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Hand up. (STOP)
Eyes on speaker. (LOOK)
Zero noise level. (LISTEN)
Body still and put hand down.
(PAY ATTENTION)
5. Follow directions.
Before Morning Meeting
Procedure
• If eating breakfast, take your belongings and go
there first.
• When entering the gym, walk politely to
designated area. Slide to the end of the line. No
one wants you climbing over them.
• Place your belongings at your feet.
• Use your time to visit your neighbor, review work,
or read.
• Keep any recess items in your backpack.
Electronics are not allowed at NJE.
During Morning Meeting
Procedure
• Keep your eyes on the person who is
speaking.
• Show respect during the pledge by
removing hats, hand over heart, and
recite the words.
• Participate in activities.
• Give praise to others by clapping
and smiling.
• Sing the school song and think
about the words.
Morning Procedure
• Greet your teacher, make eye contact, say
Hello, and offer a good firm handshake.
• Hang up backpack/coat on the hook and put all
other supplies in their place.
• Make lunch choice.
• Bring your snack money to the leader. Be
patient as the leader records your choice and
makes change.
• Go to your seat and gather everything you need
for your first class. We switch at 7:50!
• When you are ready, you are expected to work
quietly on Accelerated Reading.
• You should be at a level zero.
Pencil Box Procedure
• Only extra supplies such as pencils,
crayons, and erasers may be in your art
box.
• No paper or trash allowed.
• During instruction pencil boxes remained
closed and in the back of your desk.
• Your pencil box does not travel with you.
Pencil Sharpening
Procedure
• Place pencil in the “need to be
sharpened” container and get one out
of the “sharpened” container.
• Please help supply the class with more
pencils if you are able.
• The leader of the week is in charge of
sharpening pencils at the end of the
day with the electric sharpener.
• You may use the hand-held sharpeners
only when there are no pencils in the
“sharpened” container.
Lining Up Procedure
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One-slide your chair back
Two-stand up
Three-push your chair in
Four-face the door
Five-Listen for your table to be
called at level 0. (hands, feet, face,
and space)
Hallway Procedure
• Leader in the front and will hold the door.
• Zero noise level.
• Keep hands down at your sides or holding
your materials in front of you.
• Walk on the Black Lines.
• Stay on the right side of the hallway.
• When you stop, stand about 6 inches/half
block) behind the person in front of you.
• Always watch where you are walking so you
are prepared to stop.
Bathroom Procedures
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Zero noise level
Keep hands and feet to self.
Wash hands with soap.
Five students at a time.
Show respect for our school, the
personal space of others, and the
privacy of others.
• Be green—don’t waste water or soap.
Playground Procedures
• Do not block slides by sitting at the top of the
slide or at the bottom of the slide for an
extended time.
• Do not walk up slides or jump off of them.
• Be very careful when moving on or around the
playground equipment.
• Leave rubber mulch where it is: on the ground.
• Keep hands and feet to self.
• Do not climb on the fence.
• Do not hang upside down on equipment.
• Think win-win in your games.
• You can not go in any area outside of the view
of your teacher.
Organization
Procedure
• Agenda should be filled out after each class
(not at the end of the day) and taken home
each day to be signed.
• All papers should be placed in the blue folder
according to subject and taken home each day.
• Have your parents look over your conduct
chart and sign if you have a Work Alert.
• AR book should be kept with you at all times.
Only one book at a time.
• Keep your desk neat and clean so you can find
what you need.
Dining Room Procedures
• Noise Level 1 in line when you are waiting to enter
the kitchen.
• Remain at a 0 level when you are in the kitchen
except when you say THANK YOU.
• Hands, feet, face, and space in line.
• Noise level 2 when seated. Keep conversations polite
and appropriate. Conversations should remain within
your table not across the lunchroom.
• Get up only when given permission.
• Stay seated until your teacher comes to get you.
• Be very careful to put your fork or spoon in the
container of water—not the trash can.
