WELCOME BACK TO
SCHOOL!
Ms. Aron House
Room 105 (Main Building)
7th grade Life Science &
Environmental Science
Am I in the correct room?
• Please, take out your schedule.
Ms. Aron House
Room 105
7th grade
Life Science or Environmental Science
Please, raise your hand if you are not in
the correct room.
Where am I supposed to sit?
• In our classroom, we have assigned
seating assignments.
• Either you will be in alphabetical order
or by teams
• Please, check to ensure you are in the
correct assigned seat.
• Seating arrangements will be changed
every 9 wks. Or at my discretion.
Locations
-Word Wall
-Lockers
-Information Board
-Student Work Area
-Bell ringer Folders
-Reading Materials
-Agenda, Objectives, and Homework
-Teacher’s desk
-The Turn It In Spot
-Student computers
Who is your teacher?
• Ms. Aron House
• Third year at Millbrook Middle
School
• Lives in Calera.
• Married with no children
• Four dogs: Barker, Delilah, Piggy, Little
Man
What will I be doing this
year?
Life Science:
• Lab Safety and Lab Equipment
• Scientific Method
• Characteristics of Living things
• Types of cells and the key differences
• Photosynthesis
• Genetics
• Viruses, Bacteria, Fungi
• Plants
• Human Body
What will I be doing this
year?
• Environmental Science
– Atmosphere/Air
– Water
– Biodiversity
– Ecology
– Climate change
– Populations
– Effects on the environment
How will I learn this year?
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Reading about life sciences
Writing about science
Discussing with your group/partner
Brainstorming ideas
Labs/Experiments/Activities
Graphic organizers
Entrance/Exit slips
Peer tutoring
Peer feedback
Teacher feedback
Other strategies
Homework/quizzes/tests
What can YOU do to ensure you have a
successful year?
 Come prepared for class
 AWESOME behavior
 Read the current chapter
 Study lecture notes
 Complete your homework
 Maintain Bell ringer folder & Binder
 DO NOT wait until the night before to study
for your test
Supply List:
-$10.00 Lab fee
-Three-prong pocket folder (Five Star)
-Three-ring Binder
-Dividers
-Notebook Paper
-Pens/pencils
-Colored Pencils(Crayola twist preferred)
-Highlighter
Recommended Items:
• Hand-held pencil sharpener
• Hand-held hole puncher
• Hand-held stapler
How will I be graded?
• Progress reports sent home every two
weeks
• 50% daily and 50% tests
• Daily grades: Bell ringer quizzes,
Notebook quizzes, group work,
lab/experiments, worksheets, homework,
quizzes, etc.
• Test grades: chapter tests and other
assessments
• Projects will either be test or daily
What are the rules for Ms.
House’s classroom?
1. Follow directions the first time given.
2. Raise your hand for permission to
speak.
3. Raise your hand for permission to
leave your seat.
4. Bring all necessary materials to class.
5. Follow all rules of Elmore County and
Millbrook Middle Junior High School.
SPECIAL RULE: KEEP YOUR
DEAR TEACHER HAPPY!!
Check System:
-A student will be given a check when not
following the rules and procedures of this
classroom. (Class 1 offenses)
*Talking without permission, getting out of your
seat without permission, not following directions,
not having your materials for class, gum chewing,
eating or drinking, horseplaying, etc.
-Three checks in the same area=step
-Five checks in different areas=step
-Renews each week.
Rewards
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Satisfaction of a job well done (Daily)
Verbal Praise (Daily)
Brag phone call home (Random)
Positive note home (Random)
Various other rewards (Random)
Consequences
1. Verbal Warning
2. Teacher-student private conference
3. Parental/guardian contact via phone,
email, or in-person
4. Student-counselor conference
5. Office referral
(Follows the Classroom Behavior
Management form)
Air Conditioning
-This classroom is not equipped with its own
heating/AC unit.
-We share a unit with Ms. Hayden next door.
-If you are cold-natured, bring a jacket.
-You will not be allowed to leave class to get a
jacket.
-Bring a jacket or hoodie!
PROCEDURES!
• Entering the classroom
– Quietly.
– Sit in your assigned seat.
– Take out your materials/Sharpen pencils.
– Turn in homework
– Review agenda and objectives for the day.
– Get your bell ringer folder. Get started on
the bell ringer on projector.
Homework Turn-IN:
• You will be assigned a number.
• This number allows me to keep you
in alphabetical order.
• When you have homework, it is due
at the beginning of class.
• Before you begin the bell ringer, turn
in your homework to your pocket
(The Turn It In Spot).
Turning in assignments or tests:
• Turn assignments and tests into the
pocket that has your number
• Student Work Area
– Student table-Kleenex, hand sanitizer,
sharpener, stapler, and Make-up work
box
– You may use these things at the
beginning of class. Once class has
began, you must raise your hand for
permission to get out of your seat.
– DO NOT STEAL OR THE PRIVLEGE
WILL BE TAKEN AWAY!
– MY DESK IS NOT YOUR WORK AREA!
• Electronic devices will only be used for
educational purposes. *Refer to the
technology agreement
• The phone will be taken up and sent to
the office. You and your parents will
need to make arrangements after that.
• Please, do NOT bring food, drink, or gum
into our classroom. (*Unless, it is break
or I have said otherwise.)
• I will only allow water in closed
containers.
