Find your seat and make sure you have paper and something to write with

* TAKE A NOTECARD FROM THE FRONT CART AND WRITE ABOUT YOUR BEST WINTER BREAK MOMENT!

* A LOOK AHEAD AT THIS WEEK…FIRST UNIT IN EARTH SCIENCE! * REVIEW CLASSROOM RULES AND PROCEDURES * GOAL SETTING AND GRIT * EXPLORE WHAT THESE WORDS MEAN * WHOLE GROUP INVESTIGATION : MICHAEL JORDAN AND ANTHONY ROBLES * PERSONAL GOAL SETTING – DISCUSSION AND CLOSING ACTIVITY

* WE WILL BEGIN OUR UNIT ON EARTH SCIENCE! * Earth’s Interior (what is inside Earth?)

* PLEASE PAY CLOSE ATTENTION….YOU WILL BE ASKED QUESTIONS RELATED TO OUR CLASSROOM RULES AND PROCEDURES SHORTLY!

* Stay in your seat at all times * Why is this important?

* Raise your hand to speak * Why is this important?

* Follow directions the first time they are given * Why is this important?

* Keep hands, feet, and objects to yourself * Why is this important?

* No inappropriate language * Why is this important?

* 1 st offense = verbal warning, name on board * 2 nd offense = check mark by your name * 3 rd offense = move to an isolated seat for the remainder of class to complete the ‘fix-it’ essay and parent phone call home * 4 th offense = lunch detention plus a 2 nd parent phone call home * 5 th offense = disciplinary referral written, administration notified, 3 rd parent phone call home

* Entering the Classroom * Students will line up in the hallway, against the lockers, and then wait to be invited in by the teacher

* Sharpening pencils * Students will sharpen their pencils at the beginning of class before the final bell rings * You must have a personal sharpener to use at your seat once class begins

Find your assigned seats * Go directly to your seat * Begin the day’s warm - up Desks will always be numbered (please do not tear these off the desk) Seating assignments will change throughout the year also

To get your attention, I will clap my hands: * When you hear my claps, stop what you are doing * Lay your materials down (pencil, handout, etc) * Become silent * Look at me * And repeat my clap pattern Now I know you are ready for my instructions!

Leaving the Classroom * Check your desk and the floor = must be clean * Gather all your belongings * TEACHER dismisses the class, NOT THE BELL! * You will be dismissed by rows according to the day of the week Monday’s Row……. you are dismissed!

* Does anyone have any questions about any of our classroom rules, procedures or behavior expectations?

GOAL SETTING….

* What is a goal? * Why is it important to set goals? * What does it take to reach our goals? * How successful have you been at achieving your goals? * Have you ever given up on your goals? Why or why not?

* Michael Jordan “Driven from Within”

* Grit – * The ability to keep going even when facing many challenges to reach a goal * The ability to keep going even when everyone else has given up on you. * The ability to overcome anything if you just put your mind and body to it

We will watch the story of Anthony Robles, a wrestler born with one leg and who never lets what he cannot do stop him from reaching his goal!

* A day in which a person makes a promise or sets a goal to do an act of self- improvement beginning on the first day of January, New Years Day

* YOU WILL COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES INDEPENDENTLY (remainder of class): * 1. Rules and Procedures Short Answer Review * 2. Goal and Grit Reflection sheet (Michael Jordan and Anthony Robles) * 3. Personal goal for remainder of school year at JMMS

* You will complete this short answer review on our classroom rules and procedures using your own paper… * You must write out your responses…but you do not need to write the questions * You will turn this in to be checked * Good Luck!

* You will complete both sides of the handout * If you do not finish today, this will be completed for homework and turned in next class * Let’s review this now….side 1

* Today you are going to write your own goal on side 2 of your handout * Your goal must be related to James Martin Middle School

* We have almost completed the 1 st half of your 6 th grade year at JMMS! * What will your goal be for the 2 nd half of your 6 th grade year?

* Make sure you have your interactive notebook next class…. * We will begin our next unit: The Earth’s Interior