• Stand in a straight line at a level 0 while waiting out
in the hallway.
Closing Time/Snack Time
Procedure
• Come in from Extensions and sit down
politely.
• Allow the leader or your teacher to bring you
your order. Say thank you.
• If you are eating snack, do so without talking
as you complete your agenda and prepare to
go home.
• Clean up after yourself.
• If you are not eating, make sure your agenda
is completed and prepare to go home.
• The leader of the week will lead the
Plus/Delta activity.
Asking a question
• If you have a question or something
to share with the class, please raise
your hand quietly.
• When I see your hand, I will call on
you. Please do not make noises or
wave your arms because this is
distracting to others.
When another student is
talking
• Everyone wants to be respected and
heard.
• Please remain at a 0 level and listen until
our classmate has finished speaking.
• We need to look at the person speaking.
It is not a good listening habit if you are
looking or playing in your desk when
someone is trying to speak.
Cleaning up
• Remember there “is a place for everything
and everything in its place.”
• When you make a mess, just clean it up.
Ask for help when you need help, and help
someone else when you can.
• Stop immediately and clean up the first
time your teacher says “it’s clean-up time.”
It is impolite to continue playing or
working after you are asked to “clean-up”.
Positive Habit Tickets
• When you are caught using one of our 6
personal and social habits, you may be
asked to complete a positive habit
ticket.
• Write your name on the back of the
ticket and the number of the habit you
were caught using.
• Place your ticket in our bucket and
tally the habit on your conduct chart.
• Be sure to share with your parents
that you received this reward.
Conduct Charts
• Your conduct chart is kept in the front
pocket of your blue folder at all times.
• Only a school employee is allowed to complete
any negative behavior marks.
• Parents must sign your chart when you
receive a Work Alert.
• You are allowed to mark your Positive Habit
Ticket tallies.
• Don’t cry or “beat yourself up” when you make
a mistake and get a behavior mark.
• Remember no child is “perfect”, but use the
conduct chart as a learning tool to help you
improve your use of the 7 habits of Highly
Effective People.
Bus Procedures
(When the bus is moving)
• Students are sitting in the seat, facing
forward.
• Feet in the floor and hands to self.
• Use a level 2.
• Backpacks are in the student’s lap and the
aisle is clear.
• A bus referral will be a conduct mark as
well.
Bus Procedures
(When entering and exiting
the bus)
• Backpacks are securely attached to
both shoulders.
• Hands to self.
• Use level 2.
• Walk quietly up the aisle.
• Use hand rails.
Car Riding Procedures
• Go straight to the gym and sit down
politely with your class in your
designated area.
• Place your belongings at your feet.
• Do not stop at the bathroom unless you
have been given permission to do so.
• Wait patiently and quietly for your
name to be called.
• Head to the door immediately when you
hear your name.
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Leader Jobs & Recognition
Walk in the front of the line and hold the door.
Take care of the lunch choice and attendance. Move names back after you finish.
Pass out or collect papers when needed.
Sharpen pencils as needed but not during instruction.
Erase marker board.
File papers if needed.
Log on computers in the morning.
Shut down computers in the afternoon.
Turn off lights and close the door whenever we leave.
Take snack orders on clip board, collect money, and go get snacks.
Place any drinks and/or snacks in our box in the refrigerator.
Deliver the envelope to the office and other messages.
Answer the phone by saying, “This is Mrs. Matthews’s room; may I help you.”
Lead the plus/delta activity at the end of the day.
Help remember the Friday reflection sheet at 2:10.
Be a good example of a leader for your classmates.
Look for drops in the bucket to give to children in our room that are using the habits.
Special Recognitions—On Monday, bring your “Share Box”.
On Tuesday, Share and/or read your favorite book.
On Wednesday, Bring in the letter or poem that your parent wrote about you to
share.
On Thursday, invite someone to eat lunch with you.
On Friday, receive your certificate for all of your hard work and effort.