Class+Norms


 * Classroom Norms**
 * Keep an open mind! We’ll be doing lots of activities, projects, and games that you may not be familiar with, but they are all designed with your learning in mind and it’s important to play along and be positive.
 * Respect. Respect your fellow classmates and your teacher; respect different ideas; respect the learning process; respect each other’s time; speak respectfully.
 * Respecting each other’s and your teacher’s time is really important. You must //be on time // to class and must //come prepared // to class with assignments completed and all personal business finished before the bell rings.
 * You will all //learn // in this class and you will all //teach // in this class. For this year, we are going to be the 12 musketeers – all for one and one for all. We are all responsible for our own and each other’s learning, and this will be reflected in how we conduct class discussions and the type of group projects we do together.

**Expectations and Procedures**
 * I would like to have a one-on-one conversation with each of you at least once every month. My office has a signup sheet on the door – please put your name down for a ½ or ⅓ of a period at least each month. You may bring specific questions or topics to discuss or you can just come to chat!
 * When you come into class, you should take your seat quickly and pull out your notebook, writing utensil, and the reading from the night before. If there is a “First Thing” written on the board, get started working on that task quietly.
 * Turning in homework: All homework must be put in the homework box at the //start of class// on the day the work is due. I use the box so that I can’t lose your work! Late work will be marked down 1/3 of a grade (B to B- for example).
 * All of your work will be kept in a personal folder in the classroom’s file cabinet so we both can reference it. You will have several days to review your returned work at home before it should be brought back to your folder.