Classroom+Procedures

**A.****Grading**
= = 1. Grades will be based on total points from homework assignments, class participation, book checks, quizzes, tests, and the computer lab. The computer lab will be a large portion of a student’s grade each nine weeks. 2. The district grading scale will be used. 90 - 100% A 80 - 89% B 70 - 79% C 60 - 69% D 0 - 59% F 3. Students are encouraged to record all of their scores in a notebook, so that at any given time during the nine weeks period, they can calculate their grade. = =

B. Make Up Work Policy
1. Make up work is __your__ responsibility. 2. You have 3 school days to complete any work that you missed. Failure to do so will result in a zero for that work. 3. Get assignments, notes, etc. from a friend or check with me to find out what you have missed. 4. You may take a makeup quiz or test during class, a study hall, or activity period. Get a pass from me in the morning. 5. If you are absent from class due to a school related activity, you are still responsible for the work that was done and assigned in class. You should have it completed for the next class.

**C. Classroom Procedures**
1. Be respectful a. Respect yourself b. Respect me c. Respect other students d. Respect your school 2. Do not disrupt class a. After 3 disruptions in one class period a student will be written up 3. Be on time and in your seat when the bell rings. a. I will follow the discipline code for tardies (4 tardies ® Warning, 5 tardies ® Saturday Detention, etc.) 4. Bring __all__ materials with you to class. This includes your notebook or folder, homework, pencil, and calculator (optional). If you do not bring the necessary materials to class, you will lose points from your class participation grade! 5. Please make an effort to use a __pencil__ in this class. 6. No swearing or use of vulgar language. 7. When you are working in the computer lab, you are only permitted to work on the Cognitive Tutor program. You are not allowed on the Internet, and you may not change the screensaver or anything else on the computer. 8. You will be doing a great deal of group work, so remember to use your “6-inch” voices!

**D. Cheating**
Cheating will not be tolerated at any time on any assignment or test. If a student is caught cheating, all students involved in the exchange of information (both the person cheating and the person allowing the other to cheat) will receive a **__zero__** on the assignment, test, or quiz and they will be written up. Cheating includes copying homework, telling students in other classes problems or answers from a quiz or test, programming calculators with information for a quiz or test, using a cheat sheet, and blatant copying from another student during class.

**E.** **Extra Help**
I encourage you to get extra help whenever needed. Waiting until test day is too late! I am available for help during homeroom, before and after school, and during my planning period (Pd 1). Please let me know ahead of time when you are coming for help, so I can plan accordingly. It is possible that I may have other commitments during those times.