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4G's Procedures

Rules and Consequences

 

Procedures

  • Morning

      2. Get all supplies, homework ready - (notes to teacher go on my desk).Hang jacket/sweatshirts in coat closet.Check lunch by your name if you are buying.Pick up morning work and immediately get busy.

    2. Try to come to class with at least 3 pencils sharpened or you may sharpen your pencils in the morning or at snack ONLY. (3 students at a time)

 

  • Bathroom/Snack
      2. Go before school and during bathroom breaks only!
      3. EMERGENCY: If there happens to be an emergency, try to wait until a lesson is over or tell teacher.
      4. During snack and bathroom break, you will be called by rows. Only go when your row is called.
    4. Snack should already be at your desk. You may eat your snack at this time. Throw away your own trash.

 

  • Class Attention Signal- Give Me Five
      2. Eyes on Speaker
      3. Quiet
      4. Be Still
      5. Hands Free (Put Things Down)
    5. Listen

 

  • Lining Up
      2. Your teacher will give you the attention signal and you will follow the proper procedure.
    2. You will line up by rows. (The line leader will get in the front of the line and the door holder will do his/her job when the first row is called.)

 

  • When You’re Finished with an Assignment
      2. Silently Read
      3. Begin working on Homework
    3. Write in your journal

 

  • Lunch/Dining Hall
      2. Lunch begins at 11:30 everyday. Prior to lining up you should have your belongings organized. Take your lunch ticket from the bookcase.
      3. You will be called by quiet rows to line up by the line leader. Students who brought their lunch will get it at this time.
      4. The line leader will say Grace in the classroom and lead the line to lunch.
      5. Dismissal from lunch- Wait for your lunch table row to be called, throw away all trash, and line up in one fourth grade line.
    5. Lunch boxes are placed along the right wall of the gym foyer as you are going out to recess.

 

  • Recess
      2. You may play only on the blacktop if there is a PE class on the playground.
      3. The blacktop games that may be played are: basketball (at goals only), jump rope, and four square.
      4. The field games that may be played are: kickball at the backstop, 2 hand touch football (on blacktop only), and playground equipment (as long as there are no PE classes).
      5. You will line up when the whistle blows by your homeroom class or when the teacher calls.
    5. Your teacher will lead you into your class. Have a seat, do homework , and wait for bathroom break to begin.

 

  • After PE/SSR/Dismissal
      2. After PE you still have one more class for the day so come into the room and get settled quickly.
      3. When that last class is over you will fill in your agendas and pack up what you will need for homework.
      4. When your teacher signals for your row to line up, stack your chair, get your belongings, and line up.
    4. Everyone exits through the front doors. Car riders stand in parking lot. ESCAPE students go to Escape rooms for attendance.

 

  • Emergency Drills

- are frequently rehearsed in class

    • o        Fire drills - down front hall to front of school in silence
    • o        Tornado drills - kneel on floor in the middle of the hall outside the music room 

 

 

    • Use of Agendas
    • THIS IS MANDATORY EVERYDAY!
  • Will be taught in class 1st quarter.

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Homework Guidelines

You can usually expect the following basic work  in Language Arts and Religion(which I am teaching with our new departmental set-up).Anything not completeed in class is homework

Monday - Spelling-2x's each

              - Vocabulary- definitions into notebook after spelling words

              - Reading-read new story

              - English-do next lesson with title and summing up info,practice sentences,workbook page

              - Religion-first 2-3 pages of new chapter

Tuesday - Spelling-do first 2 workbook pages to coordinate with story

              - Vocabulary-study definitions, find words in story

              - Reading-do comprehension questions/answers in notebook

              - English-do next lesson,etc.

              - Religion-Mass-grades 3-4-5

Wednesday -Spelling-do next 2 pages in workbook to coordinate with story

                   -Vocabulary-study definitions,find words in story

                   -Reading-do enrichment activity to coordinate with story,study for test

                   -English-do next lesson, etc. Sometimes there is a Reteach review booklet or pre-test                  

                   - Religion- do final pages of chapter,occasional worksheet

Thursday - Spelling-study for Spelling test

               - Vocabulary-take vocab test

               - Reading-take reading test

               - English-do next lesson,etc.

               - Religion- Mass-all school

Friday - Spelling- take test

           - Vocabulary-no work today

           - Reading-do enrichment activity or see video of the story

           - English-do next lesson,etc.          

           - Religion-chapter test/open book

 

Rules

Students will follow the standard rules of the classrooom...follow directions, work quickly and quietly, keep you hands to yourself,etc.

 

Consequences

The students will receive "warnings" for talking or other unacceptable behavior. For each warning 5 points will be taken off the weekly grade of 100. Students will sit out 5 minutes for each of the first 2 warnings in a day.After that he/she will have silent lunch,demerits,etc.Excessive warnings will necessitate a visit to the principal and/or a phone call home and parent conference. Excessive demerits will result in Saturday detentions.

 

 
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