1. Welcome to Biology! Please use the card to quickly find your seat. Table numbers and seats are on the ceiling so look up ACE = TABLE ONE TWO = TABLE TWO THREE = TABLE THREE FOUR = TABLE FOUR FIVE = TABLE FIVE SIX = TABLE SIX SEVEN = TABLE SEVEN

2. First thing….  Make SURE you are in the right place.  Your schedule for this period should say Biology and have your teacher listed as “Deleon”  Take attendance

3. Introducing…your teachers!  Mr. Deleon  Ms. Cockrell

4. Standard procedures:  Entering and exiting the classroom  Reading the board(s)  Word Wall  Standard and Essential Question

5. Standard procedures:  Buff Binders and Interactive Notebooks…do you have one?  Orange bins  Where to turn in work  What if I’m absent?

6. Electronics Policy

7. SUPPLY LIST  Buff Binder-2 inch, 3 ring binder  Spiral notebook- 1 st one provided by me  Pencil and highlighters. GRADING POLICY  Birdville ISD Standard Grading scale  Three Test Grades minimum  Nine daily Grades minimum  Late work: -30 pts day 1, -50 pts day 2, Zero on day 3 Mr. John Deleon Room number 103B john.deleon@birdvilleschools.n et Textbook: Mcgraw Hill CLASSROOM EXPECTATIONS  A- ask questions  E- engage fully  I- integrate new information  O- open your mind to diverse views  U- utilize what you learn RETAKING ASSESSMENTS o Opportunities to correct tests will be provided to students on the following class day. o If a student is absent on the day of corrections he/she can attend a tutorial session within three days. o No retake opportunities will be provided after three days. EXTRAS Getting to my Teacher website: Google “Haltom High School Staff”, click the first link that pops up, then click on my name in the directory! Homework is given once a week. It is checked in class the day it is due for completion Homework that is incomplete will not receive full credit Homework Policy My goals: Teach Biology Prepare you for STAAR Prepare you for College Prepare you for Life BIOLOGY Useful For Students AND Parents Text this code @9c9ff9 to this number…81010 Syllabus Q and A time!

8. CHAMPS  What are they?  How are they used in THIS classroom.  Lab stations.

9. Standard procedures:  Tutorials  The Sad News about Restroom breaks  Questions  Journal/Binder Set up, “About Me” page.

10. ABOUT ME PAGE…  Must include:  1. Name  2. Self Portrait  3. Hobbies  4. Extra Curricular Activities  5. An accomplishment I’m proud of  6. Something you have never done *Optional: favorite food, favorite band(s),places you’ve been, places you want to go, or anything you want me to know about you