report Cards Page 14 Dress Code

Students Handbook Page 16 Page 17 Lockers Student use of phone Time at Lockers 3 Minutes Locker Number in Front of the Agenda Student use of phone (Never answer phone!) Preventing Theft School dances Page 17 Behavioral Expectations

Student Handbook Page 18, 19, 20 & 21 School Code of Conduct

General If sick (throwing up) Leave the class without notice. Accident – Tell Teacher immediately Fire/Code Red - Immediate referral Homework in Agenda everyday Lunch Detention Bathroom Monitors X2 Cafeteria X2

This happens everyday in Math Class room procedure/routine (Starts when you enter my classroom) Sit down and take out your agenda, homework, journal, pencils and pens. NO TALKING ALLOWED AT THIS TIME Sharpen pencils if necessary. Write down your homework-Verbatim. This is your ticket out of my class. It WILL be checked every single day before you leave! Start immediately with the Bell ringer. Either from the smart board or on a handout. This will usually be a quiz on the previous day’s lesson and will consist of between 3-6 questions.It will be graded and put into the grade book immediately after completion. You have only 10 minutes for all of the above.

This happens everyday in Math Have your homework from the previous day ready, so that we can check and grade it . After the homework has been graded put it in the appropriate homework box: Very Important– You are responsible for putting your homework in the homework box. Homework will be graded every single day and put in the grade book. You should have your Journal ready. Teaching of the new lesson will start immediately after the previous activity. During the lesson you will write a Journal. See: JOURNAL OUTLAY You will receive a class work assignment after completion of the lesson. This class work assignment must be completed before you leave my classroom.

This happens everyday in Math You will receive your homework assignment 5 minutes before the end of the period. It’s your responsibility to ensure that you have the homework assignment. Write your name immediately on this assignment. Every Friday you will receive a Week by Week Essentials. After you finish your classroom assignment you may work on your Week by Week Essential. At the end of the period I will check if your homework is written in your agenda. Then I will allow you to go to the next class.  

Your Math Grade consists of… 40% - Tests 30% - Homework Assignments 10% - Bell Ringer(5 Minute Check) 10% - Week by Week Essentials (Fridays) 10% - Journal (Every Day during Lesson Presentation)

Homework Homework will be on my voicemail after 4 pm in the afternoon. Call the school and press V. Pienaar’s extension 6572 Homework will be on my Website @ http://vincentpienaar.wikispaces.com/ You will also find lesson plans, videos of lesson and assignments on Website. Comments/Notes are permitted on website. Homework, on whiteboard, should be copied into agenda every day.

Progress Reports Every Thursday (except 2 weeks before/after official Progress Reports/Reports cards are due) you will receive a Progress Report It will be in the stapled in your agenda. Parents/guardians have to sign it and return it to class on Fridays.

How to hand in assignments? Assignments are to be turned in on a Daily Bases. Usually somebody will collect the assignments and put in the appropriate box. Students, individually, can put their assignments in the appropriate box if so desired.

What if I am absent? If Parents/Guardians inform the school of long term absents the Core Teachers will leave the homework at the front office for them to pick up - Remember website – Math Students who are absent should get the assignment from the “Extra Assignment Box” and put the completed work in the appropriate box

What do I need for Math Class? Students must bring their… Agenda, 3-Ring notebook, Pencils, Pens (Black), …to class every day. The 3-ring binder dividers are: Homework Assignments, Warm-Up, Week-by-Week Essential.

In General All tests must be signed by parent/guardian and student may correct for half credit. Corrections should always be done on a separate sheet of loose-leaf paper and show all work. Homework is assigned every night and occasionally on weekends Students may do corrections on completed assignments that receive a grade less than 85% for partial credit. Up to three (3) late assignments will be accepted each nine (9) weeks for a maximum grade of 70%. The late assignment is due the next school day. In emergencies when homework cannot be completed, a note from a parent/guardian the day the assignment is due, will allow the student to turn in the assignment one day late for full credit Week by Week Essentials are given on Fridays and are due the following Friday. They are problem solving grade level review questions for the End of Grade Test that are completed only by the students. (Here is your chance for extra credit) Journals are completed every day during a new lesson. (See Journal Guidelines for more information.) Journals can be used to help you with the bell ringer in the beginning of a lesson