1. Back To School
Welcome to 8th Grade!

2. Homeroom Enter through SE doors
Locker and straight to room (no bathroom w/out permission)
Late Arrivals (8:45 or later) – Stop at the office to get pass
Early Dismissal – I will not release you until the office calls for you.
Do not leave the classroom without permission.
Bathroom – Permission and sign out on the Bathroom Log

3. Schedules Daily Exploratory 8:45 – 9:45 Math 9:45 – 10:45 Exploratory
11:45 – 1:15 L&L and I&S
1:15 – 2:00 Lunch/Recess
2:00 – 3:30 Science
M – World Language
T – Music
W – Technology
Th – Gym
F - Art

4. Library and Signing Out Books
Independent Reading – You are expected to read 20 – 30 minutes 5 nights per week – minimum!
Weekly log to be completed as you read nightly. Must be returned the following Monday with a parent signature to receive full credit. (5 points)
Procedure for signing out books from the library
Log books as you finish them. They will be recorded at the end of the quarter.
Part of your Reading grade.

5. Organizing Binders (Leave a couple of blank tabs in binders for future use.)
ELA
Social Studies
Notes
Work in Progress
Poetry
Graphic Organizers
Stems
Graded Work
Leave an extra tab to be added
Notes
Primary Sources
Work in Progress
Graded Work
Leave an extra tab to be added

6. Behavior Outside of Classroom
Other stuff….
Homework
Behavior Outside of Classroom
Loss of points for every day it is late (unless extension has been approved)
Failure to turn in the assignment will result in a F for that assignment.
“Redo” You will receive one “redo slip” per quarter. It can be used for any assignment, but not a test.
Homework Club: M, T, W, Th. (Mr. Gettleman & Mr. Shiel will provide homework help to any 8th grader that would like the help. 3:30 – 4:30 This may include test study sessions as well.
My expectations are that you treat every adult with the same respect you treat your regular classroom teachers.
When walking in the hallway, the expectations are that you are quiet and respectful of the other classrooms where people are working.
S.O.A.R.
OLWEUS

7. Other Stuff…. Homework Board Dismissal
Daily assignments written on the board.
Track homework in student planners for every subject, every day!
Bigger projects, papers, etc. will be posted on Ebinger website, my page.
NO ONE IS TO LEAVE THE ROOM UNTIL AN ADULT DISSMISSES YOU!
Clean up your area, pick up loose papers and other materials off of the floor and put in recycling or garbage bin.
Chairs will be stacked in a neat and orderly fashion.
Go to your locker when dismissed and line up at the top of the SE staircase.

8. Other Stuff… If you are absent… Chromebooks
If someone is going to pick work up for you, have your parent call the office by 9:00 a.m. and we will arrange for someone to have the work in the office by 3:15.
Otherwise, we will assign a student to write down all of your assignments for that day.
It is YOUR responsibility to find out what you have missed, get it completed and turned in, in a timely manner.
WE WILL NOT CHASE YOU DOWN FOR ASSIGNMENTS YOU HAVE MISSED DUE TO BEING ABSENT!!!
You are only allowed to have your Chromebook open when directed by a teacher during class.
Chromebooks should be handled with care. If you abuse it, you lose it.

9. First Weeks….
Summer Assignment due Friday Sept See Ebinger web- site for assignment.
Back to School Welcome with Ms. Peterson-Klosa, Tuesday, 2:15
Lunchroom Drill: Wednesday 2:30
Chromebooks –