2. There are 4 Class Rules
1. Use appropriate communication skills
2. Stay on task
3. Respect each other
4. Respect Your Own and Other People’s
Property
3. Use Appropriate
Communication Skills
Talk with a friendly tone
Raise your hand and wait your turn before talking
Select appropriate word choices
Remain on topic and talk only about content from
class
Use body language (and facial expressions) that
show respect for others
Be truthful
Gain colleagues’ attention politely
Talk using with effective volume
4. Stay On Task
Assignments are to be completed and turned
in a timely manner.
In addition, you should be working
independently unless instructed otherwise.
According to the activity, you should be:
Listening
Writing
Reading
Talking on topic
Sitting up
Maintaining eye contact
Stay awake and engaged
5. Respect Each Other
Allow each person in the room enough
space for them to feel comfortable
Prevent confrontations
Appreciate diversity and uniqueness
Nurture colleagues and encourage their
success
6. Respect Your Own and Other
People’s Property
Keep your notebook organized
Ask before handling things that do not belong to
you
Keep the classroom clean
Put personal belongings in a safe place so that
they stay “out of the way”
Put personal belongings in a safe place to prevent
them from getting “messed up”
Be responsible for taking your personal belongings
home
Leave the classroom in better shape than it was
when you came in
Own your work
7. Negative Consequences
If a student is not following class rules, the student may be
assigned:
lunch detention
after-school detention,
their parents contacted
Failure to comply with classroom or school rules will result
in:
a referral to an administration
in-school suspension
out-of-school suspension or expulsion
During the introduction of the course, students will act out
both examples and non-examples of each of the classroom
rules.
8. Positive Consequences
Good grade which will boost up your GPA
Phone calls and notes to your parents
Privileges at home and school
More learning
Happy classroom
Teacher’s trust to take you on field trips
Movie, game, or cipher time
9. What rule is being followed?
Telling
the teacher the truth even if it
disappoints her
COMMUNICATION
Raising your hand and waiting to be called
on
COMMUNICATION
Pushing in your chair when you leave class
PROPERTY
10. What rule is being followed?
Bringing your notebook and pen to class
PROPERY
Telling
a student “it’s alright” when they read
a word incorrectly
RESPECT
11. What rule is
not being followed?
Sucking your teeth when a student is slow to answer
a question
COMMUNICATION and RESPECT
Sleeping
ON TASK
Head on the desk –but eyes on work
COMMUNICATION
Saying the answer to a question when the teacher
calls on a student
COMMUNICATION
12. What rule is
not being followed?
Cursingat another student because he
called you a name.
RESPECT and COMMUNICATION
Copying another student’s work
PROPERTY
Saying “are you gonna go like that son?”
COMMUNICATION and ON TASK and RESPECT
13. What are the class rules
again?
1. Use appropriate communication skills
2. Stay on task
3. Respect each other
4. Respect Your Own and Other People’s
Property
