1. Tardy Bell Challenge Find your seat on the seating chart
Get a notebook in your group and put your name on the bottom right corner of the cover.
Get the poetry pre-assessment handout & complete the activity
Group 1
Seth C.
Damarrius M.
Clayton R.
Terryion H.
Group 2
Justin M.
Jaylin T.
Ashley C.
Monica M.
Group 3
Amari P.
William C.
Kenneth F.
Ariel W.
Group 4
Trevelle F.
Kayla C.
Romarius S.
Nicholas W.
Group 5
Ethan R.
BreOria C.
Vontario H.
Group 6
Jacob Y.
Trevor W.
Corey W.

2. Tardy Bell Challenge Find your seat on the seating chart
Get a notebook in your group and put your name on the bottom right corner of the cover.
Get the poetry pre-assessment handout & complete the activity
Group 1
Dillen A.
Anthony V.
Jaylon P.
Kamelia S.
Group 2
Chase B.
Carlos L.
Tristen L.
Dashun H.
Group 3
Jasmine Brinkley
Timberlee W.
Deunta R.
Alyssa W.
Group 4
Mya F.
Donovan R.
Niquira B.
Mar’Quaviyon B.
Group 5
Alise H.
Landon M.
Theodis M.
Heaven M.
Group 6
Destiny J.
Bryon G.
Jasmine Britton
Bradley L.
Group 7
Gabrielle S.
Daisha T.
Mya M.
Aiden W.

3. Tardy Bell Challenge Find your seat on the seating chart
Group 1
LaNeka F.
Michael B.
Elizabeth D.
Davarious J.
Group 2
Jordan E.
Anaiya T.
Rodney S.
Alyssia W.
Group 3
Marva J.
Angel P.
Caitlyn T.
Alexis M.
Group 4
Elise L.
Cidney W.
Connor S.
Kylon B.
Group 5
Alan L.
LaQuentis J.
Leah D.
Mattison S.
Group 6
Zachery M.
Caleb D.
Maurice B.
Darby L.
Group 7
Rania N.
Amaria F.
Marquavious G.
Khalid E.
Find your seat on the seating chart
Get a notebook in your group and put your name on the bottom right corner of the cover.
Get the poetry pre-assessment handout & complete the activity

4. Tuesday, January 3, 2017 Today’s Agenda
Tardy Bell Challenge Review & Pre-Assessment Submission
Review Lesson: Classroom Guidelines, Procedures, & Teamwork
Review Lesson: Literature Circles, Writing, & Reading Notebooks
Exit Ticket: Case 21 Review

5. New Instructions for Tardy Bell Challenge Activities
This 9 weeks, we will read two text related to our sports unit.
We will read The Heat by Mike Lupica as a class with activities in our reading & writing circles.
We will read The Crossover by Kwame Alexander independently as our tardy bell challenge activities.

6. New Instructions for Tardy Bell Challenge Activities
Daily, you will independently read selected chapters from The Crossover and complete assignments during the 20 minute process.
Some of the activities include:
Text-based questions
Writing prompts
Poetry analysis
Text to text comparisons
Assessments & quizzes
Assignments for The Crossover will be in your notebook & graded weekly. You will have 2 folders, one labeled reading & one labeled writing. Each assignment will identify which folder the assignments belongs in.

7. Tardy Bell Challenge Activity
Let’s practice!
Read “Dribbling” and “Josh Bell” from The Crossover.
After reading, answer questions 1 in your notebook
Question 1: Why do you think that this book is called The Crossover? Do you think that it refers only to basketball or to something more?

8. Tardy Bell Challenge Activities Week of Jan 3 – 6, 2017
01/03/17 This book is called The Crossover because

9. Criteria for Success…
At the end of today’s lesson, we will understand the importance of following the classroom guidelines, classroom procedures, and working as a team to create a safe, healthy, and productive learning environment.

10. Review: Classroom Policies & Procedures
Guideline #1:
Be Respectful: Our class is a community a society within itself. It is everyone’s responsibility to be accountable for them, how they treat others. We will treat each other with dignity and respect. There is zero tolerance for bullying in any form in this classroom.

