1. Welcome to 7th Grade Math 2018-2019

2. Classroom Rules Be your BEST! Be PREPARED!
Be MINDFUL of no food or beverages
Be RESPECTFUL to yourself, others, and our school

3. Coulwood STEM School Wide Consequences
1st - Verbal Warning
2nd - Classroom Intervention
3rd – Lunch Detention and/or In-Class Isolation (reflection zone) and/or Bounced
4th – BMT removal to CDP
5th – Referral to administration/BMT, CDP, OSS
***It’s simple…Just follow the rules!***

4. Cell Phones/Technology
NO Cell Phones at desks.
Cell Phones and other non-Coulwood Technology is to be kept in your book bag
Failure to do so will result in the following
Step 1 – Friendly reminder to put away
Step 2 - Loss of Item for Block & Parent Contact
Step 3 – Loss of Item until End of Day & Parent Conference
Step 4 –Loss of Item until Parent comes to pick it up

5. Food & Drinks Absolutely no food unless approved by Mr. Archer
Gum is permitted so long as it’s not distracting
Any other candy should be approved by your current teacher, even if you got it last block as a reward, just ask before you eat it.
Clear WATER bottles/containers are permitted
NO juice, Gatorades, sodas, etc.
Must have a top CMS policy

6. Entering the room Class time End of class
Bag Zone – put in locker/closet
Warm-Up – Everyday first 8 minutes
Daily Materials Needed – Found outside classroom and on whiteboard
Class time
Put your hand in the air – wait patiently!
Bathroom breaks – Homeroom/Open Lunch/Escort only
Emergencies
End of class
Exit Ticket – Last 5 minutes of instruction
Clean up – Last 3 minutes of class time
Transition procedures – quietly in a line

7. Beginning of Class
Enter quietly or we will practice until we get it right! Individuals who can not get it together and follow procedure will have a BMT or Student Support staff member to call home immediately!
Materials Need For Today
1 outside door
1 on White Board
Book Bag Zone
Get everything you need for the day! THERE’S NO GOING BACK WITHOUT CONSEQUENCE!
Cellphones/ Technology
Students MUST be seated and working within 2 minutes of entering
Warm- Up

8. Warm-Up
Everyday there will be a Warm-Up copy in the Materials Needed Basket as you enter on the first day of the week.
Work will also be on SMARTboard before you enter along with the time you have to work on it.
ALL students are expected to complete the problem set by SHOWING ALL WORK!!! Even if you aren’t sure, YOU MUST SHOW ME THAT YOU TRIED!!!
2 minutes per problem! EOG Ready!!!
We will review the “Warm-Up” together as a class, be ready to share your answers. You are responsible for fixing your mistakes.
Warm-Ups will be graded on a daily basis. Credit is receive based on the following:
1.) All problems are ATTEMPTED
2.) All correct work is shown (remember we go over it!)
3.) Put your name on it! NO NAME = NO CREDIT!!!

9. Instructional Time Put your hand in the air!
How to make partners or move from you seat
Bathroom Breaks
Class Materials

10. Pencils
If you do not have a pencil, you may borrow a pencil, however if this becomes a habit their will be consequences
If you need to sharpen your pencil, please raise your hand with your pencil in hand, and I will sharpen it for you or trade you out for a new one
Personal Hand Sharpeners Encouraged

11. End of Class Exit Tickets
Clean up. Make my room nicer than you found it! (Great way to earn a reward!!!)
Exiting Procedures

12. Grading 65% Formal 35% Informal EOG A = 90-100% B = 80-89%
C = 70-79%
D = 60-69%
F = < 59%
EOG
5 = > 80%
4 = 56-79%
3 = 52-55%
2 = 39-51%
1 = < 39%

13. Class Work & Homework
Everyday we will have Class Work to complete, students who work diligently or simply run out of time will have the opportunity to take it home and return it the next class for full credit.
Students not focus and/or distracting you will receive the grade for the work you have completed, additional credit maybe gained during OPEN LUNCH ONLY.
Class Work Grading Policy
ALL work attempted and ALL work shown = Check Plus 100%
Most of the work attempt and work shown = Check 85%
Only answers and no work = Check Minus 70%
Roughly half done = 50%
Less than half = 0%

14. Weekly Homework will be assigned on the 1st day of each week, usually Mondays
Review based questions, nothing we haven’t covered already 5 problems per day
Work at your own pace
Friday’s I will come around and give students who have attempted all problems on a separate sheet of paper, recorded their answers on the Homework paper, and followed all directions will be given a “Stamp of Approval”
Friday Night the Weekly Homework Answers will be put up on my website, you may look over the answers to check how you did, copy any questions you were completely lost on, and also to highlight any issues/questions you may have that you couldn’t figure out on your own to ask me in our next class
Monday’s students will turn in the assignment (Homework Paper & Work paper stapled together with name on any sheets)

15. Students who turn the assignment on time with my “Stamp of Approval” will receive full credit
Students who turn the assignment on time without the “Stamp of Approval” will receive a reduced grade.
Students who turn in partial work will receive partial credit will receive the according grade
Students who turn in less than 50% of the assignment receive a Zero

16. Weekly Homework Grading Policy
100 points will be awarded for homework based on the following:
Showing ALL work/ Stamp of Approval = 20 points
Completing the assignment on time = 70 points
Neatness/Organization/Following Directions/Name on paper = 10 points

17. Classroom Materials Spiral Notebook Folder with pockets
Pencils…EXTRA PENCILS, So many pencils!!!
*** NO PENS!!! THEY ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE WRITING TOOLS IN MATH CLASS!!! YOU WILL MAKE A MISTAKE AT SOME POINT THIS YEAR (and that’s okay, if you have a pencil)***

18. Extra Help If you do not understand the directions, please ask!!!
If you do not understand a math concept, PLEASE COME FOR EXTRA HELP!!!
I am available during homeroom.
I am available during Open Lunch
I am available after school. (Parental Consent Form)
PLEASE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EXTRA HELP BEING OFFERED.

19. Exit Ticket
Write down at least 4 things you have ever learned in a Math class
You can go allllllll the way back to 1st grade, I don’t care how basic the concept is

20. Keep this as a reminder to when things get rough this year, you’ve learned a lot, and you will continue to learn. Stay positive!!