Classroom Rules & Expectations

Absences

• Students should bring a note explaining the absence and give it to the office.

• Students have one day extended beyond the original due date to make up missing work for each day they were absent.  

• Please avoid the use of the phrase "Did I miss anything when I was absent?'  The answer is "yes."

• Do not walk in and ask what you missed.  Everything we do in class is on listed on my website every day. 

• DO walk in with a plan on how and when you will make up missing work and check with the teacher. 

• A lot of students complete their work while absent in google classroom but it’s not required.

Assignments

• Just do them, no excuses. 

• Finding Directions For Each Assignment – Listen to the teacher when directions are given, check my website and Google Classroom, ask a neighbor or friend.

• Headings On Papers – Full Name on the top line of the paper on the RIGHT.  Must be legible.

• All papers collected in class should have your full name, date, and class period in the right-hand corner. Neatly print your full first and last name. If I can’t read it or know who it belongs to, I cannot give you credit for it.

• Turning In Completed Work – Most assignments will be turned in on google classroom, some assignments may be collected in class, this will be noted in the assignment instructions.

• All assignments turned in after 11:59pm on the due date require a Late/Missing Assignment Turn-in Form to be turned in.  No form, no credit.

• Work is due on the due date. Students have one week after the due date to turn in late work for partial credit.  After that week no credit will be given for late work.

• If you are saying to yourself, "I know I turned that in", check google classroom and if you did, fill out a Late/Missing Assignment Turn-in Form and turn it into the green basket up front.  If you don't turn in the form, I won't know you turned in your work.

• If you complete an in-class assignment early, follow directions given, if none you may work on assignments for another class or read a book.

Attention Signal 

• How will you know it's time to pay attention and stop talking?

• The teacher will tell you. Some examples may include: "Can I get your attention please?" "Please stop talking" Usually this happens more than once.  Eventually my voice will keep getting louder until you hear me.  I may get tired of asking and just stand at the front waiting.  

• I also have a doorbell, when you hear it, you should be silent immediately. 

• It would be really nice and make a better classroom environment for everyone if you stopped talking the first time you are asked politely.

Bathroom Use/Getting a Drink

Bathroom breaks will be provided as needed 

• Students are issued a bathroom card which must be initialed by your teacher each time a student goes to the bathroom.  Students have two opportunities to use the bathroom or get a drink from the beginning of the day, through lunch time.

• If a student goes to the bathroom during class, they must sign out of class using the sign-in/out form. 

• Only one girl and one boy may leave the room at a time. 

• No one may use the bathroom while the teacher is talking/teaching. You must wait for independent working time.

• Students may go to the bathroom at lunch in the first 5 minutes of lunch or the last 5 minutes of lunch.  There will NOT be a constant flow of students in and out of the classroom.

Beginning Class/Entering the Classroom

• See Walking in the Hall (Transitions)

• Come in and sit down. 

• Be on time. Class begins promptly.

• Students will walk into the classroom moving quickly and quietly directly to their assigned seat while keeping talking and distracting others to a minimum. 

• I am monitoring students in transition and can't answer your questions as you walk into the classroom. Please hold onto your questions until transition is over and class has begun unless it's an emergency.

• Be prepared. Bring your Chromebook, a pencil, and notebook with paper to each class. (Sharpen pencils before class begins.)

• All items not related to learning should be off your desk/table during class.  This includes but isn't limited to backpacks, lunch, purses, handbags, water bottles.

• Students will take out their notebooks, pens, pencils and other materials quickly and quietly.  Do not just stand at your seat socializing.  Get seated as quickly as possible and begin working.

• Students will check the agenda on the board and on my website. Students should also check the board/screen for messages or direction from the teacher.

• Remain in your seat unless you have been given permission to do something.

• Raise your hand to speak and wait for acknowledgement, don't just blurt out.

• Once I am ready to start class, allow me to talk first, then I will ask if there are any questions.  Raising your hand to ask a question or blurting out while I'm trying to start class is a waste of class time.  You will have your chance to speak.  There is a very good chance that I will answer your question before you ask it. 

Cell Phones/Earbuds/Smart Watches

• Cell phones are NOT allowed and therefore should be silent and out of sight during class. Cell phones should be placed in bookbags and not be visible to the teacher at any time.

• Link to Cornerstone Cell Phone Policy 

• No wireless headphones will be allowed during class except when directed by the teacher.  If a student has wireless earbuds, Airpods, etc in their ear(s) they will be asked to give them to the teacher until the end of class.

• Smart watches are allowed but texting and other "non-time" related functions are not.  Watches should be on "School Mode" during the school day. If you are observed texting you will be asked to give your watch to the teacher and all cell phone consequences apply. Smart watches are never allowed during tests and quizzes, place it in a pocket or bag during those times.

•  Consequences: 

  • 1st Offense: Teacher confiscates the cell phone for the remainder of the class.  Students can pick up the phone at the end of class.

