Welcome to
Mrs. Burkhart’s
room!
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Pick up the information page as you come
into the room.
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Sign in pages are on the table.
Morning Tutoring Passes
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In order to attend am tutoring, students
must have a hand written note signed by
a parent.
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The note must have the name of only
one teacher written on it; every teacher
visited will have to have their own note.
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These notes are turned in at the AM
Tutoring sign-in desk and distributed to
the teacher whose name is on the note.
Hall Passes and 10/10 Rule
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10/10 Rule – No student is allowed in the
halls during the first 10 or last 10 minutes
of class for ANY reason.
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Anytime a student needs to leave class it
must be with the teacher’s permission.
Leaving class is at the teacher’s discretion
and not automatic.
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In order to leave class, students must use
their Hall Pass and have it with them.
Students will be given ONE Hall Pass per
term and only have 10 opportunities to
use it.
Tardies
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Each student is expected to be in their assigned classroom when the
tardy bell sounds.
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In the morning, students will be considered tardy in the event of car
trouble, oversleeping, missing the bus or riding with another child that
is late.
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Individual class tardies are documented by the teacher and recorded in
the front office.
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For students continuously tardy to class, the following consequences
may be administered:
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Warning
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Lunch detention
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1 hour after school detention
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2 hour after school detention
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In School suspension.
My information page
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Contains:
 Tutorial
times
 Webpage and Contact information
 Remind codes
 Class expectations
 Supplies – planners are required
 Grading policy
 District Scope and Sequence [what is
covered and when it is covered
(approximately)]
Supplies needed
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Spiral notebook – any size – or 1 inch
binder – these are for notes and
handouts
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Blue/black ink pens or pencils
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Colored pencils (really important right
now!)
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Highlighter – any colors
Expectations
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Students copy the planner
information on the first day of the
week.
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Students are quiet at the bell and
working on the daily warm up.
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Students raise their hands to ask
questions or become involved in the
discussion.
Homework
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Homework is seldom given for
regular classes – reason: I need to
see what they can do
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Homework for pre-AP is usually a
project.
My Webpage
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Access to acquire:
 Homework
assignments – copies of
handouts will be there when possible.
 Project
assignments – instructions,
rubrics, and due dates.
 All
class notes for regular classes
some of which will be used for pre-AP
 Extra
credit possibilities – has to be
Texas related. Test extra credit – word
find given with every chapter or unit
test!
New Textbook!
 Students
will be able to
download the book onto any
device.
I
will assign some work
through the McGraw-Hill
website.
 The
website has opportunities
for practice and review.
Remind Codes - Regular
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To receive messages via text, text
@ebb6e to 81010.
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You can opt-out of messages at
anytime by replying, unsubscribe
@ebb6e'.
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Or to receive messages via email,
send an email to
ebb6e@mail.remind.com. To
unsubscribe, reply with
'unsubscribe' in the subject line.
Remind Codes – pre-AP
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To receive messages via text, text
@75b6e8 to 81010.
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You can opt-out of messages at
anytime by replying, unsubscribe
@75b6e8.
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Or to receive messages via email,
send an email to
75b6e8@mail.remind.com. To
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'unsubscribe' in the subject line.
Open note tests!
Cornell Notes
•Re-read your notes about key
points.
•Study, highlight, flag the ideas
in the left column and the
summary at the bottom. These
are the most important ideas and
will probably include most of the
information that you will be tested
on.
Pre-AP focus
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Primary Source document analysis
and answering a Document Based
Question
 AP
test in high school involves
analyzing 10 documents!
 They
need to understand the
vocabulary and language used in
the 1800s (it will also help them
on the SAT and/or ACT)
Examples of Authors from the 1800s
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Jane Austen – Emma, Pride and Prejudice
Charles Dickens – Oliver Twist, the Old
Curiosity Shoppe
Rudyard Kipling – The Jungle Book, Captains
Courageous
Herman Melville – Moby- Dick, Billy Budd,
Sailor
Edgar Allen Poe – The Raven, The Fall of the
House of Usher, The Tale-Tell Heart
Mary Shelley - Frankenstein
Mark Twain – Adventures of Huckleberry Finn;
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Oscar Wilde – The Importance of Being
Ernest; Picture of Dorian Gray