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Welcome

Welcome to Roosevelt Middle School. My name is Mrs. Bonura. There it is on the Promethean. It is spelled B-

O-N-U-R-A and is pronounced Bonura. I would like to be addressed as Mrs. Bonura, please. Thank you. I am

looking forward to being your teacher this year. Relax.

I am a veteran teacher with over 40 years of experience. Outside of class I go to workshops, conferences, and

in-service meetings. I read professional journals and work together with my fellow teachers in professional

organizations. I stay current in my professional knowledge and teaching skills. Most important, I love to teach! Ienjoy teaching, and I am proud to be a teacher. So you can relax. You are in good hands.

You are going to have a good experience this year. This classroom will be well organized, and you will be wellcared for while you are in it. We will not only study math, but I will also share with you some life skills and

secrets that will help you succeed in tomorrows world. And in the area of technology you will have a few

things to share as well.

So welcome!!

MORNING ROUTINE:

Walk into the room quietly and sit in your seat.

Remove jacket or coat and hang them on the chair.

Remove needed items from your schoolbag. Put your schoolbag/purse on the floor in front of you. The aisle

must remain clear.

Have your sharpened pencils out and necessary items ready.

Have your homework out.

Put your date in your notebook.

Read the assignment for the day.

Students in position 2 A-D will pass out Daily Folders (if needed) and the needed materials. Check the board orchart.

**Begin the BELLWORK assignment on your own.

Thank you, Mrs. Bonura

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Introducing my Discipline Plan---

Step 1 We are all here for YOU- for you to succeed and to enjoy this class. Because I care about each of you. I

am here to help you. I will NOT allow you to do anything that will interfere with your success in this class.

Step 2 We will be working together this year.

We need to have a class where you can come without fear of being ridiculed or threatened. Because I care about

ALL of you, I will not allow you to do anything that will interfere with someone else who is trying to learn.

Step 3 I am the teacher, and I am looking forward to being your teacher this year. I have worked all summer

planning your curriculum, and I will not allow you to do anything that will interfere with all of us having an

enjoyable year.

Step 4 So that YOU can learn, so that WE can all learn, so that I can teach, I have a set of rules to ensure that

we will have a safe and orderly classroom.

Discipline Plan

(Breaking rules has consequences)

Be in your assigned seat following the classroom routine when the bell rings.

Bring all needed materials to class daily.

No social talkingAll talking must be related to the activity and MUST be heard ONLY by your partner. Look

at the teacher and remain silent if she rings a bell. Information will follow.

Show respect for self, peers, teacher and property.

Follow directions the first time.

Breaking a rule will result in punish work, detention or a phone call home. The punish work assignment isalways the same. Times tables 1-9 one time.

Positive Consequences are REWARDS that result when people abide by the rules.

Good Grades

Make the Honor Roll

Good work is posted on the wall or the Blog

Chosen as Student of the Month

Certificate or note sent home

Students name listed on the Wall of Fame

A positive phone call home

Get a Rough Rider ticket and a chance at bigger prizes

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STUDENT PROCEDURES

How to enter the classroom.

Greet the teacher as you enter the classroom.Walk directly (shortest route) and quietly to your assigned seat.

Sit in your assigned seat.

Begin following the Daily Routine.

Class Dismissal

-- The bell Does Not dismiss the class. The Teacher

dismisses the class.

Be sure you have written the homework assignment.

Be sure you have completed the journal entry.Seventh Period only --- Be sure that all materials (for example calculators, rulers etc) have been put back.

Wait for the teacher to line you up and/or dismiss you.

What to do when your pencil breaks?

Use another of your 3 sharpened pencils or a mechanical pencil.

Use your pencil sharpener at your seat.If the teacher is talking borrow a pencil from your partner (return it at the end of class).

If you have no pencils, nor a sharpener and the teacher is NOT talking, hold up your hand and request

permission to sharpen the pencil.If permission is granted, sign the Lack of Needed Materials list, quickly sharpen the pencil and return to your

seat.

No more than one person may be sharpening their pencil at one time.After using the pencil sharpener go directly to your seat and continue your assignment.

How to write a heading on anything you put in the Daily Folder or pass up to the Teacher.

Write your class number.

