Classroom Procedures & Expectations

Room 19 Procedures and Expectations

Entering the Class in the Morning
At 8:53, students will have 7 minutes to:

1. Hang coats and bags in lockers provided.
2. Hand in any due assignments and open Communication Binder to agenda to check for any messages or notes to hand in. 
3. Put any notes and/or money in the appropriate bin and check name off list.
4. Check daily timetable and morning message and prepare for the first lesson.

***Students are expected to be ready to learn at 9:00 a.m.***

Ending the Day

At 3:30, students will have seven minutes to:
1. Complete his/her agenda and show Mme Exner.
2. Complete his/her end-of-day responsibilities.
3. Pack homework and agenda into bag, band equipment, and wait to be dismissed.

Phys. Ed.

1.  Each student must wear clean indoor shoes as well as a change of athletic clothes for Phys. ed. 

2. Students will have 5 minutes to prepare for phys. ed. and to meet the rest of the class to begin the warm-up. 

Lunch 
1. Students are to eat at desks or at tables as per discretion of lunchroom supervisor.
2. Students are required to treat each other with respect, maintain an appropriate noise level, and interact appropriately with lunchroom supervisors.
3. We ask that all lunch materials (leftovers, containers, wrappers, juiceboxes, etc.) return home with students to be recycled, composted, or discarded at home.  This is to avoid overflowing garbage cans and fruit flies in the classroom.  Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. 

 Assignments
 1. All assignments MUST include student’s name and the date in the top right hand corner unless otherwise indicated.

2. In order to keep parents informed of assignments and what is happening at school, they are asked to sign their child’s agenda daily. 

3. Incomplete Work:

• Marks will be deducted for late assignments.

• All assignments must be completed on or by due date indicated. Students will use class time to do so.  If this is not possible, arrangements should be made ahead of time to complete work at school outside regular instruction time (recess or after school) or at home.

• Students are responsible for catching up on work and assignments missed when absent by first checking the homework folder and asking a friend.  Students may then ask for clarification with Mme Sweeney or Mme Exner if needed.

*Homework can also be e-mailed Mme Sweeney at stefanie.sweeney@rbe.sk.ca or to Mme Exner at keltie.exner@rbe.sk.ca

Free Time
If students finish an assignment, they should first work on any unfinished assignments that are due; when they finish those, they may choose to do a classroom job, read a book, write a story, write a letter, write a list, illustrate a picture, make up math problems, practice math flashcards, practice spelling words, work on a research project, peer-tutor someone who needs their help, or clean their desk or organize their binders.  Disturbing others who are still working is not an option!

Personal Organization 

Students will have a Communication Binder which will hold their Language Arts.  All other subject areas will be held in duo-tangs or notebooks.  The Communication Binder will also hold the student’s agenda and any notes being sent home from that day.   Students are expected to take the Communication Binder and their agenda home every day!

Electronics

Please see B.Y.O.D. rules and license.

Classroom Rules

1. Respect others; treat others, as you want to be treated.
2. Be responsible for our classroom.
3. Be positive and helpful.
4. Do what is asked, the first time.
5. Ask permission first.

If You Choose To Break a Rule

-The first time: a warning “Stop & Think”
-The second time : lose 5 minutes of recess or another activity
-The third time: lose a privilege
 -The fourth and subsequent times: parent contact 

Possible Rewards

-Praise

-Positive notes home in your agenda or positive phone calls/emails home

-Special privileges (extra recess, free time, music, etc.)

-Add to the class Marble Jar

*Marble Jar:  When the class, a group of students, or an individual does something great (such as following the rules and routines very well, excellent effort or results in lessons or on assignments, demonstrating school spirit, or acts of kindness) we will put a marble in the marble jar.  If we get ten marbles in a week, the class earns choice time on Friday.  Once we fill up the jar, the class earns a movie party, snack, or another surprise!