First Day of School
WELCOME TO 7TH GRADE.
Supplies
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Pencils. Try to get mechanical. You don’t have
to sharpen them. .5 or .7.
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Multicolor Highlighters. Don’t get markers. I or
other teachers will take them.
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Pens Bic and the cheap ones. Blue or black.
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College rule paper. Don’t buy wide rule
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Kleenex. I don’t always have them.
Schedules
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Follow your schedule as it is writing. Do not go up
to the counselor and ask to change rooms. If
you are having problems get your parents
involved.
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If you have a double class or a P.E. class that
you should not be in, go to the counselor that
period. If it’s a double, go to the class the first
time, and the second time, go to the counselor.
Out of Classroom
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You will not be let out to go to the counselors,
bookstore, P.E. or any place else.
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Bathroom passes are in your planner
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Nurse pass is given by me
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Don’t ask to go to P.E. at any time.
Hand outs
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Planners will be handed out. We will be going
over pages 55-56 and 59-60 together. Math will
cover the rest of the planner.
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I will hand out the statement of awareness
papers too. Please sign and turn in.
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Friday folders are folder I will hand out and it a
place to carry papers home on Friday.
Rules
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No talking when I am talking.
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No smart comments while I am teaching
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Do your work when it is time to work. No doing the work at home
and do nothing in class.
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Act appropriate in class. No clowns.
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No standing
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Do not stand by the door waiting for the bell to ring.
Procedures
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No running into class. Need to be here on time. We have
tardy sweeps.
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Have all materials ready to go. If you need a pencil, ask
some before we start the class. Don’t ask me once class has
started.
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Write down what we are going to do in class. You shouldn’t
have to ask me what we are doing in class for that day.
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If you know what we are doing, you shouldn’t have to wait for
me. Just do it. You are not in elementary school any more.
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Work the whole period.
Electronics
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Relates to Phones, tablets, Ipod or Ipads.
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Watch out We have thieves.
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You might be able to use them.
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If they go off, turn them off and put them away.
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Don’t try using them when you are not suppose
to.
Where is everything
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Bathroom. We have only three minutes in between classes.
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Library
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Computer rooms.
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Where to go up and down. 7th grade side and 8th grade side.
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Lunch room and what is a la carte.
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Music and P.E.
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Office
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Bookstore
Fire Drill
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Where to line up. What path to go on.
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Where do go to wait.
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How to act in line.
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What can we do when we come back from the
fire drill.
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Where to go
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Where to stand
Evacuation
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Where do we go. What is the difference between this and
a firedrill.
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We will go to the football field.
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Map
Off site evacuation
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Where do we go.
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Why.
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How will parents come get us.
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Map
Outline of the school year
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You will be typing your papers in my class. Not all of
them but some of them. Be ready.
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First quarter will be Narratives
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Plot and all of its components.
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Second quarter will be Argumentative.
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Main idea and inferences
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Third quarter will be Information
Website
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http://www.mpsaz.org/taylor/staff/bjdavis/
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Why is this important
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No extra time for missing work