11. Review: Classroom Policies & Procedures
Guideline #2:
Stay Focus on the task at all times: We have a lot to learn this year and the expectation is that every student will be accountable for their learning. There will be many opportunities for group work and projects that require attention to detail. It is the student’s responsibility to remain focused on the tasks presented in the classroom.

12. Review: Classroom Policies & Procedures
Guideline #3:
Follow Directions: There are many students in this class that I as the teacher that I have the responsibility to educate. It is important that students follow the directions that I give the first time that I am given to prevent repetitive instruction giving that can hinder instructional time. Students must be accountable for them and respect the directions given.

13. Review: Classroom Policies & Procedures
Guideline #4:
Obey School Policy. Students are required to know and understand the expectations presented in the student handbook and adhere to all policies.

14. Review: Classroom Policies & Procedures
Guideline #5:
Zero Tolerance for Excuses and Whining: Students must be accountable for themselves and their work.

15. Review: Classroom Policies & Procedures
Entering the Classroom
Enter quietly
Have a seat in your assigned seat
Take out your supplies for class
Complete the daily bell challenge activity
Review and copy homework assignment in your agenda (this will be checked weekly for a grade)
When you are tardy for class:
Enter quietly (You MUST have a tardy slip)
Place tardy slip in the appropriate basket
Have a seat and take out your supplies
You are still responsible for copying the homework in your agenda book. You may not copy it down during instructional time.

16. Review: Classroom Policies & Procedures
Heading your paper:
Always head your paper on the right side of the paper
Include your name, the date, the class, the class period, and assignment title
Remember this is necessary for grading. Assignments will not be graded if they do not have student name and class period correctly labeled.
Submitting Assignments:
Classroom Assignments
Assignments will be turned in during the last 5 minutes of class each day
Assignments completed in folders & notebooks will remain in the folder or notebook in chronological order.
All assignments will be graded on Friday and returned on Monday.

17. Review: Classroom Policies & Procedures
Missing Assignments & Absences
A folder will be placed in the back of the class with the weekly assignments.
It is your job to get all of your missing assignments and turn them in.
If your absence is excused, there will be no point deductions.
If your absence is unexcused, you will receive a 10 point deduction.
Extra Credit Assignments:
Extra credit will be completed through Moby Max during the 2nd semester. When you log into your account using you MSIS number, you will find assignments that I have assigned to you.
Extra credit will be uploaded on the fifth day of the month and will be due on the last school day of the month.

18. Review: Classroom Policies & Procedures
Homework Assignments
Will be listed on the board every Monday morning.
Some homework assignments will require you to have internet assess to complete them.
It is your responsibility to copy the weekly homework assignments.
Homework that is signed by a parent or guardian will receive 3 points added to their homework grade.
All homework assignments will be due on the following day completed. ALL HOMEWORK WILL BE GRADED!
No homework assignments will be accepted late if you will miss class for any reason on Friday you may submit it early.
If extenuating circumstances occur, your parents may contact me via remind chat or the class .

19. Review: Classroom Policies & Procedures
Finishing Assignments Early:
You may:
Work on unfinished class assignments
Read your book talk novel or work on your book talk
Review materials for an upcoming assessment
Work on extra credit assignment
You may not:
Talk to or disturb your peers
Work on assignments unrelated to our class
Use your electronic devices
Walk around the classroom .

20. Review: Classroom Policies & Procedures
Moving Around the Classroom:
You must have permission to go around the classroom
Restroom & Throwing Away Trash Policy
Do not get out of your seat to throw away trash. Please place trash at the end of your desk and I will throw it away for you.
Restroom breaks will be giving during the second half of the class.
Please go to the bathroom before you come to class. If you have extenuating circumstances, please have your parents contact me via remind chat or the class

21. Review: Classroom Policies & Procedures
Class Dismissal:
I dismiss the class not the bell
Do not start packing your supplies before the bell
I will inform you when it is time to start cleaning up
Your area must be clean and neat before you are dismissed
I will dismiss students by groups
Leave the classroom quietly and remain quiet in the hallway
If you are disruptive, talking, standing, or in anyway not following the dismissal rules, you will be late to your next destination. It is up to you how long we wait to dismiss.

