FIRST

DAY O

F SCHOOL

PPT

DANIELL

MID

DLE S

CHOOL

HOMEROOM (HR)

• Look at the paper outside the door to make sure you are sitting in the correct seat.

• You have a schedule on your seat. Please look over it because some people’s schedules have changed.

• If you have a red folder, put your name on it in ink or permanent marker and turn it into me.

• If you have classroom supplies, please put them against the wall at the side of the room behind the table.

• Follow the directions on the white board.

PLEDGE AND MOMENT OF SILENCE

Remain quiet during the morning announcements.

Stand for the pledge of allegiance.Do not communicate or move during the moment of silence.

BUS INFORMATION

IF YOU COULD NOT WRITE DOWN YOUR BUS NUMBER AND LANE NUMBER IN YOUR AGENDA, RAISE YOUR HAND. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY WILL CALL YOU UP TO FIGURE OUT YOUR BUS # AND LANE #.

It is important that you KNOW your bus number and lane number.

Do not rely on I-know-what-my-bus-driver-looks-like or I-will-look-for-my-friend/sibling/neighbor.

PAPERS TO BE FILLED OUT AND SIGNEDYOU WILL GET YOUR LOCKER WHEN YOU RETURN

THE FOLLOWING PAPERS FILLED OUT AND SIGNED.

Put a star and THE NUMBER FROM YOUR DESK on the following papers so that you can get your locker quickly.

*6th grade info sheet (If you have an orangey paper on your desk.)

*Clinic Card

*Receipt of Parent Info Guide

*BYOD – Bring your own Device (Fill in the info of the device you will use OR put NO DEVICE on the paper.

Please realize that your locker belongs to Daniell Middle School, so please do not mess it up. (ie. Putting on stickers)

HR EXPECTATIONS

1. When you get off the bus, you have two choices.A. Come straight to homeroom.B. Go to breakfast. If you forget to go to breakfast, you cannot go.

2. You must come straight to HR. Do not go to the bathroom without permission.

3. Sit in your assigned seat.

4. If you have been absent, A. Bring me a written excuse.B. You need to get permission to get your assignments you’re your

teachers.

6. If you need assistance with a subject, you may get permission to go to another teacher’s room or ask another student during HR.

CLASSES

• Before you sit down, look outside the door at your class period. The number to the left of your name is your assigned seat number.

• This will be your assigned seat until I get to know your name.

• Open your agenda to today’s date.

• Write the homework in the MATH section.

MAKE A NAME TENT

You will be making a name tent. Today, I will take it up, but tomorrow, you will bring it to class each day so I can learn your names.

Directions:

1. Fold the paper in the middle of the length (longest part or hotdog style) of the index card.

2. Your tent will look like an upside down letter V.

3. IN PENCIL, write out your name very LARGELY on one side of the tent to make sure that it fits.

4. Once your name looks good, write it in dark marker.

5. Draw a picture or pictures that represent something about you.

ABOUT MRS. ATKINSON

ABOUT MRS. ATKINSON

Warning about me!

If I look I am probably

My own children ask me, all the time, if I am angry or just thinking.

THINKING

SUPPLIES

Please write this down.

Binder8 Tab DividerPencilsPens for grading work ONLYNotebook paper

GETTING STARTED

Come in. Sit down. Do the bell ringer.

Three Things that You will do first thing EVERY DAY.Get out your homework, if I assigned it.Start writing the homework from the left whiteboard,

Start on the warm-up on the screen when the bell rings.

“WHAT ARE WE DOING TODAY?”

You never have to ask because I will have it written on the whiteboard on your left.

The first column is for Math 6.

The second column is for Advanced Math 6.

The third column if for Math 6/7.

What are we going to learn today?

How do we show that we have learned it?

Homework (HW) listed underneath.

TAKE A NUMBER

Do not come up to the me/ask questions until after going over the warm up (10 minutes)

If you have a question, you are going to take a number.

There are cups with numbers on my cart. If you have a question/comment/need, TAKE A CUP AND PUT IT ON YOUR DESK.

Get back to work.

I will come TO YOUR DESK to talk to you. I will not come to you as quickly as you want, but I will get there.

GETTING OUT OF YOUR SEAT You may get out of your desk to sharpen your pencil, get a tissue, or throw trash away

without asking permission.

PENCIL SHARPENER If you need to sharpen your pencil, you may get up without permission. You may sharpen the pencil even if I am talking. (Many students wait for me to give

them permission to sharpen their pencils.)MOST TEACHERS DO NOT WANT YOU TO SHARPEN PENCILS WHEN THEY ARE

TALKING.

TRASH Do not play basketball with the trash. Make sure all trash lands in the trash can.

There are scissors, crayons, markers, colored pencils, rulers, a hole punch, and glue that you may borrow on YOUR TIME, not when I am teaching or you should be working.

IF YOU HAVE THE FIDGETSSometimes, I get the fidgets when I have to sit for a while.

If you get the fidgets during class, you may go to the back of the classroom, get a clipboard, and continue to participate in the class.

Please sit back down when the fidgets are gone.

REMEMBER, NO TALKING DURING THIS TIME!

