3. SMA RULES
• SMA school rules always have precedent and should be
followed at all times.
– Be to class on time – Tardy Tank
– Bring necessary materials to class.
– Upon entering stow backpacks at back of room.
– Raise hand to speak and wait to be addressed.
– When acknowledged stand to speak.
– Address teachers as M’AM or SIR or by rank.
– Use restrooms before or after class.
– No food or drinks in class (except bottled water). NO
GUM
– Do not leave classroom without teachers permission and
hall pass.
– Approach teacher’s desk only on request.
– Stay in seat until dismissed at end of class---PUSH IN
CHAIR
4. My Expectations
• 1. RESPECT – me, each other, my class room, SMA
• 2. Be Prepared - Come to class with necessary
materials – this includes independent reading
book.
• 3. Be seated - when the bell rings and copying
Thought for the Day
• 4. Complete all assignments
• 5. Work hard, read/write, and have fun.
5. Classroom Procedures
• A procedure is how I want something done in
this classroom. – JOURNAL, GROUPS, ETC.
• Classroom procedures vary from class to class
and from teacher to teacher.
6. Procedure for Classroom
Assignments
Write your full name on your papers
Write the complete date
Write the Class period
Assignment and page
Write the above heading at the top right
corner of all your papers.
7. Example of heading paper
• Major Donehew
01/18/12
Period 1
here Ten Steps p. 22-24
8. Entering the Classroom
Procedure
• Enter the room quickly and quietly, stowing
your backpack at back of room and be seated
in your assigned seat.
• Get out journal and begin copying Thought for
the Day.
• If you finish the Thought for the Day early,
read in your independent reading book
quietly.
• Quietly, patiently wait for instruction.
9. Journal Procedure
• 1. Do not wait for the teacher or the bell.
Begin writing the Thought for the Day as
soon as you enter the room.
• 2. If you finish the Thought for the Day early,
read in your independent reading book quietly.
• 3. Write the date in the upper right corner on the
top of the page of the journal.
• 4.Begin a new page each day. If the thought and
prompt take the entire side of the sheet write on
the back of that page.
• 5. Journals are graded and count 20% of your
final grade.
10. DO NOT WRITE ON THE BACK December 24, 2020
Unless the daily thought and/or prompt “In three words I can sum up everything
Are longer than can fit on the front of the I’ve learned about life; it goes on.”
page -Robert Frost
I am so happy to be back at school.
The summer seemed very long without
the structure of getting up in the
morning, putting on my uniform, and
seeing all of my friends together. I can’t
wait to tackle the reading FCAT and
use all that I will be learning in
Intensive reading. This will be my best
school year ever---because I will make
it the best school year ever.
11. When you
finish work early
• read your independent reading book.
• sit quietly.
• wait patiently.
12. Daily Schedule
Journal - Thought for the Day – Every day
Monday -Thursday -- (three, 20 minute rotations)
5 minutes – Journal
15 minutes – Whole Group Instruction
20 minutes – Computer Learning
20 minutes – Teacher led Small Groups or
activity related to whole group instruction
20 minutes – Collaborative/Independent
Friday Vocabulary test/ Chapter test
13. Tardy Procedure
• If you’re not in your seat when the bell rings---YOU”RE
LATE!
• HAVE A PASS!!!!! Or you will be sent back to get one.
• Enter the classroom quietly, begin writing in your
journal, and join in the classroom activities with
minimal disruption.
• If you do not have a pass from your teachers then you
better have a pass from the TARDY TANK
14. Absence Procedure
• When you are absent, check with a classmate and
copy missed journal assignment. Do not ask the
teacher. Ask three---then ask me. You are
responsible for having a journal entry for every
school day.
• If you are missing work from an absence, it is your
responsibility to find out what you missed and make
it up within the required time. When asked, the
teacher will let you know what you are missing and
provide the materials needed.
• You will have the amount of days you were absent to
complete your missed work.
15. Listening to/Responding to Questions
• When we are having class discussions, raise your hand to
be called on and actively listen to whoever is speaking.
• Teacher will give specific instructions when students are to
call out answers without first raising their hands.
• Ask only questions that are relevant to the lesson.
• Be respectful of all comments and ideas, even if they differ
from yours.
• You will be told if you are to stand to answer.
16. Working
Together in Groups
• Stay on task in groups. Group work will factor
into employability score which is 20% of the
grade. You begin the week with 100 points
employability.
17. End of the Class Dismissal Procedure
• The bell does not dismiss you, I do.
• Put away materials. Make sure table area is neat and
trash is picked up.
• Teacher will dismiss class, do not leave seat and line-
up at door.
• Push in chairs and proceed quickly and quietly out the
door.
18. Classroom Expectations
• The atmosphere in this classroom will be
academic.
• We are here to learn and we can have fun
doing it!!!
• Reading, Writing and Vocabulary are the focus
and the three initiatives of the school.
19. Procedures for Bathroom Use
• The best time for bathroom use is before and after
class.
• You may not go to the bathroom within the 1st 30
minutes of class or the last 30 minutes of class.
• You should not leave class to use the bathroom unless
it is truly necessary. —
• You must get permission from the teacher without
disrupting class. —
• Use the bathroom pass.
• Only one person at a time will use the bathroom.
• DO NOT RAISE YOUR HAND AND INTERUPT ME WHILE
I AM TALKING TO ASK TO GO TO THE BATHROOM.
WAIT FOR A BREAK IN INSTRUCTION.
20. EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
• Between classes, during lunch, or any
unstructured time
– Report to field in back of school and fall-in by
battalion formation.
• Code Red – FULL LOCKDOWN
• Code White – LIMITED LOCKDOWN
• Code Yellow – EVACUATE
• Fire
21. Procedures for Classroom Visitors
• Classroom leader will call class to attention.
You will stand at attention until told
otherwise.
• After told to sit, do so quietly.
22. Thank You!!!
•Thank you for following the classroom
procedures.
•This will allow us to have a wonderful, creative,
and productive semester with minimal stress
and wasted time.