22. Review: Classroom Policies & Procedures
Cellphone & Other Electronic
Use of cellphones and other electronic devices is not permitted in the classroom. Students are required to turn their phones off before they enter the classroom and place it in their pockets.
Students caught using their cellphones or other electronic devices in class will be referred to the office.
Students will have technology days in the class where they will have the freedom to use their cellphones or other electronic devices to complete assignments.

23. Review: Classroom Policies & Procedures
Any questions?
Review: Classroom Policies & Procedures

24. Turn & Talk: What is teamwork & how can it be beneficial in the learning environment?
Lesson: Teamwork

25. Teamwork
Together we CAN!

26. Teamwork Definition:
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27. Teamwork verses Group Work
Is there really a difference? YES!!!!!
Teams definitely are forms of work groups, but not all work groups are teams.
To call a group a team does not make them a team: wishing for them to work as a team doesn't work either.
For a snapshot of the main differences between work groups and teams, take a look at our next slide. As you do, notice that work groups have a strong individual focus and teams have a strong collective focus

28. Teamwork verses Group work
Work Groups
Teams
Individual accountability
Individual and mutual accountability
Come together to share information and perspectives
Frequently come together for discussion, decision making, problem solving, and planning.
Focus on individual goals
Focus on team goals
Produce individual work products
Produce collective work products
Define individual roles, responsibilities, and tasks
Define individual roles, responsibilities, and tasks to help team do its work; often share and rotate them
Concern with one's own outcome and challenges
Concern with outcomes of everyone and challenges the team faces
Purpose, goals, approach to work shaped by manager
Purpose, goals, approach to work shaped by team leader with team members

29. Have you ever felt like this?

30. Which do you prefer?

31. Which one is true TEAMWORK?

32. What does Teamwork Require?
Collaboration- Sharing ideas
Open-mindedness- Willing to try new things
Shared Leadership- The leader of a group welcomes other’s ideas and contributions
Focus- Staying on topic and reminding each other to do this
Respectful- Allowing each member to share their ideas with ridicule
Persuasive- Getting others to see your point of view
Cooperative- helpful and willingness to participate actively within the team
Effective Communication- LISTENING and speaking considerately and appropriately

33. Teamwork Requirements Continued:
Accountability- Each person accepts the responsibility and is held accountable for their part
Flexibility- Ability to roll with it when the team changes directions or you are asked to try something new/different
Reliable- The team can count on you to do your part
Common Goal/ Interdependence- Everyone knows what they are working towards and works with the end in mind, and realizing that the success of the team equals individual success

34. Discussion:
With your table group, share out examples of times where each of you have been members of a group, and times where you were members of a team. How do you know whether you were in a group or on a team?
Discuss why group work is different than team work. Before this lesson, did you use the terms synonymously?
Do you prefer group work or teamwork? Why?

35. Teamwork Activity In your groups:
Create a poster that illustrates the importance of teamwork & what teamwork should look like.
Use your notes from the presentation to complete your poster.
Your poster must have:
A definition for teamwork
Key components of effective teamwork
Requirements of teamwork

36. Important Information: Literature Circles, Workshops,& Notebooks
During this semester, we will implementing these strategies more in the classroom.
As we read our novels, we will have activities that require you to work in your literature circles to discuss and respond to text.
We will hold various writing workshops using mentor text to improve our writing.
We will use our notebooks (reader & writer) to respond to text throughout the semester.
You will be responsible for maintaining and keeping your own work.

37. Exit Ticket: Case 21 Review
Read the excerpt Butterflies by Gloria G. Schlaepfer
As you read, annotate the text for important information, author’s purpose, claims, explanations, & examples.
After reading, in your readers’ notebook, write an accurate summary of the excerpt including the title, author, purpose, point of view, and relevant information to support your summarization.

38. End Class Information
Parent Unit Letter
Case 21 Assessment Information
Important Classroom Information