Write your first initial or first name and your last name.

Write the date.Write the period.

What to do when you hear an emergency alert signal?

Tornado

Silently go to your assigned area against the wall.Put your hands over the back of your neck to protect spinal cord and brain stem.

Bend your knees and put your face down on your knees to protect your face.

Remain in position and silent until the all clear bell rings.

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Fire Drill

Stop working and stand immediately.

Leave the classroom silently and walk towards the office.

Turn left and exit the building silently.Silently walk across the first driveway and then the second driveway.

Go to the sidewalk and wait silently with your classmates until the teacher calls the roll.

Do NOT go in the street. Do NOT lean on cars. Do NOT visit with students in another class.

The teacher will call roll. Answer out loud when your name is called.Students may talk quietly when roll call is complete.

Teacher and students will wait for the all clear bell or voice.

After roll call students may talk quietly but must remain by the teacher.When the all clear is given, everyone is to walk quickly and quietly back to the classroom.

Continue with what you were doing prior to the drill or follow the teachers instructions.

EARLY FINISHERS

What to do when you finish your work early.What do I do next?

These activities must be completed in the order given.

Work on any make-up work that you may have.Work on your current journal entry or any incomplete entries that you may have.

Work on the CHALLENGE problem.

Complete an addition, subtraction, multiplication or division drill on the internet. You must do one of eachbefore you repeat an operation.

Go to LA PASS and complete a test. Go from test one to test two etc. Do not skip around. When you complete a

test, print the results.Put any results in your Daily Folder.

Complete the MTS lesson.

Go to an approved math websiteWatch the Pearson / PH video tutor lessonWork on your homework

***Anything that you do must be dated and recorded in your notebook .

What to do when you have a question?

Be sure that the teacher is not giving instructions.

Raise your hand and wait for your teacher to respond.

May I go to the bathroom?

May I sharpen my pencil?I need help.

**Questions that relate to the lesson being taught should be asked and answered as the teacher is teaching.

**Other questions can wait until students are working independently and the teacher is monitoring the class.

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What do I do after I have gotten permission to go to the bathroom?

Remember that the appropriate times in the day to go to the bathroom are: before class begins, during the

change of class, before or after physical education, before or after lunch. Other times are considered an

emergency. Each student is allowed two emergencies per week.

Never leave during teacher instruction.

Complete your agenda information (you CANNOT go if you do not have an agendayour agenda is your

PASS).Complete the Classroom Sign-Out form.

Bring your agenda to the teacher for her signature.

Sign back in when you return.Failure to follow ALL procedures will result in loss of privileges for the rest of the nine weeks, semester or year

What I will do when I want your undivided attention.

When you hear a bell ring once or twice, you are to stop

working immediately and pay attention.You are to look at the teacher.

Be ready to hear instructions.I will have something to say.

Activity Folders

What are you to do with class-worksheets, collected homework, and make-up work?

Follow the procedure for passing out the activity folder.

You will have an Activity Folder on your desk during each class period.

Your daily behavior record will be in the Activity Folder.Place all class-work worksheets, make-up work, test, quizzes and homework if it is to be turned in, into the

folder.

At the end of class (five minutes before the bell rings), you are to put all work in your folder and pass thefolders to the teacher. Follow the procedure for passing the papers to the teacher.

How to pass the Activity Folders to the teacher?

Students are to place all collected work into the Activity Folder.

Students who are in the row that is NOT across from the door (position 8) after all work is in the folder, will

pass the folder(s) to their left.

Students are to place the folders on the DESK not in a students hand.

The folders will move from position 8 to position 2.As the folder(s) move(s) from desk to desk students will put their folder on the top of the folders and pass the

folders to the students to the left.

When the folders reach the person in position 2, the teacher or a designated student (position 2 D) will pickthem up.

Folders will be kept in a designated spot on the brown bookshelf.

The folders are to be placed in the box designated for the folders of that class period.Only the teacher or one designated person (2D) will pick up the folders and return them to the bookshelf.

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Where do I find the Daily Assignments?

Daily Assignments will be on the board to the students left.These assignments will be on the white board or on a piece of chart paper or the Promethean board (teachers

blog).

Where do I find Homework Assignments?

