Leininger - American History

Classroom Website: Leininger.weebly.com Text 81010

Leininger SMART Lunch Schedule Spring 2019 Mondays (open A&B) Tuesdays (APUSH PLT – some days will be open by appointment) Wednesdays (American PLT - closed) Thursdays (open A&B) Fridays (closed for lunch duty A half 2500/3500 halls, open B half)

Materials Needed for Class. Come to class prepared every day   Materials Needed for Class Come to class prepared every day. You should have: -3-ring binder -Paper -Pens and pencils -Highlighters Optional items: colored pencils, unit dividers (If there is any reason you cannot obtain those materials, please speak with me and we will work it out.)

Notes I have provided and posted my notes on my website. How you choose to “take” them should be based on your learning style. Some options: -Printing notes to annotate during class -Taking your own notes before or during lecture You MUST have some form of notes/notetaking to refer to during lecture and for studying. Note checks will happen on an “as needed” basis.

Whiteboard & How to Succeed Note/notebook in order Study for tests/quizzes with the ETQs Take advantage of opportunities Test corrections SMART Lunch

Grading

Classwork and Homework can/will be graded using this scale

Electronics: Please consider this your 1st reminder of the cell phone policy for this class. 2nd Reminder: parental contact to inform of device use during class and to inform you have been assigned lunch detention. Lunch detention will be given one day in advance and will be based on my SMART Lunch availability. It will be one half of SMART Lunch. Please bring work for my class, or I will provide work for you. No show = Administrative referral

  Textbooks: We have a class set of books as well as books available to check out for the semester. There are online versions of our textbook that I will explain to you and are posted on my website. Be aware of the edition you’ve checked out/purchased – see my website for more information. Additional Resources: -PowerPoints -http://www.ushistory.org/ -history.com -leininger.weebly.com