  • 2nd Offense: Teacher confiscates the cell phone for the remainder of the day.  Students can pick up the phone from Mrs. Cobb at the end of the day, prior to dismissal.

  • 3rd Offense: Teacher confiscates the cell phone. Parents/guardians must pick up the phone during school hours from Mrs. Cobb.

Chromebooks/Laptops/Student Devices

• Chromebooks are only to be used when directed by a teacher.

• Students using devices connected to the school network have no right to privacy.  

•  GoGuardian is a program used by CCA staff to monitor Chromebooks. Your activities are being documented and may be shared with other teachers, administration, and parents/guardians.  

• All devices, are owned by the school may be taken at any time by the teacher if you are observed off task. 

• They are for schoolwork only. 

• You must never use a laptop that is not assigned to you without permission.

• No pictures or video may be taken in class unless it is being used for a specific assignment authorized by the teacher.

• Chromebooks are not allowed to be used during lunch.

Classroom Phone

• The ringer on the classroom phone is very quiet, please let me know if you hear it ring.

• Be quiet when the teacher is on the phone. Students always seem to get loud when I'm on the phone, don't do that.

• If a student needs to call home, they should ask first.  Students needing to call home should use the classroom phone with permission. If it's during an assessment or if it's a private matter, students should ask to go to the office to use the phone.

• Students are not allowed to answer the phone.

Cleanup After Activities/Labs/Lunch

• We will not dismiss class until everything is cleaned up and put away as directed. Even if you didn't make the mess, please help keep the classroom clean and get it cleaned up.

• If you made the mess, clean it up.  If you are in a group that made the mess, everyone in the group is responsible.  Help keep the classroom clean and orderly.

Disruptions

• Students who disrupt class, instruction, the teaching environment or are not engaged in learning will be asked to step into the hall.

• Students must stay in the hall and stand next to our classroom door.  Students may not wander the halls, disrupt other classrooms, go to the bathroom, go to the office, go to see Mrs. Cobb or Mr. C.  

• The change of location does a few things. 

• Interrupts the behavior the student is doing and how it affects the others. 

• Gives the student a moment to pull themselves together. 

• Gives the teacher a moment to pull themselves together. 

• Gives a private place for teacher and student to resolve issues.

• • The teacher should come out and talk to you in approximately 5 minutes.  If the teacher doesn't come out in the hall after about 5 or 10 minutes, please open the door and get the teachers attention.

  • Students who continue to be disruptive or argue, will be bounced to another classroom or sent to Mrs. Cobb.

• Depending on the severity or frequency of the disruption, the bounce will last long enough for a reflection or the entire class period.  You will be asked to take your belongings with you if it will be for the whole class period.  

Dress Code

• Dress Code Letter from Mrs. Cobb

• Dress Code Quick Reference

End-Of-Period / Class Dismissal

• Complete the ticket out the door.

• Do NOT pack up or line up at the door or dismiss until the teacher tells you to. 

• Make sure you have all your personal belongings. 

• Make sure your area is neat and clean, including the floor.

• Straighten your table.

• PUSH In your chair. 

• At the end of the day, stay in your assigned seat until you are dismissed. Chairs go on top of the table's, upside down.

• Line up in a single file line behind the tape line on the floor.  Do not block the door or line up in the hall.

• Stay quiet with no disruptions or horseplay.

• See Walking in the Hall (Transitions)

Entering The Classroom/Beginning Class

• See Walking in the Hall (Transitions)

• Come in and sit down.

• Be on time. Class begins promptly.

• Students will walk into the classroom moving quickly and quietly directly to their assigned seat while keeping talking and distracting others to a minimum. 

• I am monitoring students in transition and can't answer your questions as you walk into the classroom. Please hold onto your questions until transition is over and class has begun unless it's an emergency.

• Be prepared. Bring your Chromebook, a pencil, and notebook with paper to each class. (Sharpen pencils before class begins.)

• All items not related to learning should be off your desk/table during class.  This includes but isn't limited to backpacks, lunch, purses, handbags, water bottles.

• Students will take out their notebooks, pens, pencils and other materials quickly and quietly.  Do not just stand at your seat socializing.  Get seated as quickly as possible and begin working.

• Students will check the agenda on the board and on my website. Students should also check the board/screen for messages or direction from the teacher.

• Remain in your seat unless you have been given permission to do something.

• Raise your hand to speak and wait for acknowledgement, don't just blurt out.

• Once I am ready to start class, allow me to talk first, then I will ask if there are any questions.  Raising your hand to ask a question or blurting out while I'm trying to start class is a waste of class time.  You will have your chance to speak.  There is a very good chance that I will answer your question before you ask it. 

Finishing Tasks In Class Early 

• Do NOT play games on your laptop.  

• If all your work is complete and caught up student’s may read a book. 

• If you often finish work earlier than your peers then you should bring a book or ask for additional ways to dig into the content.  

• Use Infinite Campus to check grades and for missing work.