Daily Homework assignments will be on the board to the studentsleft or on a piece of chart paper or on the

teachers blog.

Homework assignments are to be written in the Student Agenda everyday.

Homework assignments will not be accepted late unless the student was absent the day before.Students must have all late homework (absent students) in to the teacher within five days of the students return

to class.

Homework assignments will remain on the board or chart for the whole week.If a student returns to class after a sick day and the work is no longer posted they are to check their partners

agenda to see what was covered.

Students may always stay after school and ask the teacher.

Student Notebook -- What goes in it?As part of your Daily Routine-Put the date in your notebook every day we have class.

Your Notebook must be dated EVERY day and what ever is done that day is to be recorded ( like a journal or

diary).

Every entry must be labeled.

Daily Activity/Bell ringer activities must go in the notebook.

All exercise work (not on worksheets) and homework (unless it is a worksheet) must go in the notebook. Be

sure to record the textbook page number and problem numbers.

If you are absent, you must record the date and put that you were absent. Skip the rest of the page for your

make-up work.

You must have a journal entry everyday.

Your journal entry must reflect what we did that day and your reflections on it (you do this the last few minutes

of class while folders are being passed up).

Occasionally you will need a sheet of loose leaf paper. Be sure that you have some in your binder or folder.

No skuiqleys please.

If you run out of time during the day to make your journal entry you must complete it for homework.

You may record more then one date on each sheet of paper in your notebook. Do not waste paper. The onlyexception is when you are absent. You must skip the whole page.

Note: Do not tear pages out. Do not waste paper by drawing on it. A grade is given on the notebook each nineweeks.

Dismissal at the End of the Day / Period (Begin at 2:15- end of the day) and each Period

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(last 5 minutes of class).

Bells DO NOT dismiss students. The teacher dismisses students. Before dismissal:

Place all textbooks under the student desk.

Pass up activity folders and put them on the shelf.Position 2A, 2B, 2C, and 2D must collect all of the materials on their row and put them in the designated place.

Materials are put back in the designated containers.

There is to be no paper left on the floor, in the desk, nor on the desk.

Listen for your position to be dismissed (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8).

Throw trash away as you exit the classroom.

There is never a need to throw paper away during class unless we are working on a project.

What goes in the Binder or Folder?

Your reference sheet must be in your binder.Every activity sheet that the teacher gives you must be in your binder.

All returned quizzes and tests must be in the binder.Your Grade Record Sheet must be in the binder.

Any handouts must be placed in the binder.

Always have about twenty sheets of loose leaf in your binder. Refresh it each weekend.Students will be given a blank sheet of white paper each nine weeks. When the weekly progress summary report

is given, it is to be glued, stapled, or taped on the sheet. Students and parents can use this to monitor the

students grade. This sheet is to be identified with the nine weeks and kept in the student binder.

Note: All items will be removed from the binder / folder each nine weeks and turned in for a grade. The grade is

based on the completeness of the binder / folder.

What to do if you need to sharpen a pencil?

**You were instructed to have a small enclosedsharpener with you daily.

Do not disrupt the teacher if she is talking to the class. If the teacher is giving instruction wait until she isfinished.

You may quietly borrow a pencil from your partner.

When the teacher is finished talking or if the teacher is not talking, raise your hand for permission.

If permission is not given, continue working or sit quietly.If permission is given and no one is at the sharpener, you may go directly to the sharpener, sharpen your pencil

and return directly to your seat and continue working.

There is NEVER to be more than ONE person at the pencil sharpener at one time.You must sign the Personal Responsibility form if you have no pencil.

Note: The most appropriate time to sharpen pencils is in homeroom and before the teacher begins class.

TARDINESS

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You are to be to class, sitting and working before the bell rings. IF you are TARDY, when you enter class youare to:

Go to your seat and put your books down.Return to the Personal Responsibility Form and sign-in.

You are to record the date, why you are late and

your signature.

If your partner is not in class you must get the Activity Folder (if it is not already on your desk) and go to your

seat.

Begin the Daily Routine immediately because you will have to make-up for lost time.

When instruction is being delivered, what do I do?