LEAVING THE ROOM

You are given 5 minutes between classes to use the bathroom.

You may use the bathroom during class if it is an emergency. Sign in and out on the sheet by the door. Use the passes hanging to the left of the board behind where I

stand.

If you need to go to the nurse, you will write a pass in the agenda on that day.

LUNCH – 3RD PERIOD ONLY

At 11:45, we will be leaving for lunch.

We will all go into the MIDDLE line.

I will show you where we will sit.

I will let you know when we are leaving.

Do not throw away your tray until I tell you.

Pick up after yourselves on the top and underneath the tables.

I will need volunteers to wash the tables

LEAVING THE CLASSROOM

• When leaving the classroom, you must be quiet as you line up.

• No talking in the halls.

• You are to walk on the 2nd tile from center.

TARDY

First Offense – Warning

Second Offense – Parent Contact

Third Offense – Referral (and possible ISS)

If you are very late for class, you will be counted as skipping class. You will have a referral.

VOLUME LEVEL

I will count down when I need for you to get quiet and pay attention to me.

As soon as you hear me count, stop what you are doing, look at me, and listen for directions.

If you do not follow directions the first time, you will have time added on to when you leave the class. Ex. 30 seconds before you can leave at the end of class

If it is specific people, parents will be called. I do call parents during class.

NEEDING TO TALK

If you need to communicate with me or the class, raise your hand.

If you need to talk to your partner about the lesson or how to solve a problem while I am talking, you may do so only if you are talking about the math we are doing.

IN CASE OF EMERGENCY

In case of a fire drill, stop everything, stand up, and walk to the science hall door.

The class will leave out the science hall door, turn left, exit right out of the building, and walk all the way out to the grass.

No one is allowed to be on the parking lot during a fire drill.

No talking at all during the fire drill.

If you are not in the class during a fire drill, you will catch up with a class and remain with them. You will notify the teacher that the student is not with the right class.

For other emergencies, the teachers will instruct you what to do.

PROBLEMS IN CLASS

The problem will be confronted in class and corrected. If problems continue to occur, parents/guardians will be contacted. Students who have discipline problems will be documented on the

strike card. Discuss the strike card If you have 2 strikes, you will have an N in conduct.

If you have an N in conduct, you will NOT be on honor roll, no matter your grade.

You will not be able to participate in the honor roll celebration and you will sit at the lunch table alone.

CLASSROOM JOBS

PENCIL PERSON – This person will go into my file cabinet. He/she will get a pencil and put up the student’s shoe in the file cabinet. YES, IF YOU WANT A PENCIL, I WILL EXCHANGE IT FOR A SHOE.

ASSISTANT – This person will take the roll in the classroom and do other tasks.

STUDENT HELPER – This person will help students who were absent understand the material that was missed. This person will also help new students in the class.

CLEAN-UP HELPER – This person will help direct the class on how the classroom needs to be reorganized to be ready for the next class.

Students can “apply” for a job after the second week of school.

CLASSWORK

Any work turned in will be folded vertically (hotdog style) with your name on the outside.

Any work done that is turned in will be done in your class period’s basket.

Work that does not have a name on it will receive a zero until the owner has identified it.

FINISHED WORK If you are finished with your work, you may tutor

students with their work. You cannot read a non-text book without permission.

HOMEWORK GRADING

100% Did every problem Showed ALL the work

50% Did some /most (but not all) of the problems Did not show your work on every problem but did the problem

0% Did not do the homework Did not have the homework in class on the day it was due

If you do not understand the homework, it is YOUR responsibility to come to me to ask for help. You can get help during homeroom.

ABSENCES

If you are absent, you can find out what you missed through remind101, my blog, or other students in the class.

YOU MUST MAKE UP YOUR WORK IF YOU ARE ABSENT, OR YOU WILL RECEIVE A ZERO.

When you return to school, get your missing assignments during homeroom (HR).

You will have a couple days to complete missing assignments if they were absent.

Missed tests and scheduled quizzes will have to be made up during an arranged time outside of class time.

MISSING WORK

If you are absent from a class, the papers will be located in the long red folder on the right side of the room.

Look at the column that represents your class AND the correct day.

Once you have done the work, put it in your class’ basket.

END OF CLASS

You will need to pick up the trash around your area before you are allowed to leave.

You will need to return supplies to their proper place before you are allowed to leave.

The bell does not dismiss you, the teacher does.

If you get up out of your seat before or at the bell, I will make you stay longer in class.

MISC No book bags or string bags are allowed in the classroom. You may bring water to class in a water bottle. The classroom “lost and found” is located on the table by the

door. You do NOT need a note to change how you get home from school

in the afternoon. Supplies are NOT communal (shared by the class). If you need a

pencil, paper, or something else, your family will need to buy it. There is a birthday calendar on the right whiteboard. You can

write your first and last name on it. I GIVE OUT BIRTHDAY STICKERS.

I also give stickers for good ideas, questions, connections, and when my “STICKER ALARM” goes off.

Remind is a wonderful way for me to inform you and your family of your HW.

IS YOUR HEAD FULL?

This PowerPoint is on my blog so you can look over the rules and expectations with your family.