Mrs. Boyd’s Classroom Procedures:
Full Name
Date
P. 2
Paper Titles:
1. Both first and last name in the top right corner.
2. Date
3. Period Number (this may be abbreviated “P. 2”)
4. Heading is centered on the top line.
Assignment Title
Restroom Use:
1.
2.
Restroom use will be limited to one person at a time.
Each use of the restroom will cost you three participation points. The participation point can be regained by doing any of the
tasks listed under Extra Credit. Please use the restroom before or after class.
3. Be sure to take the bathroom pass with you and bring it back.
4. Be back in about 5 minutes. Do not disturb other classes as you walk down the halls.
Daily Warm-up
Check for Understanding (CFU)
1. Come into class and put your homework in the homework
1. After each lecture, copy the CFU questions and write your
tray or have it on your desk ready to be checked off.
answers.
2. Start the daily warm-up. Copy/answer the questions. You
2. You may use your notes for help.
may use your notes.
3. We will go over the answers as a class for participation
3. If you finish the warm-up early, sit quietly. We will go over
points.
the answers as a class for participation points.
4. CFU’s are added to your paper daily and will be collected in
4. Correct any mistakes. Warm-ups are added to your paper
your unit packet. Do not lose your CFU papers!
daily and will be collected in your unit packet. Do not lose
your warm-up papers!
Quizzes:
End of Day Dismissal:
1. Quizzes will be given weekly.
1. Remain at your seat until I dismiss you, not the bell.
2. A review quiz is given the day before a test.
2. Do not linger by the door or you will be the last person to
3. Quiz scores are posted on Zangle/Q.
leave.
4. Missed quizzes are recorded as a zero until they are made up.
3. Do not leave trash at your desk or you will pick up 5 pieces of
You have until the next chapter’s test to make up all quizzes.
trash from my classroom.
Please come in Thursday at lunch or by appointment.
Classwork Packet:
Handing back Papers:
1. Classwork packets will be collected on test days.
1. Quizzes and test scantrons will not be handed back. If you
2. Classwork will be stamped for full credit. Students collect all
would like to see your quiz/scantron, please let me know
of their stamped classwork and organize them into a packet.
within two weeks after the grade is posted. All grades are
Any incomplete classwork assignments can be finished by the
posted on Zangle/Q and quizzes/tests are kept in my room for
day of the test for partial credit.
3 weeks after the quiz or test was given. After 3 weeks,
3. Before the test, you will turn in your classwork packet to the
quizzes are tests will be recycled.
homework tray.
2. Packets will be handed back in class. They should be filed at
4. Classwork will be ordered according to the rubric with the
home so you can study your notes for the semester finals.
rubric stapled to the front of the packet. The rubric will be
3. Scores will be posted on Zangle/Q in a reasonable amount of
handed out a few days before the test.
time. After the grade is posted, the assignment will be kept
for approximately 3 weeks. Please come in at lunch if you
want to retrieve a graded assignment or want to talk about the
score, otherwise, it will be recycled.
When you are Absent:
Video Lectures:
1. Go check the agenda board and read the agenda from the day
1. Watch the assigned video lectures and take notes.
you were absent.
2. Write down questions to be asked during the Q/A session
2. Turn in any absent work to the absent tray.
during the following class.
3. Pick up any handouts you need.
3. Be prepared for a quiz on the lecture materials.
4. Do not forget to make up any quizzes or tests as soon as
possible. Come in Thursday at lunch or see Mrs. Boyd to
make an appointment.
Consequences:
Prohibited items:
1. Cell phones, headphones, hats, hoods, and food.
1. Warning/loss of participation points
2. You will receive one warning, minus points, then a detention.
2. Detention & parent contact
3. Referral to counselor or administrator, parent contact
Tardies:
1. A student is tardy if he/she is not in his/her assigned seat
when the bell rings. A student is truant if he/she is more
than 30 minutes late to class, leaves class without permission,
or is absent without permission.
2. All school policies regarding tardiness/truancy will be
enforced.
1.
Extra Credit:
1. Additional participation points turn into extra credit and will
be given for winning review games, volunteering, or
answering questions during lectures. (maximum of 5
participation pts per week)
2. Students who ask/attempt to answer thoughtful questions can
also receive extra participation points.
3. A second service project/write-up can count towards extra
credit.
Safety Guidelines
Tools, chemicals or equipment should not be used if you are the slightest bit unsure as to their proper use. Do not hesitate to
read the directions provided and/or to ask questions.
2.
Wear goggles when using any chemicals, mixing chemicals, using a heating device, and whenever instructed to do so.
3.
Notify the teacher immediately if ever you get something in your eyes, cut yourself, break a glass container, or spill
chemicals. Notify the teacher if your classmate cannot tell the teacher that they hurt themselves.
4.
Horseplay will absolutely not be tolerated in the classroom.
5.
Do not enter the chemical storage area without teacher permission and never leave the classroom with equipment or
chemicals or dissection specimens.
6.
Save your body and clothes by handling chemicals carefully. Do not wear your best clothes on lab days.
7.
Never taste or smell any lab chemicals unless instructed to do so.
8.
Note the location of the fire blanket, eyewash, and glass disposal stations, and exits.
9.
Never point a heated glass test tube, scalpel, or other sharp tools at another person.
10. Tie back long hair, roll up sleeves, dress appropriately, and wear closed toed shoes when directed to do so.
11. Refrain from eating or drinking while doing a laboratory experiment unless directed to do so.
12. Make sure to clean up you laboratory desk areas before you leave the classroom. Unfinished clean up will result in a
loss of lab points.
13. Respect all organisms dead or alive. Any inappropriate handling of living organisms or dissection specimens will result in a
zero for the lab and a referral.
14. Follow the teacher’s directions carefully for labs that require outdoor data collection. Be aware of the activities time
limits and designated locations. Be sure to return to the classroom with the rest of the class. Do not go to any other
area of the school on the way to or back from the lab location.
**Please read the syllabus and classroom procedures. Then sign that you understand and agree to comply with the
safety guidelines described above and classroom rules. The paper to sign was given to you in class today and looks
like a letter to you and your parents. If you need an extra copy, print one out from my website under “Class
Information.” Understand that if class rules or safety rules are broken on a continual basis, lab privileges will be
lost and your grade will be affected.