1. You are to have your eyes on the teacher, the board, your computer, worksheet etc. Focus on the lessonso that if you hear something that you do not understand you can ask a question. While the teacher is teaching,

the ONLY questions allowed are those that relate to the lesson being taught.When you are doing independent work and you need help, you are to raise your hand and request help from the

teacher. Please remember that the teacher is one person and can only help one person at a time. Be patient.You may ask your partner for help quietly. If the teacher hears your voice, you are too loud. This is totally

unacceptable.

No one is allowed to disrupt the learning environment.

What to do when you are absent.

Check the Make-Up Folder. (turn in any completed work in Your Activity Folder. You have one week).

Make-up the work in your notebook. Copy the work from a friend on the page you were told to skip.

The Wednesday of the week after your absence is the day you are to make up any quizzes or tests. This is done

after school in Mrs. Bonuras classroom. Be sure that you have your parents permission. I will ask to see a note

Failure to make-up your test or quiz grade will result in a grade of F.

*When a visitor enters the room.

1. You are to remain silent.2. Continue working on the assignment.

Changing groups and forming groups of four

(procedures will follow)

What to do if you need tutoring help?

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Tutoring is going to be held on Tuesdays.

If the teacher was absent Tuesday morning there will be no tutoring.You must come to tutoring knowing specifically what skill you need addressed. Skills addressed in tutoring will

be those taught that week in class.

You must have your parents permission to stay.The teacher must be given a tutoring permission slip signed by a parent prior to your reporting for tutoring.

In order to stay after school you must have someone pick you up on time.

Tutoring will not last longer than 3:20 p.m.

When your parent wants a conference, what to do?

Give the teacher a note stating if the parent wants a phone call or would like to come in for a conference.Phone calls will be made after school.

Conferences will be held on the day requested between 9:00 and 9:15, except on Tuesdays.

Progress Reports

Students will be given a blank sheet of paper to be kept in the binder.Each week students will be given a progress report.

The report is to be tapped, stapled or glued on the sheet given by the teacher each nine weeks.

Staying after school for make-up work and/or tutoring

On the note, your parent must record the date that you are staying.

Record on the note how the student will be getting home.Students may stay no longer than 3:30 to complete missed tests and/or quizzes.

Computer UseProcedures to follow.

DAILY SCHEDULE

Period 1 07:25-07:45 None

Period 2 07:45-08:45 Math 6

Period 3 08:45-09:45 Planning

Period 4 09:45-10:45 Math 6

Period 5 10:45-11:45 Math 6

Lunch Period 11:45-12:15 Lunch

Period 6 12:15-01:15 Math 6 H

Period 7 01:15-02:15 Math 6

Dismissal 02:15-02:20

EARLY FINISHERS

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Work on any make-up work that you may have.

Work on your current journal entry and any incomplete journal entries .Work on the Challenge problem.

Complete a multiplication, division, addition, or subtraction drill on the computer. Use the designated website.

You must do one of each operation before you repeat any.Work on your LA Pass test (print when finished)

You must complete one test per month.

Work on MTS lesson.

Watch a Pearson/ Prentice Hall video tutor lesson .Go to an approved website.

Put any results in your Daily Folder.

Work on your homework (only if all of the above have been completed.

CLASS R EWARDS

Daily: Keep all conduct grade points

Weekly: Get a Rough Rider RewardTicket (no punish work nor detentions issued)

Monthly:Procedures for Getting Needed Materials

After reading the daily assignment and seeing the materials that will be needed for the lesson. Position

2 A-D will get what is needed for their row.

Pass out 4 of each item (1 per pair) unless the assignment says that every individual needs to have the item andin that case 8 items are passed out to each individual in the row.

2. All materials are located on the brown bookshelf in the back of the classroom.

3. Quickly get what you need and give the materials to each of the tables or the 8 students in your row.

Procedure for taking care of your desk.

You are not to mark your desk in any way.

No gum chewing in the and no placing gum under the desk.Students caught chewing gum or eating anything that does not come from the teacher will receive a 30 minute

detention after school and during that time they will have to clean under at least three desks.

Students are not to rock back and forth in the desk.Students are not to deface their desk in any way.

Mrs. Lynda Bonura, M.Ed. Plus

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Room 156

Sixth Grade Math

Welcome to Roosevelt

Create a welcome poster to hang in the classroom

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