Mr. Gonzalez

1. Voices off, unless called on. 2. Raise your hand for help or permission to move. 3. Respect everything and everyone around you.

 Verbal Warning  Written Penalty  Time out and/or Detention  Parent Communication, Phone Call, , or message home  Office Discipline Referral

 We are here to grow together. Therefore, all will be accountable for the success of the class. We will respect each other, ourselves, and our surroundings, in order to contribute to a successful learning environment.  Academic honesty is a must! I practice ZERO tolerance. That means if I catch you cheating or if you put yourself into a position where it appears you are cheating, I will contact parents and write a Discipline Referral!

 2” 3 ring binder  Loose-leaf paper  2 white poster boards  Pens (Blue or Black only)  #2 Pencils  Red Pen (for grading)  Coloring pencils (turn in to me for use in the classroom)  Pencil bag (optional)  Box of tissue paper (Kleenex, etc.)  Hand held pencil sharpener

 As soon as you walk into class you will see my blog at on the projector screen.  The first thing you should look for is the daily WARM UP.  You will have a WARM UP EVERY DAY.  I expect you to take out materials necessary for the WARM UP and begin working or try to figure out what I am asking you to do for the beginning of class.  If you were absent, you should visit to the Missing Assignments? folder to pull out anything you may have missed while you were gone.

 The following categories will be used for grading purposes as well as a STAAR exam at the end of next semester.  Each category is named and weighted as follows:  Daily Work (most daily assignments, notebook quizzes, etc.) – 40%  Assessments (major tests and projects) – 45%  Six Weeks Exam - 15%  QUICKFIRE GRADING: For many daily assignments, I will use the following system: √++= 100 √+= 90 √= 80 √-= 70 √--= 60

 Work is late AT THE END OF THE PERIOD IN WHICH IT WAS DUE – Even if you turn in work at the end of the day, it is LATE.  When an assignment is late, you have three days to turn in the assignment and the most credit you can receive is 70%.  ***After 4 days, students will be responsible for coming to see me in order to complete an alternative assignment or task to demonstrate mastery in that particular subject area***

 If you are absent, it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to obtain your missed work.  If you are absent on the day an assignment is DISTRIBUTED and EXPLAINED, you have 3 School Days to make up the work. This includes meeting for tutoring, and reaching out to me for an explanation of the work.  If you have received instruction, but are absent the DAY AN ASSIGNMENT IS DUE, I expect you to have it THE DAY YOU RETURN. You will not receive extra time to complete it.  ***This includes extracurricular activities and field trips.***

 It is district policy that students may have an opportunity to redo work receiving less than 70% credit turned in ON TIME.  You have 5 DAYS to redo the work or make such corrections.  I expect at least one meeting with me prior to redoing an assignment, with the exception of test corrections, which I will expect from anyone receiving less than a 70% on major tests.  Test corrections are to be completed on a separate sheet of paper, in complete sentences reflecting the correct answer. I will not accept them otherwise.  EXAMPLE:  The right to privacy is protected in the 10 th Amendment.  CORRECTION: The right to privacy is protected in the 4 th Amendment. X

 I am very excited to be working with you this year!  This year is going to be productive and fun (much of the time).  I have high expectations for all of you, and am going to work very hard to ensure that we are all successful.  I respect each one of you, and expect the same in return. I will be in your corner as a teacher and advocate, and look forward to making this a great year.