Rules and Procedures
Anatomy
Mrs. Buck
*Must be in Binder for Credit
50pts.
Entering the Class
• Enter only through the East door.
• Remove ALL hats or hoodies.
• Enter the room quietly and take your seat.
(No talking or you will be sent outside)
• Immediately Start Journal/Objective
A&P Notebook
• Each student is to keep a 3 ring Notebook.
• The notebook is to be divided into 5
sections: Journals, Diagrams, Notes, Labs,
and Returned Work.
• The notebook will be turned in at the end
of each chapter to be graded. 20%
deduction for each day it is late.
Journals
• A journal question will be written on the
board each day.
• You must copy this question (including it’s
number) and answer it in your notebook’s
Journals section.
• On random days I will stamp journals to
ensure all are participating.
• Objectives must also be copied in journals
section (in the right hand margin)
Notes
• Throughout the chapter you will be given
teacher or student generated notes that
need to be copied into the notes section of
your notebook. (Do not abbreviate unless
directed to or ZERO credit)
• You will be required to add your own
information from the reading to the given
notes. These “interactive notes”will be
further discussed and practiced. If notes
are fill-in, no interaction is needed.
Labs
• Labs include all work in which we are
completing hands on investigations.
• In this class labs will include:
experimentations, simulations, dissections,
and comparative anatomy.
• All labs need to be written up in lab
section of notebook as specified before
the lab.
Classwork/Homework
• Assignments will be given daily and will be
posted up on the dry erase board in the
back of the room.
• Generally, I will stamp them for completion
and we will correct them together.
• After correction the papers are to be
passed and placed in the in-box for the
corresponding period.
• Late work will not be accepted!
Direct Instruction
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Stay in your seats at all times
Eyes on the teacher or board
Ears listening attentively
Hands taking notes
Raise your hand if you are unclear about
something or have something ON TOPIC to
add
In Class Discussion
• Be polite and courteous to all
students who volunteer their
opinions and answers
• Raise your hand to be heard
• If you disagree, do not respond until
you have been called on!
Group Work
• Must write up lab or assignment in
notebook
• Work in predetermined groups
• One minute to get settled at your
predetermined station
• Listen for or read instructions
• Freeze when teacher claps the “clapper”
• Clean Lab Station in order to earn full
credit
Absences
• If you are absent, do not ask me what you
missed.
• You may get missed journals and vocabulary from
the make up folder. Any missed notes or w.s. will
also be in this folder.
• You will have 2 days from your return to make up
work. You must place the absent work in the
absent box with your name, period.
• You will only receive credit if the absence is
excused.
Tests
• Tests will be a combination of fill-in, t/f, short
answer, and essay. You may not use notes or the
book.
• Some chapters include timed lab practicals (to be
explained later). *Cannot be made up!!!
• You must make arrangements with me to make up
any missed test. Test must be made up within 2
weeks or you will earn a zero!
* You may drop your lowest test score each
semester.
Grading
*Classwork & Homework: 40%
(includes n.b. and labs)
*Tests: 50%
*Participation: 10%
Rules
• Stay in your seat unless I have directed
otherwise
• Keep your attitudes, comments, and body
language positive and professional
• Be respectful of all living things in class
• All language and actions must be
appropriate for the classroom
• Come to class ready to work (prepared
with notebook, paper, pencil, assignments,
etc.)
• NO cell phones or electronics of any kind
out during class. 1sttime=confiscation
Consequences
• 1st warning= loss of 5 participation
pts.
• 2nd warning= 1 hour detention after
school
• 3rd warning= referral to A.P.
*Students who may present a safety
hazard will skip to step 3 immediately
Participation
• Each day that you are in class and
following the rules you will receive 5
participation points.
• These points will be lost if you have
broken any of the rules I have presented.
*You may earn extra credit participation for
volunteering in class
Cheating
• Cheating will not be accepted under any
circumstance.
• Talking during test taking will result 1st in
loss of answer sheet, then in loss of test.
• Copying of H.W. or C.W. will result in 0
score for all involved. (unless group work)
• I will also make note of any copying in class
and will send to A.P. to add to student file.
Tardies
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1st tardy- warning
2nd tardy- warning
3rd tardy-call or email home
4th tardy-administrative tardy
contract
*Starts fresh each quarter
Additional Help
• I will always stay after school to help any student
who asks (usually Tuesdays)
• I will hold a study session after school on the day
preceding the test.
• Sign up for the remind app!!!
• You may also e-mail me if you have a question that
cannot be answered by someone else in the class
or if you have been absent for a long time and
need me to attach notes and assignments:
jbuck@lodiusd.net
Check out the class web page at
tokaybiology.weebly.com
Leaving Class
• Clean up area and make sure your book has
been returned to the shelf. (5 points lost
if area not clean)
• Students are not to put on backpacks until
the bell rings.
• Do not get up to leave early!!! It will
postpone your leaving time.
• When the bell rings, push in your chair and
head politely for the door.