I
YOU A QUESTION?
RAISE YOUR HAND
WAIT TO BE CALLED ON
SPEAK WITH AN INSIDE VOICE
DO NOT INTERUPT OTHERS WHEN
SPEAKING
• You respond to a question the same way.
-ADDRESSING ADULTS:
-DO NOT INTERUPT ADULTS WHEN
TALKING!
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HALL PASS
• No planner will be signed unless it is an
emergency or I deem it necessary.
• Lockers-Do not ask to go to your locker.
You have 4 minutes between classes.
Come to class prepared! *You will
receive a check for not coming to class
prepared.
• Bathroom-You are given three passes for
each 9-wk. grading period. *Boredom is
not an emergency.
HALL PASS
• If I deem it necessary for you to leave
the classroom, fill out the planner and
have me sign it.
• Cafeteria:
– Expectations: Adhere to the cafeteria rules.
– We go in quietly and in line. No talking
while in the line.
– We will have a line leader. There is a
certain route we will go to the cafeteria. We
line up at the CR door, head out to the
double doors, and then proceed to go
outside. We will stop every ten posts.
– Say, “please” and “thank you” to the
cafeteria workers!
– Let’s clean up after yourself!
• Tardies:
– If you are late to class and you do not have
an excuse you will sign a tardy
management referral/form.
– 1st and 2nd offense: warning
– 3rd offense: parent notification
– 4th offense: one day detention
– 5th offense: three days detention
– 6th offense: five days detention
– 7th offense: ten days detention
• Make-up Work
– It is your responsibility to retrieve your
make-up work.
– Go to the Make-up box. Find your class
period and get your work out that has your
name on it.
– Test make-up: Thursday after-school
between 3-4:30. If you need to make other
arrangements, then you will need to ask.
• To Get your ATTENTION:
--Countdown from 5:1
• To head your paper:
Name:
Number
Date:
Period:
• *YOU MUST HIGHLIGHT YOUR
NAME AND NUMBER ON ALL
TURNED IN WORK!
• *If I cannot read your work, you will not
receive credit!
What’s my number?
-I will assign you each a number.
-You will need to write it on your syllabus and
remember it.
-This number is the number you will write on all
turned in work.
-Write in the right-hand corner and highlight.
-Numbers will be given out next Monday.
Handouts
• Passing out papers: Straight down
• Turning in papers: Straight up
• In Groups: Will be given to the Materials
manager to pass out
Homework:
• Maximum of twice a week
• Ten assignments for each grading period
• Ten points a piece
• Cumulative grade for the nine-week grading
period
Test-Taking Days
-Follow directions
-Absolutely No talking!
-Talking will be conceived as an attempt to
cheat.
-You will re-test. With a possibility of a
different variation of the test. And loss of points
Cooperative/Group work (in the
classroom)
• Move to the group that is assigned to
you
• Move quietly and wait for instruction
• Keep the noise level down or you will be
asked to do the work individually (and
with a consequence).
• DO NOT TOUCH OR DO ANYTHING
UNTIL I GIVE DIRECTIONS!
Laboratory/Experiments
• Most experiments will be done in
groups of 2 or 4.
• Each member will be assigned a
“job.”
• All members of the group will
adhere to the lab safety rules. If you
choose to disobey the rules, you will
be given a step with consequence.
Group Jobs:
Captain: Correctly store laboratory
equipment (microscopes); check your
group’s living materials; distribute safety
goggles; keep group on-task; read directions
to group
Materials Manager: Collect and return lab
materials
Recorder: keep time with timers; record and
report data for group; perform calculations
Custodian: Clean work area; clean used
equipment (microscopes, goggles, etc.);
collect trash
*Each member is expected to PARTICIPATE!
Lab Days:
-Each student must adhere to the Flinn Safety Contract.
-Lab privileges can be revoked
-Students will need to come prepared to work in the lab.
-You come to class-in LAB mode!
-Ready to be safe; quiet; ready to listen; ready to follow
directions; work cooperatively in groups; your group
should be the only ones to hear you
-You are not allowed to touch anything until directed to
do so
• Visitors/Calls/Announcements/Teac
her out of classroom
Expectations: remain seated, quiet, and
working on assigned work.
• Substitutes
Expectations: Follow our classroom rules
and procedures. Treat our substitute as
a guest in our classroom.
• Emergency alerts (Fire drills, tornado
drills, bad weather, etc.)
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Remain seated
Wait for instruction
Follow proper routes to ensure your safety
Once we are outside, you remain in line, wait
for roll call.
– We back in orderly.
– Fire Drills: Exit the door go to the right and
go out the back door.
– Severe weather/tornado: Go into the hallway
and assume the kneel position.
• What if I finish early?
– Homework
– Make-up work
– Read a book/magazine
– Review chapters
– Study for upcoming test!
Dismissal expectations:
– The bell does not dismiss you. It is a signal
that it is time for me to stop instruction.
– I will dismiss you by saying “Have a
GREAT day!”
– Students are expected to get up quietly from
their seats and move out the door.
– CHECK TO MAKE SURE YOU LEAVE
NOTHING BEHIND-MY ROOM IS NOT
YOUR LOCKER.
SPECIAL Procedures!
Library/Media
Computer Lab
Assemblies
I am awesome!
You are awesome!
We are all awesome!
So Let’s work together to have an
AWESOME year!